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    Ardian

    Paris, FranceFounded 1996

    Ardian is a global diversified private markets firm headquartered in Paris, specializing in private equity (buyout, expansion, growth, secondaries), real assets (infrastructure, real estate), and credit. Founded in 1996 as AXA Private Equity, it became an independent employee-owned firm in 2013 and now operates 22 offices worldwide with over 1,100 employees.

    They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $1796.8M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    13

    Fund Size

    $3.5B

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Alexis Manet

    Alexis Manet

    Managing Director

    Bruno Ladrière

    Bruno Ladrière

    Managing Director

    Christopher Sand

    Christopher Sand

    Head of Buyout US & Managing Director

    Edouard Level

    Edouard Level

    Managing Director

    Edward Little

    Edward Little

    Head of Buyout UK & Managing Director

    Emmanuel Miquel

    Emmanuel Miquel

    Head of Buyout France & Managing Director

    Federico Fasciolo

    Federico Fasciolo

    Managing Director

    Gregory Buscayret

    Gregory Buscayret

    Managing Director - Capital Markets

    Gunnar Chrestin

    Gunnar Chrestin

    Managing Director

    Nicolas Trani

    Nicolas Trani

    Managing Director

    Olivier Personnaz

    Olivier Personnaz

    Head of Buyout Equity Capital Markets & Managing Director

    Helen Lee Bouygues

    Helen Lee Bouygues

    Operating Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    13 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    DDiot-SiaciUnknownAug 2025
    DDiot-SiaciUnknownAug 2025
    Sevetys logoSevetysUnknownJan 2021
    SSarbacane SoftwareUnknown$27MSep 2020
    Ivalua logoIvaluaGrowth$60MMay 2019
    CClever AgeUnknownJan 2015
    Odealim logoOdealimGrowth
    Ennov logoEnnovGrowth
    HR Path logoHR PathGrowth
    MMon VétoUnknown$100M
    AAscendi GroupUnknown
    VVårgrønnUnknown
    CCuriumUnknown$7B

    Top Co-Investors

    Eurazeo1 shared
    Manulife Financial Corporation1 shared
    TPG Life Sciences Innovations1 shared
    ICG1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026