responsibility
Our responsible investment policy
Columna Capital is an entrepreneurial investment firm sponsoring European small to mid-market companies with growth potential. Our strategy is to identify off-market opportunities and invest in a limited number of attractive companies as a long-term partner. This strategy is underpinned by our values of honesty, integrity and transparency, which are core to our reputation.
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Tailored strategies, deep engagement
Strategic Expertise
Each business we work with has unique needs and goals. We develop tailored strategies that align with the founder's vision, offering hands-on expertise to optimize operations, innovate, and unlock growth opportunities.
We believe alignment of interests is the key to true partnership. We invest in companies where the management team retains significant upside potential. At the same time, we are investing a significant amount of our own capital as well, alongside our limited partners, to demonstrate our faith in the success of this partnership.
At Columna Capital, we are dedicated to building long-term partnerships that drive sustainable growth. Our approach combines capital investment with active support, enabling businesses to achieve their full potential.
We believe entrepreneurship is a personality trait. We look for ambitious entrepreneurs who want to partner with us as a trusted sponsor to work alongside their businesses to achieve greater scale and execute ambitious plans for companies with tremendous potential.
Strategic partnerships for growth
our approach
Aligned for Growth
Enduring relationships, shared success
We focus on building strong, lasting relationships with our portfolio companies. Our co-investment model ensures that our goals are fully aligned with those of management, fostering long-term growth and mutual success.
Our goal is to provide the capital, expertise, and comprehensive support necessary to empower founders to realize their full potential, transforming ideas into impactful value creation.
To date, we have completed over 200 global acquisitions.
We believe there are incredible companies in our key geographies of focus, France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain that can be come national, pan-European or global leaders as our existing portfolio has become. We believe only a multi-lingual team like ours, with our strong local and international connections is best suited to help support companies to enter new markets with the knowledge, insights and skillsets relevant to each market.
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We accelerate growth through strategic acquisitions and active support for organic expansion.
Buy & Build Strategy
Selective investments
A concentrated portfolio allows for deeper engagement, powered by in-depth market understanding.
We believe the strongest businesses are those that truly understand their market, customers and value chain. We look for innovative founders who are solving key problems in their industry.
Flexible solutions
Our approach adapts to the specific needs of each business. We’re here to build enduring companies. We seek to help our portfolio companies to grow responsibly and we're here to help with a wide suite of initiatives: from key hires and optimising financials to global expansion, and everything in between.
We believe relationships are key, and always introduce prospective portfolio company founders to meet our existing ecosystem of knowledgeable and passionate founders.
Aligned interests
We co-invest meaningfully to ensure shared success and consistently trustworthy partnership.
