Key points
- The private investment companies of the Ultra Ricos made 60% less direct investments in July compared to the same period last year, according to FINTRX.
- Cutted by tariff uncertainty, some family offices have been investing more abroad, especially in new European companies.
- Robin Lauber of Infinite Capital told CNBC why the Swiss family office is optimistic despite market agitation.
A version of this article appeared for the first time in the Wealth Bulletin Inside Wealth of CNBC with Robert Frank, a weekly guide of the high -level high -level investor and consumer. Register to receive future editions, directly to your entrance tray. Ultra Rich's private investment companies once again marked their treatment in July. The family offices made only 42 direct investments last month, almost 60% per year, according to the data provided exclusively to CNBC by the FINTRX private wealth platform. While the fall in July was especially steep, the uncertainty about the rates of President Donald Trump has weighed the flow of agreements for months. The investors of the family office made 32% less direct investments in the first half of 2025, according to FINTRX. For those family offices that are still doing deals, rates anxieties have promoted more, including US companies, to invest more and more abroad, the advisors told CNBC. According to Fintrx, almost a third of the direct investments of last month were made in companies based in Europe. Hillspire of the former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, invested in two new AI -based companies in Paris, the Document and Robotics signing of Documents and Robotics Genesis AI, which also has an office in Palo Alto, California. Robin Lauber, CEO and co -founder of Swiss Family Office Infinitas Capital, Wealth told Inside that his family office has had a more busy year in 2025 than the previous two years. Infinite capital, originally formed to administer Swiss residential real estate assets of the Lauber family, supported Xai and Spacex in January and March, respectively, through their secondary arm opportunities. He told CNBC that he hopes that three portfolio companies will be made public in Swedish or German exchanges by the end of the year. In July, Infinitas made his twelfth direct investment of 2025, co-leader of a round prior to the previous series of $ 5 million for lingerie and the Hosiery Saint Sass brand with headquarters in Berlin. The funds will be used to launch new categories such as swimsuits and expand more to the United States and the United Kingdom despite market volatility, Lauber has a positive perspective, citing the recent OPIs registered and the probability of trimming of interest rates in the US. “From the point of view of the allocation, I think it is really a good moment.” Infinitas has also been able to make opportunistic investments thanks to the agitation of the market. Kanaan Sellers Group backed by Infinitas, a conglomerate of electronic commerce brands that cover kitchen appliances and exterior furniture, has been able to “roll active very well,” he said. “The VC or more initial institutional investors have been very reluctant to deploy in consumer and heavy businesses of assets lately,” he said. “These companies have had to adapt and seek more capital collection of patients with family and people of high heritage.”
