About us

Cinven is a leading European buyout firm. We acquire companies that require an equity investment by our funds of €100 million or more.

We focus on six sectors across Europe: Business Services; Consumer; Financial Services; Healthcare; Industrials; and TMT (technology, media and telecoms).

We have offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan and Hong Kong. Wherever they are based, our people work together as one team.

Cinven acquires successful, high-quality companies. We work closely with them to help them grow and develop, using our proven value creation strategies. We take a responsible approach towards our portfolio companies, their employees, suppliers and local communities, the environment and society as a whole.

Cinven has a strong and consistent investment track record. Since the firm was founded in 1977, we have completed transactions valued at in excess of €60 billion. We are responsible for many buyout industry ‘firsts’, including the first €1 billion - plus buyouts in France, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.

We are currently investing our fourth fund, which totals €6.5 billion and drew support from more than 150 investors based in 23 countries. Some 50% of investors in the fund by value are based in Europe and another 40% are based in North America.They include leading institutional investors, mainly pension funds and insurance companies with a long-term investment horizon.