Convero

In October 2024, Convero expanded its leadership team with strategic appointments to strengthen its capabilities:

Hervé Gevers was promoted to Partner, recognizing his contributions to the firm's growth and client relationships.

Valerie Auffray joined as Partner, bringing significant private equity experience in capital raising and investor relations.

Based in Greater London, Auffray's appointment strengthened Convero's presence in the UK market and enhanced the firm's ability to serve clients across European jurisdictions.

The leadership team combines experience from both the investor and GP sides of private equity transactions, providing clients with comprehensive perspectives on fundraising strategy and execution.

This hands-on, senior-led approach ensures clients receive strategic guidance throughout their capital raising journeys.

Convero AG is a specialized private equity placement agent and secondary advisory firm founded in 2020.

The firm partners with private equity managers — from first-time and emerging teams to established GPs — to lead their capital raising efforts across primary fundraising, GP-led secondary transactions, and direct co-investments.

Convero connects fund managers with institutional investors including pension funds, insurance groups, asset managers, and family offices across Europe and the United States.

Drawing on experience as both investors and sellers of private market opportunities, Convero brings practical insight into what drives successful fundraises and liquidity solutions.

The firm partners closely with clients, providing strategic advice and leading projects from start to finish with focused, hands-on execution throughout the process.

As one of the leading placement agents in the private equity industry, Convero operates on an exclusive basis, leveraging extensive networks of institutional investors.

The firm's name reflects its core values: CON (Together), VERO (truth/trust/honesty), and convert/conversion.

This philosophy emphasizes that private equity is fundamentally a people business where relationships based on trust and honesty create long-lasting partnerships.

Convero believes the best results come from working closely with clients — offering a true partnership rather than merely providing a service — combined with a positive mindset, entrepreneurial spirit, and solution-driven attitude focused on converting prospects into investors.

Primary Fundraising

Convero advises private equity managers and leads the full fundraising process from start to finish.

Services include developing fund strategy, crafting compelling marketing materials, managing investor outreach, and driving the fundraising effort through to closing.

The firm covers the entire fundraising lifecycle from conception and strategic positioning through structuring, investor identification, and final closing.

With deep relationships with relevant mid-market limited partners and extensive market insight, Convero connects managers with the right investors across their European and US institutional networks.

Secondary Advisory

The firm advises on complex secondary market transactions, specializing in GP-led transactions such as continuation vehicles, fund re-openings, tender offers, and fund restructurings.

Convero helps both General Partners and Limited Partners identify and manage secondary transactions effectively.

For LPs, the firm supports optimization of sale strategies to capitalize on favorable market conditions or reduce GP relationships.

This service draws on the team's experience from both sides of secondary transactions.

Direct Co-Investments and Transactions

Convero supports or leads tailored debt and equity capital raises for portfolio companies.

The firm facilitates direct investment opportunities, connecting institutional investors and family offices with specific company investments alongside fund commitments.

This service complements their primary fundraising and secondary advisory capabilities, offering a comprehensive suite of capital raising solutions.

Convero AG was nominated for Best Placement Agent at the Private Equity Wire European Emerging Manager Awards, competing alongside established firms including Asante Capital, Campbell Lutyens, DC Placement Advisors, Evercore, Monument Group, and Spartan Advisors.

This recognition reflects the firm's rapid establishment as a credible player in the competitive European placement agent landscape despite being founded only in 2020.

The nomination in the emerging manager awards category aligns perfectly with Convero's strategic focus on serving first-time and emerging fund managers, demonstrating the firm's specialized expertise in this market segment.

Convero specializes in serving emerging and first-time fund managers, though the firm also selectively works with established GPs on new fund launches, restructuring seasoned funds, or raising additional capital for single or multiple assets.

This focus on emerging managers positions the firm as a dedicated partner for funds navigating their early fundraising challenges.

The firm operates on an exclusive basis, providing undivided attention and commitment to each client engagement.

This exclusive approach ensures alignment of interests and allows Convero to dedicate full resources to each fundraising campaign.

The firm's institutional investor network spans Europe and the United States, with particular strength in connecting mid-market fund managers with appropriate limited partners.

Convero's client base includes institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance groups, asset managers, and sophisticated family offices.

The firm's ability to serve both GPs seeking capital and LPs exploring secondary opportunities reflects its comprehensive understanding of private equity market dynamics.