Company

We’re an international private equity firm with a strong European heritage and an almost‑50 year track record of generating out‑performing returns for our investors.

>€50bn
Total funds raised
€52bn
Realised proceeds
40+
Portfolio companies
6
Sectors
>€50bn
Total funds raised
€52bn
Realised proceeds
40+
Portfolio companies
6
Sectors
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Focused investment across six sectors

We are focused on investments in six sectors – Business Services, Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials and TMT – where our experienced team of sector specialists work with our regional experts to identify the best investment opportunities internationally.

Global reach from eight locations


We operate out of eight global offices in Frankfurt, Guernsey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, and Paris, with regional experts who have the experience and relationships to navigate the complexity of the European and US markets, across languages, cultures, currencies and regulatory regimes.

Our diverse and trusted investor base spans fund types and geographies

Investors by Type
  • Public pension fund 43%
  • Sovereign wealth fund 23%
  • Insurers 10%
  • Family offices & private wealth 7%
  • Endowments & others 6%
  • Fund of funds 5%
  • Corporate pension funds 3%
  • Banks 3%
Investors by Geography
  • Americas 39%
  • Europe 28%
  • Asia-Pacific 24%
  • Middle East 10%
Cinven was founded in 1977 as part of the British Coal pension scheme, which is where our name comes from - Cinven is an abbreviation of our original name, Coal Industry Nominees Ventures. We became independent in 1995 and have been entirely partner-owned since then. We raised our first fund in 1996 at €1.6bn and closed Fund 8 at €13.2bn at the start of 2024. A lot has happened between then and now.
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>30
Languages
30
Nationalities
8
Offices
6
Sectors
>30
Languages
30
Nationalities
8
Offices
6
Sectors
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Investing In Successful partnerships

Successful partnerships are all about people and, at Cinven, our people are passionate about building strong relationships across the investment cycle. We work as one team, collaborating across disciplines, geographies and sectors, and sharing knowledge to help us deliver outstanding performance.

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Making a bigger impact

We have a long-standing commitment to driving positive impact in our wider community. We support not-for-profit organisations and causes that are important to our colleagues through the Cinven Foundation.
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Charitable giving

We make direct donations to a number of charities that focus on supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to get access to mentoring and training opportunities.

Donation matching

What’s important to our people is important to us. That’s why we match any sponsorship amounts our colleagues raise for causes that mean something to them.