An investment company
dedicated to entrepreneurs who are passing on growing taking over companies
Since 1997, we’ve been supporting profitable and growing SMEs based in Belgium, Luxembourg and Northern France by actively backing their development projects.
With over €60 million invested in nearly 25 business groups, we are continuing our mission through Profinpar Fund II, launched in 2025. The fund aims to invest €50 million in around ten high-potential SMEs.
1997-2024 : Profinpar Fund I & Deal Clubs
27
years
Presence
25
+15
Companies
60
+
Investors
60
m+
Invested
From 2025 : Profinpar Fund II
10
+ years
Fund duration
+/-
10Companies
80
+
Investors
50
m
To be invested
A team with entrepreneurial operational strategic financial transactional experience
- 13 years of transactional and team management experience as Managing Partner at Merodis, an M&A advisory firm focused on the mid-market segment.
- 3 years of experience as a sell-side financial analyst for the Benelux small & mid cap team at ING Equity Markets.
- Master’s degree in Business Engineering from Solvay Business School (ULB), and Assistant in Political Economy at Solvay Business School (ULB).
- 9 years of experience in an entrepreneurial family office: leading a multidisciplinary team, managing a venture capital fund, holding various board positions, steering and restructuring portfolio companies, real estate management, etc.
- 7 years of management consulting experience: strategy, organizational process redesign, strategic marketing, business development strategies, policy advice at PwC.
- Master’s degree in Applied Economics (IAG-UCL).
- Over 25 years of private equity experience across three funds, including Synerfi (Fortis Private Equity) and Profinpar.
- 9 years of industrial experience: head of R&D for asbestos substitutes and procurement support at the Eternit Group (Etex).
- Various board mandates, advisory roles, and academic engagements.
- PhD in Science and Bioengineering (UCL-IFP), Executive Master in Management from Solvay Business School (ULB).
- 2 years of interim management experience in SMEs.
- 20 years of international operational experience in general management, commercial, and technical roles across three industrial groups: Umicore, Paul Wurth, and CMI, including 11 years as an expatriate.
- Proven expertise in change management, managing growth and downsizing, reorganizations, and post-acquisition integration.
- Civil Mechanical Engineer (UCL), Executive MBA (Insead).
A committed team
We operate with a true partnership mindset: attentive, available, and action-driven. Growing a company is, above all, a human journey.
Our team combines complementary profiles from operations and finance. Leadership, strategy, transformation, private equity — each member brings tangible expertise shaped through direct exposure to business realities.
We know what it means to lead, transform, or hand over a company — because we’ve lived it ourselves.
Each team member is personally invested in the fund, ensuring strong alignment with entrepreneurs and our investors.
A community of entrepreneurs
sharing their experience networks expertise
Expertise
Experience
Networks
Practical know-how at the right moment
Our investors offer skills developed in situations similar to those faced by our portfolio companies: growth, marketing, organisation, HR, strategy, finance, innovation…
Close to the field
Investors sit on boards and provide a supportive yet challenging external perspective. They enrich strategic thinking, reinforce decisions and remain available to leadership teams.
Access to real opportunities
They open doors to key contacts: industrial partners, top talent, customers, funding sources — where others struggle to gain access.
Expertise
Practical know-how at the right moment
Our investors offer skills developed in situations similar to those faced by our portfolio companies: growth, marketing, organisation, HR, strategy, finance, innovation…
Experience
Close to the field
Investors sit on boards and provide a supportive yet challenging external perspective. They enrich strategic thinking, reinforce decisions and remain available to leadership teams.
Networks
Access to real opportunities
They open doors to key contacts: industrial partners, top talent, customers, funding sources — where others struggle to gain access.
« Experience is something you gain just after you needed it. »
— Spanish proverb
Collective intelligence is at the heart of our model.
Our DNA: differentiated equity capital that leverages investor expertise and active partnership.
Collective intelligence is at the heart of our model.
Our DNA: differentiated equity capital that leverages investor expertise and active partnership.
« Experience is something you gain just after you needed it. »
— Spanish proverb
Our mission is built on
ambition respect professionalism transparency
Support the shareholders and leaders of ambitious SMEs by investing alongside them — whether through share acquisition or capital injection — and providing tailored guidance in the succession, structuring, and growth of their business.
Ambition
- Going further together with a shared vision
Respect
- Genuine consideration for leaders, teams, and companies
Professionalism
- High standards, rigour, and seriousness in every commitment
Transparency
- Clear, honest, and open communication
An entrepreneurs’ fund, a partner to SMEs and their shareholders.