FOCUS PRODUCESHOP Growth team backs next-generation e-commerce player Romain Chiudini, Omar Chinello, Director, Ardian Growth Co-Founder, ProduceShop Stefano Chinello, Co-Founder, ProduceShop Investment in the Swiss e-commerce platform we needed a partner to help with the next phase of ProduceShop aims to create data-driven onlinegrowth. When we met Ardian we quickly saw that retailer with pan-European reach they understood the company and we had a positive feeling about the relationship from the start. That was Stefano Chinello: My brother Omar and I set upthe reason we chose Ardian – the people. ProduceShop in 2015, selling home furnishings, outdoor furniture and DIY equipment. We haveRomain Chiudini: The growth rate of the company grown at 60 - 70% a year over the past few years,is amazing, but more importantly for us, Omar all of it self-funded, but we reached the point whereand Stefano have a compelling strategic vision for 74 INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES