On Thursday 23 April 2026, Luxembourg-based ONE group solutions announced a strategic investment from US-based private equity firm New Private Equity (NPE), marking a new phase in the company's international growth and technology development.
Over the past seven years, ONE has expanded from a ten-person firm operating in a single jurisdiction into a global governance and solutions platform serving more than 200 clients. The group now employs over 160 professionals across eight offices worldwide.
The Board of ONE group solutions has now approved a strategic investment from NPE, a US-based investor specialising in business-to-business (B2B) software and technology-enabled business services. ONE said NPE brings "strong cultural alignment", a shared vision for digitally supported governance solutions and a value-driven approach focused on client outcomes.
The company stressed that the investment will not change its leadership, governance, regulatory responsibilities, service teams, client contracts or strategy. ONE will remain founder-led and independent, with the management team retaining a majority stake.
However, the partnership is expected to accelerate investment in talent, technology and infrastructure. ONE said the collaboration with NPE would also enhance its ability to "deliver greater value, consistency and responsiveness" to clients and stakeholders.
The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close later this year.
ONE co-founder and Group Executive Steve Bernat said: "As a founder led firm, we chose to partner with NPE because their technology driven investment philosophy aligns with our convictions: governance must evolve through data, digitalisation and high touch expertise.”
Co-founder Revel Wood, responsible for Strategic Relationships, added: "We created ONE as a focused governance solutions business unconstrained by legacy technology and processes. Our phenomenal growth is attributed to key talent of our hand-picked team, underpinned by NextGen Tech and the support of clients who have taken us to new markets. Every business in the world has three simple objectives, satisfy clients, reduce costs and increase revenue; we focus on helping our clients achieve these simple objectives, and excited about the added resource, talent and AI we get with NPE as our partner.
NPE co-founder and Managing Partner Gero J. Wittemann commented: "ONE has built a genuinely differentiated platform in a market defined by structural growth and increasing regulatory complexity. ONE's specialist focus, strong commercial traction and technology-enabled model align directly with our investment thesis in high-growth, mission-critical services."
Fellow co-founder and Managing Partner Francesco K. Barosi added: "Our partnership will focus on accelerating ONE's technology roadmap, strengthening the integrated data layer that underpins service delivery and building operational capabilities that enable ONE to serve clients at the next level of service quality and consistency as the platform scales."
ONE group solutions was advised by PwC Deals and Strategy Luxembourg and Vertumnus, while New Private Equity was advised by PwC Deals, White & Case and Alix Partners.
