Ardian has entered a strategic partnership with Swedish fintech ROYC to expand its private wealth capabilities in Europe, as the French alternatives giant continues to target high-net-worth investors with tailored private market solutions.

The collaboration aims to simplify access to Ardian’s investment products by integrating ROYC’s operating system, which automates complex fund operations and delivers real-time data and streamlined fund management services for wealth managers and family offices.

“They will be an important partner to expand our activities in private wealth and in particular for the fundraising of our Ardian Secondary Infrastructure Fund IX,” said Erwan Paugam, Head of Private Wealth Solutions at Ardian.

The move comes as Ardian reports rising interest from private investors. Its sixth-generation Expansion Fund, which closed at €3.2bn in January, saw private wealth LPs comprise 25% of the base, up from 16% in the previous vintage. Likewise, 22% of its record $30bn Secondary Fund IX was raised from private clients, doubling the share from its predecessor.

ROYC founder Mathias Leijon said the firm’s technology would enable Ardian to offer more efficient, scalable solutions tailored to the evolving needs of Europe’s private wealth community.

The announcement follows a wave of similar moves across the industry, with Tikehau, Pantheon, Brookfield Oaktree, and StepStone all ramping up efforts to serve private clients through flexible private market products.

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