Gregoire Sentilhes, Managing Director at NextStage, Paris, Ile-de-France, France — verified investor profile. See contact routes.
Grégoire Sentilhes is the President and founding partner of NextStage AM, a French growth capital firm he established in 2002 that operates as an “entrepreneur-investor” team investing primarily in equity alongside business leaders. His investment thesis targets profitable French SMEs and ETIs (mid-caps) with €15M–€150M revenue, focusing on Series B and growth stages in three structural sectors: digital transformation (B2B software, marketplaces), intelligent health (medtech, e-health), and environmental innovation (energy transition, circular economy). The firm typically invests in non-listed companies and aims to accompany 15–20 such firms over a 7-year fund lifecycle, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies mentioned in public materials include Abeo, Innelec Multimedia, and La pépite, though a comprehensive named list of top investments is not provided in available sources. Sentilhes has publicly argued that “exclusively sectoral approaches are obsolete and dangerous,” emphasizing a cross-sector, entrepreneur-aligned strategy rather than rigid thematic silos. He frequently speaks
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