FYB Company Profiles A to Z

2TOP GmbH

2TOP specia­li­zes in the promo­tion and reten­tion of female execu­ti­ves. The foun­ders are them­sel­ves successful execu­ti­ves with expe­ri­ence up to board and super­vi­sory board level. They know the chal­lenges women face on their way to the top and have crea­ted 2TOP to pave this way.
2TOP works with an elite group of coaches, trai­ners and consul­tants who specia­lize in leader­ship deve­lo­p­ment. The company is supported by a renow­ned advi­sory board with distin­gu­is­hed perso­na­li­ties from busi­ness and academia.
2TOP is commit­ted to diver­sity, equa­lity and inclu­sion and offers prag­ma­tic solu­ti­ons to complex challenges.

8P Partnerschaft mbB

8P is one of the market leading law firms in South West­pha­lia, Germany’s third stron­gest indus­trial region. We are a member of the BDO Deutsch­land Alli­ance and thus part of one of the largest networks of audi­tors and tax consul­tants in the world. Each of our 150 employees is prima­rily focu­sed on provi­ding compre­hen­sive advice to the South West­pha­lian entre­pre­neur, who is often the world market leader in his disci­pline. We first want to under­stand our clients and their goals, and then, through crea­ti­vity and inter­di­sci­pli­nary coope­ra­tion between tax advi­sors, audi­tors and lawy­ers, constantly seek to open up a new crea­tive scope for them. In tran­sact advi­sory, what counts for us is quality, expe­ri­ence and speed. Our highly specia­li­zed tran­sac­tion team of more than ten employees, which is unique in the region, serves not only our regio­nal clients but also various Ameri­can private equity houses as well as inter­na­tio­nal, French-spea­king and Ameri­can family busi­nesses that appre­ciate our feel for medium-sized companies.

Aalto Capital AG

Aalto Capi­tal Group is an invest­ment bank-boutique. Our sustainable local as well as our pan-Euro­­pean foot­print gives us strong cross-border capabili
ties, to the bene­fit of our clients. We advise Europe-wide SMEs and PE funds on all aspects of finan­cing (debt advi­sory), M&A, dives­ti­tures, and capi­tal market solu­ti­ons. The wide range of finan­cing opti­ons and tran­sac­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties offe­red on the market might appear indis­tinct and inscruta­ble – with our exper­tise and expe­ri­ence we help our clients find the solu­tion that satis­fies their indi­vi­dual needs. Our core compe­ten­cies lie in the struc­tu­ring and execu­tion of complex
tran­sac­tions. Our network covers Europe, Asia, Middle East, and the U.S.

Aalto Capital AG

Aalto Capi­tal Group is an invest­ment bank-boutique. Our sustainable local as well as our pan-Euro­­pean foot­print gives us strong cross-border capa­bi­li­ties, to the bene­fit of our clients. We advise Europe-wide SMEs and PE funds on all aspects of finan­cing (debt advi­sory), M&A, dives­ti­tures, and capi­tal market solu­ti­ons. The wide range of finan­cing opti­ons and tran­sac­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties of fered on the market might appear indis­tinct and inscruta­ble – with our exper­tise and expe­ri­ence we help our clients find the solu­tion that satis­fies their indi­vi­dual needs. Our core compe­ten­cies lie in the struc­tu­ring and execu­tion of complex tran­sac­tions. Our network covers Europe, Asia, Middle East, and the U.S.

Active Capital Company B.V.

Adelis Equity Partners

Adelis is a growth part­ner for well-posi­­tio­­ned compa­nies in the Nordics and DACH. The company was foun­ded in Stock­holm in 2012 and focu­ses on tran­sac­tions in the range of € 25 m – € 300 m Enter­prise Value. Adelis has closed more than 300 tran­sac­tions incl. add-on acqui­si­ti­ons since its inception.

Adiuva Capital GmbH

Adiuva Capi­tal is a Hamburg based small and mid-cap inves­tor inde­pen­dent of insti­tu­tio­nal inte­rests. We pursue an entre­pre­neu­rial and broad invest­ment approach with a focus on profi­ta­ble busi­ness models with growth pros­pects without limi­ta­tion to speci­fic indus­tries. We invest between 10 and 100 million euros in equity per tran­sac­tion; key prere­qui­site is a proven, sustainable busi­ness model. Our port­fo­lio compa­nies do not only bene­fit from our expe­ri­en­ced and commit­ted manage­ment and invest­ment team, but also from our outstan­ding network of highly quali­fied experts. The goal of all our invest­ments is to sustain­ably increase the value of the company.

AEM Unternehmerkapital GmbH

AEM was foun­ded by expe­ri­en­ced entre­pre­neurs who invest in medium-
sized compa­nies with earnings of around E 3–10 million EBIT, espe­ci­ally in succes­sion situa­tions in DACH region. We have opera­tio­nal know-how to further deve­lop our invest­ments and typi­cally (and when needed) engage with expe­ri­en­ced mana­gers on-site for the long term.

Agora Strategy

Agora Stra­tegy is a geopo­li­ti­cal consul­ting firm focu­sed on asses­sing and advi­sing on global geopo­li­ti­cal deve­lo­p­ments. It follows a holi­stic approach incor­po­ra­ting poli­ti­cal, social and econo­mic aspects into the assess­ment of global risks.

allaboutHRLaw GmbH

alla­bou­tHR­Law GmbH – your exter­nal HR depart­ment. Profi­ci­ent and costef­fec­tive. The team of consul­tants, lawy­ers, trai­ners and HR specia­list provi­des start-ups, small and medium-sized enter­pri­ses with the HR exper­tise and capa­city needed to do their busi­ness. Powerful with specia­li­zed know­ledge in all areas of HR. Throug­hout the process we are comple­tely flexi­ble with indi­vi­dual solu­ti­ons for your indi­vi­dual needs.
Five reasons why you should get in touch with us:
(1) Cost for our service is lower than an in-house solution.
(2) No risk of employ­ment (absence, sick­ness, protec­tion against dismis­sal, etc.) and contract flexibility.
(3) Special know­ledge beyond the cont­act person/employee, as there is a pool of experts available.
(4) With our proven stra­tegy you become or remain compe­ti­tive and attrac­tive to (poten­tial) employees.
(5) Alre­ady during the first non-binding tele­phone call we are able to propose a solu­tion – alla­bou­tHR­Law is all about hands-on-mentality!

ALLEGRA CAPITAL GmbH

ALLEGRA CAPITAL is a private equity firm. ALLEGRA CAPITAL focu­ses on medium-sized and large corpo­rate dives­ti­tures in special situa­tions, espe­ci­ally restruc­tu­ring cases. ALLEGRA CAPITAL guides the acqui­red compa­nies with a syste­ma­tic and long-term approach out of their special situa­tions towards posi­tive future pros­pects. ALLEGRA CAPITAL is a trust­wor­thy part­ner for port­fo­lio realignments of corpo­ra­ti­ons. Sellers and compa­nies can bene­fit from very fast, fair and flexi­ble tran­sac­tions and posi­tive future pros­pects for the acqui­red companies.

Alpha Build GmbH

For corpo­rate venture capi­ta­lists and mid-sized hidden cham­pi­ons we build impactful start-ups and bring them on their way to become market leaders. Ther­e­fore we leverage the stra­te­gic posi­tion of an exis­ting company with the dyna­mic power of start-ups. From first concepts over the estab­lish­ment of start-ups to growth and scaling ventures our team of experts starts with under­stan­ding custo­mer needs to create bene­fits and deve­lop valid busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties. With that, we get start-ups off the ground with a proven tool­set and scien­ti­fi­cally appro­ved methods. Our vision is to explore undis­co­vered, hidden busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties. Hence, we build compa­nies in a powerful ecosys­tem that consists of loyal busi­ness partners.

Alphaville Capital GmbH & Co. KG

Alpha­ville Capi­tal is an entre­pre­neu­ri­ally mana­ged invest­ment office focu­sing on small and mid-sized compa­nies in German-spea­king Europe. We bundle private and family office backed co-inves­­tors sharing an entre­pre­neu­rial back­ground and valuing respon­si­bi­lity and sustaina­bi­lity in paral­lel to supe­rior finan­cial returns. Our invest­ments are orien­ted towards mega­trends such as health, green, AI, digi­tal, energy or demo­gra­phics. Deals are typi­cally proprie­tary, are based on our in-depth under­stan­ding of markets and busi­ness models, combine profi­ta­bly growing base busi­nesses with a digi­tal edge and allow for flexi­bi­lity in invest­ment as well as in imple­men­ta­tion stra­te­gies. This enables us to realize an “alpha”: A return above an investment’s risk adjus­ted expec­ted value.

Alphaville Capital GmbH & Co. KG

Alpha­ville Capi­tal is an entre­pre­neu­ri­ally mana­ged invest­ment office focu­sing on small and mid-sized compa­nies in German-spea­king Europe. We bundle private and family office backed co-inves­­tors sharing an entre­pre­neu­rial back­ground and valuing respon­si­bi­lity and sustaina­bi­lity in paral­lel to supe­rior finan­cial returns. Our invest­ments are orien­ted towards mega­trends such as health, green, digi­tal, energy or demo­gra­phics. Deals are typi­cally proprie­tary, are based on our in-depth under­stan­ding of markets and busi­ness models, combine profi­ta­bly growing base busi­nesses with a digi­tal edge and allow for flexi­bi­lity in invest­ment as well as in imple­men­ta­tion strategies. 

This enables us to realize an “alpha”: A return above an investment’s risk adjus­ted expec­ted value.

Ambienta Capital GmbH

Ambi­enta invests in compa­nies driven by envi­ron­men­tal sustaina­bi­lity trends, irre­spec­tive of the sectors they operate in. These busi­nesses offer pro-ducts or services that improve our ability to directly or indi­rectly increase resource effi­ci­ency or pollu­tion control. In Private Equity, Ambi­enta has comple­ted more than 80 invest­ments to date.

Ananda Ventures GmbH

Ananda Impact Ventures mana­ges € 200 million and is the first impact VC fund with a pan-Euro­­pean invest­ment focus. We invest in outstan­ding impact busi­nesses offe­ring entre­pre­neu­rial solu­ti­ons to urgent social chal­lenges. Our active fund port­fo­lio includes e.g. Natu­re­Me­trics (Data-driven biodi­ver­sity manage­ment and resto­ra­tion), IESO Digi­tal Health (online psycho­the­rapy) and Orora­Tech (satel­li­tes for fight­ing forest fires).

Aquin & Cie. AG

Our team is domi­na­ted by perso­na­li­ties who previously were either entre­pre­neurs them­sel­ves or have held a high manage­ment posi­tion in the indus­try. Ther­e­fore, we do not just act entre­pre­neu­ri­ally, but also feel perso­nally commit­ted to entre­pre­neu­rial ideals.
The focus of our work is on mid-sized compa­nies. Our clients are busi­ness owners, corpo­ra­ti­ons that want to buy or sell medium-sized units, and inves­tor groups, such as private equity firms or family offices.

Arcaris Management GmbH

As an inde­pen­dent part­­ner-owned invest­ment company, loca­ted in Dues­sel­dorf, we invest in small and medium-sized firms in succes­sion tran­si­ti­ons. Our focus is on manu­fac­tu­ring compa­nies with a sales volume of € 10 million to € 30 million. 

In addi­tion, we offer manage­ment capa­city and support actively the stra­te­gic and opera­tio­nal realignment of the busi­ness. A sustainable growth path for each group company is defi­ned by a tail­o­red stra­te­gic plan. For each invest­ment we deve­lop an indi­vi­dual succes­sion solu­tion. Our invol­vement with inves­tors is not limi­ted in time.

ARDIAN Germany GmbH

ARDIAN is a world-leading private invest­ment house with assets of
$ 192 bn mana­ged or advi­sed. The company mana­ges funds on behalf of more than 1,860 clients through Private Equity, Real Assets (Infra­struc­ture, Real Estate, Real Estate Debt) & Credit (Private Credit, NAV Financing).

ARDIAN Germany GmbH

ARDIAN is a world-leading private invest­ment house with assets of $ 192 bn mana­ged or advi­sed. The company mana­ges funds on behalf of more than 1,860 clients through Private Equity, Real Assets (Infra­struc­ture, Real Estate, Real Estate Debt) & Credit (Private Credit, NAV Financing).

