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Korys
Family office · Founded 2011 · Halle, Belgium
Who Korys is.
- Historical Background
- Korys is the investment company of the Colruyt family, which developed the Colruyt Group, an international retail group, over four generations. The firm was established in 2012 to manage the family's assets and promote values-driven entrepreneurship.
- Source of Capital
- Korys functions as a family office, investing the capital of the Colruyt family. The name 'Korys' is derived from 'Corylus', the Latin word for hazelnut tree, which is the origin of the Colruyt family name.
- Allocation Strategy
- The firm employs a diversified investment strategy that includes private equity, direct investments in small and medium-sized enterprises, listed stocks, and bonds. Korys focuses its investments in three main sectors: Life Sciences, Conscious Consumer, and Energy Transition. Geographically, the firm primarily invests in companies based in Belgium and France.
The funds Korys backs.
Korys is a limited partner in 33 funds. 2 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.
How Korys’ fund book is spread.
The 33 funds Korys backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.
Where those managers are based
By fund headquarters.
- Europe 2473%
- Rest of world 515%
- North America 412%
Belgium 6 · United Kingdom 5 · France 4 · India 4
How established those managers are
Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 24 of 33 with a fund history on record.
The companies Korys backs directly.
Korys holds 54 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner. Broken down by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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Belgium24
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France8
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Netherlands8
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USA6
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Germany2
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Sweden2
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Denmark1
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India1
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Portugal1
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Spain1
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UK1
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Health22
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Energy13
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Food13
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Enterprise Software6
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Fashion1
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Home Living1
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Marketing1
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Real Estate1
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Space1
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Transportation1
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Series A13
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Series B+12
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Seed4
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Breakout Stage21
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Early Growth16
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Late Growth14
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Mature4
Inside Korys’ portfolio.
The 54 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 28 tracked.
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FoWhere Korys’ portfolio founders come from.
67 founders across the 55 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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Belgium19
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France14
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Netherlands9
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Germany7
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United States6
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Sweden4
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Denmark2
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Portugal2
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Spain2
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Ghent University6
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Technical University Munich6
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KU Leuven5
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ETH Zurich3
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Aarhus University2
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Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles2
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INSEAD Business School2
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology2
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Leiden University2
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University of Amsterdam2
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Flanders Institute for Biotechnology3
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BMW Group2
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Caritas Internationalis2
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Ghent University2
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IBM2
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ING Belgium2
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Intrasense SA2
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KONUX2
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology2
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Mazda-press2
Other LPs.
Other family offices in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Korys by combined power-law score — Europe first, then the nearest worldwide.