At PurpleShares, we believe that success only makes sense when it is shared.
Our story
Purpleshares is first and foremost a personal story
PurpleShares was born out of a silent injustice: seeing leaders dedicate their lives to building an SME without ever being able to pass it on.
Our fathers, business leaders, experienced this impasse: years of work, united teams, recognized expertise, but when it came time to hand over the reins, no solution, no successor.
This experience left a deep impression, which over time became a conviction: we must invent a fairer, more humane and more modern model.
It is on this basis that PurpleShares was born in 2024, with a simple idea: the best transfer is that which is made to those who make the company thrive: its employees.
By combining finance, technology and a collective spirit, we are building a bridge between those who built and those who will make it last.
2024
Creation Year
Our values
What guides us on a daily basis
Our Vision
Every year, thousands of business leaders retire without a successor, threatening expertise and jobs. PurpleShares offers a different path: one where employees become shareholders in their company. We make the transfer of SMEs simple, fast, and sustainable, ensuring that none disappear and that those who keep them going become the builders of their future.
Our Mission
At PurpleShares, we believe that success is only valuable when it is shared. Our ambition is to transform the way businesses change hands by making each transfer a collective, sustainable, and locally rooted opportunity.
Our Impact
Every business transfer preserves jobs, strengthens local value, and promotes a fairer distribution of wealth. It offers employees and investors a lever for value creation, and the seller a fair exit. We are building a sustainable economy where performance is also measured by its human impact.
Our team
Purpleshares is first and foremost a personal story
Pierre-Louis d'Argenlieu
COO
Pierre-Louis has mastered all aspects of M&A, with extensive expertise in M&A transactions up to initial public offerings.
Benjamin Wayenberg
CEO
Trained as a management engineer, Benjamin combines expertise in private equity, impact finance, and business digitalization.
Sebastien peterson
CTO
Sébastien, a computer engineer, combines expertise in development, AI, and business process automation.