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FRANCE INVEST

Business group · Finance · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, FRANCE INVEST appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Established 40 years ago, France Invest brings together venture capital, private equity, infrastructure and private debt teams based in France, as well as the associated professions which support them. Its membership currently counts roughly 470 management firms and 200 associate members.”

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“France Invest’s members represent one of the main growth drivers for the French and European economy and support a significant portion of employment in France and Europe. In 2025, French private equity and infrastructure players invested €36 billion in 2,900 companies and infrastructure projects. They raised €43 billion from investors. In addition, in 2025, French private debt players (structures financing companies and infrastructure projects) invested €16 billion in 379 transactions and raised €15 billion. European start-ups and SMEs are the main recipients of our our members’ investments. Over the 2018-2023 period, over 530 000 jobs were created in companies backed by French private equity players.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group. Every meeting was with a single group.

Renew Europe12100%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
0
2024
2
2025
7
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Pascal Canfin
4 meetings · Renew
Gilles Boyer
3 meetings · Renew
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
3 meetings · Renew
Valérie Hayer
1 meeting · Renew
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
1 meeting · Renew

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
28 May 2026Pascal CanfinSFDR
14 Apr 2026Gerben-Jan GerbrandySFDR
9 Dec 2025Pascal CanfinSFDR
3 Nov 2025Pascal CanfinSFDR
3 Jun 2025Pascal CanfinOmnibus I
17 Feb 2025Stéphanie Yon-CourtinUnion des marchés de capitaux
5 Feb 2025Valérie HayerSimplification
5 Feb 2025Gilles BoyerOmnibus simplification
30 Jan 2025Stéphanie Yon-CourtinUnion des marchés de capitaux
14 Nov 2024Stéphanie Yon-CourtinSavings and Investments Union
2 Oct 2024Gilles BoyerCMU, sustainable finance
26 Sep 2022Gilles BoyerSustainable Finance, ELTIF, AIFM

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