AGEFI Features ACE & Company After Milestone Achievement

A Symbolic Milestone in a Demanding Market Environment

In an environment for private markets marked by slower exits and increased focus on liquidity, ACE & Company, a Geneva-based private equity and venture capital firm founded by Adam Said with an international presence, has announced that it has surpassed the threshold of one billion dollars in gains generated for its investors.

Since 2015, the firm has generated more than $1.05 billion in gains and distributed approximately $835 million to investors. This milestone comes at a time when the ability to deliver distributions has once again become a decisive criterion for institutional investors.

Performance and Distributions at the Core of the Model

For an independent firm headquartered in Geneva and managing just over $1.9 billion in assets, surpassing the one-billion-dollar performance mark represents a strong signal. It demonstrates the ability of a Swiss platform to reach meaningful scale while maintaining a disciplined investment approach built on selectivity and risk management.

Regulated by FINMA since 2017, ACE & Company aligns with the Swiss tradition of long-term asset management, prioritising consistency of execution and investor alignment over opportunistic growth.

“Our priorities are simple and consistent: performance and distributions to investors,” said Adam Said. “We systematically invest alongside them. We do not follow trends, but results, and our platform is well positioned to continue creating value.”

Complementary Strategies Supporting Liquidity

The group’s performance is driven by several complementary strategies. Its Secondaries business, primarily focused on LP-led transactions, has made a significant contribution to distributions in a more uncertain market environment.

Its Independent Sponsor strategy, executed alongside independent sponsors and focused on the lower mid-market, targets companies offering operational value-creation levers and a broad range of exit scenarios.

Venture Capital as a Long-Term Growth Engine

ACE Ventures, the venture capital arm of ACE & Company, is composed of Swiss engineers and operators supporting technology start-ups. The team is highly active, building multiple positions and working closely with founders to accelerate company growth.

In 2024, ACE Ventures launched the ACE Swiss Tech Outliers fund, focused on Swiss founders. In 2025, the group further strengthened its local presence with the opening of a Zurich office dedicated to venture capital activities.

A Symbolic Step in a Normalizing Market

As the private equity industry enters a phase of normalization, characterized by greater dispersion in performance, crossing the one-billion-dollar threshold represents a structuring milestone for ACE & Company. It highlights the ability of a Geneva-anchored Swiss platform to combine investment discipline, consistency, and performance on an international scale.

Source: AGEFI – adapted and translated from the original French article
Original publication: Une société genevoise de private equity franchit le cap du milliard de dollars de gains (AGEFI)