About - Atar Capital

Discovering potential, realizing value

Atar Capital’s combination of operational expertise, industry knowledge, and investment experience provides a unique edge in identifying and driving growth that makes a difference.

Well beyond capital, Atar invigorates, empowers, and motivates its management teams to uncover potential, drive change, and create sustainable value.

About the Firm

Atar Capital is a global private investment firm that benefits from over 80 years of combined buy-out, investing, and asset management experience. The firm’s principals have collectively completed 90 private equity transactions across 18 countries worldwide.

Atar invests in businesses that are making a valuable and positive impact on the world.

INVESTMENT CRTERIA

Seeing the Human Side of Value

I look at Atar Capital as a human capital business, it's not just a function of balance sheets, dollars and cents. It's more about the right people doing the right things, every day.

CYRUS NIKOU | FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

About Atar

Our Core
Values

These are the foundations of Atar and what help us to make an impact.

Respect

We maintain an atmosphere of mutual respect with our companies through support, authenticity, and communication.

Integrity

Integrity means quality, professionalism, and trust as the foundation for all the work we do with our companies.

Performance

We strive to make a true difference in the companies we work with, doing everything we can to help them achieve their full potential.

Sustainability

Our companies impact our communities. We invest in a sustainable & responsive manner so we can protect the places where we live and work —the places we call home.

Responsiveness

Communication is central to creating and sustaining valuable relationships; that’s why we respond promptly and encourage frequent contact.

Our Commitment to Socially Responsible Investing

At Atar Capital, we invest in companies with potential – not just for financial return but to make a difference. Sustainability is not an asset we hold or a business we own—it’s simply something we’re passionate about. We care about our communities and our environment, and we strive to make our portfolio reflect that.

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