# Michel Cognet

> Michel Cognet is a startup investor at Altur Investissement. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Altur Investissement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turenne-investissement)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Michel Cognet is a startup investor at Altur Investissement. He was Managing Director of Sommer-Allibert then Tarkett. He currently holds directorships in several industrial and financial companies. He is Chairman of the Board of the American company Clarion Industries, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ubicast and partner of Fairbanks Investment Fund. He was co-opted as a member of the AlturInvestissement Supervisory Board in June 2014 and appointed Chairman in July 2014.

## About Altur Investissement

VC Fund · Paris, France

Founded in 2006, Altur Investissement is a development capital company that invests and disinvests directly or in co-investment. It is a partnership limited by shares governed by the provisions of article L. 226-1 et seq. Of the French Commercial Code, listed on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris.Altur Investissement has opted for thelegal and fiscal regime of SCR (Venture Capital Companies), which allows it to be exempt from corporate income tax on all current income and capital gains on the sale of its portfolio securities. , provided that 50% of its net book value consists of equity securities or equity securities or giving access to the capital of a company on a constant basis. As for the shareholders of the SCR, their tax system is also attractive: it allows individuals resident in France to benefit from a total exemption from the taxation of capital gains on the sale of shares held for at least 5 years ( except social levies, CSG / RDS) and a total exemption from the taxation of dividends.Altur Investissement's mission is to support, as the only investor or investor of reference, the fast-growing SMEs. Essentially unlisted, Altur Investissement accompanies these companies with significant potential and participates in their development so that they become leaders in their sectors. Altur Investissement is positioned in the following five sectors of specialization:Health Outsourced services Specialized distribution Industry Hotel

2 contacts available at Altur Investissement.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| François Lombard | Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franois-lombard |
| Michel Cognet | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michel-cognet |

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