European Digital Group (EDG) is a service group that supports large accounts and SMEs in their digital transformation and digital marketing strategy. Founded in 2019 by Vincent Klingbeil, EDG has experienced rapid growth through a combination of organic development and strategic acquisitions, based on a virtuous entrepreneurial and commercial model.

EDG's offering is built around five key areas: technology and cybersecurity, data & AI, performance marketing, digital content, and growth enablers. EDG brings together the best experts in the market and masters all levers in digital technology to offer its customers a multi-specialist offer covering the entire value chain.

Gutor designs, assembles, markets and services uninterruptible power supply systems (UPS). These systems allow to secure the power supply of industrial installations against power outages.

Gutor is the global leader on the industrial UPS market. Systems are tailor-made and designed for critical installations (nuclear power plant, oil platform, liquified natural gas terminal, etc.). These equipment must (i) run at all times, and (ii) resist to harsh conditions (extreme temperatures, dust, earthquake, etc.). 

Headquartered in Switzerland, Gutor also has manufacturing sites in Malaysia and China and benefits from a global network of salespeople and service technicians.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, Funecap is the leading funeral services and crematoria provider in Europe. The Group is now an indisputable leader in the European funeral industry, covering both the upstream and downstream markets. Funecap generates a turnover of over €580m, provides services to more than 300,000 families every year and manages over 100 crematoria in six different countries (France, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium).

Funecap has completed over 185 acquisitions since formation, including two transformational acquisitions in 2022, namely Altair Funeral and Facultatieve Group. 

Hygie31 is a major player in the health and wellness sector, that operates (i) the networks under banners "Pharmacie Lafayette" (c.300 pharmacies and parapharmacies), "Optique Lafayette" (52 stores) and "Médical Lafayette" (24 stores); (ii) the Pharmacorp network animated by Gener+ (c.400 traditional local pharmacies); (iii) Dhygietal, the Group's digital business (cocooncenter.com and parapharmacielafayette.com) and (iv) Ecoceutics, leading pharmacy network in Spain (c.156 pharmacies).

Groupe RG is the leading French independent distributor specialised in Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”), with a catalogue of >40,000 products that covers all protection needs (categories I, II, III).

The Group is a pan-European designer and producer of molded-fibre solutions, a compelling alternative to plastic packaging. The Group today addresses 4 complementary end-markets: (i) egg packaging, (ii) fresh food packaging (transport and unit trays for fruits, vegetables, meat and fish), (iii) medical and (iv) tailor-made solutions. Based in Brittany, the Group has production sites in Germany and England. 

Founded in 2010 by Thierry Gisserot and Xavier Thoumieux, Funecap is a funeral infrastructure and services operator. In 10 years, Funecap has become the #2 player in the French funeral market. The Group is structured around 3 activities: funeral services, crematorium management and preneed brokerage of funeral contracts. As of today, the Group operates 625 agencies, manages 46 crematoria and has a portfolio of 115 000 insured parties with funeral contracts. 

Founded in 2021 with the carve-out of two businesses from Solvay, Kandelium is both the world leader for strontium and barium carbonates (products used in various end-markets including ferrite magnets and ceramics) and a European leader for sodium percarbonate (bleaching agent mostly used in powder detergents for laundry and dishwashers). Based in Hanover, Kandelium has production sites in Germany, Mexico and Spain.

Founded in 2006, Groupe Santiane is a digital insurance broker, specialized in the design and distribution of health and protection products for individuals. Santiane distributes its products either directly (B2C channel), or via its network of brokers as a wholesaler (B2B channel). Products are commercialized on a white-label basis and mainly target senior customers or employees with limited coverage from their employer. The B2C channel is structured around Santiane.fr and a lead conversion platform spread across 4 sites (Nice, Lille and Casablanca). The B2B channel (operating under the brand Néoliane) relies on a network of ~500 partner brokers, monitored by c.10 Santiane representatives. 

