Investment area
Sustainability
Energy systems, carbon and electric mobility.
Building businesses. Bridging markets.
Wolf x group invests in companies, advises businesses on energy, batteries and growth, and helps Asian companies build a lasting presence in Europe.
Discover the group ScrollThe group in briefOne group. Four ways of building value.
- 04Investment areas
- 06Named portfolio companies
- 04Consulting services
- 8,820 kmShanghai to Frankfurt
The group
A group that thinks in decades, and builds companies to match.
Wolf x group brings investment, technical and commercial expertise, and international connections together in one business.
We take part in companies across sustainability, personal health, consumer goods and fashion. We advise businesses on energy, batteries and growth. And we help companies, above all from China and wider Asia, build their presence in Europe.
Operational experience and technical depth, applied to companies built for the long term.
Investments
Portfolio companies
Companies in sustainability, personal health, consumer goods and fashion.
Explore investments ConsultingEnergy and growth advisory
Technical and commercial advice on batteries, energy and building a business.
Explore consulting Asia–EuropeMarket development
Helping Asian companies, especially from China, enter and grow in European markets.
Explore Asia–Europe Industry MindPerspective and voice
Appearances, talks, interviews and articles on the industries we work in.
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Investments
Different industries. A shared ambition.
Investment area
Personal Health
Brands built around everyday wellbeing.
Investment area
Consumer
Products people choose, use and come back to.
Investment area
Fashion
European fashion with an international audience.
Horizon. Our unit of measure is decades.
How we think about time
Value is built in years and kept in decades.
Illustrative. It describes how the group thinks about time. It is not a forecast or a record of past holdings.
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Year 001 / 05
Entry on criteria
Commitments are made against criteria written before the opportunity appears. Price matters. Fit and the people involved matter more.
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Year 702 / 05
Reinvest, not exit
Where a typical fund would be preparing a sale, a long-term owner funds the next phase of growth.
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Year 1503 / 05
Owner through the cycle
Downturns are when patient owners earn their place: steady support and no forced decisions.
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Year 2704 / 05
Built for the next owner
Companies built to stand on their own under any owner stay strong under this one.
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Open-ended05 / 05
No fixed exit date.
Support continues for as long as a business benefits from it.
Consulting
Technical understanding. Commercial perspective.
Four services for decisions about energy, batteries and growth, where the technical detail and the commercial case have to be understood together.
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Energy and batteries
Forbusinesses adding storage, batteries or electrification to what they already do.
From storage to electrification: where batteries create value, which commercial model fits and what the technical facts mean for the case.
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Technical applications
Forteams choosing between battery technologies or testing whether an application is feasible.
Choosing a battery technology, testing whether an application works and checking suppliers and partners before committing.
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Entrepreneurship and growth
Forfounders deciding where to focus, how to position and how to reach the next stage.
Deciding where to focus time and capital, how to position the company and which opportunities to pursue now.
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European market development
Forcompanies, above all from China and wider Asia, assessing European markets.
Which European markets to prioritise, what buyers there expect and how to approach a first entry.
Shanghai31.23° N · 121.47° E
Frankfurt50.11° N · 8.68° E
Asia–Europe
We help ambitious companies cross markets and build a stronger presence in Europe.
Market-entry strategy, brand positioning and commercial partnerships, with a focus on Chinese and Asian companies growing in Europe.
Discuss European expansion Explore market development
Industry Mind
An active voice in the industries we work in.
Public appearances, talks, interviews and articles on energy, batteries, entrepreneurship and international business, collected in one journal.
- Appearances
- Speaking
- Interviews
- Articles
- Perspectives
