OctoFox OctoFox
Miami · Operating & Investment Firm

We don't just buy companies.
We rebuild what's broken, scale what works.

OctoFox is a Miami-based operating and investment platform. We acquire heritage brands and founder-led businesses, take direct operating responsibility, and rebuild them over time, bringing twenty years of cross-border turnaround experience to every situation.

Investment approach Track record
Founded Miami · 2026
Operating Footprint Transatlantic · Americas & Europe
Sector Focus Heritage · Consumer · Founder-Led
One platform, one philosophy

Capital that operates.

OctoFox is not a fund chasing IRRs on a fixed timeline. We are an operator-led platform that acquires founder-led businesses and heritage brands, takes direct responsibility for their operation, and rebuilds them over time, through internal optimization and through bolt-on acquisitions.

— 01 / Acquire

We acquire businesses we intend to run.

Majority positions in mid-market businesses with operational complexity and unrealized value. Heritage brands that have lost their direction. Founder-led companies preparing for transition. Cross-border situations where most others see only friction.

  • Majority acquisitions of mid-market businesses
  • Heritage brands with durable customer equity
  • Founder transition and succession
  • Cross-border angles, U.S. and European
Our investment approach
— 02 / Operate

We rebuild them, hands on the wheel.

Once we own a business, we run it. The founder of OctoFox is personally engaged in each portfolio company, at the board level and, when needed, in executive operating roles. The work is operational, commercial, and structural, not financial engineering.

  • Operational turnaround and repositioning
  • Cost realignment and commercial rebuild
  • Build-up through bolt-on acquisitions
  • Long-term, operator-led ownership
How we work
Twenty years, three continents

Operator first.
Investor by extension.

OctoFox was founded by a senior operator with two decades of experience acquiring, restructuring, and repositioning heritage companies in Europe and the United States. Every engagement is led personally. There are no junior teams behind the curtain.

20+
Years International Experience
2
Heritage Brands Acquired & Turned Around
3
Continents · Operating Reach
100%
Senior-Led Engagements
The companies worth owning are the ones most people would walk away from. The difference is knowing which ones can be rebuilt, and being willing to do the work.
Founding Principle
Selected work

Track record.

Two decades of acquiring, restructuring, and operating heritage brands across Europe and the United States, through ownership and board-level leadership.

Acquisition & Turnaround

Borsalino

Italy's most iconic hat company, founded 1857

Co-managed the complex acquisition and strategic revitalization of Italy's oldest heritage hat house. Led a 360° operation to optimize every aspect of this 160-year-old brand: navigated international operational challenges, repositioned the brand toward premium and luxury segments, and rebuilt U.S. wholesale and retail distribution while preserving the brand's century-long legacy.

Vice Chairman Role
5+ yrs Hold & Operate
Acquisition & Turnaround

Fogal of Switzerland

Heritage Swiss luxury hosiery brand, founded 1923

Directed the acquisition and transformative turnaround of a century-old Swiss luxury hosiery house. Executed comprehensive restructuring through the COVID-19 disruption: modernizing operations, rationalizing retail networks, adapting product strategy, and rebuilding U.S. commercial credibility and margins.

Executive Chairman Role
2017–2023 Tenure
Investment Vehicle

La Praly SA

Specialized turnaround investment platform · Paris

Chairman of an investment vehicle dedicated to acquiring and comprehensively turning around businesses facing operational or financial distress. Responsibilities span the full lifecycle: due diligence, deal structuring, hands-on operational restructuring, financial repair, and market repositioning.

Chairman Role
2013–Present Tenure
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Let's talk

If you're a founder considering a sale, an intermediary representing a quality business, or a capital partner looking for an operator at the helm, we'd welcome the conversation.

We work with a small number of companies and counterparties at any time. Every conversation is direct, confidential, and senior-led.

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