Crédit Agricole Aquitaine Expansion

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Part of Groupe Crédit Agricole (Caisse régionale)

About

Crédit Agricole Aquitaine Expansion (CAAE) is the private equity arm of the regional branch of Crédit Agricole d'Aquitaine, established in October 2007 and based at the bank's headquarters on Quai de Bacalan in Bordeaux. It is not a fund raised from LPs but a SAS with a capital of €8.9M that invests its own funds, as a minority, without a set exit horizon, and only within the territory of the Caisse: Gironde, Landes, and Lot-et-Garonne. Check sizes range from €100K to €500K and are supplemented, when the operation exceeds this format, by the pooled vehicles of the five Caisses of the South-West, Grand Sud Ouest Capital, and GSO Innovation. The declared scope covers seed, growth capital, and LBO, with a small team of business managers. Investments: Alogia (senior home care), Dydu (conversational agents), Certis Therapeutics (therapeutic ultrasound), Genial (AI agents for SMEs), Ouidrop, DynamicScreen, VUF Bikes, Viti-Tunnel. For a Nouvelle-Aquitaine founder in seed or early growth capital, it is a local co-investor that does not take the lead and has no fund end to manage, backed by the regional banker, with a bridge to Grand Sud Ouest Capital as soon as the round exceeds its means.

Key facts

Type
Private Equity
Stages
Seed,Series A,Buyout
Headquarters
France
Offices
Bordeaux
Geographic focus
France
Founded
2007

Notable investments

Alogia, Dydu, Certis Therapeutics, DynamicScreen, VUF Bikes, Silog Location

Funds by stage

Other funds investing at the same stages, list by list.

Funds by sector

The funds investing in each sector, based on their rounds over the last 36 months.