PARIS, July 1, 2025 – Leading international law firm Proskauer today announced that it advised Motion Equity Partners on the successful closing of a newly formed single-asset Continuation Fund with a €215m hardcap, structured around Olyos, a leading European platform specializing in natural and health nutrition.
The fund, which was oversubscribed, will be managed by Motion Equity Partners and is capitalized by Coller Capital, a global leader in the secondary market for private assets, as the lead investor, following a competitive process advised by Rede Partners. The transaction brings together existing Motion LPs, new institutional investors, a significant equity reinvestment from Olyos’ management and LFPI as minority co-investor.
Since acquiring Olyos in 2018, Motion has deployed an ambitious value creation strategy, transforming a single-country lab into a high-growth international platform in natural health. Upon entry, Olyos was a legacy French-focused business with €40 million in Revenue. Today, it generates near €145 million in Sales, with a CAGR of +27% from 2020 to 2024, and has ranked as one of the fastest-growing players in the European market. Under Motion’s ownership, Olyos has tripled in size, through a balanced mix of organic and external growth (2/3 from organic growth and 1/3 from acquisitions). The company has executed four major acquisitions to expand its European footprint. Olyos today owns a portfolio of strong brands in the VMS space built around the same DNA (naturalness, performance and scientific background), being category leaders in various segments and positioned today as a strategic B2B2C partner for pharmacists.
Motion Equity Partners will support Olyos’ next phase of growth (notably the further deployment of its successful commercial model in pharmacy and online channels) and the acceleration of its ambitious external growth strategy, both in France and internationally. The Continuation Fund has been sized to anticipate and finance future build-up opportunities.
The cross-border Proskauer team advising Motion Equity Partners was led by partner Agnès Rossi and included associates Xavier Courdec-Fani, Marie Keusch, Souhadd K’Habore and Léa Le Romancer (Private Investment Funds) and partner Gwenaël Kropfinger (Tax)
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