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Baptiste Guez and Pierre Nicolet, seasoned entrepreneurs with experience in scaling teams and driving rapid growth, have joined forces once again to launch Renovatio, a French SF. Having navigated the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, they previously co-founded Kol, an innovative startup specializing in last-mile delivery of daily essentials, operating in Paris and London. For Renovatio, they have assembled a world-class team of operators and investors, including ONEtoONE Asset Management, Ambit Partners, Vonzeo Capital, Spectra Investments, Moonbase Capital, Orca Equity Partners, among others.
Baptiste Guez began his career as a strategy consultant at EY’s Paris office, focusing on post-merger integration. After two years, he co-founded Kol, leading sales and marketing, where he built a strong brand identity and developed strategic partnerships with major suppliers like Pernod Ricard, LVMH, and Heineken. Most recently, he served as General Manager for France at Cake, a high-growth Swedish company.
Pierre Nicolet holds an MBA from HEC Paris, specializing in finance and M&A. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in London in 2013, working in the Alternative Investments division within Private Equity. In 2016, he partnered with Baptiste to launch Kol, where he managed finance and logistics, overseeing financial forecasting, operational KPIs, and supply chain management.
With Renovatio, they aim to acquire a profitable SME in France or Switzerland where they can drive impact through technology, brand development, and business strategy, leveraging their expertise in managing complex operations with effective technological solutions. They are industry-agnostic, focusing on SMEs in growing sectors within fragmented markets that have strong barriers to entry. Their target companies have an EBITDA between €2M and €6M.
