# Dominique Gaillard

> Dominique Gaillard is a private equity investor at Ardian backing Financial Services and Energy. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ardian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardian)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominique-gaillard-8b1289

Dominique Gaillard is a private equity investor at Ardian in Paris focused on Financial Services and Energy. Dominique Gaillard graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 1979. Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises, and holds a Master of Science from UC Berkeley.Dominique Gaillard joined AXA Private Equity in 1997, where he manages LBO mid cap, small cap, expansion capital, co-investment andinfrastructure activities as well as the development of direct funds activities in Eastern Europe.Previously he spent seven years with Charterhouse France, starting as Project Manager and progressing to a Director and member of the Executive Board. He began his career at Péchiney.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Consulting | 1 | 20% |
| Health Care | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 4 | 80% |
| Belgium | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vendis Capital | Vendis Capital is an independent private equity firm that focuses on building and investing in small- to medium-sized branded consumer companies in Europe. Its flexible capital structure includes both development capital and buyout capital.Vendis Capital supports entrepreneurs and their companies through various stages of development. It helpsits clients in establishing strategic roadmaps, planning and facilitating management additions, evaluating and executing acquisitions, and establishing proper monitoring and reporting tools.Vendis Capital was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Diegem, Vlaams-Brabant. |  | Private Equity | May 16, 2025 |  |
| Jolt Capital | Jolt Capital is a fully independent Private Equity firm targeting growth investments in mid-sized European technology companies, typically with revenues between €10million and €100million. Founded in 2011, the firm is authorized and regulated by AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and led by Jean Schmitt and a very experienced team.As industryinsiders, Jolt Capital has an ingrained understanding of the scaling constraints facing SMEs originating in Europe, from both an operational and financing perspective. As such, Jolt Capital enables and catalyzes the requisite expansion by financing Working Capital, CAPEX, and strengthening Balance Sheets, while facilitating operational and capital efficiency with strategic guidance across Intellectual Property (IP), Internal Processes, Partnerships, Talent, Board Membership, M&A, and more.It is a fast growing technology companies in Europe need to finance their working capital in order to scale effectively in competitive markets. Despite their robustness, limited access to bank financing is a recurring constraint on company growth. Jolt Capital partners with these great companies by filling this gap with mutually beneficial equity investments.Growing technology companies routinely require significant capex across the organization in areas such as manufacturing, servers, facilities, testing, etc. Jolt Capital supports companies in their Capital Expenditures on the path to sustainable growth and profitability.Jolt Capital fosters European mid-size companies’ growth and profitability by financing their working capital, capex, external growth strategies and overall strengthening their balance sheet, in an approach that is mutually favorable to Jolt’s investors, Jolt’s portfolio companies, and Europe as a whole. |  | Private Equity | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Sonio | Sonio is an artificial intelligence for fetal ultrasound, helping practitioners analyse and diagnose congenital malformations. | $14.3M | Series A | Jul 11, 2023 |  |
| Private Corner | Private Corner is an independent management company that offers a new approach to private equity. It allows simple and diversified access to Private Equity geared towards the customer experience through a digitalized and secure approach throughout the investment lifecycle. |  | Private Equity | May 11, 2023 |  |
| SWEETCH Energy | SWEETCH Energy is developing a breakthrough technology in the field of salinity gradient power harvesting. | $6.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 13, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ademe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ademe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cross-Border Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cross-border-impact-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Demeter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/demeter-1e8a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elaia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaia-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Positive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-positive-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [La French Tech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-french-tech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ardian

VC Fund · Paris, France

Ardian is an independent private investment company that provides a diverse range of investment opportunities and responds to clients and believes that the benefits that they contribute should be distributed as widely as possible.

5 contacts available at Ardian.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexis Saada | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-saada |
| Dominique Gaillard | Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Direct Funds | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominique-gaillard |
| Dominique Senequier | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominique-senequier |
| Jérémie Delecourt | Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Corporate and International Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie-delecourt |
| Laurent Foata | Head of Ardian Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurent-foata |

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## FAQ

### What does Dominique Gaillard invest in?

Dominique Gaillard invests primarily in Financial Services, Energy and Finance startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dominique Gaillard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dominique Gaillard closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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