ABO Brandgroup

Anything But Ordinary.

ABO is a global brand-building group creating and scaling modern consumer brands that stand apart. Home to original brands with a portfolio expanded through the strategic acquisition of complementary labels.

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The numbers.

Annual Revenue
€5M+
Brand Growth MoM
9%
Worldwide Team
15+
Locations
1,000+
Sem Michels, founder of ABO Brandgroup

Built on intention, scaled on craft.

Sem Michels cut his teeth in performance marketing and direct-to-consumer ecommerce, building and scaling brands online before turning that discipline into a long-term strategy for building companies that last. He brings a rare triangle of expertise: sharp acquisition, operational precision, and genuine product intuition.

The thesis is simple: start lean, earn the right to scale, and build brands that outlast the trends that launched them. Performance drives acquisition, operations create the foundation for scale, and brand is what makes it last.

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Brands that stand apart.

House Beautiful feature
Press2026
Featured in House Beautiful
One of our brands featured in House Beautiful, one of the most trusted voices in design and home living.
Horizum brand ambassador
Community2026
10,000 Brand Ambassadors
Horizum surpassed 10,000 brand ambassadors worldwide, building a community that fuels organic reach and authentic advocacy.
Horizum custom-designed product launch
Product2026
Community-Designed Launch
Launched a flagship Horizum product, fully custom-engineered from over 30,000 pieces of customer feedback. A product shaped by the community that buys it.
ABO team at work
Team2026
Built a Team of Killers
Assembled a worldwide team of 15+ sharp operators working on the brands every day. Lean headcount, high output, no passengers.
China supply chain partnership warehouse
Operations2025
China Supply Chain
Established trusted manufacturing partnerships across China, locking in the supply chain foundation the group's brands run on.
Shopify 8-figure milestone
Growth2025
Surpassed 8-Figures
Crossed 8-figures in revenue in 2025, earning Shopify's milestone recognition for the group's rapid scale and sustained growth.

How we build.

01
Start Small
Minimal team, minimal Opex. Every Euro stays deployable. Nothing wasted on overhead, headcount, or offices we don't need.
02
Profit First
Bootstrap to cash flow before scaling. Self-funded runway beats every term sheet. The brands earn their own growth.
03
Own The Channel
Direct-to-consumer by default. Own the customer, own the data, own the margin. No dependencies on platforms that can disappear overnight.
04
Build To Last
Brand equity compounds where ad spend doesn't. Prioritise what will matter in ten years, not ten days.

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