MORE THAN 90 SMEs
SUPPORTED
7 OFFICES IN
EUROPE
OVER 30 YEARS
EXPERIENCE
OVER €1.8 BILLION
UNDER MANAGEMENT
European Investment Fund
A Wide Range of Sectors
Tech
Food
Goods
Aeronautics
Services
Industry
Transport
Leisure
A Wide Range of Sectors
Tech
Food
Goods
Aeronautics
Services
Industry
Transport
Leisure
Our CEOs
Arjan & Harry Schenk
CEOs of Schenk — The Netherlands
Bas Ambachtsheer
CEO of IJssel
— The Netherlands
Jeroen Ekkel
CEO of Cohedron — The Netherlands
Seven Offices, One Team
Our international dimension is an essential part of our identity. Argos Wityu was founded in 1989 with offices in Geneva, Milan and Paris. We then opened offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, The Netherland and Luxembourg.
The attractiveness of the companies we support also depends on their ability to respond to social and environmental issues. Today, we have higher standards, ethics being the oldest notion at Argos Wityu.
Signatory of the International Climate Initiatives (iCI) and PRI (Principles of Responsible Investment), we commit ourselves to integrate the responsibility criteria into our management and investment policies.
Our talents
Rainer Derix
Partner — Dach
Coralie Cornet
Head of Communication and Digital — France
Olivier de La Gueronniere
General Secretary — Benelux
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News
Argos Wityu acquires Monviso, an Italian premium dry bakery manufacturer, from Cerea Partners and CAPZA.
Argos Wityu, an independent pan-European investment group, has acquired Monviso, an Italian premium dry bakery manufacturer, from Cerea Partners, an independent private equity firm, and CAPZA, a leading player in private investments in European SMEs. This acquisition marks the ninth investment by Argos Wityu’s Mid-Market VIII fund.
With approximately 90 years of expertise in the dry bakery industry, Monviso is a manufacturer of premium, gourmet, and healthy dry bakery products (including rusks, biscuits, and bread substitutes) based in Northern Italy.
Mid-market Argos Index® for the third quarter of 2024
The mid-market Argos Index® for the third quarter of 2024, published by Argos Wityu, the independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of unlisted M&A transactions, is now available. Launched in 2006, this index tracks the valuations of unlisted eurozone SMEs in which a majority stake has been acquired during the last six months.
“In the third quarter of 2024, acquisition prices for unlisted eurozone SMEs rose to 9.5x EBITDA. The index was boosted by a progressive recovery in M&A activity and a rebound in LBO transactions in the mid-market (between €15 million and €500 million). Higher prices were driven by the availability of capital and improved funding conditions, against the backdrop of a rapid fall in inflation that prompted the ECB to start a rate-cutting cycle. However, the process is a gradual one because of the major geopolitical uncertainties that remain in place, along with the eurozone’s weak economic growth,” said Louis Godron, Chair of Argos Wityu.
Argos Wityu acquires Lavatio GmbH, a leading German B2B textile rental and laundry service provider
The European independent private equity firm Argos Wityu, through its Argos Climate Action fund (Article 9 SFDR), has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Lavatio GmbH from funds advised by Ufenau Capital Partners. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.
Lavatio, headquartered in Hünfeld, Germany, provides textile rental and laundry services to more than 2,200 active customers in the hotel, restaurant and catering as well as healthcare and workwear segments in Germany and Switzerland.