ARNOLD CAPITAL GmbH

ARNOLD CAPITAL stands for quali­fied corpo­rate finance‑, M&A‑, real estate-services. We support and advise our clients on M&A tran­sac­tions, corpo­rate finance projects as refi­nan­cing restruc­tu­ring, equity advi­sory, debt advi­sory, real estate invest­ments and finan­cing – from a single project to long-term deve­lo­p­ments. ARNOLD CAPITAL is specia­li­zed in small- and mid-size compa­nies in Germany, Switz­er­land and Austria. ARNOLD CAPITAL is well known for proac­tive, inte­gra­ted and sustainable consulting-solutions.

ARQIS Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

ARQIS is an inde­pen­dent law firm opera­ting inter­na­tio­nally. About 80 lawy­ers and legal specia­lists provide the highest stan­dards of legal advice for dome­stic and foreign compa­nies regar­ding key issues of German, Euro­pean and Japa­nese commer­cial law. With the focus groups Tran­sac­tions, HR.Law, Japan, Data.Law, Risk and Regu­la­tory, the law firm offers holi­stic advice to its clients. The part­ner­ship was foun­ded in 2006. It has offices in Düssel­dorf, Munich and Tokyo, as well as a talent hub in Berlin.

Ascenion GmbH

Ascen­ion disco­vers, secu­res and markets commer­ci­ally attrac­tive rese­arch results in the life-sciences.
As part­ner of leading public rese­arch orga­niza­ti­ons, univer­si­ties and univer­sity hospi­tals in Germany and Europe, Ascen­ion offers access to over 850 licensable patent fami­lies and rese­arch mate­ri­als in this area.

aws i2 Business Angels

i2 Busi­ness Angels Austria (on behalf of Austria Wirt­schafts­ser­vice) matches start-ups with seed and early stage investors. 

The service was estab­lished in 1997 and curr­ently includes about 430 inves­tors (Angel Inves­tors, Seed Funds, Stra­te­gic Inves­tors, UHNWI / Family Offices).
No tran­sac­tion based fees | Member­ship fee: € 90 (p.a.)
Start-ups scree­ned (p.a.): appr. 800, Selec­ted (p.a.): appr. 60
Invest­ment size: € 100,00o – € 1 m | Regi­ons: Austria | All industries
Closed Deals: 20 in 2022, € 3.97 m | 15 in 2023, € 1.8 m | 9 in 2024, € 2.7 m
Inter­na­tio­nal Member­ships: Euro­pean Busi­ness Angels Network (EBAN).

AXON Personalberatung

For more than 16 years, AXON has been placing entre­pre­neu­rial leaders, mostly at manage­ment and part­ner level. We are the exten­ded arm of your company into the execu­tive search market. Appre­cia­tion and profes­sio­na­lism vis-à-vis our clients and candi­da­tes are the basis for a serious and most discrete hand­ling of our jobs.

BANE Business Angel Network Europe GbR

BANE is a plat­form that brings toge­ther busi­ness angels and other inves­tors with compa­nies seeking capi­tal – and vice versa. Our focus – in addi­tion to start-ups – is also on growth finan­cing and succes­sion plan­ning for compa­nies, among other things. We also offer support in finding capi­tal for entre­pre­neurs who want to expand or grow their busi­ness. To this end, we have access to more than 150 finan­ciers who offer, among other things, special forms of finan­cing such as facto­ring, purchase finan­cing, asset-backed finance, etc., also digi­tally, i.e. with a very fast decis­­ion-making process.

Bankhaus Metzler

Foun­ded in 1674, Metz­ler Bank is Germany’s oldest private bank with an unbro­ken tradi­tion of family owner­ship. Our advi­sory services in corpo­rate finance/M&A focus on family-owned and owner-mana­­ged compa­nies. Metzler’s clients bene­fit from our long years of tran­sac­tion expe­ri­ence and exten­sive exper­tise in this area. Via our office in Tokyo, we have excel­lent cont­acts with Japa­nese compa­nies that we bring toge­ther with German sellers in M&A transactions.

BASF Venture Capital GmbH

As the inde­pen­dent corpo­rate venture arm of BASF, we aim to acce­le­rate the evolu­tion of the chemi­cal indus­try by inves­t­ing in young compa­nies and funds offe­ring truly disrup­tive tech­no­lo­gies and trans­for­ma­tio­nal busi­ness models. Toge­ther with our entre­pre­neurs, it is our goal, to gene­rate sustainable growth oppor­tu­ni­ties for the future of our industry.

BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

BayBG is among the leading suppli­ers of mezza­nine, equity and venture capi­tal for small and medium-sized compa­nies (sme) in Bavaria/Germany. It offers the compa­nies tailor-made finan­cing solutions.

BayStartUp GmbH

BayStartUP is one of the most important cont­act points for start-ups looking for venture capi­tal and supports inno­va­tive start-ups from early busi­ness plan­ning stages to buil­ding up their company and navi­ga­ting their first finan­cing rounds. Coachings, work­shops, the Bava­rian Busi­ness Plan compe­ti­ti­ons and networ­king events for foun­ders, busi­ness angels and indus­try repre­sen­ta­ti­ves create the frame­work for BayStartUP’s acti­vi­ties. Through start-up-indus­­try matchings, BayStartUP also brings toge­ther estab­lished compa­nies and foun­ders. BayStartUP is also part­ner of the “Grün­der­land Bayern” initia­tive of the Bava­rian Minis­try of Econo­mic Affairs.

BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

With over 3,250 employees across 28 diffe­rent loca­ti­ons, BDO is one of the leading compa­nies for audi­ting and audit-rela­­ted services, tax and busi­ness law consul­ting, and advi­sory services in Germany. We are a foun­ding member of BDO Inter­na­tio­nal (estab­lished in 1963). With more than 120,000 employees across 166 count­ries and a reve­nue of USD 15.0 billion, it is curr­ently the only globally active audi­ting and consul­ting orga­ni­sa­tion with Euro­pean roots.

BE Investment-Partners GmbH

BE Inves­t­­ment-Part­­ners is an inde­pen­dent invest­ment company whose expe­ri­en­ced team invests in estab­lished small and medium-sized firms. The port­fo­lio compa­nies possess, in parti­cu­lar, a convin­cing manage­ment, a stable busi­ness model and reco­gnizable growth prospects.

BearingPoint GmbH

Bearing­Point is an inde­pen­dent, global manage­ment and tech­no­logy consul­tancy. The company opera­tes across three busi­ness units: Consul­ting, Products, and Capi­tal. Consul­ting encom­pas­ses the firm’s tradi­tio­nal advi­sory services. In the Products segment, Bearing­Point offers clients IP-based mana­ged services. Capi­tal covers BearingPoint’s offe­rings and acti­vi­ties in the areas of M&A, ventures, and investments.

BEITEN BURKHARDT Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

More than 100 lawy­ers, dedi­ca­ted to the legal areas of M&A, Private Equity as well as Banking, Finance and Capi­tal Markets, have compre­hen­sive expe­ri­ence in assis­ting and mana­ging corpo­rate and capi­tal market tran­sac­tions. In their work, our lawy­ers can rely on their parti­cu­lar exper­tise in cross-border tran­sac­tions, finan­cing and capi­tal market tran­sac­tions inclu­ding equity and debt capi­tal products. Our clients bene­fit from our seam­less and cost-effi­ci­ent service from one source, rende­red by specia­lists from all rele­vant prac­tice groups. ADVANT Beiten is the German member firm of ADVANT, a distinctly Euro­pean asso­cia­tion of inde­pen­dent law firms. Foun­ded in 1990, ADVANT Beiten is an inde­pen­dent law firm with around 250 lawy­ers, and is one of the leading commer­cial law firms in Germany. It advi­ses medium-sized compa­nies, large corpo­ra­ti­ons, banks, foun­da­ti­ons and public sector orga­ni­sa­ti­ons on German and inter­na­tio­nal commer­cial law from ten offices. We work with ADVANT member firms to advise and repre­sent our clients in all legal matters pertai­ning to their busi­ness acti­vi­ties, both in Germany and around the world. This includes working with other advi­sors from our world­wide network of top-tier firms.

BELGRAVIA & CO. GmbH

BELGRAVIA & CO. stands for “PASSION FOR MIDDLE-MARKET M&A.” We are an inter­na­tio­nally active M&A and corpo­rate finance consul­tancy specia­li­zing in middle-market clients, with head­quar­ters in Colo­gne and repre­sen­ta­tive offices in London and New York. Our strengths: perso­nal project respon­si­bi­lity at part­ner level, in-depth inter­na­tio­nal expe­ri­ence from over 180 projects, entre­pre­neu­rial thin­king, sound judgment, and nego­tia­ting skills. We advise with passion and strong social skills – relia­bly, with commit­ment, and always with a clear focus on the best result for our clients.

bettervest GmbH

better­vest is a crowd­in­ves­t­ing plat­form for sustainable projects. It is one of Germany’s leading invest­ment plat­form through which citi­zens can jointly invest from as little as €50 in forward-looking, high-impact projects in Germany as well as in emer­ging and deve­lo­ping count­ries, and in return share finan­ci­ally in the savings or reve­nues generated.

Private inves­tors thus gain access to meaningful and profi­ta­ble invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties while at the same time helping to acce­le­rate the energy tran­si­tion. Each project under­goes a selec­tion process in which, depen­ding on the project, an exter­nal energy consul­tant evalua­tes the plan­ned energy-saving measure. Throug­hout the fixed loan period, borro­wers are contrac­tually obli­ga­ted to devote the majo­rity of the resul­ting reve­nue or the annual cost savings to the repay­ment of the loan until the prin­ci­pal invest­ments, as well as annual returns, have been paid out.

Beyond Capital Partners GmbH

We invest in profi­ta­ble small- and mid-cap compa­nies with a strong USP, estab­lished products and services, a strong market posi­tion and a high buy & build growth potential.

BID Equity GmbH

BID Equity was foun­ded in 2016 by a small, passio­nate team of entre­pre­neurs and consul­tants from the soft­ware indus­try. This passion has deve­lo­ped into one of the few specia­li­zed soft­ware inves­tors in Germany. Today, the BID Equity Funds manage more than 800 million euros. With a focus on growth as well as late-stage invest­ments, the BID Equity Funds invest prima­rily in the context of corpo­rate succes­si­ons and share­hol­der buyouts in Europe and North America. We pursue an entre­pre­neu­rial invest­ment approach. We define this as the syste­ma­tic deve­lo­p­ment of a company through buy & build, inter­na­tio­na­liza­tion and digi­tiza­tion stra­te­gies. For us, close coope­ra­tion with the teams of our port­fo­lio compa­nies as part­ners is a core value of our daily work.

BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH

BioM has been the network orga­niza­tion of the biotech­no­logy indus­try in Munich and Bava­ria for over 25 years, commis­sio­ned by the Bava­rian Minis­try of Econo­mic Affairs. As a non-profit orga­niza­tion, BioM crea­tes a unique ecosys­tem in medi­cine and biotech­no­logy for inno­va­tion, growth and value crea­tion in Bava­ria. To achieve this, we connect all the rele­vant part­ners and support Bava­rian biotech companies.

BLL Braun Leberfinger Ludwig Unger Steuerberater Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer

BLL Braun Leber­fin­ger Ludwig Unger specia­li­zes in the compre­hen­sive support of natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal private equity and venture capi­tal funds. In addi­tion, the firm advi­ses entre­pre­neu­rial indi­vi­du­als, inclu­ding private equity mana­gers, and provi­des guidance at both share­hol­der and company level.
Beyond its exper­tise in private equity and venture capi­tal, BLL offers legal advice in busi­ness and corpo­rate law, inclu­ding M&A, succes­sion and family law, real estate and foundations.

BLL Private Equity Fund Services GmbH

BLL Private Equity Fund Services GmbH specia­li­zes in fund admi­nis­tra­tion services. The company offers profes­sio­nal inves­tor support and meaningful, timely report­ing. A team of highly expe­ri­en­ced specia­lists main­ta­ins the highest quality stan­dards in all areas of fund administration.
The company bene­fits from its close coope­ra­tion with BLL Braun Leber­fin­ger Ludwig Unger, a tax and law firm that provi­des exper­tise in tax and legal matters.

BlueCap AG

Blue Cap AG is a Munich-based invest­ment company foun­ded in 2006 and listed on the capi­tal market. The company acqui­res medium-sized compa­nies from the B2B sector in special situa­tions and supports them in their entre­pre­neu­rial deve­lo­p­ment with the aim of selling them profi­ta­bly at a later date. The acqui­red compa­nies are head­quar­te­red in the DACH-region, gene­rate sales of between EUR 20 and 200 million with an EBITDA margin between 0–5. We are experts for turn­around and trans­for­ma­tion of SMEs. Blue Cap AG is listed on the open market.

bm‑t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen gmbh

bm|t is the premier address for venture capi­tal and equity invest­ments in Thurin­gia. We streng­then Thuringia’s economy through targe­ted Invest­ments in inno­va­tive and growth-orien­­ted compa­nies with high potential. 

Our mission is to cata­lyze further Cham­pi­ons and gene­rate a posi­tive invest­ment performance.

BNP PARIBAS S.A.

The busi­ness unit Secu­ri­ties Services of BNP Pari­bas is a leading global custo­dian. With € 13,350 bn assets under cust­ody (AuC), € 2,538 bn assets under admi­nis­tra­tion (AuA) and 9,829 admi­nis­te­red funds, Secu­ri­ties Services is the leading provi­der of secu­ri­ties and fund admi­nis­tra­tion services in the euro zone.
Secu­ri­ties Services has 10,563 employees world­wide, and offers its asset servicing and admi­nis­tra­tion provi­sion to buyers and sellers alike in all asset clas­ses. The bank has subsi­dia­ries in 35 count­ries and our network covers more than 90 markets. The company offers proprie­tary cust­ody offices in 27 markets. Around 300 employees work locally for the bene­fit of our clients.
With € 676 bn assets under depo­si­tary (AuD), Secu­ri­ties Services is the largest player on the German market.

BNP PARIBAS S.A.

Secu­ri­ties Services at BNP Pari­bas acts as a global custo­dian and is a signi­fi­cant secu­ri­ties services provi­der. With € 14,280 billion assets under cust­ody, € 2,720 billion assets under admi­nis­tra­tion and close to 9,350 funds admi­nis­te­red, we offer you the global reach, finan­cial strength and breadth of exper­tise of the BNP Pari­bas Group.
Our network is one of the most exten­sive in the indus­try, cove­ring over 90 markets. We have 27 proprie­tary local cust­ody and clea­ring bran­ches, an on-
the-ground presence in 35 count­ries and 10,665 employees working for you worldwide.
We have been active in Frank­furt since 1995 and with € 699 billion assets under depo­si­tary (AuD) are the leading depo­si­tary in Germany.

Board Xperts GmbH

Board Xperts GmbH was foun­ded in 2006 and is a leading procu­rer of expe­ri­en­ced super­vi­sory boards, advi­sory boards as well as indus­try experts. Our clients include in parti­cu­lar family-run compa­nies from the upper mid-tier, capi­tal market-orien­­ted compa­nies, private equity houses and other finan­cial inves­tors as well as corpo­rate finance service provi­ders. Only persons with appro­priate quali­fi­ca­ti­ons will be conside­red for appoint­ment to a super­vi­sory board or advi­sory board. In advance, requi­re­ment profiles deri­ved from the stra­te­gic goals of the company and a corre­spon­ding compe­tence matrix are defi­ned for the entire super­vi­sory or advi­sory board. Our credo: It is better to staff an advi­sory board or super­vi­sory board with a few, highly quali­fied people and then pay them appro­pria­tely. At Board Xperts, a network of over 4,000 perso­na­li­ties with leader­ship expe­ri­ence covers largely all indus­tries and specia­list depart­ments, and forms the pool for the place­ment of highly quali­fied super­vi­sory and advi­sory board members.

BonVenture Management GmbH

BONVENTURE is the pioneer of impact inves­t­ing in conti­nen­tal Europe, mobi­li­zing capi­tal as a cata­lyst for change. With over 20 years of exper­tise, the orga­niza­tion has demons­tra­ted that true impact and substan­tial finan­cial return can be perfectly aligned. BONVENTURE was the first to adopt this approach in the German-spea­king regi­ons and was the first Euro­pean Social Entre­pre­neur­ship Fund (EuSEF) regis­tered with the BaFin.

Borromin Capital Management GmbH

Borro­min is an inde­pen­dent private equity company focu­sing on medium-sized busi­nesses within German-spea­king Europe and Bene­lux count­ries. Funds initia­ted and advi­sed by Borro­min predo­mi­nantly hold majo­rity stakes in mid-size compa­nies provi­ding equity for succes­sion issues, manage­ment buy-outs and spin-offs from larger groups. Borro­min was foun­ded in 2001 and follows a successful, value-orien­­ted stra­tegy of invest­ments in profi­ta­ble companies.

Bregal entrepreneurial capital

BU Bregal Unter­neh­mer­ka­pi­tal (“BU”) is a leading invest­ment firm with offices Zug, Munich, Amster­dam, Milan, and London. With more than €7 billion in assets under manage­ment, BU is the largest mid-cap inves­tor head­quar­te­red in the DACH region. The funds advi­sed by BU focus on invest­ments in mid-sized compa­nies across the DACH region and neigh­bor­ing econo­mies. With the mission to be the part­ner of choice for entre­pre­neurs and family-owned busi­nesses, BU seeks to part­ner with market leaders and “hidden cham­pi­ons” with strong manage­ment teams and brea­kout poten­tial. Since its foun­ding in 2015, the funds advi­sed by BU have inves­ted in more than 160 compa­nies, ther­eby crea­ting over 11,000 jobs for a total of nearly 32,000 employees. As a stra­te­gic part­ner, BU helps entre­pre­neurs and fami­lies deve­lop, inter­na­tio­na­lize, and digi­tize their busi­nesses, while gene­ra­ting sustainable value on a respon­si­ble basis with the next gene­ra­tion in mind.

Bregal entrepreneurial capital

BU Bregal Unter­neh­mer­ka­pi­tal (“BU”) is a leading invest­ment firm with offices Zug, Munich, Amster­dam, Milan, and London. With more than €7 billion in assets under manage­ment, BU is the largest mid-cap inves­tor head­quar­te­red in the DACH region. The funds advi­sed by BU focus on invest­ments in mid-sized compa­nies across the DACH region and neigh­bor­ing econo­mies. With the mission to be the part­ner of choice for entre­pre­neurs and family-owned busi­nesses, BU seeks to part­ner with market leaders and “hidden cham­pi­ons” with strong manage­ment teams and brea­kout poten­tial. Since its foun­ding in 2015, the funds advi­sed by BU have inves­ted in more than 160 compa­nies, ther­eby crea­ting over 11,000 jobs for a total of nearly 32,000 employees. As a stra­te­gic part­ner, BU helps entre­pre­neurs and fami­lies deve­lop, inter­na­tio­na­lize, and digi­tize their busi­nesses, while gene­ra­ting sustainable value on a respon­si­ble basis with the next gene­ra­tion in mind.

Bridgepoint GmbH

Bridge­point is one of the world’s leading quoted private asset growth inves­tors, specia­li­sing in private equity and private debt. The firm’s focus is on inves­t­ing in compa­nies via four distinct fund stra­te­gies: Middle Market (BE), Lower Mid-Cap (BDC), Early-Stage Growth (Growth) and Credit (growth not in DACH). Bridge­point has comple­ted ca. 460 private equity tran­sac­tions since incep­tion. The port­fo­lio compa­nies of the firm’s flag­ship private equity stra­tegy, Middle Market Bridge­point Europe, gene­rate combi­ned reve­nues of ca. € 12 bn and total EBITDA of ca. € 2.7 bn, and employ over 52,000 people.

Bridts Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG

Bridts Corpo­rate Finance stands for inde­pen­dent M&A and corpo­rate finance advi­sory services for Mittel­stand compa­nies as well as bigger corpo­ra­tes, finan­cial inves­tors and buy-out mana­gers. Our approach adhe­res to high profes­sio­nal stan­dards, is always tail­orm­ade and ensu­res perso­nal and senior support across all stages of a tran­sac­tion. Our advice is driven by our client’s goals.

BRIGHT CAPITAL GmbH

BRIGHT CAPITAL is a leading credit inves­tor in Germany, focu­sing on the lower mid-market in the DACH region, Bene­lux and the UK. BRIGHT CAPITAL invests in compa­nies with a defen­da­ble market posi­tion, resi­li­ent cash flows and seaso­ned manage­ment teams.

Brockhaus Technologies AG

Brock­haus Tech­no­lo­gies AG (BKHT, ISIN: DE000A2GSU42) is a tech­no­logy group that acqui­res majo­rity stakes in high-margin and high-growth tech­no­logy and inno­va­tion cham­pi­ons with B2B busi­ness models. With a unique plat­form approach and a long-term hori­zon, Brock­haus Tech­no­lo­gies actively and stra­te­gi­cally supports its subsi­dia­ries to achieve long-term profi­ta­ble growth across indus­tries and count­ries. At the same time, Brock­haus Tech­no­lo­gies provi­des access to these unlis­ted tech­no­logy cham­pi­ons, which are other­wise inac­ces­si­ble to capi­tal market investors.

Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)

The asso­cia­tion has made it its duty to compre­hen­si­vely promote all persons and compa­nies invol­ved in the field of alter­na­tive invest­ments and, in parti­cu­lar, to increase the popu­la­rity of alter­na­tive invest­ments as an invest­ment form as well as to educate the gene­ral public. It provi­des a cons­truc­tive dialo­gue with poli­ti­cal decis­ion makers, with the aim to enforce reforms as well as to intro­duce suita­ble lawful confor­mi­ties, in the inte­rest of its members.

Bundesvereinigung Restrukturierung, Sanierung und Interim Management e.V.

BRSI e.V.: Your Part­ner for Sustainable Busi­ness Secu­rity. With over 3,500 members across Germany and Europe, BRSI acts as a neutral plat­form support­ing compa­nies in navi­ga­ting crises, ensu­ring stabi­lity, and foste­ring long-term value creation.

Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND)

Busi­ness Angels Deutsch­land (BAND) e.V. is the natio­nal asso­cia­tion of Busi­ness Angels and their networks in Germany. As the voice of the Busi­ness Angel market vis-à-vis poli­cy­ma­kers and the public, BAND advo­ca­tes for the inte­rests of Angel Inves­tors in support of inno­va­tive start-ups. It is commit­ted to impro­ving the over­all condi­ti­ons for Busi­ness Angel invest­ments and to promo­ting the Busi­ness Angel concept. The Fede­ral Minis­try for Econo­mic Affairs and Climate Action is the patron of BAND.

Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V.

Busi­ness Angels Frank­furt­Rhein­Main e.V. is one of the most active busi­ness angel networks in Germany. It counts more than 150 members and fosters a network that extends far beyond.
It unites start-ups seeking early-stage finan­cing and busi­ness angels at monthly events. It also connects private inves­tors with each other and with insti­tu­tio­nal co-inves­­tors and provi­des rele­vant know-how. Busi­ness angels provide promi­sing start-up teams in the early stages with capi­tal, exper­tise and valuable cont­acts by parti­ci­pa­ting in the company’s success.

BÖAG Börsen AG

BÖAG Boer­sen AG is the opera­ting company of the stock exch­an­ges in Dues­sel­dorf, in Hamburg and in Hano­ver, inclu­ding their elec­tro­nic trading plat­forms Quotrix, LS Exch­ange and Euro­pean Inves­tor Exch­ange. The trading parti­ci­pants include all rele­vant dome­stic credit insti­tu­ti­ons and finan­cial service provi­ders. In total, more than 30,000 secu­ri­ties are listed on these three exch­an­ges, inclu­ding equi­ties, bonds, invest­ment funds, exch­ange traded products, parti­ci­pa­tion certi­fi­ca­tes and certificates.

