Paris, September 28, 2022 – NextStage AM, one of the pioneers and leaders of development capital in France, is launching a new FCPI which enriches the offer of its multi-strategy Private Equity platform and in particular the FPCI NextStage Capital Entrepreneur II , a solution for large private investors, eligible for 150-0 B ter. This new vehicle is in line with the strategy of the first vintage launched in 2020, which aims to support the growth of listed and unlisted innovative SMEs while allowing them to benefit from an income tax reduction of up to 22,5 .XNUMX% of the subscribed amount.
For 20 years, NextStage AM has continued to expand its offer by offering a genuine Private Equity platform to individuals and institutional investors, more recently with its Championnes investment program (FPCI NextStage Championnes III & FPCI NextStage Capital Entrepreneur ) dedicated to innovative unlisted SMEs.
Building on this experience, NextStage AM is stepping up its efforts to enable the democratization of Private Equity by offering individual investors access to its expertise and its ecosystem made up of investors, entrepreneurs, wealth professionals, lawyers and investment bankers among others.
With this new product, NextStage AM offers individual investors, through its network of partners made up of major banking and insurance groups, the opportunity to support the growth of innovative SMEs, both listed and unlisted, while benefiting from tax advantages. non-negligible (reduction of income tax and exemption from tax on capital gains, excluding social security contributions).
Real interest today since the legislator wishes to encourage savers and investors to invest in innovative French SMEs, with the device called "reduction on income law Madelin", which offers subscribers of units of the FCPI NextStage Découvertes 2022-2023 l advisability of reducing its income tax by 22,5% of the amount subscribed.
The FCPI NextStage Découvertes 2022-2023 targets innovative SMEs and ETIs and will be open for subscription until December 31, 2023. This vehicle will constitute a diversified portfolio of at least 20 French listed and unlisted SMEs in strong growth, in the business proven model and generating between 5 and 30 M€ of turnover. The fund's investment universe, expanded by the possibility of supporting both listed and unlisted SMEs, will allow NextStage AM's investment teams to seize more opportunities in an uncertain economic environment and volatile markets. The FCPI NextStage Découvertes 2022-2023 will mainly invest in the 3 major economic disruptions identified by NextStage AM: digital, smart health, and environmental innovation. The investment solution will have a lifetime of 8 years extendable twice for 2 year.
With a view to selecting and supporting listed companies, NextStage AM has announced the appointment of Florent Saint Léger as Director of Listed Investments in October 2021. As part of the FCPI NextStage Découvertes 2022-2023, Florent Saint Léger and its team of 3 people, will select more than 10 companies to support them over the long term.
The previous vintage, the first FCPI NextStage Découvertes 2020-2021 has already invested in 12 participations, only 2 years after its creation. We thus find in the portfolio of the previous vintage:
“The FCPI NextStage Découvertes range is a great solution for supporting the growth of innovative SMEs, both listed and unlisted. In an inflationary context, we are convinced of the relevance of our “Discoveries” strategy, which has already proven itself in 2008 and 2009 in equally uncertain contexts. The major disruptions that our economy is experiencing represent as many opportunities for innovative companies that we intend to identify and support thanks to our knowledge of this ecosystem and the experience of our team built up over 20 years. We support and encourage investments that create value, such as FCPIs, while offering entrepreneurs the opportunity to pursue their growth and development in France and internationally. says Jean-David Haas, Managing Director and Co-Founder of NextStage AM.