Primonial is the leading French independent asset and wealth manager, offering its clients a full range of investment products on an open architecture basis. Primonial is best known for its real estate products (via its PREIM subsidiary), its assurance vie contracts (Sérénipierre, Target+) and its asset management products (via La Financière de l'Echiquier). As at December 2019, Primonial managed or advised c.€43bn in assets. Latour co-controls Primonial alongside Bridgepoint (same shareholding).

Atlas For Men is a company created in 1999 in Paris, specialising in direct marketing and non-retail distribution of clothing for men, in the affordable outdoor / casual market segment. AFM’s specificity comes from its predominantly offline selling mediums (catalogues) that generate (directly or indirectly) a significant proportion of revenue. AFM does not own any stores and its products are not distributed in any third-party multi-brand stores. The company is present in 11 European countries, with France and Germany being the two largest contributors. Atlas For Men employs c.130 employees, predominantly based in the company’s Paris headquarters.

Sulo (former Plastic Omnium Environnement) manufactures and markets products and services around containerization of waste, mainly in France and the rest of Western Europe. Sulo sells its products and services to municipalities, distributors, private customers and collection companies. The company is based in Levallois (92).

Created in 1985, Sogetrel is a major player in the integration of communication networks across its territories. It has established itself as the preferred partner of major public / private operators and local authorities, particularly in the deployment of very high-speed networks. Sogetrel is also a leading player in the electronic security market as well as the communicating solutions market (smart objects and smart cities). Sogetrel employs around 4000 people covering France, Belgium and Switzerland. Its headquarters are in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris.

OAK NATION is the new number 2 French cooperage, combining the cooper groups Charlois and Nadalié.

Groupe Charlois: The history of the Charlois Group begins in 1807 between Burgundy and Loire Valley, in the forest of Bertranges, with Jean Charlois, splitter stave. In 1928, after three generations of activity in the forest, Eugène Charlois set up a splitting workshop in Murlin, the Maison Charlois. Then specialized in the selection of oaks, the cleft and the natural breeding of the stave, the Charlois Group is today the largest forestry operator in volume of oak of France and the undisputed leader on the French stave market.

Sylvain Charlois has led the development of activities since the early 2000s. Created in 2005, the Group has developed various complementary activities related to oak, which include the trades of stonemason, cooper, manufacturer of oak products for the oenology, railway tie producer and laboratory specializing in agri-food sectors.

Groupe Nadalié: For five generations "Nadalié" is renowned for its know-how in the manufacture of oak barrels. Located in the heart of the Médoc, it has become the leader in the Bordeaux universe, maintaining very privileged relations with very prestigious "Premier Grand Cru Classé" customers. The Nadalie cooperage controls the value chain, from logging to the production and marketing of barrels and oak products for oenology.

ERI is involved in renovation, maintenance and rehabilitation of all types of building for clients mainly composed of public and quasi-public operators. The company is headquartered in Fontenay-sous-Bois (94) and operates only in the Ile-de-France region.

Syclef designs, installs and maintains refrigeration and air conditioning equipment for the retail and agro industry. The Group’s clients are medium-size supermarkets and logistic warehouses in the agrobusiness.

Syclef is a multi-regional actor, mainly based in the South and the West of France. The group has more than 200 employees; most of them are refrigeration technicians.

Latour Capital and Management aim at creating a national actor while preserving the business agility of the group.

Primonial is a financial services company that selects, assembles and offers all types of investment solutions to wealth management professionals and their clients, in residential property and real estate funds, life insurance and annuities, structured products and asset management.

In 2015 Primonial had almost €12 billion assets under management or advisement and more than 500 employees.

Founded in 2006 by Paul-Antoine Briat and Alexandre de Metz, YellowKorner is a network of art galleries that edits and distributes art photographs in limited and numbered editions by renowned and/or promising artists. The company offers a broad selection of international photo production with a catalogue of more than 2000 photographs, which is continuously supplemented with new and exclusive works.

