Private equity is boosted by the crisis.
"It is accelerating the development of the sector, which in 2020 again demonstrated that it has become a major player in the financing of the economy,"
says Virginie Morgon, Chairman of the Management Board of Eurazeo.
In recent years, low rates - which have attracted investors to this profitable asset class - and companies' disenchantment with the stock market have largely been at the origin of the boom in investment in unlisted companies.
"French companies consider us a good partner who played its role of stabilizer during the crisis",
assures Virginie Morgon.
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Despite the lockdowns, French players in the sector have raised 20 billion euros in 2020. And they have invested the same record amount in companies.
Eurazeo (Doctolib, ManoMano, Dessange, etc.), which had an
“exceptional year 2020”
,
“reached a plateau”
last year, raising 2.8 billion, after 2.5 billion euros in 2019 .
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