Bergé y Cía

Overview

Bergé y Cía is a Spanish investment holding company with over 150 years of history, focusing on nurturing and growing partner companies while seeking new business opportunities. Founded in 1870 by three entrepreneurs from Bilbao, the company has been a key player in Spanish business development, spanning the industrial revolution of the 19th century to the digital revolution of today. The company's history is characterized by a culture of remaining true to its principles: teamwork, commitment, initiative, and the value of keeping its word. Today, spanning five generations, Bergé y Cía stands as an investment holding firm, dedicated to nurturing the growth of its subsidiary businesses and actively seeking out fresh opportunities. The company's impact spans various sectors, industries, and geographies, leaving its mark on logistics and mobility in more than twenty countries, while forging significant international and national strategic alliances along the way. The story of a multi-family company that has survived, among many things, two world wars, a civil war, two pandemics, and severe financial crises. The company's vision is to create value through entrepreneurship, equating value to growth—growth for the company, its employees, profitability, and new business ventures. Innovation is ingrained in its DNA, and generating value through entrepreneurship entails adopting a proactive, inventive, and growth-oriented mindset. Since 1870, this attitude has enabled the company to take on new challenges, overcome obstacles and difficulties, and always go beyond where it had reached. This is what the company calls Entrepreneurship at Bergé y Cía.

Investment Focus

• Proactive and inventive mindset
• Growth-oriented approach
• Commitment to innovation
• Alignment with company's principles of teamwork, commitment, and initiative

Portfolio Companies