D&P Finance

Développement et Partenariat is a French company founded in 1994, specializing in capital support for French SMEs. It acquires equity stakes in French SMEs as part of its development capital strategy. D&P also acts as a minority or majority shareholder in companies facing complex situations, drawing on the sector expertise, managerial skills and operational experience of its teams. D&P counts 70 "Shareholder-Entrepreneurs" among its shareholders, as well as various institutional investors.

The company has a portfolio of some fifteen holdings, including :

- Barou Equipements specializes in high value-added products in special steels.
Managing Director: Jean Fournier.
Sales: over €16 M.Acquisition of all Barou Equipements shares by D&P in July 2015.

- Decayeux specializes in mailboxes and security.
Managing Director: Stéphane Decayeux
Sales: €60 M
Investment of €4 M by D&P in January 2015.

- Socopa (wood-frame panels) and Maisons Oxéo (wood-frame single-family homes).
Managing Director: Pierre Castien
Sales: €21.2 M
Acquisition financed by an almost equal proportion of equity and bank debt in July 2013.

- Octime specializes in time management and scheduling software.
Managing Director: Guillaume Berbinau
Sales: €20.7 M
Capital Transmission in October 2012 with refocusing of Octime's shareholder base around Guillaume Berbinau.

- Orrion Chemicals specializes in the chemicals sector.
Managing Director: Christian Siest
Capital Développement with an equity contribution of €3.5 M and the acquisition of Spanish company OMICRON QUIMICA in December 2011.

- Groupe Faubourg specializes in the automotive sector.
Managing Director: Mohamed Aouar
Sales: €30 million
Capital Développement with funds D&P V, UFG SIPAREX and MIDI CAPITAL, which contributed €5 million in October 2011.

- Quinoa (Autogyre & Panol) specializes in the building sector.
Managing Director: Daniel Poulayon
Sales: €100 million
Build Up in July 2010: d&P contributed €3 million to Panol's capital to enable it to expand its sales network and international development, followed by D&P's financing of the acquisition of 100% of Autogyre's shares, valued at €3.4 million. Creation of a new company, holding 100% of Panol and Autogyre shares.

- DxO Labs specializes in the licensing of digital image enhancement technologies.
Managing Director: Jérôme Meniere
Capital Retournement in July 2010 with D&P's participation in the €6.5m capital increase alongside other investors. D&P then became the company's reference shareholder alongside Apax Partners.

- Moving specializes in fitness clubs.
Managing Director: Philippe Herbette
Sales: €130m
Capital Développement in December 2009 with a €4m capital increase to create France's first low-cost branch network. One year after D&P's investment, Moving had 4 Fitness Parks in the Ile de France region.

- Optimark specializes in operational marketing.
Managing Director: Alain Martin
Sales: €29 million
Capital Transmission in July 2010: D&P joined forces with the current managers, who contributed all their shares and partly financed the operation on credit.