Bombyx Capital Partners

CO-CREATION OF SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN
ADVANCED TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY

Your partner for sustainable growth and value creation

Bombyx objective is to invest growth capital and to build partnerships with founders, entrepreneurs and management teams that share a passion for growth and for textile technology. Together we execute fast transformations of businesses into sustainable leaders and winners in their industries.

The companies we partner with address clear business needs in large horizontal or vertical markets, have a scalable business, are managed by strong teams and are about to reach an inflection point in their value creation.

With our deep domain expertise and worldwide network, we actively support the growth, transformation and acquisition plans of our partners and management teams to help them to achieve their operative, financial and strategic objectives.

The investors behind Bombyx are well-known institutional groups, family offices and high net worth individuals. Our international investor base is fully committed to our asset class with a corresponding long-term approach.

STRATEGY

Bombyx focuses on established companies that offer innovative solutions and differentiated products within textile-technology-related industries, such as advanced materials and advanced manufacturing. Within the industry, a range of appealing segments exists where textile-related technologies and next-generation textile products and enablers are being applied.

Mobility

Health

Fashion,
Retail

Security

Urban,
Rural

Energy &
Cleantech

Inflection Point Investing: Unlocking potential and realizing growth opportunities

The prime focus of Bombyx is on companies that are early movers in large potential markets with products that address clear business needs. These entrepreneurial companies have developed and are applying leading-edge textile-related technologies, as well as next-generation textile products.

The companies we work with are at an inflection point in their growth phase development and are typically privately held and founder led with revenues of €1 to €30 million, with a clear path to profitability in the foreseeable future.

Textile-Related Technologies and Next-Generation Products

Bombyx is focusing on the following appealing sectors where textile-related technologies and next-generation textile products and enablers are being applied.

Tailor-Made Transactions

Bombyx’s growth capital transactions include primary and/or secondary equity investments, ranging between €2 and 9 million and beyond. We offer well-designed deal arrangements that can be adjusted to the individual needs of the target and its individuals.

Pan-European Strategy

Bombyx applies a broad geographic diversification, investing in companies in Western Europe, North America and India.

Active Ownership Approach

Bombyx conducts itself as a working partner of the portfolio company to jointly contribute to robust value creation. The experience of the investment advisors’ team and the leverage of their external resources allow them to effectively support portfolio companies across all parts of the product value chain including strategic positioning, human resources, internationalization, operational improvements, strategic alliances, and financial and transaction matters.

Bombyx offers both strategic and operational value to companies, going beyond merely providing growth capital.

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team

Our team has a unique combination of sound investment expertise and operational know-how. It brings together a profound understanding of textile and textile-related industries and of the process of turning textile technologies and products into value. The team consists of seasoned investors, former entrepreneurs and senior executives from the industry that have successfully worked together for over a decade.

Andre Flicker

Product & Operations

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Francesco Gherzi

Managing Partner

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Laurent Aucouturier

Partner

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Lindsay Tulloch

Legal Counsel

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Loek de Vries

Managing Partner

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Lulu Leanza

Finance Associate

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Urs Ehrismann

Venture Partner

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Bombyx Capital Partners AG
Gessnerallee 28, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone:+41 44 220 15 50

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Francesco is an entrepreneur with a 22-year track record in international consulting, engineering and corporate finance. Additionally, he actively invests in European SMEs. For over 20 years, he has been a co-managing partner of the Gherzi Organisation, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with offices in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and India. Francesco has previously worked for the MARS Group and UBS Switzerland. Francesco graduated with a master in finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (). He is fluent in German, English, Italian and French. He also served as Chairman of the Swiss Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) from 2011 to 2017 and is an active board member of a number of European and Indian SMEs.

Laurent has worked on more than 120 consulting and M&A assignments in the textile industry over the last 20 years. He has been responsible for managing large international consulting assignments throughout the textile value chain. In his function as partner of the Gherzi Organisation, Laurent has contributed to the development of Gherzi’s management consulting operations in Europe and India. Previously, Laurent worked for Arthur D. Little, in Paris, France, as consultant for marketing and strategy assignments. Laurent graduated from the University of Rouen, France, and holds a master’s degree in international operations as well as a degree in Management from INSEEC in Paris. He is fluent in French, English and German.

Loek is an expert in turnaround management and growth and business development with 26 years’ experience in technical textiles and advanced materials. He is the former CEO of a listed company with 5,000 employees and € 1,300 million in sales. Through the company’s restructuring and turn-around, he could build a solid basis for the buy-and-build strategy that followed. In this capacity, Loek executed over 20 M&A deals. As a result, the company developed into one of the worldwide leading groups of technical textiles and advanced materials in advanced composites, geosynthetics, synthetic grass, protective fabrics, outdoor fabrics. Loek graduated from the University of Twente in the Netherlands and holds master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. He is fluent in English, Dutch and French.

Lulu is responsible for managing the front and back office and Bombyx’s accounting team. She has been working as a chartered accountant for the last 10 years for international professional service companies and financial institutions. Lulu holds a Federal Swiss Diploma (Eidgenössische Diplom) as a chartered specialist in Accounting and Financial Management and is fluent in English, Italian, German, French and Spanish. ​

Urs is a senior software growth equity entrepreneur with a proven 22-year track record in international corporate development and technology transactions. He is founder and owner of fronttrail Equity Partners, a software-focused growth equity firm based in Wollerau, Switzerland. Prior to fronttrail, he founded ViewPoint Capital Partners in Frankfurt and Zurich and was an investment banker with Vontobel in Zurich. Urs is a graduate of the HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich and is fluent in German, English and French. He also served as a First Lieutenant with the Swiss Mountain Troopers (Gebirgsinfanterie), Mountain Rifle Battalion 6 (Gebirgsschützenbatallion 6).