Tissium SA
Valquest co-invested in Tissium SA a European MedTech company that has developed an innovative polymer solution set to revolutionize the field of tissue reconstruction in multiple therapeutic areas
Valquest is leveraging its network to help Tissium expand its route to market in select MENA and Indian subcontinent markets
Valquest is at a stage to accompany the resource deployment for the launch of Tissium first therapeutical application in the US market
Afyren
Afyren (established in 2006) is specialized in Microbiology and Bioprocess engineering that valorizes non-food biomass into bio-energy and green chemistry
Valquest co-invested through a controlling stake in Afyren along with a select group of international industrialists, specialized venture capitalists, Industrial funds and institutional investors allowing Afyren to scale-up to industrial level putting forward the establishment of the first bio-sourced Carboxylic Acid industrial capacity in the world
AJTS SAOC
Al-Jizzi Transformers and Switchgears Company SAOC (AJTS) is a 35 years old company specialized manufacturer of power distribution transformers in Oman
Valquest acquired 100% of the company to operate on product enhancement and niche market consolidation while developing the company's export business in selected GCC, Middle East and North-African markets
White Label Food processing
Valquest acquired a 20% stake and topped it reaching 51% stake from initial acquisition date
Valquest has developed, from Levant, new markets: North America and GCC
Valquest positioned the business for horizontal integration, creating own commercial brand
Valquest exited in May 2022
Sofregaz SA
Sofregaz is a 70 years old French engineering company specialized in Oil & Gas engineering
Valquest acquired the assets of Sofregaz from Maire Tecnimont to capture business from MENA (mainly Iraq)
The drop of Oil price and the instability of Iraq forced a severe restructuring, turnaround and repositioning of the business around LNG
The company turned a positive EBITDA in Q3 2016. Valquest considerably reduced its ownership stake in the company in Q1 2018 and fully exited in Q4 2023
Nutraceuticals - CONFIDENTIAL
Valquest partnered with a Swiss microbiology and bioprocess engineering technology company to produce bio-based Nutraceuticals from biomass
Project aims at developing the first worldwide industrial plant
Pilot is being developed in Portugal
Bloom Biorenewables
Valquest acted as co-lead investor alongside Anaïs Ventures in CHF 13 million series A round. Valquest is leveraging its industrial and commercial experience to scale Bloom’s industrial process and engineer the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) commercial-scale units, while accelerating market entry.
Bloom Biorenewable is a Swiss company that developed an innovative technology, the Aldehyde-Assisted Fractionation (AAF) process, that efficiently separates the cellulose fraction while stabilizing lignin polymers and hemicellulose-derived sugars. By stabilizing these structures, Bloom Biorenewables can fully valorize lignin and hemicellulose for the first time.