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SAF & Co Family Office
SAF & Co Family Office was established in 2007 by brothers Mauricio and Alberto Safdié, whose family built Banque Safdié into a Geneva institution with...
SAF & Co Family Office
SAF & Co Family Office was established in 2007 by brothers Mauricio and Alberto Safdié, whose family built Banque Safdié into a Geneva institution with more than $7 billion in client assets. Rather than continuing within a regulated banking structure, the Safdié brothers shifted their advisory capacity and personal capital into a multi-family office, offering the same global investment access they had cultivated over three decades to a concentrated group of wealthy families. The wealth originates from the Safdié family's private banking and asset-management operations across Brazil and Switzerland. The firm pursues an unusually broad mandate for a European multi-family office. Its deployment spans private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, hedge funds, commodities, natural resources, and digital assets. Stage coverage runs from seed through buyout, and the geographic footprint reaches North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The Safdié network, anchored in former Banque Safdié relationships, generates deal flow for direct co-investments alongside external GPs and dedicated fund commitments. Sector priorities include FinTech, ClimateTech, AgriTech & FoodTech, Energy Transition & Renewables, Digital Health, Supply Chain & Logistics, Mobility & Transportation, Healthcare Services, Circular Economy, SpaceTech, and Industrial Tech. Total deployment and headcount are not publicly disclosed. The Geneva headquarters serves as the single office. Marc Hauser, an investment committee member, also serves as Vice President of the Swiss Association of Wealth Managers (VSV-ASG), providing a direct line into Swiss regulatory and industry developments. Investment committee member Vinicius Geromel is active in the SMAT Alternative Investments Network. The firm maintains dedicated philanthropic commitments through the Jerusalem Foundation and SOS Mata Atlântica. SAF & Co operates without a regulated banking license today, yet retains the custody-account-opening support, consolidated reporting, and open-architecture access associated with its private-banking heritage. That dual identity — a family office that behaves like a private bank for deal sourcing and portfolio construction — gives the firm a structural posture that few pure family offices can replicate.
General information
Firm type
Multi Family Office
Year founded
2007
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Switzerland
City
Geneva
Corporate office
Geneva, Switzerland
Principals
Mauricio Safdié
Founder
Alberto Safdié
Founder
Marc Hauser
Investment Committee Member
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at SAF & Co?
Founders Mauricio and Alberto Safdié set the strategic direction, drawing on their experience as former heads of asset management and CEO of Banque Safdié. Investment committee member Marc Hauser contributes governance oversight alongside his role as Vice President of the Swiss Association of Wealth Managers, while Vinicius Geromel brings alternatives-network connectivity through SMAT.
How does SAF & Co source proprietary deal flow?
The firm leverages a network built over 30 years at Banque Safdié, which managed over $7 billion in client assets. That institutional footprint — combined with Marc Hauser's VSV-ASG vice presidency and Vinicius Geromel's SMAT network — gives SAF & Co access to exclusive private deal opportunities that a typical advisory shop would not see.
Is SAF & Co structured as a single family office or does it operate more like a venture firm?
It is a multi-family office, not a venture firm. However, its investment scope extends well beyond traditional wealth preservation into direct co-investments, private credit, and venture allocations from seed to buyout. The platform serves external wealthy families alongside Safdié family capital.
Does SAF & Co participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Both. The firm makes fund commitments across private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, while also executing direct co-investments and special-purpose vehicles. The open-architecture model means client portfolios blend top-tier external managers with proprietary deal flow.
What investment stages does SAF & Co typically target?
Stage coverage runs from seed through Series G and buyout. The firm does not restrict itself to a single maturity band, reflecting its origins in an open-architecture private bank that matched client risk profiles to opportunities across the entire lifecycle.
How is SAF & Co related to Banque Safdié?
Banque Safdié was the Safdié family's private bank in Geneva. Founders Mauricio and Alberto Safdié held senior roles there — Head of Asset Management and CEO respectively — before founding SAF & Co in 2007. The family office now operates independently, but its deal-sourcing network remains rooted in that banking-era relationship base.
Where does the underlying wealth come from?
The Safdié family wealth originates from private banking and asset-management ventures in Brazil and Switzerland, culminating in Banque Safdié, which reached over $7 billion in assets under management. The family office was established to manage that liquidity and to serve other ultra-high-net-worth families seeking similar global access.
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