Sagard Acquires Strategic Stake in BEX Capital
April 16, 2025
Sagard has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic minority stake in BEX Capital, a specialist private equity secondaries firm with offices in Nice and New York and over US$2 billion AUM. The partnership will integrate BEX’s secondaries expertise into Sagard’s Private Equity Solutions platform while BEX’s leadership continues to manage day-to-day investment activities independently; the deal is expected to close subject to regulatory approvals.
- Buyers
- Sagard
- Targets
- BEX Capital
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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