On 22 March 2022, Initiative & Finance strengthened the equity of the ALI\u00c9NOR group through a capital increase, in order to pursue and accelerate external growth in its two strategic lines by enabling the acquisition of a very active and recognized target of players in the mass retailing sector. On this occasion, a couple of managers will also enter the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MBA Capital Bordeaux's expertise in Private Equity funds to advise the capital increase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MBA Capital a men\u00e9 un process concurrentiel dans un calendrier relativement restreint de 6 mois, cette contrainte \u00e9tant impos\u00e9e par les c\u00e9dants de la derni\u00e8re entreprise acquise par le groupe ALI\u00c9NOR. La parfaite connaissance de MBA Capital Bordeaux<\/a> des fonds d\u2018investissement susceptibles d\u2018intervenir en minoritaire sur une op\u00e9ration primaire de capital-d\u00e9veloppement a permis de conclure dans les temps impartis une op\u00e9ration aux contours bien d\u00e9finis par les dirigeants : pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour une intervention en equity pure, avec entr\u00e9e concommitante de deux managers de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 cible reprise par le groupe ALI\u00c9NOR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Initially born in 2008 as an integrated Design Office within a developer and manager of nursing and retirement homes, the skills of ALI\u00c9NOR and in-depth knowledge of building project management enables it to perfectly understand the needs and requirements of its clients today. Taken over by its two young current directors in 2015, Vincent Bernard and Manuel Vinatier, it operates in the construction sector and offers a full range of Design Office - Building Engineering activities (structure, fluids, utility networks, economics, scheduling, piloting and coordination), from feasibility study to technical project management and general contracting through its various subsidiaries. it provides all the expertise required to put together a project management team. It is organized into regional agencies (Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon and Aix-en-Provence) and business divisions (Building, Industry, Wine, General Contracting, Mass Retailing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than 325 transactions completed since its creation in 1984, Initiative & Finance is one of the major players in Private Equity in France focusing exclusively on the financing and buyout of SMEs across all sectors. I&F has been working with SME managers for more than 35 years and has gradually opened up to mid-sized companies. I&F supports their partner executives in the transformation, buyout and growth projects, offering them the perspective and expertise of a professional shareholder to help them tackle their financing, strategy, governance and organizational challenges. I&F currently has c. 35 investments in its portfolio. With its latest fund Initiative & Finance FPCI III, raised in December 2019 for an amount of \u20ac206 million, Initiative & Finance manages more than \u20ac400 million of capital, not including its MidCap Tomorrow fund which has just made its first investment with the MBO of Babymoov.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe ALI\u00c9NOR group, a key player in the building sector.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
About Initiative & Finance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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