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

• Apr 2026investment
  Otium sold fragrance brand Dossier to American Pacific Group, recording a return of over 50x. otiumcapital.com
• Nov 2025press
  Otium issued a formal statement refuting inaccurate information published in the press and reaffirming the strength of its model. otiumcapital.com
• Jul 2025press
  Otium published its H1 2025 results, reporting strong performance driven by all business units. otiumcapital.com
• Sep 2024fundraise
  Otium Leisure secured €140M in financing to build a European leader in family entertainment centres. otiumcapital.com
• Apr 2024investment
  Otium Capital led a €60M funding round for Comet Software, backing its ambition to become a leading European vertical software provider. otiumcapital.com
• 2024press
  Otium announced ambitions to invest €300M in 2024, up from €190M deployed across all activities in 2023, and reported €1.5B in AUM. otiumcapital.com
• 2023investment
  Otium Capital led a $15M Series B round in Beat The Bomb, a Brooklyn-based interactive social video game company. zoominfo.com
• 2023investment
  Otium invested in BeFC's €16M Series A as new lead investor; BeFC develops ecological biofuel cells in Grenoble. zoominfo.com

Notable investments

• Comet SoftwareGrowth (€60M)Apr 2024otiumcapital.com
• Beat The BombSeries B ($15M)2023zoominfo.com
• BeFCSeries A (€16M)2023zoominfo.com
• VSORAAdditional funding ($46M)2023zoominfo.com
• AmenitizSeries B2024tracxn.com
• Wondergifts GroupUndisclosed2024linkedin.com
• PayFitUndisclosedUndisclosedotiumcapital.com
• OwkinUndisclosedUndisclosedotiumcapital.com
• DossierUndisclosedUndisclosedotiumcapital.com
• PolèneUndisclosedUndisclosedotiumcapital.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

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