C.H. Reynolds Corporate Finance AG

Inde­pen­dent corpo­rate finance house with each part­ner having 30 years of expe­ri­ence in mid-market tran­sac­tions. Inter­na­tio­nal presence through networks in Europe, US and Asia. Clients comprise family-owned compa­nies, private and public compa­nies as well as private equity funds and family offices.

Cannot Beat Experience CANNOBE KG

CANNOBE is a global commu­nity foste­ring colla­bo­ra­tion through indi­vi­dual advice, events, and Zoom meetings. With 27 years of perso­nal expe­ri­ence, our plat­form is tail­o­red for strong perso­na­li­ties over 50 seeking to embark on diverse jour­neys: (1) Imple­ment start-up ideas with support, recom­men­da­ti­ons, and comra­­des-in-arms. (2) Faci­li­tate the hando­ver of life’s work to compe­tent hands. (3) Support start-ups with exper­tise or finan­cial resour­ces. (4) Explore new oppor­tu­ni­ties. (5) Seek a complete reori­en­ta­tion after years in a current job. (6) Share exper­tise to pass on intellec­tual legacies.

CFH Management GmbH

CFH Manage­ment GmbH regu­larly laun­ches new funds with a regio­nal focus. Current invest­ment vehic­les are TGFS Tech­no­lo­gie­grün­der­fonds Sach­sen (www.tgfs.de) and WMS Wachs­tums­fonds Mittel­stand Sach­sen (www.wachstumsfonds-sachsen.de). TGFS is a venture capi­tal fund that focu­ses on the Saxon start-up scene (total volume € 241.2 million, third fund gene­ra­tion). WMS (total volume € 160 million, third fund gene­ra­tion) has a clear focus on Saxon SMEs and offers succes­sion and growth financing.

Chequers Beratungs GmbH

Chequers Capi­tal is a leading Euro­pean mid-market buy-out house with funds of approx. € 2 bn under manage­ment. The company was foun­ded in Paris in 1972 and focu­ses on tran­sac­tions in the € 50 m – € 500 m range.

Chequers has closed more than 300 tran­sac­tions as a majo­rity or mino­rity share­hol­der since its inception.

Cipio Partners GmbH

Foun­ded in 2003, Cipio Part­ners has been back­ing Euro­pean growth-stage tech­no­logy compa­nies for over 21 years. We provide growth capi­tal and mino­rity buyout solu­ti­ons to compa­nies that have outgrown the venture stage and need a strong part­ner to bridge them to a successful exit. We do also provide strong expe­ri­ence in struc­tu­ring complex tran­sac­tions, inclu­ding liqui­dity for passive share­hol­ders, and support in crea­ting exit opportunities.
Further infor­ma­tion is available at www.cipiopartners.com.

CleanTech Capital

Clean­Tech Capi­tal is an inde­pen­dent part­­ner-owned tran­sac­tion and project mana­ger, invest­ment advi­sor and CF/M&A firm for corpo­ra­tes and PE, VC, AM inves­tors and entre­pre­neurs with opera­ti­ons in Europe, North America and South America.

Clearwater

Priva­tely held inter­na­tio­nal corpo­rate finance advisor.

CMP Capital Management-Partners GmbH

CMP is one of the leading private equity compa­nies for special situa­tions and turnarounds. 

We focus on the acqui­si­tion of majo­rity stakes in compa­nies with sales between € 30 m to € 300 m.

CNX Transaction Partners GmbH

CNX Tran­sac­tion Part­ners is an owner-mana­­ged M&A boutique. We achieve the best results through an excel­lent sales process and thorough prepa­ra­tion. In addi­tion to the holi­stic execu­tion of tran­sac­tion proces­ses, we support our clients with EXIT readi­ness well before a sale. In this way, the company is best prepared for the sale and entre­pre­neurs and share­hol­ders can achieve the opti­mal result.

Consus GmbH & Co. KG

Consus­Part­ner is an inde­pen­dent advi­sory firm focu­sed on corpo­rate finance and M&A. Among our clients are owner- and family-run compa­nies, corpo­ra­ti­ons, finan­cial inves­tors and firms with a muni­ci­pal back­ground. Project respon­si­bi­lity and manage­ment lies exclu­si­vely with the part­ners. Our long-time inter­na­tio­nal coope­ra­tion part­ners are E. J. McKay (China, India) and Tech­Strat (USA).

CREDION AG

Foun­ded in 2017 CREDION AG enables its part­ners to make direct invest­ments in various alter­na­tive asset clas­ses. It works for asset holders such as family offices and foun­da­ti­ons as well as for asset mana­gers and the public sector. For family offices, for exam­ple, the CREDION team struc­tures discre­tio­nary funds for profes­sio­nal and legally compli­ant lending – also fully colla­te­ra­li­zed if desi­red. This gives them the oppor­tu­nity to allo­cate to an asset class that has an attrac­tive risk/return profile but is not available to them as a direct invest­ment due to legal rest­ric­tions. CREDION supports asset mana­gers and public part­ners in the successful realiza­tion of their stra­te­gies in asset clas­ses such as private equity, private debt and real estate. CREDION clients bene­fit from the natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal credit exper­tise of the CREDION team and the skills of the BaFin-regu­la­­ted CREDION fund mana­ger. CREDION defi­nes the frame­work for the fund based on the stra­tegy of the asset holder and supports actively and inte­gra­tes compe­ten­cies and skills of the asset holder and his team into the value chain where requi­red: based on the requi­re­ments of the asset holder CREDION is struc­tu­ring an indi­vi­dual fund in compli­ance with all regu­la­tory requi­re­ments – inclu­ding deal sourcing, port­­fo­­lio- and risk manage­ment as well as trans­pa­rent reporting.

CREDION AG

CREDION provi­des finan­cing for small and medium-sized enter­pri­ses (reve­nue: € 5 million to € 250 million). Each finan­cing is tail­o­red to the customer’s situa­tion. Port­fo­lio Manage­ment for Family Offices and Insti­tu­tio­nal Inves­tors: CREDION KVG deve­lops and mana­ges inde­pen­dent fund solu­ti­ons for private debt and private equity invest­ments with a speci­fic invest­ment stra­tegy and varia­ble service levels for afflu­ent fami­lies and insti­tu­tio­nal investors.

Crowe Global

Crowe Global is ranked the ninth largest accoun­ting network in the world. More than 42,000 employees work at over 770 sites in more than 150 count­ries. Crowe Global is repre­sen­ted in Germany with inde­pen­dent compa­nies in Berlin, Hamburg, Dues­sel­dorf, Frank­furt, Munich and Stuttgart.
The compa­nies are leading and well-estab­­lished in their region. They provide compre­hen­sive solu­ti­ons for tax-rela­­ted and busi­ness law issues. Inter­di­sci­pli­nary consul­ta­tion, conti­nuity and trust are the hallmarks.
Our audi­tors, tax advi­sers and attor­neys at law advise inves­tors in natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal corpo­rate tran­sac­tions, corpo­rate finan­cing and restruc­tu­ring. The M&A‑experts support the clients not only in the prepa­ra­tion and execu­tion, but also in the successful imple­men­ta­tion of the tran­sac­tion with profound inter­di­sci­pli­nary know-how.

Crédit Mutuel Equity / CIC Capital Deutschland GmbH

Crédit Mutuel Equity is the direct invest­ment arm of the French banking group Crédit Mutuel Alli­ance Fédé­rale. With the long-term perspec­tive of a fund-inde­­pen­­dent struc­ture – the inves­ted capi­tal is the Group’s own equity – the company has been successful for more than 40 years. Curr­ently, appro­xi­m­ately EUR 4 billion in equity is inves­ted in about 330 compa­nies worldwide.

Daiwa Corporate Advisory GmbH

DC Advi­sory is an inter­na­tio­nal invest­ment bank commit­ted to making a diffe­rence. As part of an estab­lished global busi­ness, we offer access to over 750 profes­sio­nals in 24 loca­ti­ons throug­hout Asia, Europe and the US.

Debt Advisory Partners (DAP)

We advise private equity inves­tors, corpo­ra­ti­ons, owner-managed
mid-sized compa­nies, growth firms, and busi­nesses under­go­ing transformation
or restruc­tu­ring. As a full-service part­ner, we accom­pany our clients throug­hout the entire finan­cing process – from stra­tegy deve­lo­p­ment to execution.

Der Entrepreneurs Club

The Entre­pre­neurs Club is a service provi­der for entre­pre­neurs and family busi­nesses in stra­te­gi­cally rele­vant topics such as the place­ment of execu­ti­ves, the place­ment of direct invest­ments and succes­sion solu­ti­ons. As part of the Entre­pre­neurs Club ECosys­tem, the Entre­pre­neurs Club also offers plat­forms for perso­nal exch­ange and inspi­ring events on entre­pre­neu­ri­ally rele­vant issues for mana­ging direc­tors and share­hol­ders as repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of exis­ting custo­mers. As a pioneer in the field, the Entre­pre­neurs Club has been working for almost 20 years, among other things, to “match” compa­nies that are up for sale, for exam­ple due to unre­sol­ved succes­sion, with succes­sors and inves­tors. In doing so, the Entre­pre­neurs Club pursues a very sustainable, quali­fied and value-orien­­ted approach via perso­nal networ­king. The Entre­pre­neurs Club addres­ses the chall­enge of “tran­sac­tion“ in the context of entre­pre­neu­rial fami­lies with two quali­fied, focu­sed service approa­ches – EC Target Börse and EC Match Making.

Deutsche Mittelstandsberatung DTMB GmbH

Deut­sche Mittel­stands­be­ra­tung DTMB GmbH is a manage­ment consul­tancy for SMEs and family busi­nesses. Our aim is to signi­fi­cantly and sustain­ably increase the perfor­mance of the compa­nies we advise. The success of our clients and confi­den­tia­lity are the top prio­rity of our consul­ting acti­vi­ties. All consul­tants have many years of profes­sio­nal expe­ri­ence in consul­ting firms and in line func­tions in medium-sized compa­nies. DTMB’s consul­tants have a high and broad sector exper­tise in indus­try, trade, services and other sectors.

Deutsche Mittelstandsberatung DTMB GmbH

Exten­sive expe­ri­ence as manage­ment consul­tants and inte­rim mana­ger in advi­sing and mana­ging medium-sized family-owned and PE-owned compa­nies, with a focus on trans­for­ma­tion (orga­ni­sa­tio­nal and process manage­ment), restruc­tu­ring / reor­ga­ni­sa­tion, control­ling / finance and M&A. Appro­xi­m­ately 30 years of expe­ri­ence and more than 175 successful projects as a consul­tant and inte­rim mana­ger in medium-sized and inter­na­tio­nal compa­nies as well as CEO, CFO / commer­cial direc­tor, CRO and super­vi­sory board / advi­sory board member in family-owned or PE-owned compa­nies. Strong passion for estab­li­shing and sustain­ably deve­lo­ping viable part­ner­ships with share­hol­ders, manage­ment, custo­mers, suppli­ers, employees and other stake­hol­ders (finan­cial part­ners, audi-tors, etc.).
Straight­for­ward, value- and team-orien­­ted leader­ship style with clear, authen­tic commu­ni­ca­tion, high commit­ment and empathy.

DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH

DPE Invest­ment Gesell­schaft mbH is a capi­tal manage­ment company that invests in medium-sized growth compa­nies, prima­rily in Germany, Austria and Switz­er­land. With a part­­ner­­ship-based approach, we support our port­fo­lio compa­nies in reali­zing their future poten­tial. We do this with capi­tal, expe­ri­ence and respect for entre­pre­neu­rial action. We place great value on trust and sustaina­bi­lity. Since our foun­da­tion, we have inves­ted in almost 50 compa­nies and pursued over 150 add-on invest­ments as well as crea­ting around 6,100 jobs.

Dr. Kleeberg & Partner GmbH WPG StBG

Our para­mount objec­tive is not only to provide compre­hen­sive consul­tancy services to our clients in matters of tax and busi­ness manage­ment based on our exper­tise, we also want to prove oursel­ves through our high degree of perso­nal commit­ment and full invol­vement. Our corpo­rate maxim is of great importance in this context: “Our primary focus is on perso­nal consul­tancy because respon­si­bi­lity cannot be dele­ga­ted arbi­tra­rily“. Since our estab­lish­ment, we have grown from a one-man office to a modern, inter­na­tio­nal service company for audi­ting, accoun­tancy and tax consul­ting. Our highly quali­fied employees provide the entire advi­sory spec­trum in the sector – profes­sio­nally and from a single source. For problems span­ning inter­na­tio­nal boun­da­ries, we can rely on experts in all signi­fi­cant count­ries of the world due to our coope­ra­tion with inde­pen­dent, renow­ned audit and tax advi­sory compa­nies. We are also a member of the world­wide network of Crowe Global which belongs to the nine largest advi­sory networks worldwide.

DRS Investment SE

DRS Invest­ment SE (“Dyna­mic Relia­ble Solu­ti­ons”) is a private invest­ment company focu­sed on soft­ware and tech­­no­­logy-enab­­led services, support­ing its port­fo­lio compa­nies in their long-term deve­lo­p­ment. Backed by foun­der capi­tal and inter­na­tio­nal inves­tors, DRS invests in scalable service plat­forms that leverage tech­no­logy to enable opera­tio­nal excel­lence and sustainable value crea­tion. The goal is to build a port­fo­lio of profi­ta­ble, high-growth compa­nies with clear tech­no­lo­gi­cal differentiation.

DRS Investment SE

DRS Invest­ment SE (“Dyna­mic Relia­ble Solu­ti­ons”) is a private invest­ment company focu­sed on soft­ware and tech­­no­­logy-enab­­led services, support­ing its port­fo­lio compa­nies in their long-term deve­lo­p­ment. Backed by foun­der capi­tal and inter­na­tio­nal inves­tors, DRS invests in scalable service plat­forms that leverage tech­no­logy to enable opera­tio­nal excel­lence and sustainable value crea­tion. The goal is to build a port­fo­lio of profi­ta­ble, high-growth compa­nies with clear tech­no­lo­gi­cal differentiation.

EC Mergers and Acquisitions

EC M&A GmbH is the Frank­furt based team of the global M&A Advi­sory firm EC M&A, head­quar­te­red in New York. EC M&A is an inde­pen­dent invest­ment banking firm specia­li­zing in dome­stic and cross-border mergers & acqui­si­ti­ons. We advise for company succes­sion and multi­na­tio­nal corpo­ra­ti­ons, promi­nent midsi­zed compa­nies and leading private equity firms on tran­sac­tions between and throug­hout Europe, North America and Asia.

ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH

ECM is an inde­pen­dent, growth-orien­­ted private equity firm focu­sed on mid-sized enter­pri­ses (Mittel­stand). The German Equity Part­ners (GEP) funds advi­sed by ECM invest in compa­nies that are leaders in their respec­tive niche with the objec­tive of further deve­lo­ping them in part­ner­ship with manage­ment teams and entre­pre­neurs. We oursel­ves are entre­pre­neurs and engage with passion and full perso­nal commitment.

EGERIA

For more than 20 years we have been invol­ved with great passion in the build-up of healthy and growing compa­nies. We are focus­sing on busi­nesses with growth and value crea­tion poten­tial in DACH and Bene­lux with an EBITDA between € 10 and € 50 million. Since our foun­da­tion we have inves­ted successfully in ca. 58 plat­forms. We aspire long-term value growth through entre­pre­neu­rial partnerships.

EIGHT ADVISORY

EIGHT ADVISORY is an inde­pen­dent Euro­pean advi­sory firm provi­ding finan­cial and opera­tio­nal exper­tise in corpo­rate tran­sac­tion, trans­for­ma­tion and restruc­tu­ring. Posi­tio­ned between today’s “Big Four” and specia­li­sed bouti­ques, EIGHT ADVISORY stands for compe­tence paired with a hands-on menta­lity: close to the client, ready to take respon­si­bi­lity, respon­sive, with a lean struc­ture and a high level of entre­pre­neu­rial understanding.

EMERAM Capital Partners GmbH

EMERAM is an inde­pen­dent private equity firm in the German-spea­king area. Funds advi­sed by EMERAM provide capi­tal to drive the deve­lo­p­ment of compa­nies, drawing upon a fund volume of more than € 800 million. EMERAM acts as a long-term busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment part­ner for its port­fo­lio compa­nies and supports the sustainable growth (orga­nic and inorganic).

EMH Partners GmbH

EMH Part­ners is a leading growth invest­ment firm that part­ners with tech­no­logy busi­nesses and entre­pre­neurs. With its true entre­pre­neu­rial heri­tage, EMH helps busi­nesses through stra­te­gic capi­tal, deep indus­try exper­tise and a shared vision for growth. EMH Part­ners has more than E 1.5 bn in commit­ted capi­tal to build long-term value along­side entre­pre­neurs and manage­ment teams.

EnjoyVenture Management GmbH

Enjoy­Ven­ture is a private invest­ment company, loca­ted in Dues­sel­dorf, for the seed and start-up finan­cing of inno­va­tive tech­no­logy firms. Special exper­tise of Enjoy­Ven­ture lies in the finan­cial struc­tu­ring of spin-offs of corpo­ra­ti­ons and tech­­no­­lo­­gi­­cal-scien­­ti­­fic insti­tu­ti­ons. Active coaching, inten­sive networ­king cont­acts and manage­ment support are part of the iden­tity of Enjoy­Ven­ture as an indus­trial advi­ser and inves­tor. The part­ners of Enjoy­Ven­ture are charac­te­ri­zed by long-term entre­pre­neu­rial, finan­cing and indus­try exper­tise and the rela­ted networks.

EOS Partners GmbH

EOS is a private equity mana­ger, who rede­fi­nes growth by focu­sing on buy-and-build and orga­nic growth in majo­rity buyouts targe­ting DACH SMEs with solid busi­ness models, compe­ti­tive advan­ta­ges and indus­­try-leading EBITDA margins in struc­tu­rally growing markets.

Etribes Group

Etri­bes is a busi­ness consul­tancy focu­sed on digi­tal trans­for­ma­tion. We empower compa­nies in retail and B2B to multi­ply their reve­nues through digi­tal busi­ness models and remain compe­ti­tive in rapidly chan­ging markets. Etri­bes offers a unique combi­na­tion of digi­tal exper­tise, an entre­pre­neu­rial mind­set, and long-stan­­ding imple­men­ta­tion expe­ri­ence. Over the past years, our foun­ders, part­ners, and employees have successfully built, trans­for­med, or evalua­ted more than 250 digi­tal busi­ness models. In addi­tion to our core team of expe­ri­en­ced stra­te­gists and deve­lo­pers, we connect our clients with digi­tal thought leaders from the Etri­bes Part­ner Network. This network is a group of more than 160 leading inno­va­tors, entre­pre­neurs, and digi­tal execu­ti­ves from a wide variety of indus­tries. They have crea­ted market-leading inno­va­tions, reshaped indus­tries, and deve­lo­ped pionee­ring new busi­ness models. These expe­ri­en­ces provide Etri­bes with a unique perspec­tive that enables our clients to navi­gate uncer­tainty and thrive in the chal­len­ging waters of digi­tal busi­ness and growth.

exchangeBA AG

exch­an­geBA AG opera­tes one of the leading capi­tal market­places for start-ups and SMEs in German-spea­king count­ries and brings toge­ther compa­nies seeking capi­tal and inves­tors. With its direct group of part­ners, capi­tal has been made available to over 500 compa­nies on a wide variety of occa­si­ons. The econo­mic envi­ron­ment in Germany has dete­rio­ra­ted due to increased inte­rest rates, supply bott­len­ecks, energy costs, infla­tion and poli­ti­cal decis­i­ons, among other things. Other sources of capi­tal need to be tapped.
This led to the foun­ding of the exch­an­geBA initia­tive “Mittel­stand finan­ziert Mittel­stand”. This unlocks the SME sector as a source of capi­tal for other SMEs to obtain capi­tal outside of banks. On the inves­tor side, over 700 poten­tial inves­tors have regis­tered – private inves­tors, mostly SMEs, busi­ness angels, family offices, venture capi­tal and private equity compa­nies as well as SMEs.

EXG Consulting GmbH

EXG is a Corpo­rate Finance/M&A Advi­sory firm based in Munich working with an inter­na­tio­nal team/network of corpo­rate finance advi­sors. We have exten­sive corpo­rate finance expe­ri­ence from nume­rous sell-side and buy-side M&A tran­sac­tions as well as capi­tal raises reali­sed in tech­­no­­logy-focu­­sed indus­tries (venture capi­tal and IPO). Our indus­try focus is supported by a network of part­ners with their own manage­ment and entre­pre­neu­rial back­ground in the tech­no­logy sector. We mainly advise owner-mana­­ged ICT busi­nesses opera­ting in IT Services, Soft­ware, Digi­tiza­tion Services, Smart Manu­fac­tu­ring, E‑Business and Electronics.

EXTOREL GmbH

EXTOREL seeks out inno­va­tive tech­no­logy compa­nies with signi­fi­cant growth poten­tial as well as buy-out oppor­tu­ni­ties in the lower mid-market and can invest both as a lead and as a co-inves­­tor. Apart from inves­t­ing family-owned capi­tal, the team of expe­ri­en­ced specia­lists with diver­si­fied back­grounds supports the port­fo­lio compa­nies actively.

FERBER & CO. GmbH

FERBER & CO., foun­ded in 1988, is a leading invest­ment banking house focu­sing on M&A as well as Corpo­rate Finance for medium-sized tran­sac­tions ranging from € 25 million to € 500 million, as well as custo­mi­zed M&A advice from entre­pre­neurs to entre­pre­neurs. FERBER & CO. contri­bu­tes to the success of its custo­mers through its inde­pen­dence, entre­pre­neu­rial commit­ment, sector focus and internationality.

Fidelium Partners

Fide­lium are not prima­rily inte­res­ted in stable and growing indus­try leaders. Us inspi­res the oppor­tu­nity to leverage our opera­tio­nal exper­tise to trans­form and repo­si­tion compa­nies. Typi­cal invest­ment scena­rios: (1) Compa­nies with signi­fi­cant poten­tial for opera­tio­nal impro­ve­ment and in special situa­tions, (2) Carve-out from larger companies/corporates.

Financial Projects

Finan­cial Projects is an inde­pen­dent, inter­na­tio­nally active corpo­rate finance advi­sory company with expe­ri­ence over deca­des in finance struc­tu­ring as well as in project and acqui­si­tion finance with a strong execu­tion ability and a high success rate.
The credit rating of our manda­tes is wide­spread from restruc­tu­ring phases to invest­ment grades. Our consul­ting service is perso­na­li­zed, profes­sio­nal and focu­sed on clients’ interests.
Own Fintech section (www.mietfinanz.de) for equip­ment finance.

FLOWFRAME SE

FLOWFRAME is a regio­nally rooted, inter­na­tio­nally active inves­tor and entre­pre­neu­rial part­ner built on more than 30 years of entre­pre­neu­rial expe­ri­ence by its foun­ding part­ners. We work hand in hand with entre­pre­neurs to unlock their full poten­tial and drive sustainable growth. FLOWFRAME serves as the invest­ment plat­form of the successful foun­ders and entre­pre­neurs behind leading mid-market compa­nies such as CANCOM and AL-KO.

FLOWFRAME SE

FLOWFRAME is a regio­nally rooted, inter­na­tio­nally active inves­tor and entre­pre­neu­rial part­ner built on more than 30 years of entre­pre­neu­rial expe­ri­ence by its foun­ding part­ners. Lever­aging our expe­ri­ence and exper­tise, we work hand in hand with entre­pre­neurs to unlock their full poten­tial and drive sustainable growth. FLOWFRAME serves as the invest­ment plat­form of the successful foun­ders and entre­pre­neurs behind leading mid-market compa­nies such as CANCOM and AL-KO.

FMDH Rechtsanwälte

FMDH is a highly specia­li­zed tran­sac­tion boutique. Our focus on clients, our deep econo­mic under­stan­ding, excel­lent legal exper­tise, crea­ti­vity, speed and accu­racy charac­te­rize our advice.

