PAI Partners

General contacts
Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

1994

AUM

$25 000 M

Location

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Investment Ticket

$100+ m

Investment Stage

Late Stage (Series C+) Series B

Region of investment

Europe South America North America Asia
Investor profile last updated: 21 August, 2026

Profile

PAI Partners is a prominent private equity investor based in Paris, with a global network of offices. Founded in 1994, the firm is renowned for its focus on strategic and operational transformations in industries central to the real economy. Their team consists of experienced industry professionals who emphasize value creation through partnerships with traditional companies. PAI Partners is particularly known for its ability to revitalize businesses and drive significant market performance.

The firm invests in a range of sectors, including Food & Consumer, Business Services, Industrial Goods & Services, and Healthcare. Its investment strategy spans large-cap and mid-cap private equity funds, aiming at transforming traditional companies into globally competitive players. PAI Partners manages €25 billion in assets, with their latest flagship fund raising €7.1 billion. Their investment strategy involves creating competitive advantages through operational improvement and industrial consolidation.

Notable investments include Froneri - a global ice cream consolidator, Apleona - a leading facility management provider, Amplitude Surgical - a prominent player in MedTech, M Group Services - an essential infrastructure provider in the UK, ELITechGroup - a leader in in vitro diagnostics, and Asmodee - a global content group focused on board games.

Industry

Energy MedTech Travel Software Real Estate Pharmaceuticals Media and Entertainment Marketing and Advertising Industrial Healthcare Services Gaming Foodtech Food and Beverage Fashion/Beauty Business Services (B2B) HealthTech

Contacts

Name
Title
Email
Social Networks
avatar
Frédéric Stévenin Partner & CIO
Partner & CIO
f•••@•••
LinkedIn
avatar
Michel Paris Partner, Chairman & CEO
Partner, Chairman & CEO
m•••@•••
LinkedIn
Upgrade to see contacts
avatar
MzOocwka9yhXp3I0 MzOocwka9yhXp3I0
MzOocwka9yhXp3I0
[email protected]
linkedin twitter
avatar
MzOocwka9yhXp3I0 MzOocwka9yhXp3I0
MzOocwka9yhXp3I0
[email protected]
linkedin twitter
avatar
MzOocwka9yhXp3I0 MzOocwka9yhXp3I0
MzOocwka9yhXp3I0
[email protected]
linkedin twitter
Investment-team contacts for PAI Partners — including verified work emails and LinkedIn profiles — are available to Private Equity List subscribers.
Instant access on the web. Plans from $129/month — see pricing.
Contacts sourced from the firm's website and LinkedIn, re-verified on a rolling cycle. Spot a stale contact, or none at all? Report it — we re-run that firm within 48h and get back to you.

FAQs about PAI Partners

PAI Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Late Stage (Series C+) and Series B, writing tickets of $100+ m.
PAI Partners is located in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
PAI Partners was founded in 1994.
PAI Partners invests in companies and startups in Energy, MedTech, Travel, Software, Real Estate, Pharmaceuticals, Media and Entertainment, Marketing and Advertising, Industrial, Healthcare Services, Gaming, Foodtech, Food and Beverage, Fashion/Beauty, Business Services (B2B), HealthTech.
PAI Partners invests in companies and startups in Europe, South America, North America, Asia.
PAI Partners invests in companies and startups at Late Stage (Series C+), Series B.
PAI Partners usually invests $100+ m on average.
PAI Partners has around $25 000m assets under management.
PAI Partners can be reached through its website paipartners.com, its LinkedIn page and its X account. Its general enquiries address is [email protected]. Cold-mailing a general inbox rarely reaches a partner, so Private Equity List also lists the investment-team contacts for PAI Partners — names, roles, verified work emails and LinkedIn profiles — available on a Pro plan from $129/month (see pricing). Contacts are sourced from the firm's website and LinkedIn and re-verified on a rolling cycle. Spot a stale contact, or none at all? Report it — we re-run that firm within 48h and get back to you.
Yes. Every field on this page — profile, funds, investment criteria, portfolio and investment-team contacts — is available programmatically through the Private Equity List REST API and MCP server, so AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT can query PAI Partners directly instead of scraping this page. One subscription covers both the web app and machine access — see API & MCP.
Private Equity List re-verifies investor profiles on a rolling cycle, pulling from the firm's own website and LinkedIn rather than a one-off import. This profile was last updated on 21 August, 2026. Something out of date here? Report it — we re-run that firm within 48h and get back to you.