Otium Capital is the Paris-based family office created in 2009 by Pierre-Edouard Sterin, founder of Smartbox. It invests directly in startups and SMEs across technology, industry, healthcare, leisure, hospitality, consumer goods and real estate, taking majority or minority stakes with no fixed holding period. The firm reports more than 100 investments and tickets ranging from a few hundred thousand euros to several tens of millions. Notable holdings include Smartbox Group, PayFit and Owkin, with recent deep tech deals in VSORA and e-peas. A second arm, Otium Studio, builds and incubates companies from scratch.
Investment thesis
Otium Capital is a Paris investment and company-building firm founded in 2009, with about 1.8 billion euros under management. It both creates businesses through its Otium Studio incubator and invests alongside entrepreneurs over long horizons, having supported more than 130 companies since inception. Its stated conviction is that bold entrepreneurs drive progress and that its role is to build tomorrow's category leaders with them.