Paris\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Ardian, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies, has raised EUR 530 million for the third gene\u00adra\u00adtion of its growth plat\u00adform, the Ardian Growth Fund III. In a chal\u00adlen\u00adging fund\u00adrai\u00adsing envi\u00adron\u00adment, the fund closed above the target figure of EUR 500 million, more than doubling the volume compared to its prede\u00adces\u00adsor gene\u00adra\u00adtion, which closed in 2018 with EUR 230 million.<\/p>\n
The successful fund\u00adrai\u00adsing is the result of a clearly diver\u00adsi\u00adfied LP base in terms of inves\u00adtor type and global origin. In addi\u00adtion, there was a high level of parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors in the prede\u00adces\u00adsor fund. The Ardian Growth Fund III recei\u00adved commit\u00adments from inves\u00adtors in 12 count\u00adries, inclu\u00adding major banks and insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies, entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs, pension funds and govern\u00adment insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons. The parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion of almost 120 entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs is parti\u00adcu\u00adlar proof of inves\u00adtors\u2019 confi\u00addence in the team and its ability to iden\u00adtify high-quality invest\u00adments and successfully manage their growth.<\/p>\n
Buil\u00adding on the expe\u00adri\u00adence gained in previous fund gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, the Growth team will conti\u00adnue to draw on its powerful sourcing network across conti\u00adnen\u00adtal Europe to iden\u00adtify profi\u00adta\u00adble, fast-growing compa\u00adnies. The fund will conti\u00adnue to pursue a sector-focu\u00adsed invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy in the target indus\u00adtries of the digi\u00adtal economy (e.g. soft\u00adware, web and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-orien\u00adted compa\u00adnies), specia\u00adli\u00adzed B2B service provi\u00adders and compa\u00adnies from the health and well\u00adness sector, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly those that bene\u00adfit from the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion and contri\u00adbute to the disrup\u00adtion of tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal value chains in their sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur approach has always been about more than provi\u00adding capi\u00adtal: we work inten\u00adsi\u00advely with entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs to acce\u00adle\u00adrate their busi\u00adness growth, realize their ambi\u00adti\u00adons and expand their inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal foot\u00adprint. The current market envi\u00adron\u00adment offers some of the most exci\u00adting oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for growth invest\u00adments in the past 20 years, espe\u00adci\u00adally given the scale and speed of digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion. Our team of experts brings world-class exper\u00adtise and in-depth indus\u00adtry know\u00adledge to support manage\u00adment teams in their growth. We have alre\u00adady made three invest\u00adments from the fund and will make further invest\u00adments based on our unique sourcing capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties to support compa\u00adnies in the next phase of their growth,\u201d said Alexis Saada, Head of Growth & Senior Mana\u00adger at ARDIAN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The fund has alre\u00adady inves\u00adted around 25 percent of its capi\u00adtal in three tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, inclu\u00adding Th\u00e9ra\u00addial<\/strong>, a leading provi\u00adder of dialy\u00adsis solu\u00adti\u00adons in its sector, My Pie<\/strong>, an inno\u00adva\u00adtive snack\u00ading concept, and Aprium Phar\u00admacie<\/strong>, a phar\u00admacy fran\u00adchise company.<\/p>\n The fund complies with Article 8 of the EU Disclo\u00adsure Regu\u00adla\u00adtion (SFDR) and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity aspects into its stra\u00adtegy in order to create long-term value for all stakeholders.<\/p>\n The Ardian Growth team has more than 20 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in inves\u00adt\u00ading in the Euro\u00adpean growth market and curr\u00adently consists of four part\u00adners in a team of 14 invest\u00adment profes\u00adsio\u00adnals. It mana\u00adges total assets of one billion euros and has supported more than 120 compa\u00adnies since 1998.<\/p>\n About ARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n Ardian is a leading global inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment firm. The company mana\u00adges or advi\u00adses assets tota\u00adling around US$ 164 billion for more than 1,600 inves\u00adtors world\u00adwide. Thanks to its exten\u00adsive exper\u00adtise in private equity, real assets and credit, Ardian offers a wide range of invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties as well as custo\u00admi\u00adzed invest\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 tail\u00ado\u00adred to inves\u00adtors\u2019 needs: Ardian Custo\u00admi\u00adzed Solu\u00adti\u00adons enables insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors to access best-in-class mana\u00adgers across all asset clas\u00adses through a custo\u00admi\u00adzed port\u00adfo\u00adlio. Ardian Private Wealth Solu\u00adti\u00adons also offers a range of services speci\u00adfi\u00adcally geared to high net worth indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adals. Ardian\u2019s employees are also the company\u2019s largest share\u00adhol\u00adder group.<\/p>\n Ardian atta\u00adches great importance to their deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, as well as a culture of coope\u00adra\u00adtion based on an active exch\u00adange of know\u00adledge and expe\u00adri\u00adence. The more than 1,050 employees at 19 office loca\u00adti\u00adons in Europe, North and South America, Asia and the Middle East follow the prin\u00adci\u00adples of respon\u00adsi\u00adble invest\u00adment. Ardian\u2019s mission is to make a posi\u00adtive contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to society through its invest\u00adments and to create value that lasts. Ardian aims to deli\u00adver excel\u00adlent returns in line with high ethi\u00adcal stan\u00addards and social respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity. At Ardian, ever\u00adyone is dedi\u00adca\u00adted to buil\u00adding successful compa\u00adnies for the long term.<\/p>\n www.ardian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Ardian, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies, has raised EUR 530 million for the third gene\u00adra\u00adtion of its growth plat\u00adform, the Ardian Growth Fund III. In a chal\u00adlen\u00adging fund\u00adrai\u00adsing envi\u00adron\u00adment, the fund closed above the target figure of EUR 500 million, more than doubling the volume compared to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51554,"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-51556","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"],"yoast_head":"\n