Sep 17, 2025
Paris, September 4, 2025: Founded at the end of 2024, Agema, an independent financial advisory firm specialising in fundraising and asset-backed financings, has already structured four major transactions for leading French companies. These deals confirm both the relevance of its approach and the growing market appetite for such alternative solutions.
Agema primarily supports mid-sized companies (with revenues ranging from €10 million to €1 billion) seeking financing solutions outside traditional banking channels.
Arc International – A world leader in tableware. As part of the group’s financial restructuring, Agema structured a sale & leaseback transaction on certain assets, providing fresh liquidity to the company.
Project Auto – A tier-1 automotive supplier to the world’s leading car manufacturers. Agema arranged a short- term alternative financing with a debt fund.
Amelia (Regourd Aviation Group) – A French airline operating both scheduled and charter flights. Agema structured a sale & leaseback on an Embraer E190, financed by a direct leasing fund.
Project Fashion – A French women’s ready-to-wear brand. Agema structured an asset-backed financing for the company.
The boutique aims to play a key role in structuring and enhancing the value of such operations, while helping to raise awareness of French opportunities among institutional investors, particularly those in Anglo-Saxon markets.
Agema’s three founders, Damien Boulangeat, Jean-Pierre Brice and Clément Khosrovchahi bring together decades of experience in structured finance and M&A. They share the conviction that asset-backed finance, which is well established in the US and the UK, addresses a growing need in France. It offers a more flexible solution for companies, reduced risk for lenders, and is particularly well suited to sectors requiring significant investment such as industry, energy, or infrastructure.
“We created Agema with the ambition to provide a credible, specialised alternative in the French structured finance market. Asset-backed finance is a strong asset class, still underdeveloped in France compared to Anglo-Saxon countries, even though it offers attractive prospects with measured risks. Our goal is to support French companies in their growth while helping both French and international investors better understand and finance this asset class.”
Founded in 2025, Agema is an independent financial advisory boutique specialising in asset-backed fundraising and refinancing. The founding team brings together 70 years of combined experience in financing advisory and strategic support for industrial and service companies. Agema primarily works with French SMEs and mid-sized companies seeking alternative financing solutions.
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