Ready-made routes into France
Opportunities in France for international entrepreneurs and investors.
Real, proven solutions — delivered through local French partners with a verified track record.
Meet us at our Paris office, or at the investment expos we attend.
Get in touchOur portfolio
[ 01 — Opportunities ]
WNS Group
WNS Group moves into unglamorous, overlooked sectors — laundry, dry cleaning, everyday retail — and rebuilds the business model from the ground up: automation, software and hardware developed in-house, cutting both capex and opex. What comes out is a business ready to operate, with a real competitive edge in its sector, needing far less local staff and day-to-day presence than a conventional one.
Cassehgari
Cassehgari's founders bring a family background in hospitality. The group took its current form in 2021, in Toulouse, and has since grown through four hotel acquisitions in South West France — financed and integrated on the strength of a single approach: they operate what they buy.
The barriers we remove
You already know why France. What stops most people is not the destination — it's the route. And that route looks different depending on what you're here to do.
For entrepreneurs — launching a business
The sequence looks impossible from outside.
Which legal form, in what order, with which documents, and who to trust locally: from abroad, France looks distant and complicated. We map the whole route before you commit to anything.
It's a proven concept, not a bet.
From €30,000 to €80,000: working concepts already proven by other entrepreneurs, across different sectors. A local team supervises the creation and launch — you keep full freedom over development, marketing and building your own team.
For investors — acquiring a hotel
Sourcing and vetting take years you don't have.
We only bring you acquisitions already vetted by an operator with a real track record — four hotels since 2021, not a pitch deck.
You join an acquisition, not a solo bet.
You co-acquire each hotel alongside the group and its board of investors, as part of their continued expansion. Once bought, the group operates it — hospitality is their expertise, not yours to manage.
What we do
Sourcing.
We hold an exclusive contract to represent established French companies and groups outside France — solid business models, solutions already proven in the market.
Matching.
Together with each international client, we choose the solution that fits their project, entrepreneurial or investment. We define the roadmap, and the long-term personal project behind it — staying the client's main point of contact throughout.
Implementation and launch.
Whether it's a new business or an investment, we and our local partners stay with the client at every stage, to see the project succeed in France.
An active, growing portfolio
Partners represented today
These are the companies we represent right now — a portfolio we are continually adding to.
WNS Group — ready-to-launch businesses
They go where others won't.
WNS Group moves into unglamorous, overlooked sectors — laundry, dry cleaning, everyday retail — and rebuilds the business model from the ground up: automation, software and hardware developed in-house, cutting both capex and opex. What comes out is a business ready to operate, with a real competitive edge in its sector, needing far less local staff and day-to-day presence than a conventional one.
Independent, not franchised.
No franchise agreement, no royalties, no brand name attached. Entrepreneurs launch and own their own company — built with components and solutions already proven in the sector, and outperforming competitors who haven't caught up.
A track record built on 100+ launches.
WNS Group has delivered ready-to-launch businesses for more than 100 clients, French and international. Their expertise and proven business models sharply reduce the risk every entrepreneur takes on when starting from zero.
An edge that's hard to copy.
When WNS Group enters a sector, they also work to become the exclusive distributor of key parts and machines within it — a second layer of advantage on top of the business itself.
Financing, arranged fast.
WNS Group works with exclusive financial partners in France who can co-finance a project in under seven days — through leasing or classic bank financing, depending on what the project needs.
Key facts
Bordeaux — where they operate
A city that keeps adding residents.
Bordeaux anchors a metropolitan area of about a million people in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with roughly 800,000 across the 28 municipalities of Bordeaux Métropole and around 265,000 in the city itself. Newcomers made up 9.4% of the population in 2022 — well above the 7.2% average across France's twelve largest cities, and one of the highest rates in the country. Paris is two hours and five minutes away by high-speed rail.
Why that matters for this kind of business.
Laundry, dry cleaning and everyday retail follow residents, not tourists. A metropolitan area adding population every year is adding demand for exactly these services, in new neighbourhoods that do not yet have them.
Cassehgari — hotel investment in South West France
Four acquisitions since 2021.
Cassehgari's founders bring a family background in hospitality. The group took its current form in 2021, in Toulouse, and has since grown through four hotel acquisitions in South West France — financed and integrated on the strength of a single approach: they operate what they buy.
A competitive, proven operating model.
Their edge is in how they run a hotel once they own it: a pricing model, yield management and staff optimisation that are efficient and already proven across their portfolio. Growth comes from two things working together — an acquisition strategy that targets undervalued assets, and this operating capability that raises performance afterwards.
What an investor is joining.
Cassehgari owns hotels in the 3- and 4-star range — urban establishments selected for their location and their potential for optimisation, drawing on genuine local knowledge of the South West France market.
Key facts
Toulouse — where they operate
Europe's aerospace capital, and one of France's fastest-growing cities.
Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry — Airbus is headquartered there, along with ATR — and France's fourth-largest city, with the fourth-largest student population in the country. Its metropolitan area, in Occitanie, grew from 1.27 million people in 2009 to 1.47 million in 2020: 1.36% a year, among the fastest of any large French city, with around 498,000 within the city itself.
Why that matters for hotels.
Hotel demand in Toulouse rests on two independent legs: business travel from a permanent industrial cluster — suppliers, engineers, delivery customers — and leisure and events. A market with two uncorrelated demand sources behaves differently from one that depends on summer.
Solidly established in France, and looking for international representation?
Get in touchWho you work with
Simon Bekishev
I have spent years building and running businesses in France. That experience taught me the practical difference between a good project and a project that actually launches here.
Today, I source the best partners in France for an investment or an entrepreneurial project — a portfolio I keep adding to — and represent them internationally. I work with clients from the first conversation, mapping the realistic options, through to the launch of the project.
I also take part in select investment expos, and work alongside family offices and private banking institutions to bring these opportunities to the clients who need them.
How we work
- 01Phase 01
Assessment
First call. What is realistic for your project and budget.
- 02Phase 02
Options
Written note: routes available, constraints, timeline, costs.
- 03Phase 03
Structuring
Chosen route, legal form, documents required.
- 04Phase 04
Launch
Introduction to the company, coordination, follow-through to opening.
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Contact
Have a project in mind — a business to launch, or a hotel to invest in? Write directly, and we'll reply personally.
simon@thefrenchgateway.com