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# IRSS joins Ekkio Capital

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**With the IRSS Group, Ekkio Capital invests in the training sector dedicated to  
health, ****well-being and sports.**

Ekkio Capital acquired a stake in Groupe IRSS in 2023.

IRSS supports more than 2,500 students every year with short professional training courses in health, well-being and sport.

Founded in Cholet in 1985, the IRSS Group is present in 13 towns, mainly in western France, and is continuing to expand with Ekkio Capital.

The IRSS Group offers 3 types of training courses lasting from 1 to 3 years: 

IRSS Santé for training in early childhood, health and social professions  
IRSS Sport, which prepares students for careers in sport  
IRSS Bachelor Management dedicated to sports management training.

With sales of €10 million, the IRSS group is renowned for its academic excellence and its positioning in high-employability professions.

IRSS has decided to join forces with Ekkio Capital to become the French leader in sports and health training, with an ambitious external growth strategy in a sector that is still highly fragmented.

 

**About propos d’Ekkio Capital  
**Ekkio Capital is an independent management company that has been investing for 20 years in growth-oriented European SMEs in four sectors: Tourism & Leisure, Health, Security & Control, Eco-Responsibility. Ekkio Capital has developed a differentiating investment strategy, based on genuine sectoral and operational expertise, to develop the business of SMEs, create value and position them as benchmark players in their sector. Ekkio Capital has made more than thirty investments, and supported its investments in the implementation of over one hundred external growth projects.  [www.ekkio.com](http://www.ekkio.com)

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