A&I Invest Holding, founded by the Iraqui Houssaini family in 1986, is an owner of high-quality, global companies.
We have a long-term investment perspective. Through board participation, our industrial experience, network and financial strength, we support our companies to outperform competition and reach their full potential.
A&I Invest oversees diversified business operations active mainly in Industry, Consumer Goods Distribution, Hospitality and Real Estate in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa). The holding is further strengthened by a dedicated structure supported by a wide-scale on-the-ground presence and management know-how of the territory.
We commit capital to various types of investments, namely growth capital, transmission capital, leveraged buyouts and management buyouts, restructurings as well as growth equity and business formation investments.
Our success is built on a highly rigorous approach utilizing deep industry/company insights and a significant investment in the resources and expertise to drive strategic and operational transformation at our companies.
We’re reinventing venture capital. Breaking out of the ordinary is how we achieve the extraordinary, by implementing international-quality best practices and risk mitigation to deliver high-performance results.
We target outsized returns through niche, non-correlated, differentiated strategies. Additionally, we proactively seek out markets and opportunities commonly dismissed as too difficult or too different.
At A&I Invest, we focus on the industries in which we believe our deep expertise provides us with a competitive advantage. Our investment teams have partnered with world-class CEOs and founders to build market-leading and market-defining companies. Across all of our businesses, we look to leverage our extensive knowledge in order to create the most value and impact over the long term. We have an experienced investment team that brings the full resources of A&I Invest’s global platform to each of our portfolio companies, supporting their growth through bespoke value creation plans that leverage our global network and deep industry expertise.
Our team is focused on identifying and creating growth opportunities within industries where we believe we have a competitive advantage and can make a real impact. At A&I Invest, we aim to build better businesses by cultivating resilient growth in industry leaders, driving transformational operational improvements, and supporting disruptive growth and geographic expansion.