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Arcano Partners

Private equity · Founded 2003 · Madrid, Spain

#448 LP Ranking #10 of 277 private equity fund investors

Leading independent advisory services firm

20 VC firms backed
$8.5B AUM
01 · Background

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.
02 · Fund commitments

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.

Accel
United States
#4 Power Law
Atlantic
Germany
#380 Power Law
Bridgepoint
United Kingdom
Carlyle Cardinal Ireland - CCI
Ireland
Core Capital
United Kingdom
Core Capital Partners
United States
Dawn Capital
United Kingdom
FoodLabs
Germany
Foresight Group
United Kingdom
Frst Capital
France
InvestIndustrial
United Kingdom
LivingBridge
United Kingdom
03 · Allocation

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.

Emerging funds · 6
Established funds · 9
2 1
3 2
1 3
1 4
1 5-6
3 7-9
3 10-14
1 15+
Funds raised by the manager
05 · Direct investments

The companies Arcano Partners backs directly.

Arcano Partners holds 6 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.

PLD Space
Space · Spain
$792M valuation
Universal Diagnostics
Health · Spain
$282M valuation
Docline
Health · Spain
$20M valuation
InsectBiotech
Food · Spain
$32M valuation
Atomic One
Marketing · Spain
$25M valuation
Sofitec
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment · Spain
06 · Portfolio market map

Inside Arcano Partners’ portfolio.

The 6 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 5 tracked.

PLD Space
Space
$792M
Universal Diagnostics
Health
$282M
Docline
Health
$20M
InsectBiotech
Food
$32M
Atomic One
Marketing
$25M
Sofitec
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
07 · Portfolio founders

Where 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.

LocationCount
  1. Spain9
  2. United Kingdom1
UniversityCount
  1. Singularity University2
  2. Valencia Polytechnic University2
  3. CentraleSupélec - Paris-Saclay University1
  4. Escuela Superior de Gestion Comercial y Marketing (ESIC)1
  5. Miguel Hernández University of Elche1
  6. MIT Sloan School of Management1
  7. SDA Bocconi School of Management1
  8. University of Alicante1
  9. University of Derby1
  10. University of Ljubljana1
Previous companyCount
  1. Anglo American1
  2. ArcelorMittal1
  3. Ashoka1
  4. Bonduelle1
  5. EDICOM1
  6. McKinsey & Company1
  7. Singularity University1
  8. Theconsumergoodsforum1