The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations in Switzerland and abroad. The company can acquire, encumber and sell shares in companies, make financial investments of all kinds, participate in start-up companies and provide venture capital, acquire, use and sell licenses, patents, names and trademark rights, provide auxiliary services of all kinds that are in the interest of the participating companies, manage participating companies and broker business for them, arrange financing for its own account or for third-party account, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, and acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad.