WorxInvest

WorxInvest

WorxInvest was formed in 2021 by longtime SD Worx leadership, anchored by Filip Dierckx and Brigitte Boone, when European private equity firm CVC Strategic Opportunities II acquired a majority stake in SD Worx. The transaction allowed the founders to retain a significant minority position in the HR and payroll software company while spinning out a dedicated investment entity to manage the resulting liquidity. The firm is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. The firm deploys capital across three visible strands. First, a direct private equity strategy focused on growth-stage companies, frequently co-investing alongside Belgian investment company Gimv, where Brigitte Boone also serves on the board. Second, a meaningful real-asset portfolio branded WorxEstate — a portfolio of commercial properties across Belgium including holdings in Bruges, Charleroi, Geel, Kortrijk, and central Antwerp sites such as the SD Worx headquarters at Brouwersvliet and the Havenbuilding. Third, an anchor investment in the retained minority stake in SD Worx itself, affirming a continued strategic tie to the original operating business. Scale remains opaque as WorxInvest does not publicly disclose assets under management or total deployment. The firm operates a lean governance structure with Dierckx as Executive Chairman and Boone on the executive committee. It participates actively in Belgian corporate governance circles — Dierckx chairs the Flemish business network VOKA, and the firm is a partner of the GUBERNA Centre for Family Business Governance, signaling a formal interest in multi-generational stewardship. The firm maintains four distinct philanthropic vehicles — the Payback Foundation, Private Stichting SD, Private Stichting SD Patrimonium, and SD Worx for Society CV — separating charitable activities from investment operations. WorxInvest is structurally distinct in combining a minority holding in a mature software business with a direct-investment mandate and a real-estate portfolio under one corporate umbrella — effectively functioning as a permanent capital vehicle for a single industrial family. Unlike a traditional single-family office, it is organized as a corporate parent, with its founding wealth derived from a single control-premium liquidity event rather than a multi-generational operating fortune.