Motion Equity Partners

Motion Equity Partners
Type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Predecessor	Electra Partners Europe
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Paris, France; Milan, Italy
Products	Leveraged buyout, Growth capital
Total assets	€2.5 billion
Number of employees	15
Website	www.motion-ep.com

Motion Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in European middle-market companies across a range of industries.

The firm, has offices in Paris and Milan. It was founded in 1989 as Electra Partners Europe and affiliate of Electra Private Equity, a listed investment trust. The firm has raised approximately €2.5 billion since inception across three funds.

History[]

Motion Equity Partners raised its first fund in 2000, with €1.0 billion of investor commitments. Among the investments in that portfolio were Rank Leisure, Azelis, Baxi, Safety-Kleen, Aliplast, Global Solutions, Covenant Healthcare, Ashbourne Healthcare and Diana Ingrédients.

In 2005, it completed a spinout from its investment trust parent.^[1] It raised its second fund the following year, with total commitments amounting to €1.25 billion.^[2]

Led by Managing Partner Patrick Eisenchteter,^[3] the firm rebranded as Motion Equity Partners in 2011 as it refocused its activities on its best-performing office, Paris. In 2014, the firm raised a €150m fund, and made three investments in Cellular Line (Italy, 2014), CDL (France, 2014) and Altaïr (France, 2016).^[4] In 2018, the firm raised a new fund, and has made so far investments in Minlay (France, 2017), EA Pharma (France, 2017) and Holweg Weber (France, 2017).^[5]

The firm's investment strategy is based on taking control positions in mid-sized companies across Europe, with a particular focus on growth through "buy & build" and international expansion.