Cobepa
cobepa.com Direct investor
Cobepa is an independent, privately-held investment company that provides equity capital to established companies in Europe and the United States. It focuses on majority or strong minority stakes and aims for long-term partnerships.
Cobepa is a private equity firm headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1957. It invests directly in companies, from growth to buyout, in diversified. Its stated cheque size is €100m to €400m equity investments (with upsides up to €500m). €5.5 bn Net Asset Value under management and 22 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest in diverse companies with an established and proven business model where we can add value by supporting management teams to achieve their long-term objectives and strategy.”
— Cobepa, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Invests in
- Europe, United States
- Sectors
- diversified
- Cheque size
- €100m to €400m equity investments (with upsides up to €500m)
- Founded
- 1957
- Assets under management
- €5.5 bn Net Asset Value
- Portfolio
- 22 companies
Team, as Cobepa publishes it
- Jean-Marie Laurent Josi Chief Executive Officer
- François Henrot Chairman
- Saskia Bruysten Director
- Christophe d'Ansembourg Director
- Olivier Davignon Director
- Charles de Liedekerke Director
- Caroline de Spoelberch Director
- Grégoire de Spoelberch Director
- Olivier de Spoelberch Director
- Hugo Ferreira Director
- François Pauly Director
- Hubertus von Baumbach Director
Names and roles exactly as listed on cobepa.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 8 co-investors found.
- ISAI 1 shared company: ascentiel-groupe.com
- Equistone Partners Europe 1 shared company: gerflor.com
- Smartfin 1 shared company: itineris.net
- BroadOak Asset Management, LLC 1 shared company: reactionbiology.com
- Andera Partners 1 shared company: scalian.com
- Five Points Capital LLC 1 shared company: heartlandhomeservices.com
- The Jordan Company (TJC) 1 shared company: heartlandhomeservices.com
- Lab Box 1 shared company: dieteren.be
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Cobepa publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.cobepa.com/name, is_investor, description, aum, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.cobepa.com/en/About/p/strategylayer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.cobepa.com/en/Abouttype, hq_country, hq_city, founded, people
- https://www.cobepa.com/en/About/p/governancepeople
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Record 520 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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