German real-assets specialist Solutio is expanding its Swiss business by launching a private-markets umbrella fund focused on defense, security, resilient infrastructure, and aerospace. The product targets institutional investors in Switzerland exclusively and aims for a fund volume of around 150 million euros.
Investment targets will center primarily on Europe, including Israel, with supplementary investments planned in North America. Capital will be deployed through selected private-markets funds rather than through direct investments in companies. The strategy focuses on three core areas: defense and security, resilient infrastructure, and technologies including aerospace. Solutio links this orientation to rising defense budgets, higher investments in protecting critical infrastructure, and Europe's growing pursuit of technological sovereignty.
This new product marks a further step in Solutio's expansion of its Swiss operations following the opening of a branch in Zurich in March 2025 and the appointment of Giorgio Lotto as Head of Business Development Switzerland. Solutio initially announced an infrastructure fund focusing on the energy sector's transformation upon its Swiss market entry. Solutio CEO Robert Massing stated that following the opening of the Zurich office in spring 2025, Switzerland is a natural market for this strategy, noting that institutional investors are increasingly channeling capital into security, resilience, and technological sovereignty.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Grünwald near Munich, Solutio develops investment programs for institutional investors and family offices, focusing on private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate. For the development of the new fund, Solutio is collaborating with US financial services firm Wilshire Advisors. Wilshire will support the external Alternative Investment Fund Manager as an investment advisor, while actual investment decisions remain with the fund manager. Wilshire works with around 300 institutional investors and financial intermediaries, advises on approximately 1.6 trillion dollars in assets, and manages about 220 billion dollars.
