PRIVATE EQUITY

Investments in medium-sized hidden champions

 

Our private equity strategy is based on many years of experience in the medium-sized investment business in the DACH region. We see ourselves as a constructive owner with an entrepreneurial and partnership-based investment approach. As a reliable partner for companies and management teams, we distinguish ourselves in particular through:

• Sustainable solutions for changes in the shareholder structure
• Entrepreneurial action in the context of strategic and operational development
• Active investor role for the realization of value enhancement potentials

 

Investment strategy

Our investment approach focuses on established medium-sized companies in the DACH region. We invest across sectors in attractive niche markets and hidden champions that meet the following criteria:

• Annual sales > EUR 10m / annual EBITDA > EUR 1.5m
• Experienced, motivated management
• Viable business model, ideally leading market position
• Attractive growth potential
• No turn-around or restructuring situations

 

Value enhancement approach

Within the framework of our position as shareholder, we actively support the management in the implementation of a jointly defined value enhancement strategy. Measures individually tailored to the company, which address sales growth, strategic expansion, operational excellence and finance, serve to realize the identified potential during an investment horizon of 5-7 years.