By inventing a new approach of the photography galleries, YellowKorner has become the main network for the world’s photographic galleries, with about 80 galleries opened worldwide and a presence in 25 countries in 2014.

Nextpool was founded in 2014 by current CEO and shareholder Régis Roux. Nextpool is the French leader in the bespoke swimming pool equipment market, designing, manufacturing and marketing just-in-time customized equipment delivered directly to end customers, for installation. Its activity can be divided into 4 areas:

• Security equipment: safety flaps and covers
• Sealing and aesthetic: liners
• Water treatment: salt electrolysis
• Shading equipment: shade sails, pergolas.

Nextpool has 172 employees.

Founded in 1994 by Bruno Delamotte, Risk&Co is a leading French consulting firm, with c. 220 employees, specializing in the areas of Security and Strategic Intelligence. The firm supports the business development of its clients abroad by preventing and managing the risks associated with their international development. The Group has recurring business in four areas:

• International safety: Definion and implementation of site safety and security plans.
• Strategic Analysis: Country risk analysis, intelligence and due diligence services.
• Engineering consultancy: Risk analysis, technical audit, review of installations’ safety, electronic security project management support.
• Mine clearance: Pyrotechnic decontamination and on-land / underwater mine clearance.

Present in over 30 countries, Risk&Co are leaders in all issues involving sovereign industries (energy, defence, telecommunications, …) and sensitive infrastructure projects in dangerous environments.

Risk&Co conducts an active build-up strategy.
In January 2014, Risk&Co acquired Epsilon-Consultants, a consulting firm specialised in security for buildings, widely-recognised by international institutions, central government, public institutions and private groups.
In July 2014, Risk&Co acquired Geomines, a French company specialised in pyrotechnical decontamination and on-land/underwater mine clearance.
In April 2015, Risk&Co acquired L J M Tech, a French company that designs, manufactures and distributes bespoke technical surveillance counter-measures products to serve the homeland security market and that trains government employees to the operation techniques of TSCM.

Oxand was created in 2002 as a spin-off of EDF and has become the leading international company in risk analysis for major projects and aging industrial infrastructure. Oxand's customers are large international groups, investors, operators and managers of high-stake works.

The Oxand Group has subsidiaries in 4 countries (Netherlands, Great Britain, Canada and Switzerland) and employs nearly 130 engineering consultants worldwide (doctorates or graduates from major scientific schools). Oxand has been exporting its services since 2005 and today makes c.60% of its turnover outside France.

Founded in 2008, Multiposting is the European leader in solutions for e-recruitment including the first multicast solution for jobs on the Internet.

In 2012, Latour Capital - accompanied by Kernel - acquired a majority stake in the start-up to accompany its founding shareholders, Gautier Machelon and Stéphane Le Viet, in the development of the company.

The company was sold to SAP, Europe's largest software company, in 2015. In less than four years, Multiposting activity has multiplied by nearly four, notably through the development of its sales abroad and the placing on the market of new products. To this date, Multiposting has enabled more than 15,000 recruiters to broadcast more than 20 million job advertisements and internship in nearly 50 countries and in 15 languages.

The company's teams counted about twenty people end of 2011 and approached the hundred in 2015.

The Proxiserve group offers a wide range of services to both communities and individuals for the installation, troubleshooting, repair or maintenance of housing "essentials" such as water, heating, air and renewable energy.

In December 2011, Proxiserve’s managers had chosen Latour Capital to accompany them in their MBO (spin-off of Veolia Environnement) and in the future development of their group. Since then, the group realised 5 build-ups.

In 4 years, the management team, strongly supported by Latour Capital, significantly developed all activities and dramatically improved the profitability of the company, particularly in the maintenance business that was in deficit.

In 2015, Latour Capital sold its stake in Proxiserve to management. Convinced of the remaining potential for development and profitability improvement, Latour Capital reinvested in a minority position alongside management and another minority financial investors entering.