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Élysée
Capital

Maison Privée de Gestion de Fortune — Depuis 1996

Family Office — Since 1996

A multi-generational institution where sovereign discretion meets exceptional performance. We preserve and grow the wealth of the world's most discerning families — bridging the GCC, Greater China, and the West through investment opportunities that remain closed to others.

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30 Years of Excellence
$12.5B+ Capital Invested Since Inception
3rd Generation Family Board
38 Countries of Operation
12 International Awards
$7.2B Capital Fund Partnerships
1996 Fondée à Paris
III Generation
Family Office

A Legacy of
Quiet Excellence

Founded in the Duchy of Luxembourg in 1996 by six ultra-high-net-worth families, Élysée Capital has been the trusted guardian of multigenerational wealth for the world's most distinguished houses. Our family office is not a product—it is an exclusive covenant with history.

We cover every dimension of our families’ financial and personal lives — from estate architecture to generational heritage — with absolute discretion and a team drawn from the most exclusive institutions in private capital.

Proprietary Deal Flow

We source and structure private transactions — selective buyouts, co-investments, and pre-IPO allocations — reserved exclusively for our families and institutional partners.

An Unrivalled Global Network

Three generations of relationships encompassing heads of sovereign wealth, chairmen of multinational institutions, and the stewards of the world’s most impactful private fortunes.

Principal-Led Investment Stewardship

Every mandate is internally overseen by senior principals who hold active board-level presence across portfolio companies.

Three Decades of Exceptional Performance

Since 1996, our funds have consistently and materially exceeded global benchmarks — through every cycle of expansion, contraction, and disruption.

Our History

Three Decades of Milestones

1996

The Founding Mandate — $900M AUM

Founded by a former Senior Vice-President of Switzerland's most prestigious private wealth institution. $900M inaugural AUM.

2002

The Two Dragons Fund — $880M

Our first Sino-American private markets fund. $880M deployed where few Western institutions had the relationships to follow.

2009

Two Dragons Fund II — $2.8B

Deployed $2.8B with disciplined conviction during the global financial crisis — one of our most defining chapters.

2012

Two Dragons Fund III — $4.6B

$4.6B. Our largest Sino-American mandate, with deep board-level presence on both sides of the Pacific.

2019

The Malacca Fund — $3.8B

$3.8B across India, Indonesia, and Malaysia — entering Southeast Asia’s private markets at a structural inflection point.

2026

The Avicenna Fund — (TBA)

Abu Dhabi. Our most ambitious mandate to date. By invitation only.

Family Private Equity

Capital Deployed with
Conviction

Élysée Capital operates as a committed principal investor, deploying our own families' capital alongside that of a carefully curated circle of institutional partners and sovereign co-investors. We do not open our funds to the public. We partner with exclusive institutions that share our generational horizon.

Investor Relations
$11.4B Total Capital Deployed

Across buyouts, growth equity, and credit strategies since inception

3.3×* Gross MOIC

Weighted average multiple on invested capital across all realised investments

87 Portfolio Companies

Active investments across Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia

34.7%* Net IRR

Since-inception net internal rate of return, net of all fees and carried interest

* Past performance is not indicative of future results. Figures are unaudited and calculated in accordance with the firm's internal valuation methodology. Please refer to Regulatory Disclosures for further information.

Investment Strategies

Control Buyouts

Controlling stakes in established mid-market companies, with operational expertise and governance transformation.

Growth Equity

High-growth businesses at inflection points, partnering with visionary founders who require more than capital.

Co-Investment & Club Deals

Select co-investment opportunities with superior economics and minimal blind-pool risk.

Real Assets

Infrastructure, premium real estate, and energy transition assets offering resilient yield and capital appreciation.

Special Situations

Complex, time-sensitive transactions where speed, discretion, and proprietary networks create decisive advantage.

Venture & Deep Tech

Frontier technologies — AI, quantum computing, fintech, and biotechnology — through curated venture and LP positions.

Investment Universe

Sectors of Focus

We concentrate capital where our insight and network create durable advantage.

Financial Services

Next-generation banking, payments infrastructure, insurance innovation, and the digitisation of global capital markets.

Energy Transition

Renewable infrastructure, battery storage, green hydrogen, and carbon markets. Investing in the architecture of a decarbonised world.

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Precision medicine, biopharmaceuticals, digital health, and innovative medical technology across European and Asian markets.

Premium Real Estate

Irreplaceable addresses — Mayfair, Central Park South, the 8th arrondissement, Saadiyat, Azabu, and the Former French Concession. Irreplaceable addresses where scarcity is structural.

Technology & AI

Enterprise software, artificial intelligence infrastructure, cybersecurity, and next-generation connectivity across global markets.

Luxury & Experiences

Heritage luxury brands, ultra-premium hospitality, experiential travel, and the collectibles economy serving ultra-high-net-worth clientele.

Agriculture & Food Security

Strategic land, precision agriculture technology, and supply chain infrastructure serving sovereign food security mandates and institutional portfolios.

Global Infrastructure

Airports, ports, digital infrastructure, and transport networks offering long-duration, inflation-linked cash flows and strategic national importance.

Advisory Department

Sovereign Economic
Strategy & Counsel

Élysée Capital maintains a dedicated advisory department operating at the intersection of statecraft, capital markets architecture, and institutional investor relations.

"We study the behaviour of institutional capital in geopolitically sensitive markets and the policy instruments that preserve it. Our counsel is sought not only because we co-invest — but because our advice protects the investments of future generations, private and institutional."

