Private Equity for the architects of long-term value. August, the way to invest.

We are August

Navigating Private Equity for decades.

Over more than 15 years, we have built trusted relationships with leading fund managers, identified opportunities across market cycles and invested alongside our clients in private equity funds.

Incorporated

2013

Fund commitments

100+since 2011

Cumulative commitments

€300M+since inception

Invested assets

75%by founders

Building strong investment foundations starts with the right partner.

Private Equity

Years of experience have taught us that the best opportunities are built over time. Through long-standing and trusted relationships with leading managers, August provides access to high-quality private equity strategies selected for their long-term potential.

Fund of Funds

A strong portfolio starts with a strong architecture. At August, we carefully combine complementary managers, strategies, geographies and investment cycles to build resilient, diversified investment solutions for long-term value creation.

Investing alongside you

We believe conviction is stronger when it is shared. That's why we invest our own capital alongside our clients, in the very same strategies. Because aligned interests create trust, and trust creates better long-term partnerships, August and its principals are the fund's largest investor.

Long-term perspective

Every investment is part of a broader strategy. August helps navigate through and bring structure, perspective and clarity to long-term investment through a disciplined and forward-looking approach.

What we do

Five proven strategies.

Our investors are the architect of their PE exposure by building their own portfolio through the core satellite theory. The core is the foundation that keeps the portfolio's purchasing power growing with the market, across generations. The Satellites are the bespoke diversification and extra alpha based on their objectives and circumstances.

Our Buyout Europe strategy combines pan-European large-cap funds with carefully selected local champions. We also selectively co-invest alongside trusted managers to enhance return potential while lowering costs.

Active since 2011
5th vintage
Currently open to subscription

Strategy Highlights

Double digit IRR for more mature strategies
Second to first quartile focused manager selection
4 active vintages
More than 30 underlying funds

Strategy History

What began as a strategy to diversify our founders' Private Equity exposure has grown into a mature, self-sustaining portfolio. Built around carefully selected top-quartile managers and a tax-efficient structure, it now generates distributions that consistently exceed capital calls, reflecting the strength and maturity of the underlying investments.

Strategy Funds

Our Buyout US strategy combines leading large-cap funds with hand picked local champions across the United States and selected co-investment alongside trusted managers. August’ legal structure ensure efficient tax treatment for our investments.

Active since 2011
5th vintage
Currently open to subscription

Strategy Highlights

Double digit IRR for more mature strategies
Second to first quartile focused manager selection
4 active vintages
More than 30 underlying funds

Strategy History

The strategy was born from a conviction: diversification creates opportunity. By expanding into the US market, August gained access to one of the world's most dynamic economies and a deeper pool of leading Private Equity managers, further strengthening the portfolio's long-term growth potential.

Strategy Funds

Our Secondary strategy provides access to GP-led and LP-led opportunities across mature Western Private Equity markets. We combine leading global managers with specialised secondary funds to capture attractive opportunities.

Active since 2011
2nd dedicated vintage
Next vintage: 2027

Strategy Highlights

Double digit IRR for more mature strategies
Fast deployment of capital
JCurve smoothener through fast investment pace and rapid cash distributions

Strategy History

Built on more than a decade of experience in the secondary market, this strategy was formally launched in 2022. It now invests across both US and European markets through hand-picked GP-led and LP-led opportunities, combining experience with a disciplined, opportunity-driven approach.

Strategy Funds

Innovation starts long before companies become market leaders. Our Venture strategy provides diversified access to Europe's most promising innovators through a curated portfolio of venture capital funds, combining disciplined investing with privileged access to leading managers across the UK, France and the DACH region.

Since 2021
2nd vintage
Next vintage: 2027

Strategy Highlights

Consistent double-digit IRR
First liquidity events achieved
Diversified across Europe's leading VC managers

Strategy History

Our Venture strategy was designed to capture tomorrow's growth by investing across a diversified portfolio of Europe's leading venture capital managers. This approach provides broad exposure to emerging technologies and high-potential companies, without relying on any single success story.

