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Fernweh Group launches Fernweh Hub

A platform for sharing latest research and insights on topics related to industrial and industrial technology sector, and to build a community of key stakeholders (including executives, investors, board members) to engage and push the thinking on topics critical to the ecosystem

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Who We Are

Fernweh is a team of senior leaders from industry, consulting, and investing institutions, who, in prior roles, have experience in performance transformations in industrial and industrial technology companies. Our platform combines sector-specific expertise, industry relationships, and capital to create “alpha” returns. We focus on impact-oriented partnerships, have the flexibility to customize capital/IP to portfolio company needs, and have built a deep bench of advisors and C-level relationships in each micro-vertical of the industrial technology landscape.

What We Do

Create value through accelerated and sustainable performance transformations of industrial and industrial technology companies

Engage actively with stakeholders with a long-term “owner/operator” mindset

Primarily focus on partnering with companies headquartered in North America and Europe

How We Do It

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Our structure gives us flexibility to play whatever role is needed to create value

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We are drawn to long-term partnerships rather than one-off projects or transactions

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We have honed a playbook to identify value-creation potential quickly and ensure speedy and sustainable value capture

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We are building a platform to interface capital, domain expertise, talent, and technology

Our Team

Fernweh’s team is built to bring its unique engaged investor & operator model (EIOM) in the industrial and industrial technology sector to life. The team unites the skills and backgrounds of diverse individuals experienced in managing, consulting with, and investing in industrial companies along with the experience and expertise of advisors of leaders from across the industrial spectrum through Fernweh Principal Advisors Council (FPAC)

Fernweh Team Members

In their prior roles, members of the Fernweh team have worked with and guided transformations of companies in manufacturing, electronics, computer hardware and software, and other domains. In addition, they are experienced in private equity and investing, as well as M&A and corporate governance, applying educational backgrounds in economics, engineering, management, and law.

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Fernweh Principal Advisors Council (FPAC) Members

Fernweh Principal Advisors Council (FPAC) members are leading practitioners from both the public and private domains who bring their experience and expertise to support Fernweh and its portfolio companies to create “alpha” returns.
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LUDOVIC PHALIPPOU

Professor of Financial Economics

Said Business School,

University of Oxford

Contact Us

For Investors, Investments and Target Companies

For Careers

For Fernweh Hub

For Other Enquiries

Shekhar Varanasi

Chief Operating Officer

Nick Santhanam

Chief Executive Officer

Daniel Flynn

President, General Counsel Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer

Nidhi Arora

Vice President

Danielle Isbell

Manager of Operations

Contact Us

For Investors, Investments and Target Companies

Shekhar Varanasi

Chief Operating Officer

Nick Santhanam

Chief Executive Officer

For Careers

For Fernweh Hub

Daniel Flynn

President, General Counsel Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer

Nidhi Arora

Vice President

For Other Enquiries

Danielle Isbell

Manager of Operations