Strategies

We want to be the best partner in the development of leading companies that jointly create sustainable value with greater financial performance

What Makes us Unique

The managers and shareholders of our portfolio favor Crest because:

  • 1

    Crest has a unique track record in Portugal in promoting company growth and maximizing the value of its investments;

  • 2

    Crest executes rapidly and effectively at all stages of the investment, from acquisition and merger operations to the implementation of the operational frameworks;

  • 3

    Crest has built an extensive and solid network of partners in the most diverse sectors that serve as catalysts for change and growth processes of its portfolio.

What We do Better

After the acquisition, Crest closely supports its partners in all operational matters, with its strengths being:

  • Build up and incentive alignment of management teams

  • The promotion of business sustainable value-added factors

  • Prompt execution of acquisitions with short-term synergies

  • Focus on exit operations with benefits for everyone involved

Investment Strategies

We manage different investment strategies to support Portuguese companies with solid and ambitious business models.

We build partnerships with owners and management teams based on an operational mindset and long-term vision, capable of generating sustainable value for our companies, our investors, and society.

  • BUY-OUT

  • AGRIBUSINESS

  • Crest targets companies with solid business models and high upside potential, in close cooperation with fully committed management teams who are aligned with the success of each investment.

    • CREST I FCRF

      Established in 2018, the Crest I Fund was fully invested in 8 investment platforms through 19 acquisitions.

    • CREST II FCRF

      Currently, Crest is investing the CREST II fund, created in 2020.

    Investment Criteria

    • Sustainable business model with clear competitive advantages

    • Operating results or EBITDA above 2 million euros

    • Management teams committed to the strategy to be implemented

    • All sectors of activity, except for real estate and finance

  • Agribusiness strategy aims to obtain a significant appreciation of medium and long-term investments in Portuguese agribusiness projects of high strategic value.

    • CREST AGRO I FCRF

      Crest is in the investment period of the Crest Agro I fund.

    Investment Criteria

    • Consolidation of brownfield opportunities with operating results below €2 million

    • Development of greenfield projects

    • Investment in agribusiness, forestry, agritourism and animal protein

    • Management teams committed to the strategy to be implemented

  • BUY-OUT

    Crest targets companies with solid business models and high upside potential, in close cooperation with fully committed management teams who are aligned with the success of each investment.

    • CREST I FCRF

      Established in 2018, the Crest I Fund was fully invested in 8 investment platforms through 19 acquisitions.

    • CREST II FCRF

      Currently, Crest is investing the CREST II fund, created in 2020.

    Investment Criteria

    • Sustainable business model with clear competitive advantages

    • Operating results or EBITDA above 2 million euros

    • Management teams committed to the strategy to be implemented

    • All sectors of activity, except for real estate and finance

  • AGRIBUSINESS

    Agribusiness strategy aims to obtain a significant appreciation of medium and long-term investments in Portuguese agribusiness projects of high strategic value.

    • CREST AGRO I FCRF

      Crest is in the investment period of the Crest Agro I fund.

    Investment Criteria

    • Consolidation of brownfield opportunities with operating results below €2 million

    • Development of greenfield projects

    • Investment in agribusiness, forestry, agritourism and animal protein

    • Management teams committed to the strategy to be implemented

Investors

Crest carries out its activity in accordance with the best market practices, using capital from leading national and international institutional investors, including pension funds, funds of funds, insurance companies, banks and family offices.

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