Operators who invest.
Contrada invests in profitable mid-sized businesses in industrial production, power and adjacent sectors. We bring capital together with the experience of running large industrial companies — and we stay involved.
Capital plus operating expertise
Profitable businesses usually stall for the same reasons: the wrong capital structure, weak financial control, no clear strategy. That is what we fix.
Equity
Majority or significant minority stakes. We buy into businesses we understand and can improve.
Structuring
We remove what limits growth: balance sheet, financing, governance, reporting.
Operating involvement
Board seat, finance function, strategy, access to buyers, suppliers and lenders.
Experience at scale
Contrada's partners have spent more than two decades in executive leadership of large listed and private industrial and energy groups. That experience is what we bring to the companies we invest in.
Value creation
Growth programmes in capital-intensive, regulated businesses: EBITDA tripled over seven years, with disciplined cost control throughout.
Capital markets & M&A
IPO and pre-IPO processes on international exchanges and M&A with an aggregate value above $4bn, alongside global banks, auditors and counsel.
Financing
Debt portfolios above $2bn managed and restructured across bonds, syndicated loans and project finance, lowering the cost of capital.
Governance & resilience
Board roles in listed industrial companies. Businesses led through several market cycles without disruption to operations or payments.
Sectors & markets
Core focus highlighted
Core: industrial production and power — sectors we have run. We also invest selectively in infrastructure, consumer and real estate businesses where structure or strategy is the constraint.
Industrial Production
Manufacturing, processing, metals, componentsPower & Energy
Generation, grid, energy equipment and servicesInfrastructure & Technology
Data centres, critical infrastructure, applied technologyFood & Consumer
F&B, FMCG, production and distributionReal Estate
Income-generating assetsWhat we look for
Clear criteria save time on both sides.
Profitable
At least three consecutive quarters of operating profit. No start-ups, no loss-funded growth.
Real economics
Production, contracts, customers, cash flow. We invest in fundamentals, not narratives.
A fixable constraint
Growth held back by structure, financing or strategy — things we can change.
Aligned owners
Owners who want a partner, not just a cheque. No hostile positions, no quick flips.
Mid-market
Established companies past the start-up stage and below large-cap auctions. Size parameters are discussed directly with owners and advisers.
Structures: equity (majority or minority), strategic partnership, selective working-capital financing.
Owners, advisers, co-investors
One standard for every counterparty: direct, confidential, decisive.
Owners
Selling a stake, looking for a partner or planning succession. A confidential conversation with the people who decide.
Advisers & banks
Brokers, M&A advisers and banks: send a teaser. A fast, clear answer and transparent work with intermediaries.
Co-investors
Family offices and strategic investors: we co-invest in deals we lead or join.
Send us an opportunity.
A short teaser is enough to start: sector, location, revenue, EBITDA and what the owner wants.
- Teaser
- Initial screen
- NDA & data
- Due diligence & terms
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