The French grain growers, founders of Unigrains, decided to invest in the agri-food industry so as to support the promotion of grains and other crops all along the value chain as early as 1963. Unigrains has been developing steadily ever since in France and abroad.
Its mission: participate in the development and strengthening of agri-food and agro-industrial sectors by promoting the emergence on leading companies in the respective fields.
Cession of Céréa Partenaire to its Management team, associated with institutional investors.
Acquisition of Mecatherm, a world leader in industrial baking equipment
Launch of Fondo Agroalimentare Italiano for growth capital transactions in Italy
Launch Céréa Partenaire’s private debt activity
Launch of a co-investment fund for larger transactions
Internationalization via participations in specialized investment funds (India, Africa, Latin America)
Launch of Céréa Partenaire’s buyout activity
Creation of Messis Finance: M&A advisory and financial engineering
Creation of Céréa Partenaire as a third-party fund manager; launch of Céréa Partenaire’s mezzanine financing activity
Unigrains integrates a part of its funds managed as assets (following a Parliamentary decision)
Extension of activities to all agri-food industries
Development of equity investment activities
Creation of the Fonds de Solidarité Céréales Elevage, managed by Unigrains
Unigrains, a registered financial company, complements the action of Coface for the financing of grain exports
