Groupe Arnault

About Groupe Arnault

Groupe Arnault is the family office of Bernard Arnault with a focus on technology, with a broad range of investments into start-ups, but traditionally in later rounds, series B onwards to give capital. Among their investments was Netflix, Airbnb as the most known companies. In 2017, Aglae Ventures was set up, a fond focused on investing in early-stage startups, diversifying the investment strategy and trying to support and improve the European start-up ecosystem as a competitor to Silicon Valley. Aglae Ventures will be investing between 200,000 and 2 million euros in early-stage ventures, very much focusing and helping with the internationalisation and growth of start-ups. The family office furthermore has set up in cooperation with L Catterton a private equity fund managing 12 billion dollars, focused to invest in the consumer markets in growing markets. Consumer brands and especially middle markets are perceived to be underdeveloped and L Catterton sees potential there for further investments. The fund is owned 60% by Catterton and 40% jointly by the Groupe Arnault and LVMH. LVMH is his main company and, via acquisitions and mergers, was able to become the biggest luxury fashion company worldwide as of today including Celine, Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy.