Philippe Molas, CEO of BNP Paribas Développement, invests as a generalist. See sector focus and contact routes.
Philippe Molas, CEO of BNP Paribas Développement, invests as a generalist, multi-sectoral minority private equity firm targeting profitable French SMEs and startups with €10m+ revenue, focusing 60% on buyouts (LBOs) while maintaining a distinctive thesis in Medtech (50% of venture portfolio), DeepTech, cybersecurity, and defense industrial base (BITD). His firm executes checks between €1m–€20m (average €4m), intervening from Seed to Growth stages, and notably invested in portfolio companies like Fifteen (electric bike sharing), U-Space (nano-satellites), Implicity (cardiac telemonitoring), and YouSpace (space sector). As the leader of minority private equity in France’s SME segment since 2020, Molas emphasizes ESG criteria, women’s entrepreneurship, and sovereign industrial investments totaling €200m across 46 defense-related startups and SMEs.
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