OctoFox OctoFox
Private Investment Firm · Public Markets & Private Businesses · Miami

We invest where conviction
meets value.

A private investment firm operating across two arms — concentrated public-market investing and the acquisition and operation of founder-led companies. One philosophy, one balance sheet, long horizons.

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Founded Miami · 2026
Operating Footprint Transatlantic · Americas & Europe
Mandate Public Markets · Private Businesses · Cross-Border
One philosophy, two arms

Capital that thinks like an owner.

OctoFox is a private investment firm, not a fund measured against a fixed-life clock. We begin every decision from a single question — where is the strongest combination of conviction, value, and long-term potential? — and we follow the answer across two arms. In public markets, we invest our own capital with concentration and patience. In private businesses, we acquire founder-led companies and operate them ourselves, over long horizons. Both arms draw on the same judgment. One balance sheet today, structured to welcome aligned partners over time.

— 01 / Public Markets

We invest with conviction, not with the index.

In public markets we hold a small number of positions we understand deeply and are willing to own through volatility. We are opportunity-driven and unconstrained by style, but disciplined on concentration, liquidity, and pacing. We say little about what we own and much about how we decide.

  • Concentrated by conviction
  • Long-term ownership mindset
  • Discipline on liquidity and pacing
  • Opportunity over mandate
Our investment approach
— 02 / Private Businesses

We acquire businesses we intend to run.

We take majority positions in founder-led companies at the lower end of the mid-market — businesses with more potential than momentum — and we operate them ourselves. The founder of OctoFox is personally engaged in each company, at board level and, when needed, in an executive seat. The work is operational, commercial, and structural, never financial engineering.

  • Majority, founder-led, lower-mid-market
  • Operator-led, hands on the wheel
  • Build-up through bolt-ons
  • Long horizons, no clock
How we work
15+ years, three continents

Judgment earned by
ownership.

OctoFox was founded by a senior operator with over fifteen years acquiring, restructuring, and repositioning heritage companies across Europe and the United States. That track record is not the firm's only business line — it is the evidence behind how we invest everywhere else: an owner's mentality, a bias for the hard-to-fix, and the patience to see a thesis through. Every engagement is senior-led, from first call through close.

15+
Years International Experience
2
Heritage Brands Acquired & Turned Around
3
Continents · Operating Reach
100%
Senior-Led Engagements
The companies worth owning are the ones most people would walk away from. The difference is knowing which ones can be rebuilt, and being willing to do the work.
Founding Principle
Selected work

Track record.

Evidence of the same judgment we now apply across markets: fifteen years of acquiring, restructuring, and operating heritage brands across Europe and the United States, through ownership and board-level leadership.

Acquisition & Turnaround

Borsalino

Italy's most iconic hat company, founded 1857

Co-managed the complex acquisition and strategic revitalization of Italy's oldest heritage hat house. Led a 360° operation to optimize every aspect of this 160-year-old brand: navigated international operational challenges, repositioned the brand toward premium and luxury segments, and rebuilt U.S. wholesale and retail distribution while preserving the brand's century-long legacy.

Vice Chairman Role
2015–2020 Hold & Operate
Acquisition & Turnaround

Fogal of Switzerland

Heritage Swiss luxury hosiery brand, founded 1923

Directed the acquisition and transformative turnaround of a century-old Swiss luxury hosiery house. Executed comprehensive restructuring through the COVID-19 disruption: modernizing operations, rationalizing retail networks, adapting product strategy, and rebuilding U.S. commercial credibility and margins.

Executive Chairman Role
2017–2023 Tenure
Investment Vehicle

La Praly SAS

Specialized turnaround investment platform · Paris

Chairman of the European investment vehicle through which the OctoFox playbook was first written: acquiring and comprehensively turning around businesses facing operational or financial distress, from due diligence and deal structuring through hands-on restructuring and market repositioning. Wound down in 2026 as its founder consolidated activities under OctoFox in Miami.

Chairman Role
2013–2026 · Switzerland, then Paris Tenure
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Before the transaction

Not every conversation
ends in a sale.

Many founders we meet are still years from a transaction. Some are weighing succession options. Others want a confidential sparring partner on a difficult operational call, a growth question, or a capital decision before a sale.

We make ourselves available, selectively, to a small number of founders each year. There is no fee, no engagement letter, no obligation on either side. Just a private conversation with operators who have sat in your seat.

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If you are an investor curious about how we think — or in co-investing alongside us in the companies we acquire — a founder considering a sale, or a counterparty with a situation worth a serious conversation, we would welcome it.

We work with a small number of partners and companies at any time. Every conversation is direct, confidential, and senior-led.

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