Direct & Co-Investments: archive
Every Direct & Co-Investments story in Family Offices, newest first. 37 stories
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Getty family and Koch commit up to $533M to take Getty Images private
Holders of 83.5% of Getty's unsecured bonds agreed to retire $270 million in senior notes in the prepackaged filing.
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Seragnoli's B.group exits iSMA Controlli in €63m sale to IMI
The Bologna family office held the HVAC controls maker for 15 years after a 2011 buyout and reorganized it in 2021.
Wittouck family's Artal joins Universal Quantum's $100m-plus round
The round, co-led by DCVC and Firgun Ventures, funds a Singapore R&D site plus U.S., Japan and Hamburg expansion, Family Office Hub reports.
Italmobiliare agrees Capitelli sale at 3x cash, 20% IRR
The €36 million enterprise value covers 100% of the Piacenza ham maker; Italmobiliare bought its 80% stake at the end of 2019.
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Weston family's Wittington Investments agrees $8.9B Boots purchase from Sycamore
Bezos Expeditions co-led a $475M quantum round and Dell's DFO agreed to buy a $406M SK Inc. stake.
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Family offices completed 342 company deals worth $68.3 billion in disclosed round capital in Q3, FINTRX report says
FINTRX tracked 178 family offices that invested in companies, real estate or both between July and September, with 23 property deals adding $2.41 billion.
Ljungström family office co-led AnaCardio AB's €62.5 million Series B, joined Breye Series A
The AnaCardio financing is earmarked to fund a Phase 2b trial of AC01 in about 400 patients across twelve countries.
Verlinvest and Family Trust Investor combine five European bouldering brands into 39-gym platform
Neither investor bought the other out; the two sides pooled existing gym chains into The International Bouldering Alliance, familyofficehub.io reported.
Oetker Ventures joins Hadrian's $40 million growth round as an existing investor
Forgepoint Capital International and SmartFin co-led the round, bringing Hadrian's total funding to $65 million.
Goldbeck-backed aurum Impact joins Reverion's $175m Series B as new investor
The Bielefeld investment office joined the round alongside lead investor Kembara and institutional backers Allianz and KfW Capital, according to Family Office Hub.
Smedvig Ventures leads €6m seed in mika; Wecken & Cie. joins
The Berlin bookkeeping company reports more than 750 corporate customers, up from around 400 at the start of 2026.
GBL and CVC raise Recordati offer to €53 and extend acceptance to 23 October
The joint bidders are acting through Respighi BidCo for the Italian pharmaceutical group; the offer requires at least 66.67% of share capital to be tendered.
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Ljungström family office co-led AnaCardio's €62.5 million Series B; Novo Holdings co-led Breye
AnaCardio's financing funds a Phase 2b trial of AC01 in about 400 patients across 12 countries.
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Ljungström family office co-led AnaCardio's €62.5m Series B with Novo Holdings
Two days earlier the office joined Breye Therapeutics' €67.5m Series A as a new investor, and Novo Holdings was in both rounds.
Goldbeck family office aurum Impact joins Reverion's $175m Series B
Kembara led the round, with Allianz and KfW Capital also participating, according to Family Office Hub.
Smedvig Ventures leads €6m seed in Berlin bookkeeping startup mika
Basel family office Wecken & Cie also joined the round, Family Office Hub reported on Oct. 8.
Hadrian raises $40 million with Oetker Ventures returning
The round, co-led by Forgepoint Capital International and SmartFin, takes Hadrian’s total funding to $65 million, the company said.
Italmobiliare to sell 80% of Capitelli to CA Animation at €36 million enterprise value
Italmobiliare puts its return at three times cash invested, including dividends, for a 20% IRR.
Verlinvest and Munich-based Family Trust Investor merge five bouldering brands into 39-gym alliance
Verlinvest contributed The Climbing Hangar and Boulders; Family Trust Investor contributed three German-speaking brands.
Wittouck family office Artal backs Universal Quantum's more than $100m Series A
The round, co-led by DCVC and Firgun Ventures, funds a Singapore R&D centre and US, Japan and Hamburg expansion, according to Family Office Hub.
IMI agrees to buy iSMA Controlli from Seragnoli's B.group for €63m
B.group backed the Italian building-controls maker in a 2011 management buyout and reorganized it into iSMA Controlli in 2021.
GBL raises Recordati bid to €53 a share with CVC
Family Office Hub reported the increase on 8 October and acceptance to 23 October 2026.
Pontegadea sells entire 13.7% REN stake to Portugal's Parpública
The deal covered 91,723,676 REN shares and settled on 7 September 2026; no price was published by either side.
Centaurus Capital and New System Ventures co-lead LineVision's up-to-$37.5 million Series D
John Arnold's Centaurus Capital co-led the round, which LineVision announced on Sept. 17, 2026.
Arthur Blank's AMBSE leads Pro Shop's $24M Series B
New backers Causeway Media Partners and Ares Sports, Media and Entertainment funds joined returning investors including PGA Tour.
duPont REGISTRY Group adds Tom Cabrerizo family office as investor, will launch Elferspot Events
Investment size was not disclosed; Elferspot Events, a Porsche events platform, is scheduled to open in Coral Gables Jan. 15-17, 2027.
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Baruch Future Ventures joins CorePower Magnetics' $10.6m round
The Pittsburgh magnetics maker has raised $13.6m in equity alongside roughly $27m in non-dilutive federal funding.
Renzo Rosso's Red Circle takes control of Cortilia with €10m capital increase
The holding lifts its stake in the Milan online grocer from 26.3 per cent to more than 60 per cent; Cortilia reported €45.4 million revenue and a €4.9 million EBITDA loss in 2025.
Duquesne joins Fab2's $500 million round as family offices span three sectors
The Druckenmiller vehicle takes a position in a chip-fab startup valued at $3.7 billion, in a week when a family office led a $1.1 million Chilean fintech raise and two more joined a $4.5 million Indian cooling round.
DFO agrees to Baldwin take-private; Whitehole buys EZO stake; White Road joins Nix round
DFO Management and Sequence Holdings agreed to buy The Baldwin Group for $32.50 a share, Whitehole acquired 5.05% of Irish EV-charging operator EZO, and White Road Investments is among the backers of Nix Biosensors' $10 million Series A.
Moratti, Elkann and Berlusconi vehicles join Iusful's €2m pre-seed
United Ventures and the Italian Founders Fund led the Milan round; none of the four family vehicles publishes a portfolio.
Duquesne joins Precision Neuroscience’s $250m Series D; Divisa leads ONYA
Tom Cabrerizo’s family office also invested in duPont Registry Group and will help launch a Porsche events platform.
Berlusconi-linked Ithaca joins €3.7m JustSolve pre-seed led by Base10
The Milan startup builds AI for credit management and out-of-court debt recovery; three of the round's five institutional backers trace to family holdings.
Millstone Investments backs women's sports media after team stakes
Heather Millstone says her first Allez! Sports check was hers alone, the second with sister Jessica, and she backed RE on her own.
Mariwala family office Sharrp Ventures leads seed round in Protein Pantry
The ₹9 crore round, joined by Peercheque and Consumer Collective by Atrium, funds a manufacturing unit for the Delhi ready-to-cook brand.
VP Capital joins €2.6 million seed round at agtech Gravity Gardens
The van Puijenbroek family office invested alongside Brightlands Venture Partners and Graduate Ventures, lifting total funding at the company above €3 million.
Weston family's Wittington Ventures closes third fund at C$180 million
The Toronto venture arm of Wittington Investments now manages roughly $820 million and will keep to five sectors for Series A and B deals.