Our advisory principals bring decades of experience across sovereign debt markets, macroeconomic policy design, capital markets structuring, and the governance of state-owned enterprises. We serve as a confidential strategic partner to ministries of economy & finance, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and the institutions that shape the architecture of national economies.

Pillar I

Sovereign Economic Strategy

Macroeconomic stabilisation, SOE consolidation, and long-horizon economic policy programmes for sovereign clients.

Pillar II

Capital Markets Architecture

Sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt issuances, innovative financing instruments, and capital-raising strategies across public and private markets.

Pillar III

Institutional Investor Relations

Shaping market perception, credit narrative, and the positioning of national economies within international capital markets.

Mandate Areas

Where sovereign interests
demand precision

Sovereign Wealth Fund Governance

Mandate design, asset allocation frameworks, and board governance for state investment vehicles.

Debt Management & Restructuring

Sustainability analysis, liability management, creditor engagement, and restructuring programmes alongside the IMF and bilateral lenders.

Credit Rating Advisory

Rating agency engagement and the presentation of macroeconomic narratives that reflect a nation’s fiscal trajectory.

State-Owned Enterprise Reform

Performance optimisation, governance restructuring, and privatisation strategies for state-owned assets — including dual-track IPO and M&A processes designed to maximise value while preserving strategic national interests.

Geopolitical Risk & Capital Flows

Policy instruments, sanctions navigation, and the preservation of investor confidence in sensitive markets.

Development Finance & ESG Issuance

Sustainable financing frameworks, ESG-linked sovereign issuances, and engagement with multilateral development banks.

In sovereign finance, the margin between stability and crisis is measured not in percentage points, but in the quality of counsel at the table when investment decisions are made."

— Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank
About Us

Internationally Recognised
Funds

Our funds operate at the apex of financial and quantitative analysis, partnering with sovereign wealth funds, international banks, and family offices on the most consequential capital allocation decisions of our era.

The calibre of their quantitative fund modelling and their bridging of the East-West investment landscape is exceptional for a family office—they are the lead engineers of private financial architecture."

— Xiao Jie, Chinese Minister of Finance, 2018
Areas of Expertise

Where precision meets consequence

Wealth Fund Architecture

Co-designed and seeded sovereign-grade investment vehicles — from governance mandates to board composition — rivalling the world’s largest state institutions.

Quantitative Finance

Proprietary factor models and risk premia strategies generating absolute returns across family portfolios in the most demanding environments.

Development Finance

Direct co-investment alongside development finance institutions in high-conviction emerging market opportunities.

Cross-Border M&A

Multi-jurisdictional acquisitions requiring discretion and resolve in politically complex, privately negotiated transactions.

Debt Capital Markets

Sovereign and ESG-linked instruments managed with institutional-grade precision across global capital markets.

Portfolio Risk & Stress Testing

Continuous scenario analysis and tail-risk modelling across consolidated portfolios spanning jurisdictions, asset classes, and regulatory regimes.

To Those Who Have Been
Referred to Our Funds

Élysée Capital exists at the quiet intersection of three of the world's most consequential economies. We serve as the confidential conduit between distinguished American markets, GCC capital, and extraordinary opportunities arising from Chinese industry — orchestrating investments of scale, substance, and lasting significance.

Our Provenance

Our Provenance

Élysée Capital was established by a former Senior Vice-President within Switzerland's most venerable private wealth institution — a house whose name is synonymous with the stewardship of sovereign fortunes, and whose clientele has, for generations, included the crowned heads of state, royal households, and ruling families of the world.

Having counselled dynasties whose legacies span centuries, our founder established Élysée Capital as an institution dedicated entirely to the private orchestration of cross-border family capital between the United States, the GCC, and Greater China.

Discretion

On the Matter of Our Discretion

Neither the identities of our principals nor those of our senior counsel are made available in any public forum. The families we represent are best served when their capital moves with grace and without spectacle.

Our absence from the public arena is not a limitation; it is our greatest advantage. It permits us to advocate on behalf of our partner families without subjecting them to undue scrutiny, conjecture, or the burdens of public exposure. We believe that in the realm of private capital, silence is not merely golden — it is sovereign.

Introduction

On the Privilege of Introduction

Élysée Capital does not solicit. We do not advertise. We do not accept public enquiries.

Admission to our funds is extended by personal reference and private appointment only. Each prospective relationship must be introduced through an existing principal or recognised intermediary already known to the firm.

Where capital moves in silence, influence speaks with authority."

— Edmond Safra, founder of the Republic National Bank of New York
Family Office Experience

Services for
Generations

Our client experience is modelled on the highest standards of European personal service tradition—unhurried, exhaustive, and deeply personal.

Dedicated Relationship Director

A senior relationship director exclusively assigned to each family, available at any hour, across every time zone.

Private Estate Management

Comprehensive oversight of all residential properties—maintenance, staff management, security, and seasonal preparation.

Philanthropic Strategy

Design and governance of family foundations, impact measurement frameworks, and bespoke legacy programmes.

Art & Collectibles Advisory

Access to a network of world-class curators, auction specialists, and private dealers for acquisitions, valuation, and exhibition.

Private Aviation & Yachting

Preferred access to private aviation and superyacht partners, with complete logistical planning and crew management.

Security & Privacy

Bespoke personal security assessments, digital privacy protocols, and discreet protection services through elite specialist partners.

"A relationship built on generations of trust"

Our model demands that every family receives the full attention of our most senior principals. We do not scale at the expense of service.

Fund partnerships are accepted exclusively by personal introduction and following a comprehensive mutual due diligence process.

By Introduction Only Strict NDA Protocol Proprietary Reporting Multi-Jurisdictional
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