Hi Luke, tks for this prompt! I am currently raising capital for TRIANE DEVELOPMENT, a traditional solo SF based in Paris, France. I intend to conduct an agnostic search on usual favorite B2B industries in all France territory. I am a former Paris Descartes University graduate in Natural Sciences, and later Civil Engineer from SKEMA BS. My career was first in M&A Advisory (last position as Senior Manager at EY, managing the FIG Corporate Advisory franchise) and later (co)founded a new Champagne "Maison" until it was fully taken over end ofredactedFrom now on full fledged SF. Even though I'm very happy with investors gathered so far, happy to share more details with any 1st round investor. The more the merrier 🥂

Hi @redacted‌, thanks for this opptunity, Where are you based? Paris, France. What is your background? Stanley Laporal (Founder & Chairman) former national real estate network executive, financial consultant on complex transactions, with clients including Carrefour and Le Duff. Dual Master's in Business and Private Law. Nadine Pierre (COO) former Ernst & Young consultant, Master's in Corporate Finance from SKEMA Business School. Responsible for operational management, holding coordination and strategic execution. We work with a full expert team: M&A lawyer, notary, chartered accountant, and sector specialists in real estate, food, joinery, hospitality and audiovisual. What's your buy box? Profitable French SMEs in succession : founders retiring. Minimum €1M revenue, 10%+ EBITDA margin, established for at least 10 years, low or zero debt, positive working capital. We target x2 to x4 EBITDA acquisition multiples, well below the institutional market rate of x6 to x9. Generalist across sectors, with sector experts running each entity post-closing. We do not manage day-to-day operations ourselves. Have you acquired yet? We have 3 signed LOIs (catering, joinery/BTP, artisan butchery) with closings scheduled August–September 2026, and a broader pipeline of 10 identified operations representing €25.9M in consolidated revenue and €2.37M in consolidated EBITDA. We are actively closing. Where do you need the most help right now? Fundraising. We are running a €10M bond offering (to finance our acquisition pipeline. We are looking for private investors, family offices, and anyone with a qualified investor network who understands the French SME succession opportunity. Happy to share our full information memorandum under NDA. Where can you provide help to others? French market sourcing and deal structuring. If you are looking at France sourcing, legal structuring, M&A process, working with notaries and French accountants, navigating the cession "de fonds de commerce" vs share deal question, we are happy to share what we know. Also open to connecting searchers with our network of French M&A lawyers, brokers and intermediaries. Anything else on your mind? The French succession market is one of the most underserved in Europe 60,000+ SMEs per year looking for a buyer, most of them going unnoticed by institutional PE because they're "too small." That's exactly where we operate, and we think there's a real opportunity for the ETA community to pay more attention to France. Always happy to connect with fellow operators and searchers working in this space. Nadine