Purpose
Sustainable entrepreneurial success
We support companies to successfully and profitably develop their business and to achieve a strong and sustainable market position.
Strategy
Achieving goals together
We acquire majority stakes in healthy medium-sized companies in German-speaking countries as part of a succession plan, a management buyout, a growth financing, or a corporate spin-off.
We invest in established companies with an attractive portfolio of products and / or services and are committed to improving their market position and supporting them achieving profitable growth. We pursue growth both organically and through acquisitions as part of a consolidation strategy.
We work with experienced entrepreneurs and talented management teams and share with them in the success of the company.
Typical transaction
Long-term participation
Majority stakes
We take majority stakes medium-sized companies and let the management team participate in the equity of the company
Succession planning
We invest in healthy businesses in the course of a entrepreneurial succession plan
Buyout
We support established and talented management teams in a management buyout
Growth financing
We provide capital and expertise to support companies in their ambitious growth strategies
Typical Strategies
Profitable growth
Established and profitable companies
Attractive products and services
Strengthen market position
Realize organic growth
Pursue growth through strategic M&A
Share in the joint success
Our contribution
Committed owners and aligned interests
We invest our own money and think and act as entrepreneurs, not as investors. That is why we attach great importance to aligning the interests of the owners, entrepreneurs and management team as well as the companies towards a common vision.
We play an active role as owners and use our vast experience from highly successful investment companies for the positive development of our companies. We leave the operational management to the management team and are involved in the board of directors.
We actively support entrepreneurs and management teams in the definition and implementation of a clear and ambitious vision and business strategy and provide specialist expertise from our network to support them effectively.
We promote a culture based on transparency, constructive collaboration, high performance, as well as a strong commitment to quality. We share the success with the key stakeholders.
We are flexible and reliable partners with fast decision making. We focuse on the most important succes factors with the greates impact.
Network
Targeted support
In our many years of experience in the investment business, we have learned that the right team composition and the right expertise, if used well, are the basis for the successful development of a company. That is why we provide the companies we invest in with targeted support from our network.