Paris\/ Frank\u00adfurt am Main \u2014 Ardian, a leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment firm, today announ\u00adced the successful fund\u00adrai\u00adsing of \u20ac2 billion for its latest expan\u00adsion fund, Ardian Expan\u00adsion Fund V. Despite the chal\u00adlen\u00adging market envi\u00adron\u00adment due to Covid-19, Ardian Expan\u00adsion has thus doubled the fund size compared to the previous gene\u00adra\u00adtion in just six months, which also speaks for the unch\u00adan\u00adged high attrac\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness of high-growth Euro\u00adpean mid-cap companies.<\/p>\n
Ardian Expan\u00adsion Fund V has a global and diver\u00adsi\u00adfied inves\u00adtor base. While more than one-third of inves\u00adtors inves\u00adted with Ardian for the first time, inves\u00adtors in previous gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons of funds repre\u00adsent half of the new fund\u2019s volume, a testa\u00adment to their long-term confi\u00addence in the expan\u00adsion team and the attrac\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness of the asset class. Thanks to new inves\u00adtors from the Asia and Middle East regi\u00adons, the fund has also broa\u00addened its geogra\u00adphi\u00adcal focus.<\/p>\n
In addi\u00adtion, the fund expan\u00added its inves\u00adtor base, which now includes a sove\u00adreign wealth fund for the first time along\u00adside insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies, high net worth indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adals and pension funds. Seve\u00adral mana\u00adgers from Ardian Expan\u00adsi\u00adon\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies have also subscri\u00adbed to fund units. They account for nearly five percent of the fund\u2019s assets, unders\u00adcoring the good rela\u00adti\u00adonships the expan\u00adsion team has built with the manage\u00adment teams of their port\u00adfo\u00adlio companies.<\/p>\n
With a total of 27 profes\u00adsio\u00adnals in Paris, Frank\u00adfurt am Main, Milan and Luxem\u00adbourg, the Ardian Expan\u00adsion team will conti\u00adnue its stra\u00adtegy of support\u00ading successful entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs in imple\u00admen\u00adting their growth plans. On average, Ardian Expan\u00adsi\u00adon\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies have each grown orga\u00adni\u00adcally by more than ten percent in the past and have reali\u00adzed almost four acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons on average. Thus, the stra\u00adte\u00adgic value of the compa\u00adnies was increased through acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted transformation.<\/p>\n
Fran\u00ad\u00e7ois Jerpha\u00adgnon, Head of Ardian Expan\u00adsion<\/strong>, said: \u201cWe are hono\u00adred by the trust our inves\u00adtors have placed in us. To double the fund size from our prede\u00adces\u00adsor fund in just six months speaks to the success of our stra\u00adtegy and the finan\u00adcial perfor\u00admance it is deli\u00adve\u00adring for our inves\u00adtors. Part of this invest\u00adment philo\u00adso\u00adphy, which we have culti\u00adva\u00adted for 20 years, is to build strong rela\u00adti\u00adonships with expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced and dedi\u00adca\u00adted manage\u00adment teams and acce\u00adle\u00adrate value crea\u00adtion for all stake\u00adhol\u00adders through the Ardian platform.\u201d<\/p>\n Ardian\u2019s expan\u00adsion team is focu\u00adsed on buil\u00adding long-term rela\u00adti\u00adonships with manage\u00adment teams \u2014 on average, there are about three years between first meeting and an invest\u00adment. As part of its flexi\u00adble invest\u00adment approach, the team is able to take both mino\u00adrity and majo\u00adrity stakes. This approach is also reflec\u00adted in the team\u2019s strong track record of support\u00ading manage\u00adment teams in the areas of digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. For exam\u00adple, the team supports digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion projects at Diam and CCC, as well as native digi\u00adtal busi\u00adness models, such as at CLS and Berlin Brands Group. As a pioneer in the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of profit-sharing, Ardian and the Expan\u00adsion Team distri\u00adbute a portion of the profits reali\u00adzed through growth to the employees of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies upon dive\u00adst\u00adment. Since the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of this concept ten years ago, around 15 port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies of Ardian Expan\u00adsion have alre\u00adady bene\u00adfi\u00adted from the profit-sharing scheme.<\/p>\n Despite the econo\u00admic down\u00adturn in the COVID-19 pande\u00admic, Ardian Expan\u00adsion contin\u00adued to make new invest\u00adments. The team has focu\u00adsed on compa\u00adnies that have strong orga\u00adnic and exter\u00adnal growth poten\u00adtial and operate in robust sectors. The new fund is alre\u00adady 10 percent inves\u00adted. In May 2020, i.e. still during the lock-down, the purchase agree\u00adment was signed for Swiss\u00adbit, a provi\u00adder of NAND flash-based storage as well as embedded IoT solu\u00adti\u00adons for deman\u00adding niche appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons with substan\u00adtial orga\u00adnic growth poten\u00adtial. This was follo\u00adwed in July 2020 by the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Finaxy, a leading French broad-based insu\u00adrance broker with a track record of strong orga\u00adnic as well as exter\u00adnal growth. The strong manage\u00adment teams in each case were among the decisive factors in the closing of these transactions.<\/p>\n About Ardian<\/strong> With the objec\u00adtive of achie\u00adving posi\u00adtive results for all stake\u00adhol\u00adders, Ardian\u2019s acti\u00advi\u00adties promote indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adals, compa\u00adnies and econo\u00admies world\u00adwide. Ardian\u2019s invest\u00adment philo\u00adso\u00adphy is aligned with the three guiding prin\u00adci\u00adples of excel\u00adlence, loyalty and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n The company has a global network of more than 690 employees and 15 offices in Europe (Frank\u00adfurt, Jersey, London, Luxem\u00adbourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), South America (Sant\u00adiago de Chile), North America (New York and San Fran\u00adcisco) and Asia (Beijing, Seoul, Singa\u00adpore and Tokyo). Ardian mana\u00adges the assets of its more than 1,000 inves\u00adtors in five invest\u00adment areas: Direct Funds, Funds of Funds, Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, Private Debt and Real Estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris\/ Frank\u00adfurt am Main \u2014 Ardian, a leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment firm, today announ\u00adced the successful fund\u00adrai\u00adsing of \u20ac2 billion for its latest expan\u00adsion fund, Ardian Expan\u00adsion Fund V. Despite the chal\u00adlen\u00adging market envi\u00adron\u00adment due to Covid-19, Ardian Expan\u00adsion has thus doubled the fund size compared to the previous gene\u00adra\u00adtion in just six months, which also [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors","news-category-deals-news-en","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nArdian is one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment firms, mana\u00adging over US$100 billion in assets for its inves\u00adtors from Europe, South and North America and Asia. The company is majo\u00adrity-owned by its employees and gene\u00adra\u00adtes sustainable, attrac\u00adtive returns for its investors.<\/p>\n