Alpera Partners hosted the second edition of its networking evening dedicated to the roll-up investment strategy, bringing together 50+ entrepreneurs focused on building scale in fragmented, resilient sectors.
Program Overview
- Strategic outlook. Basile Paul-Petit (Partner) presented Alpera Partners’ growth, 2025 roadmap, and ambitions for its sector-focused roll-up platforms.
- Industrial case study. Éric Druenne (Co-founder & CEO, Alfeor) detailed the launch and development of an integrated equipment manufacturer serving the nuclear industry, with emphasis on acquisition pacing, integration discipline, and operational scaling.
- New platform preview. Founders introduced Archipel, a forthcoming business services roll-up platform; further details to follow.
Notable Internationalization
We were very happy to note that more than 60% of entrepreneurs who joined us on this edition were coming from outside of France
We had participants from Mexico, Sweden, the UK and even the US joining us to this event !
This is key for us, as we seek to internationalise our practice across Western Europe, and learning from founders coming from all around the globe is invaluable to us. To everyone who joined us, a big thank you from all our team here in Paris !
Key Takeaways
A couple of themes emerge from the discussions :
- Repeatable operating model. Repeatable playbooks for sourcing, dealmaking, and post-merger integration under decentralized governance are key to industrialize M&A and ensure rapid scaling of a roll-up platform.
- Value creation levers. Pricing, procurement, shared services, and data infrastructure have been identified as primary drivers of cash EBITA growth and resulting multiple expansion.
- Talent and incentives. Most platforms we spoke with are ensuring alignment through owner-manager reinvestment, long-term incentive plans, and KPI-linked integration milestones.
- Capital deployment. Disciplined pacing of acquisitions is important to keep a high bar on quality, preserve unit economics while compounding scale across targeted verticals. Announcing a deal every month or every other month is seen as the ideal balance.
The evening combined practical casework with strategic discussions on building enduring platforms through roll-up execution.
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