SOLUTIO: New Fund for Defense, Infrastructure, and Space

Grün­wald near Munich / Zurich – SOLUTIO AG (“SOLUTIO”), with the support of Wilshire Advi­sors LLC (“Wilshire”), is prepa­ring to launch a new fund aimed exclu­si­vely at insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors in Switz­er­land. The target volume is appro­xi­m­ately 150 million euros. The fund is inten­ded to provide access to a private markets segment that is expan­ding due to rising defense budgets, the protec­tion of criti­cal infra­struc­ture, tech­no­lo­gi­cal sove­reig­nty, and secu­rity-rela­­ted aero­space technologies. 

Wilshire’s role will be to support the fund’s exter­nal Alter­na­tive Invest­ment Fund Mana­ger (AIFM) as an invest­ment advi­sor. “Follo­wing the opening of our office in Zurich a little over a year ago, Switz­er­land is a natu­ral market for this stra­tegy,” says Robert Massing, CEO of SOLUTIO AG. “Insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors are incre­asingly focu­sing their invest­ments on secu­rity, resi­li­ence, and tech­no­lo­gi­cal sove­reig­nty. At the same time, the range of investa­ble funds has broa­dened in recent years. With this new product, we aim to select the most attrac­tive invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for our clients.” 

The fund is inten­ded to invest in selec­ted target funds and cover three key areas: defense and secu­rity, resi­li­ent infra­struc­ture and tech­no­lo­gies, and aero­space. The target volume is expec­ted to be around 150 million euros. The plan­ned geogra­phic focus is Europe, inclu­ding Israel; invest­ments in North America are also planned. 

The new fund is being deve­lo­ped as part of the stra­te­gic part­ner­ship between SOLUTIO and Wilshire. It combi­nes SOLUTIO AG’s exper­tise in struc­tu­ring and mana­ging funds in the German-spea­king insti­tu­tio­nal market with Wilshire’s global invest­ment plat­form, rese­arch capa­bi­li­ties, and expe­ri­ence in due dili­gence proces­ses and mana­ger selection. 

“The secu­rity and resi­li­ence market is young, frag­men­ted, and dyna­mic,” says Todd Cass­ler, Chief Reve­nue Offi­cer at Wilshire. “The growing number of specia­li­zed private equity and venture capi­tal funds is opening up nume­rous new invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors. At the same time, the demands on due dili­gence, fund selec­tion, risk assess­ment, and port­fo­lio cons­truc­tion are incre­asing.” The fund is to be struc­tu­red as an insti­tu­tio­nal fund and mana­ged by an exter­nal Alter­na­tive Invest­ment Fund Mana­ger (AIFM). Wilshire will provide invest­ment advice for the fund; howe­ver, invest­ment decis­i­ons will remain solely with the AIFM. 

About SOLUTIO AG

SOLUTIO AG deve­lops and struc­tures invest­ment port­fo­lios for insti­tu­tio­nal investors
and family offices in German-spea­king count­ries and Switz­er­land. The company focuses
on real assets and private markets, inclu­ding private equity, infra­struc­ture, private debt,
real estate, and specia­li­zed stra­te­gies in colla­bo­ra­tion with international
invest­ment part­ners. — www.solutio.ag

About Wilshire

Wilshire is a global finan­cial services firm and part­ner to appro­xi­m­ately 300
leading insti­tu­tio­nal inves­tors and finan­cial inter­me­dia­ries. The company helps
its clients improve their long-term invest­ment results. Wilshire advi­ses clients
on assets tota­ling more than 1.6 tril­lion U.S. dollars and mana­ges assets totaling
220 billion U.S. dollars (as of June 30, 2026). Wilshire is head­quar­te­red in the U.S. and has
offices world­wide. — www.prosek.com