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Arcano Partners
Private equity · Founded 2003 · Madrid, Spain
Who Arcano Partners is.
- Historical Background
- Arcano Partners was established in 2003 as an independent firm focused on financial advisory and asset management. In 2012, the firm launched Arcano Economic Research, a unit dedicated to macroeconomic, technology, and real estate market analysis.
- Allocation Strategy
- The firm's activities are centered on private markets, offering investors access to specialized and diversified alternative investment vehicles. Arcano's business is structured around three main areas: investment banking, wealth management, and alternative asset management. The firm maintains a global presence with offices in Madrid, Barcelona, and New York, and shows a particular focus on impact investing in Latin America through a fund of funds model.
The funds Arcano Partners backs.
Arcano Partners is a limited partner in 20 funds. 2 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.













How Arcano Partners’ fund book is spread.
The 20 funds Arcano Partners backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.
Where those managers are based
By fund headquarters.
- Europe 1680%
- North America 420%
United Kingdom 8 · United States 4 · France 2 · Germany 2
How established those managers are
Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 15 of 20 with a fund history on record.
The companies Arcano Partners backs directly.
Arcano Partners holds 6 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.






Inside Arcano Partners’ portfolio.
The 6 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 5 tracked.
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SoWhere Arcano Partners’ portfolio founders come from.
10 founders across the 6 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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Spain9
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United Kingdom1
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Singularity University2
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Valencia Polytechnic University2
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CentraleSupélec - Paris-Saclay University1
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Escuela Superior de Gestion Comercial y Marketing (ESIC)1
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Miguel Hernández University of Elche1
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MIT Sloan School of Management1
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SDA Bocconi School of Management1
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University of Alicante1
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University of Derby1
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University of Ljubljana1
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Anglo American1
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ArcelorMittal1
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Ashoka1
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Bonduelle1
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EDICOM1
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McKinsey & Company1
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Singularity University1
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Theconsumergoodsforum1
Other LPs.
Other private equity fund investors in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Arcano Partners by combined power-law score — Europe first, then the nearest worldwide.

