Acquire, Own, and Develop Companies
We invest our own capital and work hands-on to build stronger companies across Europe and North America.
A privately held, family-led investment group led from Switzerland. LXN acquires, owns, and actively develops companies across Europe and North America through the appropriate investment entities.
Switzerland
Our work covers the full ownership cycle: acquiring the right companies, owning them with discipline, developing stronger operations, and completing strategic transactions when the time is right.
We acquire companies with established demand, sound economics, strong underlying potential, and clear opportunities for better execution.
We hold good businesses for as long as continued ownership remains the right outcome. We do not operate under a predetermined exit timeline.
We work hands-on in selected portfolio companies to improve commercial performance, management structure, operating systems, reporting, accountability, decision-making, and market execution.
We manage strategic exits from our own holdings and selectively undertake sell-side M&A engagements where our operating and transaction experience can improve the process and outcome.
LXN's investments and business activities extend across selected markets in Europe and North America.
The ownership and transaction structure for each investment is determined by the relevant company, market, and jurisdiction.
Europe
Switzerland and selected European markets
North America
United States and Canada
LXN is the Lexén family's privately held investment group. Our activities include control acquisitions, long-term holdings, selected minority investments, and strategic transactions.
We are active owners, not passive financiers.
We invest in companies where our capital and direct involvement can create meaningful value. In selected portfolio companies, we work closely with boards and management teams to strengthen operating structure, commercial execution, reporting, accountability, and the systems required for continued growth.
Our involvement goes beyond providing capital. We work to understand how a company operates from end to end, identify what is limiting performance, and help implement the changes required for its next stage.
We are not tied to a fixed ownership period. Strong businesses can remain part of the portfolio for the long term. When a strategic transaction creates the better outcome, we are prepared to execute it.
LXN is led from Switzerland, with business interests across Europe and North America. Investments, acquisitions, and transactions associated with LXN may be undertaken through dedicated legal entities in the relevant jurisdictions.
Each portfolio company retains its own management and operating accountability. LXN works through the relevant ownership and governance structure and becomes directly involved where stronger execution, operating systems, or leadership support can materially improve performance.
Depending on the situation, we may work through the board, alongside management, or in a clearly defined operating or executive role.
Our strongest fit is often a company with a good product, established demand, or clear market potential where the operating and commercial structure has not kept pace with the opportunity.
We begin by understanding how the business actually functions from end to end. We then identify the systems, decisions, responsibilities, and operating routines that need to improve.
We do not apply the same playbook to every company. The level and form of our involvement are determined by what the business actually needs. The objective is not to add unnecessary corporate structure. It is to build an organization that operates with greater clarity, speed, discipline, and independence.
Our work may include
The result should be visible in how the company operates.
Management should have clearer responsibilities and better information. Decisions should be made faster. Commercial performance should be easier to measure. Core processes should become repeatable, and accountability should be clear across the organization.
Over time, the company should become more structured, more scalable, and less dependent on individual founders, owners, or key employees.
This creates stronger operating and financial control and a better foundation for continued growth, long-term ownership, future acquisitions, or a strategic transaction.
We buy companies to own them, not to flip them.
Capital is the starting point. The work is operating structure, commercial execution, and accountability — carried out with the people already running the business.
Different companies require different ownership structures and different levels of involvement.
We acquire control when direct ownership is central to the investment case and we are prepared to take responsibility for the company's next stage. Our involvement may include governance, management support, commercial development, operating improvement, and direct executive responsibility where required.
We own and develop selected businesses for as long as continued ownership remains the best course for the company and the group. There is no requirement to sell a strong business simply because a certain period of time has passed.
We invest selectively alongside founders and management teams where our capital, network, governance, and operating involvement can support the company's next stage of growth. Where appropriate, the investment may include board involvement or a clearly defined operating mandate.
We manage exits from our own portfolio and selectively undertake external sell-side M&A engagements where a structured transaction is the better solution.
Not every good company should become part of our portfolio, and not every company we own should be held indefinitely.
Some owners are looking for succession. Others have built a strong business but need the right strategic or financial buyer to support its next stage.
In selected situations, LXN prepares and runs a structured sell-side M&A process. Our involvement extends from transaction preparation and buyer positioning through due diligence, negotiations, signing, and closing.
We organize the financial, commercial, legal, and operating information required for a credible transaction. We identify readiness issues, clarify the company's position, prepare the transaction materials, and establish the due diligence process and data room.
Each engagement is selective and governed by a written scope. The objective is a controlled process, credible buyer engagement, and a well-executed outcome for the owner and the company.
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Tell us about the company. We reply personally.
Simon Lexén is the founder and principal of LXN, a privately held, family-led investment group led from Switzerland.
Through LXN, Simon leads investment decisions, ownership strategy, acquisitions, governance, company development, and strategic transactions.
His work combines investment with direct operating involvement. In selected companies, he works through the board, alongside management, or in a defined executive role to improve operating structure, documented processes, reporting, decision-making, accountability, commercial execution, and market expansion.
Simon's focus is to build companies that are more structured, scalable, and less dependent on individual founders or key employees. The result should be clearer management accountability, faster execution, stronger operating control, and a better foundation for continued growth, long-term ownership, or a future transaction.
Simon and his wife, Sofiia Lexén, are based in Switzerland and are building LXN as their family's long-term investment group. Sofiia is involved in selected family ventures and activities.
LinkedInCompanies with established demand, sound underlying economics, and clear room for better execution. We are sector-agnostic and active across Europe and North America. The full profile is set out on our acquisition criteria page.
Often, but not always. We take control positions, selected minority positions, and structures where an owner stays involved. The right structure depends on the company and on what the seller wants after closing.
We invest our own capital and are not bound by a fund life or a fixed exit date. Strong businesses can stay in the portfolio indefinitely, and our involvement is operational rather than purely financial.
In selected situations, yes. We prepare and run structured sell-side M&A processes, from preparation and buyer positioning through diligence, negotiation, and closing. Each engagement is selective and governed by a written scope.
We review the situation ourselves and come back with a direct answer on fit. Initial conversations are handled discreetly and are non-binding.
LXN is led from Switzerland, with business interests across Europe and North America. Investments, acquisitions, and transactions may be undertaken through dedicated legal entities in the relevant jurisdictions.
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