Schütz Family Office

What Schütz Family Office does

Schütz Family Office (SFO) is the private family office of Austrian serial entrepreneur Alex Schütz, who also serves as founder and CEO of C-Quadrat Investment Group, Austria's largest independent asset manager with over EUR 8 billion in assets under management and offices across Europe and Asia. Operated through the Vienna-based legal entity S-Quad Handels- und Beteiligungs GmbH (Goldschmiedgasse 2/6.5), the office is staffed by a small team of eight professionals spanning investment management, legal, real estate, and administrative functions. The firm deploys Schütz's personal capital across two principal activities: (1) company investments spanning venture capital, private equity, listed companies, and funds, with a sector focus on Financial Services (especially FinTech), Life Sciences, and Cybersecurity, and a geographic focus on Austria, Germany, and Africa; and (2) a real estate portfolio encompassing historical buildings in prime European locations, hospitality assets, commercial and logistics properties, and selective residential developments in markets including Vienna, Mallorca, Venice, Sotogrande, Dubai, and Namibia. Ticket sizes range from Seed/Angel investments up to EUR 1 million in VC to larger PE and listed-company positions.

Revenue is generated primarily through investment returns, capital gains from portfolio exits (exemplified by the 2020 HSO exit to Chr. Hansen and the FIS Privatbank sale to BTG Pactual), and real estate cash flows — typical of a single-family office structure where the office itself is wholly owned by the founder with no external shareholders or limited partners. The go-to-market model is relationship-driven and personal-network-based, with no traditional sales force, paid marketing, or third-party distribution channels. Supporting activities include the Alex Schütz Collection (ASC), a publicly presented cultural collection of over 2,200 pre-monetary payment objects, which functions as a reputational/educational asset rather than a revenue-generating product.

Name

Schütz Family Office

Legal name

S-Quad Handels- und Beteiligungs GmbH

Website

https://s-fo.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Schütz Family Office is the private family office of Alex Schütz, deploying personal capital into venture/PE investments (FinTech, Life Sciences, Cybersecurity) and a diversified European real estate portfolio. The 8-person Vienna-based team serves the Schütz family exclusively, operating via relationship-driven deal sourcing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Office & Wealth Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Office Investment Platforms & Direct Investing (PE/VC/Co-Invest) (FSAAADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Single-Family Offices (SFOs) (FSAAADAA)

Keywords

• Family office services
• Venture capital investment
• Private equity investment
• Real estate investment
• Wealth management

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Family Office Services: Through the family office, Alex Schütz successfully invests in companies as well as in real estate. Revenue is generated through investment returns, capital gains, and potentially management/fund fees from associated asset management operations.
2. Investment Returns: Returns from portfolio companies in Financial Services (especially FinTech), Life Sciences, and Cybersecurity sectors, as well as real estate investments. Typical ticket sizes up to EUR 1 million for VC investments and larger for PE, listed companies and funds.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Schütz Family Office (SFO) is the private family office of serial entrepreneur Alex Schütz. Through the office, Alex Schütz invests in companies across all phases of their life cycle — with a focus on Seed/Business Angel/Startup VC deals (typical tickets up to EUR 1 million) and larger PE, listed company, and fund investments. Sector focus lies on Financial Services (especially FinTech), Life Sciences, and Cybersecurity, with geographic focus on Austria, Germany, and Africa. In parallel, the family office manages a real estate portfolio spanning historical buildings in prime locations, distressed hospitality assets, commercial real estate projects, and logistics and life-science properties.

Product overview

Schütz Family Office (SFO) is a family office that provides investment management services for Alex Schütz, investing in companies (with focus on Financial Services/FinTech, Life Sciences, and Cybersecurity sectors) as well as real estate. The primary offering is its investment portfolio management service, supplemented by the Alex Schütz Collection (ASC) — a cultural collection of pre-monetary currencies from around the world presented as a public educational resource.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VC and PE Investments Direct investment portfolio management across the funding cycle — typical VC tickets up to EUR 1 million and larger PE, listed-company, and fund investments — with sector focus on Financial Services (FinTech), Life Sciences, and Cybersecurity. Targeted at entrepreneurs and founders seeking growth capital.
• Real Estate Investments Direct real estate investment management covering historical buildings in prime locations (Vienna, Venice, Mallorca, Sotogrande, Kitzbühel, Dubai), distressed hospitality assets, commercial real estate, logistics, and long-term leased life-science properties in Austria, Spain, Italy, Dubai, Germany, and Namibia.
• Alex Schütz Collection (ASC) A curated collection of more than 2,200 pre-monetary payment objects from Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, presented as a public educational resource documenting the history of currency before coins and banknotes existed.

Quantifiable outcome

• C-Quadrat manages over EUR 8 billion in assets under management
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carbyne Capital Partners: Austria-based single-family office and private investment firm with a similar Vienna footprint and direct investing focus across venture and growth stages. Most direct comparable in geography, structure, and ticket-size profile.
• Thiel Capital: Peter Thiel's family office vehicle that deploys founder-led direct investments across venture, growth, and public equities. Highly comparable founder-led, relationship-driven model with cross-sector thematic exposure.
• Lupa Systems: James Murdoch's diversified investment vehicle combining venture, growth, and strategic stakes with a strong media and technology tilt. Comparable as a single-family office making concentrated principal investments in venture and listed markets.
• Hillspire: Eric Schmidt's family office focused on technology, energy, and science investments with direct PE/VC participation. Comparable scale, founder-led governance, and thematic technology investing.
• Bezos Expeditions: Jeff Bezos's personal investment office deploying long-duration capital across venture, private equity, and operating businesses. Comparable as a principal-investor family office taking concentrated, sector-diverse positions.
• MSD Capital: Michael Dell's family office managing diversified investments across public equities, private equity, venture, and real estate. Comparable multi-asset class family-office mandate with a lean institutional team.
• Pritzker Group: Family-controlled investment platform operating venture, growth, and real estate businesses with direct investing across stages. Comparable founder-family governance and diversified direct-investing model.
• Ikano Group: Kamenicky family's investment company (linked to IKEA's founders) with private equity, real estate, and financial services activities. Comparable single-family direct-investing platform with European/Nordic roots.

Others

• Aquiline Capital Partners: Private investment firm focused on financial services and business services. Comparable as a sector-aligned PE partner often co-investing alongside family-office capital in financial services transactions.

Broad incumbents

• Iconiq Capital: Multi-family office and private investment firm managing wealth and making direct investments across growth and venture. Comparable as a family-office platform serving high-net-worth founders and tech entrepreneurs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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