France Épargne Corporate
Ardian Private Credit
Ardian’s Private Credit team lends to European mid-sized companies, mostly to finance LBOs and add-on acquisitions alongside private equity funds. It provides unitranche and senior debt.
Criteria
Criteria published by the lender
- Instruments
- Senior debt, Unitranche
- Borrower ownership
- Sponsored deals
- Size bands
- Not published
- Accepted collateral
- Not published
- Sharia-compliant structures
- Not published
- Sectors
- Not published
- Exclusions
- Not published
- Lender website
- ardian.com
Profile checked on 17 October 2026 against the sources listed at the bottom of the page.
Deals
Published deals
| Announced | Borrower | Purpose | Amount | Instruments | Lenders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Arche MC2A software publisher for the social care and medico-social sector in France, based in Aix-en-Provence. | LBO | Not published | Unitranche | Ardian |
| July 2026 | BarkeneA technical services provider in electronic security, fire safety, automatic doors and remote monitoring, founded in 2018 and based in Pantin, with nearly 800 employees. | LBO | Not published | Unitranche | Ardian, CAPZA |
| May 2026 | RhétorèsA French independent wealth management adviser founded in 2010, with more than 6,200 clients and more than €2.7bn of advised assets at the end of 2025. | LBO | Not published | Unitranche | Ardian |
| September 2025 | implidAn accounting, legal advisory and business advisory group founded in 1973 and based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. | LBO | Not published | Unitranche | Ardian |
| June 2025 | CyrusAn independent wealth advisory group founded in 1989 and based in Paris, which managed €19bn of assets at the end of April 2025. | Refinancing | Not published | Unitranche | Ardian |
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