About Cerea Partners
Cerea Partners is a private equity firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based in Paris, France. As of Jan 2026, Cerea Partners is an active investor with a portfolio of 92 companies, comprising 80 funding rounds and 14 acquisitions. In the last 12 months, it has participated in 1 funding round. The firm primarily invests in companies based in France and Italy. Its portfolio is spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture to Consumer Goods. Its latest investment was a $***** PE round in Groupeobyo on Mar 13, 2025
Overall Cerea Partners portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 45 acquisitions including key companies like Burger King, Cerelia and Solina. A lot of funds co-invest with Cerea Partners, with names like Tikehau Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Cerea Partners has a team of 24 people, including 11 partners.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2004
Location
Paris, France
Portfolio Companies
Portfolio Sectors
Acquisition Deals
Investment Deals
Cerea Partners' Portfolio
Cerea Partners has a portfolio of 92 companies. They have invested in a total of 80 companies. Their most recent investment was in Groupeobyo (PE round) on Mar 13, 2025. Here are the most recent investments by Cerea Partners:Date | Company | Round | Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 13, 2025 | PE | 4717 | - | |
Sep 18, 2024 | PE | 6327 | ||
Jul 30, 2020 | PE | 3753 | - | |
Oct 2018 | Conventional Debt | 6816 | - |
Cerea Partners has acquired 14 companies. Their most recent acquisition was of AB Process Engineering on Jun 01, 2023. Here are the most recent acquisitions by Cerea Partners:
Acquisition Date | Company | Short Description | Total Funding | Founded Year |
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Jun 01, 2023 | Provider of palletization, case loading, machine integration, and packaging services | - | 2008 | |
Nov 09, 2022 | Provider of healthcare training services | - | 2009 | |
Jun 25, 2020 | Manufacturing of plastic packaging for food, health & beauty, leisure and chemicals industries | - | 1999 | |
May 28, 2020 | Provider of automation solutions for plastics manufacturing | - | 1984 |
Here is the portfolio snapshot of Cerea Partners:
Investments by Year
The maximum number of investments were made in 2020
Acquisitions by Year
The maximum number of acquisitions were made in 2018
Portfolio by Location
Companies are primarily in France and Italy
Portfolio by Sector
Companies are primarily in Food and Agriculture
Team profile of Cerea Partners
Cerea Partners has a team of 24 members including 11 Partners and 5 Principals located in France. Cerea Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Cerea Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Partner | Neuilly sur seine | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Partner | Paris | - | - |
Co-investors of Cerea Partners
Over the past 22 years, 5 investors have co-invested in Cerea Partners's portfolio companies.
- Top Co-investors of Cerea Partners: 5 investors entered a company along with Cerea Partners. These include investors like Tikehau Capital (1 company).
Cerea Partners News
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Motion Equity raises Olyos-centered continuation fundPrivate Equity Wire•Jun 30, 2025•Motion Equity Partners, Olyos, Coller Capital, Rede Partners and 4 others
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Argos Wityu, the closing of the acquisition of Monviso from Cerea and Capza arrivesDealflower•Nov 28, 2024•Argos Wityu, MonViso, Cerea Partners, Monviso and 2 others
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Private-equity firms invest in rice supplier MarbourJust-Food•Sep 18, 2024•Marbour, Cerea Partners, Societe Generale Capital Partenaire, BNP Paribas Developpement
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Goodwin advises Cerea Partners on the acquisition of the AB Process Ingénierie groupFiscalonline•Jun 01, 2023•AB Process Engineering, Cerea Partners
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Cerea Partners raises EUR 700m-plus for multi-asset food and beverage fundsUnquote•May 12, 2023•Cerea Partners
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Cerea Partners in negotiations with Seventure to acquire PolarisFoodBev Media•Apr 04, 2023•Cerea Partners, Seventure Partners
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Cerea kicks of Fund III deployment with Groupe Ethique & Santé dealUnquote•Nov 09, 2022•Cerea Partners, Groupe Ethique et Sante
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Transmission Of Chocmod (Producer Of Truffles And Chocolate Products)Septentrion Finance•Dec 13, 2021•Septentrion Finance, Chocmod, Cerea Partners
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