Aurelius Group

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Aurelius Investment Advisory Limited
Industry Asset Management
Founded2005;21 years ago (2005)
Founders
Key people
Dirk Markus, Gert Purkert, Donatus Albrecht, Matthias Täubl, Tristan Nagler
Divisions
  • Aurelius Opportunities Fund V
  • Aurelius European Opportunities Fund IV
  • AUR Portfolio III SE & Co. KGaA
  • Aurelius Growth Investments
  • Aurelius Finance Company
  • Aurelius Real Estate Opportunities
Website www.aurelius-group.com

Aurelius is a global alternative investor with offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Luxembourg, Malta, Milan, Munich, New York, and Stockholm. [1] The company focuses on private equity, private debt and real estate investments.

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History

In 2005, Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert, both former McKinsey consultants, founded Aurelius as a privately held investment vehicle investing in small- and medium-sized companies.

In 2006 listed subsidiary Aurelius AG (today: AUR Portfolio III SE & Co. KGaA, not listed anymore) was set up with a start-up capital of €500,000. [2]

In April 2021, Aurelius launched AURELIUS Opportunities Fund IV, a more than €500 million investment fund specializing in complex corporate carve-outs and operational transformation. [3] Its investors include US and European university endowments, pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. [4]

AURELIUS Opportunities Fund V followed in June 2025 with €830m in committed capital. It pursues the same investment strategy as Fund IV and has largely the same investors [5] .

Recent exits

connexta, an IT services platform, was sold by Aurelius Wachstumskapital (Growth Investments) to the private equity investor Fremman Capital in 2023. [6]

Scandinavian Cosmetics Group was sold to Accent Equity for €60 million in October 2019. [7] [8]

The solid board and printed carton business of the Smurfit Kappa Group, acquired in April 2015, with production sites in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, which was later renamed Solidus Solutions, was sold to Centerbridge in June 2019 for €330 million. This was the largest exit in the company's history to date for Aurelius. [9]

In 2017, it sold Getronics for €220 million; [10] it had been acquired from KPN in 2012. [11] That year, it also sold Secop for €185 million, which had been acquired from Danfoss in 2010. [12]

Others

Non-profit charity Aurelius Refugee Initiative e.V. Aurelius conducts a support and aid program for people with a migration background. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "DGAP-News: AURELIUS Group to expand its management team". Business Insider (Press release). 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Registerportal". HRB 221100. www.handelsregister.de (in German). 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Birchall, Samantha (16 April 2021). "Aurelius raises €500m to invest in carve-out opportunities". Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Aurelius wird zum Midcap-Investor" (in German). 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Gopinath, Swetha (17 June 2025). "PE Firm Aurelius Raises €830 Million for New Flagship Fund".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Wachstum soll beschleunigt werden: Connexta mit neuem Investor". www.channelpartner.de (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Colyer, Jack. "Aurelius sells Nordic cosmetics group to Accent for €60m - Private Equity News". www.penews.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Aurelius exits Scandinavian Cosmetics to Accent Equity". PitchBook. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "AURELIUS sells Solidus Solutions for EUR330m". Private Equity Wire. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "BRIEF-Aurelius sells Getronics Group". Reuters. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Getronics sold off in KPN shake-up". MicroscopeUK. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Nidec to Acquire Secop Group (Secop Holding GmbH and Other 3 Entities), a German Compressor Manufacturer". www.cnbc.com. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  13. ↑ Witkowsky, Chris (24 July 2020). "Aurelius Equity-backed Office Depot Europe agrees to sell Spanish contract business to Lyreco". PE Hub. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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