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In Europe's private equity landscape, family offices are playing an increasing role. In this article, we analyzed our list of 400 European family offices with private equity focus. In the following, we are introducing you to three exciting single family offices of billionaires that invest in PE. 1. Financiere Agache (Arnault family office, France) The... Continue reading →

The family office scene in the UK is both secretive and heavyweight in equal measure. With our database of the 80 largest UK Single Family Offices we shed light on the highly relevant family office landscape by collecting data on investments, executives and more. Below we present billionaires from the UK who have set up... Continue reading →

Hans-Peter Haselsteiner, former CEO and shareholder of construction giant Strabag, recently invested in Vienna-based startup Greenpass through his family office. Greenpass works on SaaS solutions for green cities. GREENPASS: green urban development planning The Vienna-based startup GREENPASS offers a toolbox for urban development planning. The toolbox has four components: Assessment, Competition, Pre-Certification and Certification. Through... Continue reading →

Russian investor SCP recently announced the sale of the remains of German supermarket chain Real to the single family office of the Tischendorf family and former Real managers. Real: German retailer changes owner Essen-based supermarket chain Real GmbH is one of Germany's most important food and consumer good retailers. The firm operates around 270 stores... Continue reading →

In our "spotlight" article series we are highlighting some interesting single family offices from that were added to our list of European single family offices in 2022. Today's focus: Kalodion, a Berlin-based single family office of entrepreneur David Zimmer, who sold the telecommunications firm Inexio. What's the background of Kalodion? David Zimmer founded the German... Continue reading →

In the beginning of 2022, the German Benner single family office acquired a 68 percent stake of Thonet GmbH. Thonet is a German furniture manufacturer with a long history. Thonet: Modern German furniture manufacturer Thonet was founded in 1819 in Boppard am Rhein, Germany. Since then, Thonet wood chairs gained a lot of attention. From... Continue reading →

Munich-based logistics software startup Smartlane secured an additional €4.5M in funding. Amongst the investors is Jova Direkt Invest, the relatively unknown venture capital single family office of the Vaillant family. Smartlane: Logistics SaaS startup from Munich Smartlane works on transport optimization software solutions, powered by artifical intelligence. Through the solution of the company, logistic companies... Continue reading →

In January 2022, it was announced that Littlejohn Capital acquired Alto Healthcare Staffing. Littlejohn Capital is the Savannah-based single family office of private equity entrepreneur Angus C. Littlejohn Jr. Alto Staffing: Healthcare Staffing Agency from Dayton, Ohio Alto Staffing is an experienced staffing agency in the healthcare sector.Alto Staffing is an experienced staffing agency in... Continue reading →

In January 2022, an interesting family office deal was announced: the Danish multi family office Maigaard & Molbech acquires Danish biogas company Vinkel Bioenergi in a joint venture transaction together with solutions provider European Energy. Vinkel Bioenergi: Leading biogas producer in Denmark The Højslev-based project Vinkel Bioenergi is one of the largest biogas plants in... Continue reading →