Strategy Funds

Built on deep local expertise and long-standing relationships, our Asia strategy provides diversified, tax-efficient exposure to Asia's Private Equity market. By combining leading pan-Asian managers with concentrated local small and mid-market champions, it captures opportunities across the region's most dynamic economies.

Since 2017
3rd vintage
Currently fundraising

Strategy Highlights

Consistent double-digit IRR
Diversification beyond Western markets
Exposure to Asia's small and mid-market champions

Strategy History

For nearly a decade, our Asia strategy has provided tax-efficient access to one of the world's fastest-growing Private Equity markets. Leveraging deep local relationships and regional expertise, it offers investors meaningful diversification beyond traditional Western economies.

Strategy Funds

Working with August

A different way to experience Private Equity.

One point of contact only

From onboarding to KYC and regulatory requirements, we take care of the administrative complexity behind the scenes, allowing you to focus on your investment decisions. You benefit from a seamless investment experience, with one dedicated team by your side at any moment.

Tailormade guidance, not standardisation

Whether you're an investor, advisor or family office, we help you build the allocation that fits your objectives. From a diversified portfolio to a more tailored exposure to Asia, Venture or Secondaries, every conversation starts with your needs.

Invest alongside us

Our interests are closely aligned with yours. Our August principals invest their capital in the very same strategies, giving you direct access to the expertise and long-term conviction that guide our own investments.

Join a different community

When you invest with August, you become part of a community that shares a long-term perspective on Private Equity. A circle of entrepreneurs, families and investors who see Private Equity as a cornerstone of long-term value creation.

Meet the people behind August

The right investment decisions start with the right people.

Behind every investment strategy is a team combining entrepreneurial experience, institutional investment expertise and operational excellence. Together, we share one conviction: long-term wealth is built through disciplined investing, aligned interests and lasting relationships.

Our history

What started as an entrepreneurial success became a long-term investment vision.

August was born from decades of entrepreneurial experience, long before the company itself was founded. From building and growing businesses to investing their own capital, our founders gradually developed the network, expertise and convictions that define August today. What began as a shared investment journey has evolved into a trusted Private Equity platform.

The origins.

The Vlaeyen family enters the logistics industry, laying the foundations of an entrepreneurial legacy that would span generations.

1845

Taking the helm.

Through a management buy-out, the founders take control of the business, accelerating its international expansion and reinforcing the entrepreneurial mindset that would later shape August.

1999

The birth of August.

Following the sale of the logistics business, the founders began investing their own capital, turning decades of entrepreneurial experience into a long-term Private Equity investment platform.

2009

Entrepreneurs at heart.

While August continues to grow and receives its SICAR status, the founders return to their entrepreneurial roots with the development of two new fertilizer terminals in Cádiz, Spain and Westdorpe, Netherland, reaffirming their commitment to building businesses as well as investing in them.

2013

Expanding internationally.

Launch of the Asia strategy and commitment to 25 Private Equity funds, marking a new stage in August's international development.

2017

Broadening the platform.

Launch of August Europe VC I, extending the platform with a dedicated Venture Capital strategy.

2021

Building the future.

Today, August manages a diversified platform of Private Equity strategies across Europe, the US and Asia with more than 10 funds, helping investors build long-term wealth through carefully selected opportunities.

Private Equity for the architects of long-term value. August, the way to invest.

Navigating Private Equity for decades.

Building strong investment foundations starts with the right partner.

Private Equity

Fund of Funds

Investing alongside you

Long-term perspective

Five proven strategies.

A different way to experience Private Equity.

One point of contact only

Tailormade guidance, not standardisation

Invest alongside us

Join a different community

The right investment decisions start with the right people.

Marcel Genadry

Emmanuel Cukrowicz

Mathieu Poma

Sekou Deen Yansane

Ernest van Zuylen

Youssef Laghlimi

What started as an entrepreneurial success became a long-term investment vision.

The origins.

Taking the helm.

The birth of August.

Entrepreneurs at heart.

Expanding internationally.

Broadening the platform.

Building the future.

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