# Damien Lestang-Hourcastagné

> Damien Lestang-Hourcastagné is a startup investor at Advent International (Paris). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Advent International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advent-international)
- Location: Paris, France
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damienlestang/

Damien Lestang-Hourcastagné is a startup investor at Advent International in Paris. Damien joined Advent in 2003. Prior to Advent, he was with the German leveraged finance team of BNP Paribas, where he was involved in the arrangement and underwriting of LBO transactions. Before joining BNP Paribas, he worked for AGF PE, the private equity arm of the Allianz group in France.

## About Advent International

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Advent International is a private equity firms that focused on buyouts and growth equity investments in five core sectors.

5 contacts available at Advent International.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Taylor | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-m-taylor |
| Damien Lestang-Hourcastagné | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-lestang |
| Eric Wei | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-wei |
| Francesco Casiraghi | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francesco-casiraghi |
| Jaime Carvajal Urquijo | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaime-carvajal-urquijo |

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