The first investment
structure created by buy & build entrepreneurs
What makes us Uniques
Dedicated solely to buy & build
Builders Associés is an investment vehicle entirely dedicated to financing and supporting buy & build platforms in Europe. We focus exclusively on this strategy: identifying fragmented sectors, financing founding teams, providing our concrete methodology to succeed in an accelerated external growth strategy, and building leading groups, acquisition after acquisition.
An independent, 100% entrepreneurial vehicle
Builders Associés is not a traditional fund: our capital comes exclusively from entrepreneurs who have already led or supported sector consolidation strategies. Capital that is independent of any institutional investor, totally aligned with entrepreneurs, and action-oriented to rapidly create sector leaders in Europe.
Operational support, not just financial
Buy & build is an ambitious and complex project that we understand both as founders and investors. Beyond capital, we provide a proven methodology and a set of concrete operational tools to structure acquisitions and integrations.
A unique community of buy & build entrepreneurs
We mobilize a unique community of founders and executives who have already navigated every stage of buy & build. A circle of operators gathered to support ambitious new projects. A support network unique in Europe, built by entrepreneurs who have actually executed roll-ups at scale.
acquisitions completed
supported platforms
raised by our platforms
consolidated EBITDA
Entrepreneurs & founding teams
You want to launch a buy & build platform:
- with a sector already identified, or
- with the ambition to execute a roll-up, without a fixed sectoral thesis
We co-build your project, validate the sector with you, structure the platform and finance the first acquisitions.
SME leaders & owners
Are you the leader of an SME that could join a platform?
Our philosophy is not to “buy for the sake of buying”, but partnering with leaders who want to:
- Secure a portion of their wealth
- Continue their company's story
- Benefit from the strength of a group while keeping their local DNA
- Benefit from the value created via reinvestment mechanisms
- Be supported in the often solitary daily life of a business owner
A european ambition
From the start, we design platforms on a European scale:
- By first building a strong foothold in the country of origin
- By financing successive acquisitions in neighboring countries to build a company with international ambitions.
For us, international expansion is not a distant option: it is a logical step in a successful roll-up, which we integrate from the very conception of the strategy.
Examples of platforms
Some emblematic trajectories to which our founders and entrepreneur co-investors have contributed:
Private Education Group (+50 acquisitions completed)
European leader in medical imaging (+40 acquisitions completed)
Group of Dental Prosthetic Laboratories (30 acquisitions completed)
HVAC Group (11 acquisitions completed)
Specialized medical equipment distribution group (10 acquisitions completed)
Regulatory training (first platform financed directly by Builders Associés)