Fraunhofer Venture

For more than 20 years, Fraun­ho­fer Venture has been the central cont­act point for compre­hen­sive spin-off support and invest­ment manage­ment at Fraun­ho­­fer-Gesel­l­­schaft. As a commit­ted part­ner for foun­ders, start-ups, Fraun­ho­­fer-Insti­­tu­­tes, indus­try and inves­tors, we offer young compa­nies access to Fraun­ho­­fer-tech­­no­­lo­­gies, infra­struc­ture and know-how as well as over 9,000 patent fami­lies. This way spin-offs get the oppor­tu­nity to estab­lish products on the market faster and more effi­ci­ently. We support spin-off projects all the way from the initial idea and company foun­da­tion through to finan­cing and a possi­ble exit. With the tech trans­fer funding programs AHEAD and COLAB as well as other inno­va­tive offers, we back our foun­ders on their path to success.

FSN Capital Partners GmbH

FSN Capi­tal is one of the leading Nort­hern Euro­pean private equity firms. The four funds advi­sed by FSN Capi­tal manage more than four billion euros; the latest, Fund VI, raised 1.8 billion euros for invest­ments in Scan­di­na­via and the DACH region. The funds focus on majo­rity invest­ments in growth-orien­­ted compa­nies, support­ing their contin­ued success by making them more sustainable, compe­ti­tive, inter­na­tio­nal, and profi­ta­ble. FSN Capital’s team, is commit­ted to respon­si­ble inves­t­ing and achie­ving market-leading returns – true to the motto: “We are decent people making a decent return in a decent way.”.

GFEP Family Equity

GFEP Family Equity is an invest­ment office for entre­pre­neu­rial direct invest­ments. The GFEP Family Equity part­ners invest toge­ther with HNWIs in profi­ta­ble SMEs. As a Family Equity Inves­tor, we combine the profes­sio­nal approach of a clas­si­cal PE-Inves­­tor with the value based approach of the German Mittelstand.

Gimv

The Euro­pean invest­ment company Gimv is listed on Euron­ext Brussels and invests in inno­va­tive, leading compa­nies with high growth poten­tial. Gimv supports them on their way to market leader­ship, as well as in share­hol­der chan­ges, succes­sion, asset protec­tion etc. Gimv’s sector teams are active spar­ring part­ners of the local manage­ment and hereby combine regio­nal presence with inter­na­tio­nal reach. They bundle the know-how of more than 40 years in private equity and from a large inter­na­tio­nal team of experts.

Golding Capital Partners GmbH

Golding Capi­tal Part­ners is one of Europe’s leading inde­pen­dent asset mana­gers for alter­na­tive invest­ments, focu­sing on the asset clas­ses infra­struc­ture, private credit, private equity, secon­da­ries and impact. With a team of more than 200 profes­sio­nals at its offices in Munich, Luxem­bourg, Milan, Tokyo and Zurich, Golding Capi­tal Part­ners helps insti­tu­tio­nal and profes­sio­nal inves­tors to deve­lop their invest­ment stra­tegy and mana­ges around €15 billion in assets. Its more than 230 inves­tors include pension funds, insu­rance compa­nies, foun­da­ti­ons, family offices and eccle­si­a­sti­cal insti­tu­ti­ons, as well as banks, savings banks and coope­ra­tive banks.

Golding Capital Partners GmbH

Golding Capi­tal Part­ners is one of Europe’s leading inde­pen­dent asset mana­gers for alter­na­tive invest­ments, focu­sing on the asset clas­ses infra­struc­ture, private credit, private equity, secon­da­ries and impact. With a team of more than 200 profes­sio­nals at its offices in Munich, Luxem­bourg, Milan, Tokyo and Zurich, Golding Capi­tal Part­ners helps insti­tu­tio­nal and profes­sio­nal inves­tors to deve­lop their invest­ment stra­tegy and mana­ges around €15 billion in assets. Its more than 230 inves­tors include pension funds, insu­rance compa­nies, foun­da­ti­ons, family offices and eccle­si­a­sti­cal insti­tu­ti­ons, as well as banks, savings banks and coope­ra­tive banks.

Goodwin Procter LLP

At Good­win, we live your busi­ness. We are a firm of insi­ders relent­lessly focu­sed on under­stan­ding the pulse within six indus­tries: health­care, invest­ment funds, life scien­ces, private equity, real estate, and tech­no­logy. This means that we deli­ver unpre­ce­den­ted client value through a unique combi­na­tion of indus­try know­ledge, legal excel­lence, and busi­ness advi­sory exper­tise – all powered by our high-perfor­­mance culture. Opened in 2022, our Munich office is dedi­ca­ted to expan­ding Goodwin’s German foot­print in the private equity, venture capi­tal and finan­cial indus­tries. Working closely with lawy­ers in our other Euro­pean offices and throug­hout our global firm, the Munich team offers services in German and English and provi­des clients with seam­less service across a spec­trum of sophisti­ca­ted and trans­for­ma­tive tran­sac­tions. We are a one-stop shop for premium Euro­pean private equity and venture capi­tal, as well as the finan­cing of such invest­ments. We also provide clients with a robust team of tax prac­ti­tio­ners to comple­ment these services.

GOWLING WLG

GOWLING WLG is an indus­­try-focu­­sed, inter­na­tio­nal law firm that belie­ves legal matters are inter­per­so­nal matters and that close rela­ti­onships between people and teams are neces­sary to achieve the best results in the right way. We know that our clients want legal advi­sors who think ahead and create posi­tive expe­ri­en­ces for their teams. They want to work with others who share their values and act respon­si­bly. We respond posi­tively and proac­tively to the new reali­ties of the busi­ness world, inves­t­ing in the outcome and paying atten­tion to how we get there. The Frank­furt team is an inte­gral part of GOWLING WLG’s global corpo­rate, finance, tax, and real estate prac­tice groups.
We respond posi­tively and proac­tively to the new reali­ties of the busi­ness world, inves­t­ing in the outcome and paying atten­tion to how we get there. The Frank­furt team is an inte­gral part of Gowling WLG’s global corpo­rate, finance, tax, and real estate prac­tice groups.

greenhats GmbH

greenhats is a company that specia­li­ses in provi­ding compre­hen­sive and preven­ta­tive cyber­se­cu­rity solu­ti­ons. The company focu­ses on white hack­ing, conti­nuous vulnerabi­lity test­ing and provi­ding custo­mi­sed cyber­se­cu­rity trai­ning for employees, mana­gers and IT experts.
By combi­ning the latest tech­no­lo­gies with Europe’s most highly certi­fied white hackers, greenhats provi­des effi­ci­ent protec­tion against the latest cyber­at­tacks. This takes the pres­sure off C‑level execu­ti­ves and enables IT depart­ments to fulfil their potential.

GründerRegio M e.V.

Grün­der­Re­gio M is an initia­tive of the science and busi­ness region of Munich foste­ring know­­ledge-based spin-offs and start-up compa­nies linked to insti­tu­ti­ons of higher educa­tion. Since 1998, Grün­der­Re­gio M has focu­sed its acti­vi­ties on guiding poten­tial young entre­pre­neurs from acade­mia towards a successful busi­ness career. Curr­ently, it has 35 member insti­tu­ti­ons, all support­ing through their services entre­pre­neurs and start-up compa­nies in the Munich region.
The objec­ti­ves of Grün­der­Re­gio M are: (1) Estab­li­shing a sustainable culture of entre­pre­neur­ship in the Munich region. (2) Promo­ting an infra­struc­ture that redu­ces costs and time invol­ved in setting up a busi­ness or a company. (3) Incre­asing the number of univer­sity start-ups and the number of female entre­pre­neurs. www.gr‑m.de

GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB

GÖRG is one of Germany’s leading inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms and top ranked in all core areas of busi­ness law. More than 370 lawy­ers and tax advi­sors, with many years of natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal profes­sio­nal expe­ri­ence, work at the five GÖRG offices in Berlin, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Colo­gne and Munich, advi­sing our clients perso­nally, prag­ma­ti­cally, colla­bo­ra­tively and with a high level of compe­tency. Our clients include many renow­ned natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal compa­nies, medium-sized enter­pri­ses, finan­cial inves­tors and public corpo­ra­ti­ons in all areas of busi­ness and the public sector.

H & E Kapitalbeteiligungen GmbH & Co.KG/H & E Private Equity Partners

H & E Private Equity Part­ners (H & E),founded in 1994,is a proac­tive equity inves­tor specia­li­sing in long-term part­ner­ships with medium-sized compa­nies (“Mittel­stand”) in German-spea­king countries.
H & E pursues a strong entre­pre­neu­rial approach provi­ding active manage­ment support. Active invol­vement in imple­men­ting successful owner­ship tran­si­tion descri­bes one of the core compe­ten­cies. H & E is a part­ner for growth, to be achie­ved both indi­ge­nously and through buy and build acqui­si­ti­ons of other successful market play­ers, while always main­tai­ning adequate levels of equity capi­ta­liza­tion. This role is balan­ced by the funda­men­tal convic­tion to preserve the iden­tity and inde­pen­dence of the corpo­rate entities.

H.I.G. European Capital Partners GmbH

Foun­ded in 2004, White­Horse Capi­tal provi­des senior and second lien debt for growth capi­tal, acqui­si­ti­ons, buyouts, refi­nan­cing, and balance sheet reca­pi­ta­liza­ti­ons for middle market compa­nies in the United States and Europe. White­Horse Capi­tal is the direct lending arm of H.I.G. Capi­tal with a broad mandate to provide a variety of finan­cing solu­ti­ons across a range of indus­tries and capi­tal struc­tures, to spon­­sor-led busi­nesses as well as directly to owner-operators.

H.I.G. European Capital Partners GmbH

H.I.G. Capi­tal is a leading global alter­na­tive invest­ment firm focu­sed on invest­ments in small- and mid-cap compa­nies. Since its foun­ding in 1993, H.I.G. has inves­ted in and mana­ged more than 400 compa­nies world­wide. The firm’s current port­fo­lio includes more than 100 compa­nies with combi­ned sales in excess of €45 billion.

Hannover Finanz GmbH

Hanno­ver Finanz is the equity part­ner for medium-sized family busi­nesses in Germany, Austria, and Switz­er­land, and is itself a family-run company. We have the option of remai­ning inves­ted in a company for as long as all parties deem appro­priate. In the 45 years since our foun­ding, we have successfully supported over 250 companies.

Hanno­ver Finanz has accom­pa­nied well-known compa­nies such as Fiel­mann and Ross­mann with great success in their growth, in some cases for over 20 years. Opera­ting inde­pendently of us are HF Debt GmbH (2017), which we foun­ded in the private debt sector, and HF Oppor­tu­ni­ties GmbH (2023) in the special situations/restructuring segment.

Helbling Business Advisors GmbH

Helb­ling Busi­ness Advi­sors is part of the inter­na­tio­nal Helb­ling Group, with a unique combi­na­tion of exper­tise in Manage­ment Consul­ting & Engi­nee­ring. For more than 25 years, we have been advi­sing inter­na­tio­nal busi­nesses and inves­tors compre­hen­si­vely on their M&A and corpo­rate finance tran­sac­tions, thus decisi­vely contri­bu­ting to the trans­for­ma­tion and growth of our clients. As an M&A part­ner, we advise our clients on all stra­te­gic ques­ti­ons and support them from plan­ning to closing. Our compre­hen­sive and inter­di­sci­pli­nary approach combi­nes the finan­cial, market and process exper­tise of an invest­ment bank, an M&A boutique and a stra­te­gic consultancy.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek PartGmbB

More than 400 specia­li­zed lawy­ers, tax advi­sors and nota­ries at HEUKING provide coun­seling services across eight offices, making it one of the major German commer­cial law firms. Natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal clients include medium-sized and large compa­nies from manu­fac­tu­ring, trade and the service indus­tries as well as asso­cia­ti­ons, public corpo­ra­ti­ons and discer­ning private clients. For inter­na­tio­nal projects, the law firm calls on part­ner firms from the non-exclu­­sive WSG network or on other law firms with which it coope­ra­tes on a good friends basis.

