Otium Capital

Quick read

Otium Capital is a multi-stage private investment holding company founded in 2009 by Pierre-Édouard Stérin (founder of Smartbox), headquartered in Paris, France. With €1.5B in AUM across 125+ portfolio companies, it backs founders from pre-seed through LBO with no holding period constraints. The firm is organised into three divisions — Otium Venture, Otium Leisure, and Otium Studio — deploying €30–45M per year per vertical.

Key facts

Founded

2009

Founders

Pierre-Édouard Stérin

Employees

76

Sectors

consumer, fintech, saas, marketplace, generalist

Website

www.otiumcapital.com

Investment thesis

Otium backs entrepreneurs at every stage — pre-seed through LBO — across five verticals: Venture Tech, Industrial Venture & Growth, Leisure, Real Estate, and Opportunistic Investments. Ticket sizes run from €100K to €30M, with no holding period constraints, and the firm takes both majority and minority stakes.

Recent activity

• Jun 2026leadership
  Otium appointed Éric Massou as General Manager, effective immediately. Previously Deputy CEO and Group CFO, he takes full operational responsibility across the investment platform. The firm's assets have grown to more than €1.8 billion, and the stated target is €5 billion within five years. otiumcapital.com
• Jan 2026product
  Otium Studio posted an open role for a Founder Associate focused on international development within higher education, with a start date of January 2026. The hire would support a startup incubated inside Otium Studio. fr.linkedin.com
• 2024investment
  Otium deployed €255 million across investments in 2024, with recent portfolio additions including Fintool, Amenitiz, and Kids Empire. superscout.co
• Jan 2023investment
  Otium Capital invested €8 million in IB2, a green industrial tech company whose process allows alumina refineries to use low-grade bauxite ore and produce tobermorite as a co-product. ib2.com
• Undatedinvestment
  Otium Capital participated in VSORA's $4.2 million fundraising round. VSORA is a Paris-based startup building integrated circuits and IP blocks for autonomous driving; the capital will accelerate development of its Tyr chip family. vs-a.fr
• Apr 2026investment
  Otium sold fragrance brand Dossier to American Pacific Group, reporting a return of more than 50x on the investment. otiumcapital.com
• Feb 2026press
  EthiFinance Ratings reaffirmed Otium's BBB Investment Grade credit rating. otiumcapital.com
• Nov 2025press
  Otium published a formal statement refuting what it described as inaccurate information published in the press, and reaffirmed the strength of its business model. otiumcapital.com
• Jul 2025fundraise
  Otium committed €180M+ to Otium Studio through 2030, doubling down on its venture-building arm. otiumcapital.com
• Jul 2025press
  Otium reported strong first-half 2025 performance across all business units. otiumcapital.com
• Apr 2024investment
  Otium Capital led a €60 million funding round for Comet Software, backing the company's ambition to become a leading European provider of vertical software solutions. otiumcapital.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Otium sold fragrance brand Dossier to American Pacific Group, recording a return of over 50x. otiumcapital.com

Notable investments

• FintoolUndisclosed2024superscout.co
• AmenitizUndisclosed2024superscout.co
• Kids EmpireUndisclosed2024superscout.co
• IB2Undisclosed (€8 million)Jan 2023ib2.com
• VSORAUndisclosed (part of $4.2 million round)Undatedvs-a.fr
• Dossier (exited)ExitApr 2026otiumcapital.com
• AmenitizSeries B2025tracxn.com
• Comet SoftwareGrowth (€60M)Apr 2024otiumcapital.com
• VSORASeed/Early ($4.2M)Undatedvsora.com
• Beat The BombSeries B ($15M)2023zoominfo.com
• BeFCSeries A (€16M)2023zoominfo.com
• VSORAAdditional funding ($46M)2023zoominfo.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Pierre-Édouard Stérin · Founder & President
• François Durvye · Chief Executive Officer
• Stanislas · Partner & Chief of Staff
• Eric · VP Finance
• Aurélie Pasquet Bessiere · Venture Partner
• Damien Vergniol · Managing Director

Sources

• Otium Capital – Homepage
• About Us – Otium Capital
• News – Otium Capital
• Otium reorganisation & 2030 ambitions
• Team – Otium Capital
• Otium Capital – Tracxn Profile
• Otium Capital – Crunchbase
• Otium Capital – ZoomInfo
• Otium Capital – LinkedIn
• https://www.otiumcapital.com/en/news/otium-appoints-eric-massou-as-chief-executive-officer-to-lead-its-next-phase-of-growth-and-deliver-its-long-term-ambitions/
• https://fr.linkedin.com/company/otium-capital
• https://superscout.co/investor/otium
• https://ib2.com/otium-capital-invests-e8-million-in-ib2-technology-press-release/
• https://vs-a.fr/en/vsa-advises-otium-capital/

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