At a glance
- The report tracked 178 family offices and separately counted 23 real estate transactions totaling $2.41 billion.
- a16z Perennial ranked first with 56 transactions, which the report describes as five times as many as any other family office and roughly one in six of the quarter's company deals.
- The Ljungström family office co-led AnaCardio AB's €62.5 million Series B alongside Novo Holdings and, two days earlier, joined Breye Therapeutics' €67.5 million Series A as a new investor, Family Office Hub reported.
Family offices completed 342 company transactions worth $68.3 billion in disclosed round capital between July and September, according to FINTRX's Q3 2026 Family Office Investment Activity Report published Oct. 15. The report tracked 178 family offices and separately counted 23 real estate transactions totaling $2.41 billion.
a16z Perennial ranked first with 56 transactions, which the report describes as five times as many as any other family office and roughly one in six of the quarter's company deals. It also participated in 9 of the quarter's 15 largest rounds. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services ranked second with 11 deals, all RIA acquisitions.
Direct biotech and security rounds
The Ljungström family office co-led AnaCardio AB's €62.5 million Series B alongside Novo Holdings and, two days earlier, joined Breye Therapeutics' €67.5 million Series A as a new investor, Family Office Hub reported. The AnaCardio financing funds a Phase 2b trial of AC01 in about 400 patients across twelve countries, and Breye's round takes its oral diabetic retinopathy drug into a randomised Phase 2 trial starting in 2027.
Oetker Ventures, the venture arm behind Dr. August Oetker KG, joined Hadrian's $40 million growth round as an existing investor, according to the Amsterdam cybersecurity company's funding announcement. Forgepoint Capital International and SmartFin co-led the round, bringing Hadrian's total funding to $65 million.
Sector totals and disclosure limits
Of the 342 company deals, 262 disclosed a round size; the average was $260.7 million against a median of $34.5 million. Technology accounted for 69 of the company transactions, and tech-enabled deals in financial services, industrials, energy and public services added 71 more. Financial services followed with 43 deals, mostly RIA acquisitions. The report cites Blue Origin at $10 billion with Bezos Expeditions and Vodafone at $5.9 billion with NJJ Holding among the raises pulling the total upward.
The $68.3 billion represents disclosed round capital across all investors, not the amount each family office put in.
Reported by the Family Office News desk from FINTRX, Family Office Hub and familyofficehub.io. Published . Corrections