HGDF Familienholding GmbH & Co. KG

HGDF is an inde­pen­dent family busi­ness and offers a new home to successful, medium-sized compa­nies, espe­ci­ally in succes­sion situations.
In addi­tion we invest in selec­ted start-ups in order to learn about new ways of thin­king and doing busi­ness from and with young entre­pre­neurs and to support them in reali­zing their vision. Our open long-term invest­ment hori­zon enables our compa­nies to seize oppor­tu­ni­ties for sustainable and profi­ta­ble growth. We accom­pany our busi­nesses based on trust and common values.

HGDF Familienholding SE & Co.KG

HGDF is an inde­pen­dent family busi­ness and offers a new home to successful, medium-sized compa­nies, espe­ci­ally in succes­sion situations.
In addi­tion we invest in selec­ted start-ups in order to learn about new ways of thin­king and doing busi­ness from and with young entre­pre­neurs and to support them in reali­zing their vision. Our open long-term invest­ment hori­zon enables our compa­nies to seize oppor­tu­ni­ties for sustainable and profi­ta­ble growth. We accom­pany our busi­nesses based on trust and common values.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF)

HTGF is one of the leading and most active early-stage inves­tors in Germany and Europe. With its expe­ri­en­ced invest­ment team, HTGF supports start-ups in all phases of their deve­lo­p­ment into inter­na­tio­nal market leaders. HTGF invests in pre-seed and seed phases and can parti­ci­pate signi­fi­cantly in later-stage finan­cing rounds.

IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH

With the goal of streng­thening Hamburg’s start-up scene, the Inno­va­ti­ons­star­ter Fonds Hamburg invests in young inno­va­tive compa­nies in Hamburg. The fund has a volume of € 40 million. The money is provi­ded by the Free and Hansea­tic City of Hamburg and the Euro­pean Regio­nal Deve­lo­p­ment Fund (EFRE). Open-ended invest­ments in corpo­ra­ti­ons are plan­ned up to a maxi­mum of € 1.5 million (up to € 0.8 million per finan­cing round). 

Joint invest­ments with private inves­tors are possi­ble, but the fund can also invest alone. The focus is on poten­ti­ally fast-growing compa­nies from Hamburg that are less than five years old and whose busi­ness model is based on an inno­va­tive tech­no­logy deve­lo­ped in-house. Start-ups that have successfully comple­ted the seed phase have the oppor­tu­nity to invest up to € 7 million per start-up via the Inno­Ven­tu­re­Fonds (IVF). Joint parti­ci­pa­tion with private inves­tors is a manda­tory requi­re­ment in that case (pari passu).

INDUC GmbH

INDUC invests in small and medium-sized (“mittel­stän­di­sche”) compa­nies (turno­ver € 15 m – € 150 m). The firm focu­ses on special situa­tion invest­ments (incl. turn­around invest­ments) in German-spea­king count­ries and provi­des active manage­ment support. INDUC’s objec­tive is to ensure the conti­nuity of compa­nies and to drive value through restruc­tu­ring and growth.
INDUC belie­ves that active manage­ment support and invest­ments are the primary drivers of port­fo­lio company value creation.

Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP

Infle­xion is a leading inde­pen­dent Euro­pean private equity firm opera­ting exclu­si­vely in the mid-market. Infle­xion is head­quar­te­red in London.

Inner Circle Consultants

Inner Circle Consul­tants is a leading inter­na­tio­nal Execu­tive Search and Board Advi­sory firm. We serve our clients by drawing on our long and successful track record in corpo­rate gover­nance, human resour­ces manage­ment, execu­tive search and advi­sory of both execu­tive and non-execu­­tive directors.

Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB)

The Inves­­ti­­ti­ons- und Struk­tur­bank Rhein­­land-Pfalz (ISB) is the busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment agency of the state of Rhein­­land-Pfalz. Based in Mainz, ISB is respon­si­ble for busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment and housing finance.

Investitionsbank Berlin

Inves­ti­ti­ons­bank Berlin (IBB) is the deve­lo­p­ment and struc­tu­ral bank of the Fede­ral State of Berlin focu­sing on the deve­lo­p­ment of busi­ness, housing and real estate and labour market promo­tion. IBB’s busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment acti­vi­ties are geared towards loan-based and inves­t­­ment-orien­­ta­­ted forms of finance which are offe­red as revol­ving support funds. The bank prima­rily serves small and medium-sized enter­pri­ses (SMEs) and start-ups in Berlin. One focus is on the clus­ters of biotech­no­logy, medi­cal tech­no­logy, infor­ma­tion and commu­ni­ca­tion technology/media, opti­cal tech­no­lo­gies, trans­port and mobi­lity, as well as energy technology.
In addi­tion to its invest­ment promo­tion programme entit­led ‘common task to improve regio­nal econo­mic struc­ture’, IBB’s ‘Pro FIT’ programme is speci­fi­cally tail­o­red to the needs of tech­no­logy compa­nies. Through its sister company, IBB Ventures, IBB offers equity capi­tal for early-stage compa­nies. Nume­rous grant program­mes and advi­sory services provi­ded by another sister company, IBB Busi­ness Team GmbH, round off IBB’s product portfolio.

IPON­TIX COR­PO­RA­TE FI­NAN­CE Be­ra­tungs­ge­sell­schaft mbH

IPONTIX is an inde­pen­dent, part­­ner-mana­­ged consul­ting firm specia­li­zing in compre­hen­sive corpo­rate finan­cing and succes­sion solu­ti­ons. In addi­tion to company sales, we also support long-term buy & build stra­te­gies (plat­form stra­te­gies). Our compre­hen­sive range of services includes consul­ting on equity finan­cing via the capi­tal market as well as delis­ting and going private. — The exclu­sive protec­tion of our clients’ inte­rests, abso­lute discre­tion, and the long-term success of tran­sac­tions and finan­cing are always our top prio­ri­ties. — Our clients are prima­rily medium-sized compa­nies and entre­pre­neurs, often family busi­nesses, high-growth tech­no­logy compa­nies, family offices, and finan­cial investors.

IR CONSULT

Over the last 31 years our highly expe­ri­en­ced and certi­fied IR CONSULT-team has helped a large number of well-known Euro­pean compa­nies from all stock-market sectors with more than 100 successful inves­tor rela­ti­ons manda­tes and about 100 IPOs. Our focal areas are inde­pen­dent capi­tal market consul­tancy (M&A, PE, VC, exit consul­ting, company value increase etc.), place­ment advi­sory (IPO, STO, corpo­rate bonds) as well as inves­tor & credi­tor rela­ti­ons. Espe­ci­ally our unique, active and funda­men­tal IR approach with fact-book, equity story, presen­ta­tion, road­show, social media IR, inves­tors’ targe­ting and percep­tion study is highly rated by our custo­mers. Thus, we improve the realiza­tion chan­ces of all capi­tal market tran­sac­tions and acce­le­rate the decis­ion making process of the inves­tors. Finally, our custo­mers bene­fit from our well-foun­­ded capi­tal market know-how, well estab­lished inter­na­tio­nal cont­act network and our consul­tancy services with fair pricing.

IWK Communication Partner

(1) Precise and profes­sio­nal work within the infor­ma­tion and opinion markets, (2) Media­tion between our clients’ posi­tion and public opinion, (3) Part­ner for the media and for our clients (jour­na­li­stic and econo­mic thinking).
IWK has been one of Germany’s leading agen­cies in M&A commu­ni­ca­ti­ons for seve­ral years — accor­ding to Merger­mar­ket, the agency once again advi­sed the most tran­sac­tions in Germany in 2024. IWK’s current clients include Alix­Part­ners, bmh Betei­­li­­gungs-Mana­ge­­men­t­­ge­­sel­l­­schaft Hessen, BU, Eight Advi­sory, Execu­tive Inte­rim Part­ners (EIP), FSN Capi­tal Part­ners, Gimv, Hamil­ton Lane, MP Corpo­rate Finance, SF-Filter, Spen­cer Stuart, Syntra Corpo­rate Finance, VR Equi­typ­art­ner and Water­land Private Equity.

Jorquera, Kraft & Company GmbH

To avoid disrup­ti­ons in the market, Jorquera, Kraft & Company guaran­tees abso­lute confi­den­tia­lity throug­hout the entire process. Once a tran­sac­tion is comple­ted, the results remain confi­den­tial. Each tran­sac­tion is imple­men­ted exclu­si­vely for each single client. The exclu­sion of conflicts of inte­rest is guaran­teed. Jorquera, Kraft & Company releases infor­ma­tion on comple­ted tran­sac­tions exclu­si­vely on a case by case basis and only after prior consul­ta­tion and coor­di­na­tion with its clients. As a matter of prin­ci­ple, such infor­ma­tion is not publi­ci­zed to a wide audi­ence for adver­ti­sing purposes.

Kraan&Associates

Kraan & Asso­cia­tes is a consul­ting firm specia­li­zed in execu­tive search and manage­ment solu­ti­ons with a distinct focus on the private equity envi­ron­ment. With profound exper­tise in C‑level place­ments and a deep under­stan­ding of the speci­fic requi­re­ments of port­fo­lio compa­nies, Kraan & Asso­cia­tes supports inves­tors and entre­pre­neurs in selec­ting and deve­lo­ping senior leader­ship. The firm deli­vers private equity-compli­­ant manage­ment solu­ti­ons and draws on exten­sive market know­ledge gained from nume­rous execu­tive appoint­ments across Germany and inter­na­tio­nally. In addi­tion, Kraan & Asso­cia­tes connects mana­gers and inves­tors in the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of profi­ta­ble invest­ment targets within the respec­tive manager’s network. Clients bene­fit from a high success rate in sourcing indus­try specia­lists, combi­ned with an entre­pre­neu­rial mind­set, effi­ci­ency, inter­na­tio­nal reach, and rapid response capa­bi­li­ties. Further­more, Kraan & Asso­cia­tes provi­des project-speci­­fic staf­fing solu­ti­ons – for instance, for commer­cial due dili­gence, project teams during the first 100 days, change manage­ment initia­ti­ves, or exit preparations.

KROLL

KROLL provi­des to his clients a way to build, protect and maxi­mize value through our trus­ted exper­tise span­ning risk, gover­nance, tran­sac­tions, board advi­sory, busi­ness trans­for­ma­tion and valua­tion. With KROLL, we have over 6,500 profes­sio­nals in over 30 count­ries worldwide.

Kärcher New Venture Alfred Kärcher SE & Co.KG

Kärcher New Ventures brings people, ideas, busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties, and capi­tal toge­ther. We support young compa­nies and teams with ground­brea­king product, mate­rial, or service-rela­­ted solu­ti­ons for future chal­lenges in the clea­ning indus­try. These can be new clea­ning methods, digi­tal clea­ning solu­ti­ons, soft­ware and hard­ware, or even sustainable busi­ness models.
www.kaercher.com/de/inside-kaercher/unternehmen/innovation/new-ventures

L.E.K. Consulting GmbH

Foun­ded in London in 1983, L.E.K. has grown to become one of the world’s leading stra­tegy consul­tancies with over 2,300 consul­ting staff and 27 offices across the globe. L.E.K.’s exper­tise in serving nume­rous compa­nies, private equity firms as well as their port­fo­lio compa­nies and funds with focus on orga­nic growth stra­te­gies, M&A and perfor­mance impro­ve­ment is parti­cu­larly sought after, comple­ting approx. 2,000 projects globally in 2025. The firm’s global network covers every indus­try, although L.E.K.’s sector focus varies by geogra­phy. In Munich, the focus is on the manu­fac­tu­ring indus­try (most nota­bly pack­a­ging, cons­truc­tion, indus­try auto­ma­tion), trans­for­ma­tion of energy manage­ment, Life Scien­ces, MedTech, and Health­care Services. The topics of orga­niza­tion, perfor­mance and digi­tiza­tion are offe­red as focal points across all indus­try segments. 90% of project work resul­ting from repeat busi­ness or refer­rals is firm testim­ony. L.E.K.’s broad expe­ri­ence ensu­res that the clients’ chal­lenges are iden­ti­fied, appro­priate solu­ti­ons are adopted, and timely solu­ti­ons are developed.

