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€1.8 billion AUM
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100+ companies supported
Building Stronger and more Sustainable Businesses
We unlock the full potential of the companies we invest in by bringing much more than capital – we unleash their development. We deliver sustainable and outstanding value for our investors thanks to our people-oriented and active-ownership approach.
Independent European Investment Platform
Our skilled European team invests in mid-sized companies with strong fundamentals and uses our unique value-creation methodology to help these companies accelerate their growth and ESG performance.
Our CEOs
Lamberto Cuppini
CEOs of Fulgard — Italy
Bas Ambachtsheer
CEO of IJssel
— The Netherlands
Umberto Ferretti
CEO of BRACCHI — Italy
ESG is at the core of our DNA
One of the first 15 asset managers worldwide to commit to the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi).
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We help companies accelerate their growth by using a rigorous ESG approach.
Experienced Team
16 nationalities and languages spoken I 70 team members
Our team is key. Multicultural and multinational, this diversity brings together perspectives, knowledge and valuable skills. Our team is united by shared human values, which are intrinsically linked to each individual’s personality.
Thomas Ribéreau
Partner — France
Maëlis de Calan
Analyst — France
Nicola Honorati
Investment Manager — Italy
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Argos Wityu signed an Agreement to sell Fulgard to Seven2.
Argos Wityu, an independent pan-European investment group, has signed an Agreement to sell Fulgard to Seven2, an independent private equity firm. The Fulgard group is majority-owned by the Argos Mid-Market VII fund.
The deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
Fulgard is a leading provider of integrated services focused on the safety, health, and well-being of its clients’ workforce. The company operates across two main business units: (i) Fire and Protection, offering fire safety maintenance, installation services, and machine protection solutions; and (ii) Soft Services, providing mandatory and non-mandatory training, consulting, and occupational health services. With headquarters in Vicenza and 7 operating offices across Italy, Fulgard has more than 13k clients and is expected to generate revenue of over €117 million in 2024 and EBITDA of c. €22 million. Fulgard employs more than 400 people.
SWEN Capital Partners co-invests with Argos Climate Action Fund in Groupe Routin, a French manufacturer of high-end syrups and beverage ingredients.
SWEN Capital Partners, an investor in Argos Climate Action, Europe’s leading “Grey to Green” buyout fund, co-invests in the Fund’s second acquisition. The Argos Climate Action Fund is a mid-market private equity buyout fund that aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of European SMEs.
Aligned with Argos Climate Action’s decarbonisation objective, SWEN Capital Partners has also committed primary commitment to the Fund in addition to the co-investment in Groupe Routin.
Argos Wityu announces it has closed the acquisition of Groupe Routin, a French manufacturer of high-end syrups and beverage ingredients.
Groupe Routin is a French-based manufacturer of high-end syrups and ingredients for creative drinks. Founded more than 140 years ago (in 1883), the company has built its reputation on a wealth of purely local know-how, agility and a high level of service to its customers in 84 countries. With its strong French “art de vivre” identity, Groupe Routin is the pioneer of the “Drink Design® movement, putting its expertise at the service of creativity and taste experiences. The company employs more than 240 people, and its revenues exceeded €115m in 2023.
