{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-b7241f1fe6f749a2a310eeab312d7241", "slug": "sofina", "name": "SOFINA", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:02:02.117249Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "SOFINA is a Belgian investment company that invests directly in businesses and indirectly through private funds, taking a long-term approach and supporting portfolio companies with capital, advice and its network. Its stated purpose is “to create enduring value, for everyone.” Its five focus areas are consumer and retail, education, digital transformation, healthcare and life sciences, and sustainable supply chains. [https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/who-we-are][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/strategy]\n\nIts investment activity spans Europe, North America and Asia; at year-end 2025, its portfolio was distributed across Western Europe (39%), North America (37%) and Asia (24%). SOFINA had 83 employees across four offices at 31 December 2025. Its investment portfolio was valued at €10.509 billion at year-end 2025, while reported net asset value was €11.5 billion at 30 June 2026. [T11151592][T7216407][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2026/half-year-report-2026.pdf]\n[T11151592][T7216407][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/who-we-are][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/strategy][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2026/half-year-report-2026.pdf]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:02:02.117249Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Sofina is an investment company rather than an operating business with consumer products of its own. Its offering is investment capital, advice and access to its network for portfolio companies; accordingly, the products and services associated with Sofina are those of its investees. [P34598991]\n\nAmong Sofina’s largest direct investments are companies whose offerings include ByteDance’s social networking, content-distribution, enterprise-software and gaming products; Cognita’s K–12 schools; Nuxe’s natural cosmetics; Drylock Technologies’ personal-hygiene products; Proeduca’s online higher education; Vinted’s second-hand fashion marketplace; and Mérieux NutriSciences’ food-safety analysis and product-development support. Other named holdings include EG Software’s industry-specific software and SALTO Systems, whose profile includes access control, electronic locking, cashless payment, time recording and leisure-facility management systems. [P36592028][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/bytedance][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/cognita][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/nuxe][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/drylock-technologies][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/proeduca][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/vinted][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/merieux-nutri-sciences][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/egas][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/salto-systems]\n\nSofina’s 2025 portfolio allocation by sector was 35% digital transformation, 26% consumer and retail, 14% education, 12% healthcare and life sciences, 5% sustainable supply chains, and 8% other. These figures describe portfolio exposure, not product sales or performance by product. [P53358666]\n[P34598991][P36592028][P53358666][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/bytedance][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/cognita][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/nuxe][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/drylock-technologies][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/proeduca][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/vinted][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/merieux-nutri-sciences][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/egas][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/portfolio/sofina-direct/salto-systems]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:02:02.117249Z" }, { "type": "GEOGRAPHY", "text": "Sofina’s portfolio is geographically diversified across Western Europe, North America and Asia. At 31 December 2025, these regions represented 39%, 37% and 24%, respectively, of portfolio fair value; these figures describe investments, not revenue. Within Sofina Direct, Western Europe accounted for 63% of fair value, compared with 26% in Asia and 11% in North America. Sofina Private Funds were weighted toward North America (67%), followed by Asia (23%) and Western Europe (10%). [T11151592][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2025/annual-report-eng-2025.pdf]\n\nSofina’s registered office is at Rue de l’Industrie 31, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. At year-end 2025, it reported 83 employees across offices in Belgium, Luxembourg, Singapore and the United Kingdom, but did not disclose employee numbers by location. [https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/investors/shareholder-center/general-meeting/2026/854240773-convening-notice-9-04-2026.pdf][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2025/annual-report-eng-2025.pdf]\n\nSofina describes its investment footprint as spanning Europe, North America and Asia; its stated Direct investment focus includes Western Europe, the United States, India, China and Southeast Asia. The company does not report geographic revenue shares in the cited disclosures. [https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/strategy][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/strategy/direct][T11151592]\n[T11151592][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2025/annual-report-eng-2025.pdf][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/investors/shareholder-center/general-meeting/2026/854240773-convening-notice-9-04-2026.pdf][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/strategy][https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/strategy/direct]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:02:02.117249Z" }, { "type": "SEGMENTS", "text": "Sofina does not report conventional operating-business segments. Its management reporting follows its investment portfolio on a “look-through” basis, so its reported categories are investment styles, focus areas and geographic exposures rather than operating divisions. [P47726636][P53899108][P73389359][P102264326]\n\nIn its 2026 half-year presentation, Sofina distinguishes Sofina Direct investments from Sofina Private Funds. The reported approximate portfolio shares are 51% for Sofina Direct, including Long-Term Minority Investments (about 25%) and Sofina Growth (about 26%), and 52% for Private Funds. These are rounded figures from the presentation and should not be treated as separate operating-segment revenue contributions. [https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2026/presentation-of-the-2026-half-year-results.pdf]\n\nSofina’s focus areas are consumer and retail, digital transformation, education, healthcare and life sciences, and sustainable supply chains. For Sofina Direct at FY2025, the reported portfolio split was digital transformation 35%, consumer and retail 26%, education 14%, healthcare and life sciences 12%, sustainable supply chains 5%, and other 8%. The 2026 half-year presentation reported consumer and retail at 36% and digital transformation at 27% of Sofina Direct. [T10567301][T6298455][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2026/presentation-of-the-2026-half-year-results.pdf]\n\nA further FY2025 view of Sofina Direct was by geography: Western Europe 63%, Asia 26% and North America 11%. These figures describe portfolio exposure, not separate businesses. [T11151592]\n[P47726636][P53899108][P73389359][P102264326][T10567301][T6298455][T11151592][https://www.sofinagroup.com/~/media/Files/S/Sofina-Corp/annual-report/2026/presentation-of-the-2026-half-year-results.pdf]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:02:02.117249Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Founded in 1898 as an engineering and financing company focused on energy and transport, Sofina began its transformation from an industrial business into an investment company between 1965 and 1970. The Boël family entered its shareholding in the 1950s and strengthened its position in 1988; Sofina began investing in U.S. venture- and growth-capital funds in 1978, followed by investments in India and China in 2005. [https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/our-history]\n\nSofina shifted toward growth investing and greater international exposure in 2011, opened a Singapore office in 2014, and reported that more than half of its portfolio was invested outside Europe by 2017. It launched the Sofina Covid Solidarity Fund in 2020 and established a Leadership Council in 2024. [https://www.sofinagroup.com/en/about-sofina/our-history][P27425444] In 2026, it announced Charlotte Strömberg as incoming Chair and Catherine Soubie as Vice-Chair, succeeding Dominique Lancksweert after the May AGM. 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