ViaTalenta Holdings — Est. 2001
A family-led holding committed to impact investment, sustainability and humanitarian engagement across seven global portfolios.
A message to our friends and colleagues: As we mourn the passing of our beloved matriarch and co-founder, the Family Council has decided to move our family office activities and mission to ViaTalenta Holdings. For all enquiries please write to us at info@viatalenta.com
If we can make a positive contribution to people around us every day, then we have been successful.
She was the quiet foundation upon which ViaTalenta was built. Her philosophy that the land gives generously when we respect it, that care for others is the highest form of ambition runs through every investment we make, every community we serve, every endeavour we support. We shall carry her forward in everything we do. Her insistence that life be lived with purpose, with generosity, and with an eye always on those who have less is our inheritance, and our promise.
Forever in our hearts · Forever in our work
As a family, we have always aspired to create a world where talented individuals can thrive and collaborate to deliver extraordinary results.
Our sustainability focus is broad and ranges from driving environmental sustainability to bringing health care and food security to the underserved. More recently, we have engaged in clean energy, supporting the sustainability mindset of the next generation and providing access to the world of art for those who have no easy way to engage.
Since 2001, our current generations of the family have continued our purpose with a focus on developing impact investments and philanthropic activities. These efforts have led to the establishment of ViaTalenta Holdings and its operating entities — our family office for impact, investments and sustainability.
To protect and enhance the human condition.
Drive impact and sustainability through investments, philanthropy and personal engagement. Leave a better world for generations to come.
Investments that actively engage in promoting human welfare — saving lives, relieving suffering, and maintaining human dignity without prejudice.
These principles guide every decision, relationship and investment we make. They are not aspirations — they are commitments.
“Creativity is the literacy of our time — and to find solutions to the challenges we face, we need to draw on as much and as diverse a range of talents as possible.”
In 2020, COVID-19 created turmoil in the world and brought up the fragility of what we have taken for granted. It highlighted everything that divides us — from extreme disparities in food and job security, access to health care and education and civil rights, to the day-to-day life challenges faced by all members of society.
As I write this in 2025, I reflect on the changes over the past five years and notably the recent loss of our co-founding matriarch. I am more and more convinced that the continuous commitment of our family to economic, environmental and social impact is essential to our common futures; that of our family and the planet we inhabit.
Change is inevitable and despite our mourning for those we have lost, we are changing our governance structure and will focus all our efforts on what unites us. We have made changes to our structure as well as our portfolio by adding Technology & Innovation and Defence & Security as pillars alongside our existing five areas of focus.
The future is what we make it. As a family, we shall continue to diversify our portfolios while collaborating, engaging and funding new projects in pursuit of our purpose: “To protect and enhance the human condition”.
— Georgio Pauen
From our travels around the world, we have identified three fundamental needs to protect the human condition: Food, Water and Shelter. To these, we add Education, Work and Energy as fundamental elements to enhance the human condition. These six needs drive our investment strategy and underpin all our collaborations.
Nutrition, food security and sustainable agriculture for all communities.
Access to clean water and sustainable water management solutions.
Safe housing and built environments that dignify the human experience.
Cultivating talent and fostering a sustainability mindset across generations.
Meaningful professions and economic opportunity to improve quality of life.
Clean, accessible energy solutions that protect and sustain our planet.
We strive to deliver exceptional risk-adjusted market returns through investment theses focused on circular, systemic and non-exit driven strategies and engagements in value creation.
All our portfolio entities are supported in their development and collaborations, with access to the Holding's resources, networks, R&D and experts when needed to achieve their potential.
Within the investment spectrum, we focus primarily on sustainable and theme-based opportunities across all asset classes and venture philanthropy as a way to support the growth of new initiatives.
“Investments that actively engage in promoting human welfare and have no prejudice with human suffering on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or national divisions. The goal is to save lives, relieve suffering, and maintain human dignity.”
ViaTalenta's definition of Humanitarian InvestmentsWe invest in entities that not only fit our values and purpose, but deliver social, environmental, humanitarian and financial returns.
Every allocation we make is evaluated through a financial alpha and social alpha lens with no trade-offs. We believe that entities generating genuine positive impact for people and planet are, over the long term, more resilient, more innovative, and more capable of delivering superior risk-adjusted returns.
Our negative screens are applied prior to any financial analysis. An opportunity that fails our values screen is not considered further, regardless of its financial merits.
ViaTalenta is built on the talent, dedication and shared values of the people who bring our mission to life — from our family council to our collaborators and partners around the world.
From a grandmother's kitchen philosophy to a global family office for impact — this is how we got here.
Our incubator and innovation hub, fostering early-stage ideas and talent across all focus areas.
Our portfolio management hub and home to our global operating units: Turtle Labs, Academy and all other entities.
Home to our philanthropic and humanitarian engagements, ensuring mission-driven impact beyond financial returns.
Our advisory arm, providing strategic counsel and guidance to portfolio companies, partners and family stakeholders.
Our institutional management hub, overseeing European operations and engagement with institutional investors and partners.
Our R&D and innovation hub searching the world for exceptional talents, products, science and technology.
Visit website → AdvisoryBuilding companies for a sustainable tomorrow. Incubation and consulting for purpose-driven entrepreneurs.
Visit website → PhilanthropyHome to our humanitarian and philanthropic engagements in arts, education, sports and climate change.
Visit website →You will inherit a world we tried our best to improve. You will also inherit its imperfections — the problems we could not solve, the compromises we made, the distances we could not close between what we believed and what we achieved.
We did not build this family office to create wealth. We built it to leave something worth inheriting — not just financially, but morally. A way of seeing the world that puts people first, that refuses to separate profit from purpose, that believes creativity is the most powerful tool we have.
The six needs in our Compass — Food, Water, Shelter, Education, Work, Energy — will still be unmet for too many when you read this. We ask you not to be discouraged by the scale of what remains, but energised by the clarity of what matters.
Our grandmother taught us that nothing useful should ever be wasted. We pass that lesson on to you. Your talent is useful. Your time is useful. Your capacity for empathy and imagination is the most useful thing of all.
Protect and enhance the human condition. In whatever form that takes in your time.