Legian Investment Partner AG

Legian Invest­ment Part­ner is an inde­pen­dent equity invest­ment firm based in Switz­er­land. We provide a new home for small and mid-sized busi­nesses upon change of owner­ship, typi­cally as a result of succes­sion plan­ning or non-core corpo­rate dispo­sals. We invest in well-posi­­tio­­ned busi­nesses in Germany and Switz­er­land with an EBIT of € 1 million to € 10 million.
We add sustainable value to our port­fo­lio compa­nies for the bene­fit of share-holders, employees and customers.

Lehel Partners Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG

Lehel Part­ners is an owner-mana­­ged, small and medium-sized busi­ness orien­ta­ted M&A-/corporate finance house arran­ging sell- or buy-side corpo­rate tran­sac­tions, finan­cial restruc­tu­rings and finan­cing projects. Further focus is on the struc­tu­ring of equity invest­ments and their funding, due dili­gence, nego­tia­ti­ons and deal moni­to­ring. With more than 90 years of profes­sio­nal expe­ri­ence as mana­gers of small and medium-sized busi­nesses, bankers, invest­ment mana­gers and entre­pre­neurs, we have outstan­ding expe­ri­ence and a huge cont­act network, which we will also use in atypi­cal situa­tions to achieve the best possi­ble results for our clients.

Liberta Partners

Liberta Part­ners is a multi-family holding foun­ded by entre­pre­neurs. We acquire compa­nies with stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial. Through inten­sive support and our exten­sive network, we guide these compa­nies towards a sustainable growth. Our focus is on compa­nies with reve­nues ranging from € 20 million to € 200 million, head­quar­te­red in the DACH region.

Lindsay Goldberg Europe GmbH

Lind­say Gold­berg Europe is the Central Europe advi­sor to New York based Lind­say Gold­berg, which controls commit­ted equity capi­tal of approx. $ 20 bn over­all since its foun­da­tion in 2002. We do not focus on quick returns on our investments.

Livingstone Partners GmbH

Living­stone is an inter­na­tio­nal mid-market M&A and debt advi­sory firm with more than 1,000 comple­ted tran­sac­tions world­wide. With deep indus­try exper­tise, exten­sive global coverage, and dedi­ca­ted teams, Living­stone advi­ses entre­pre­neurs, medium-sized compa­nies, corpo­ra­ti­ons & private equity inves­tors on all tasks rela­ted to the acqui­si­tion, sale, and finan­cing of medium-sized transactions.

LM Audit & Tax GmbH

LM Audit & Tax GmbH as a tax compli­ance boutique specia­li­ses in tax compli­ance and admi­nis­tra­tion of private equity and real estate funds. Moreo­ver, we provide our services to wealthy private clients (family offices). Head­quar­te­red in Munich, we have a strong focus on natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal busi­ness. Legal services are provi­ded by LM Law Rechts­an­walts­ge­sell­schaft mbH (www.lmlaw.de).

loyos bi GmbH

With the loyos bi Finan­cial Manage­ment Suite (FMS), we offer a modern and profes­sio­nal finan­cial report­ing solu­tion speci­fi­cally for the requi­re­ments of mid-cap invest­ments and SMEs. In addi­tion to stan­dard reports for P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, KPIs such as net debt, leverage and equity value are also auto­ma­ti­cally calcu­la­ted. Buy & Build concepts are supported by FMS with a clever group conso­li­da­tion function.

MAASS Consulting GmbH

MAASS Consul­ting focu­ses on the follo­wing indus­tries: Elec­tri­cal, Elec­tro­nics, IT, Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons; Products / Services: (Cloud) Soft­ware (B2B, B2C)

Marondo Capital GmbH

We offer scaling solu­ti­ons for growth compa­nies in the DACH region with the neces­sary finan­cing. Thanks to our opera­tio­nal expe­ri­ence as mana­ging direc­tors and our tech­no­lo­gi­cal back­ground, we are compe­tent and cons­truc­tive invest­ment part­ners. Toge­ther with our stake­hol­ders, we create added value. Market expan­sion stra­te­gies in the Dual Use and KRITIS sectors.

Maturus Finance GmbH

Maturus Finance GmbH is a bank-inde­­pen­­dent finance company and has been offe­ring inno­va­tive ways of corpo­rate finance since 2005. The finan­cial service provi­der is the cont­act for medium-sized produc­tion compa­nies and retail­ers who are looking for alter­na­ti­ves to exis­ting bank connec­tions within the frame­work of their current finan­cing struc­ture and who want to expand their entre­pre­neu­rial scope. Finan­cing solu­ti­ons are offe­red from a volume of € 250,000 to € 15 million, in indi­vi­dual cases even beyond. This gene­rally corre­sponds to a turno­ver size of the compa­nies of between € 5 million and € 200 million.
Maturus Finance GmbH has its head­quar­ters in Hamburg, Germany, and has also been repre­sen­ted in Austria since 2015.

Maturus Finance GmbH

Maturus Finance GmbH is a bank-inde­­pen­­dent finance company and has been offe­ring inno­va­tive ways of corpo­rate finance since 2005. The finan­cial service provi­der is the cont­act for medium-sized produc­tion compa­nies and retail­ers who are looking for alter­na­ti­ves to exis­ting bank connec­tions within the frame­work of their current finan­cing struc­ture and who want to expand their entre­pre­neu­rial scope. Maturus Finance GmbH has its head­quar­ters in Hamburg, Germany, and has also been repre­sen­ted in Austria since 2015.

MAYLAND AG — Mergers & Acquisitions

MAYLAND deve­lops indi­vi­dual solu­ti­ons for selling and acqui­ring entire busi­nesses or busi­ness divi­si­ons and accom­plishes the tran­sac­tions in close colla­bo­ra­tion with the proprie­tors and the manage­ment of our custo­mers. In the course of such a natio­nal or inter­na­tio­nal project, MAYLAND assu­mes the struc­tu­red manage­ment of all proces­ses and coor­di­na­tes all services for a successful closing of the transaction.

MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg GmbH

MBG is one of the largest private equity inves­tors in Germany. Invest­ments are in the inte­rest of the public and MBG is part­ner of SMEs. Invest­ment is € 200 million in nearly 600 enter­pri­ses based in the Fede­ral State of Baden Wuerttemberg.
MBG supports growth and inno­va­tion projects as well as company succes­sion and start-ups with mezza­nine capi­tal like silent part­ner­ships. For inno­va­tive start-ups MBG provi­des venture capi­tal in the form of open invest­ment. Share­hol­ders are cham­bers, asso­cia­ti­ons and credit institutes.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Leading orga­niza­ti­ons turn to global law firm McDer­mott Will & Schulte for a better way to address legal chal­lenges, connect with those at the fore­front, and drive stron­ger outco­mes. Working across more than 20 offices globally, our 1,750+ lawy­ers act on data-driven insights, deep rela­ti­onships, and unmat­ched indus­try expe­ri­ence to deli­ver on our commit­ment of Always Better. Our busi­­ness-savvy lawy­ers draw on their skills and years of expe­ri­ence to address the full spec­trum of commer­cial law matters. McDer­mott Germany is part of a large inter­na­tio­nal network offe­ring effec­tive advice and inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons across prac­ti­ces and borders.

Milbank LLP

Milbank LLP is a leading inter­na­tio­nal law firm. With eleven offices in Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Asia, we are repre­sen­ted in the most important finan­cial and econo­mic centers of the world. We advise listed compa­nies, medium-sized enter­pri­ses, finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons and global inves­tors on corporate/M&A, finance, anti­trust and tax law. For more than 150 years our inte­gra­ted approach has been key to deli­ve­ring client-focu­­sed service, outstan­ding legal exper­tise and crea­tive solutions.

Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt mbH

Acqui­si­tion of typi­cal silent part­ner­ships with a term of up to 10.0 years, gene­rally up to € 1.0 million, in excep­tio­nal cases up to € 2.5 million.

Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Thüringen mbH

We offer hidden equity for the estab­lish­ment or conso­li­da­tion of compa­nies with amounts of up to € 1.5 million. With our program we support equity and the finan­cial scope of firms. Our long-term invol­vement faci­li­ta­tes steady and sustained growth. This helps the entre­pre­neur to tie quali­fied employees and mana­gers to the firm. Direct equity of up to € 300,000, hidden equity of up to € 1.5 million, micro-mezza­­nine capi­tal from € 10,000 to € 100,000.

Munich Startup

Munich Startup is the offi­cial start-up portal for Munich and the surroun­ding region. It was deve­lo­ped by the City of Munich, the Cham­ber of Commerce and Indus­try for Munich and Upper Bava­ria, and the four entre­pre­neur­ship centers of the Munich univer­si­ties within the frame­work of the Entre­pre­neur­ship Stra­tegy Munich. The portal is run by Münch­ner Gewer­­be­hof- und Tech­no­lo­gie­zen­trum GmbH (MGH), the orga­niza­tion that opera­tes Munich’s indus­try centers.
The portal has become the stan­dard initial point of (virtual) cont­act for start-ups in and around Munich. It stri­ves to present both content and play­ers objec­tively, inde­pendently and transparently.

Nachfolgekontor GmbH

Nach­fol­ge­kon­tor, a leading M&A advi­sory firm and part of the Syntra Group, specia­li­zes in succes­sion solu­ti­ons for small and medium-sized, predo­mi­nantly owner-mana­­ged busi­nesses. The team advi­ses mid-sized compa­nies from a wide range of indus­tries on company acqui­si­ti­ons and sales, rely­ing on a fully inde­pen­dent advi­sory approach that is inde­pen­dent of banks and other inte­rest groups. The sales process is tail­o­red to the speci­fic needs of busi­ness owners who are often still opera­tio­nally invol­ved in the busi­ness. These entre­pre­neurs also bene­fit from the project team’s exten­sive expe­ri­ence – both across sectors and within the Syntra Group – as well as the award-winning, anony­mous bidding process.

NC Management GmbH

Nord­wind Growth is one of the first German-based growth funds and has many years of successful expe­ri­ence in scaling and expan­ding growth compa­nies. The inves­tors of Nord­wind Growth are, among others, well-known entre­pre­neurs as well as indus­trial fami­lies, who are happy to make their expe­ri­ence and network available to the port­fo­lio companies.

New Commercial Room Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

New Commer­cial Room is an early-stage venture capi­tal company that focu­ses on invest­ments in high-growth compa­nies at the edge of busi­ness and tech­no­lo­gi­cal inno­va­tion in the German-spea­king region. We invest in compa­nies led by passio­nate and highly profes­sio­nal people who are pursuing widely accepted progress in tech­no­logy, consu­mer, health­care and clean-tech markets. The members of our part­ner­ship are successful inves­tors and entre­pre­neurs who built ventures from scratch, raised private capi­tal and mana­ged public compa­nies. In addi­tion, the team repres­ents years of venture capi­tal inves­t­ing experience.

Nexia GmbH

Nexia GmbH is one of the leading medium-sized audi­ting and tax consul­ting firms in Germany. With more than 500 employees, inclu­ding over 120 profes­sio­nals, we are repre­sen­ted at 10 offices. We are part of the inter­na­tio­nal Nexia network, which is one of the leading networks of inde­pen­dent audi­ting and consul­ting firms with more than 185 member compa­nies in over 120 countries.

Novum Capital

Novum Capi­tal supports mid-sized compa­nies with mini­mum € 5 m EBITDA as an equity inves­tor or through finan­cing for expan­si­ons, restruc­tu­ring or recapitalisation.

NPM Capital

NPM Capi­tal is an inde­pen­dent invest­ment firm that helps medium-sized and large compa­nies in the Bene­lux region, and since 2025 also in the DACH region, realize their ambi­ti­ons and build the busi­nesses of the future. As part of SHV Holding, one of the largest Dutch family groups, we have access to a strong capi­tal base, can offer a long-term orien­ted invest­ment approach and focus on family busi­ness values such as trust, respon­si­bi­lity and acting as equals.

NRW.BANK

NRW.BANK is the promo­tio­nal bank of North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia. In close part­ner­ship with its owner, the State of North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia, it supports people, compa­nies and public autho­ri­ties with a wide range of promo­tio­nal instru­ments – from low-inte­­rest loans and equity finan­cing to advi­sory services and grants. It coope­ra­tes with its finan­cing part­ners, in parti­cu­lar all banks and savings banks, on a compe­­ti­­tion-neutral basis.
The promo­tio­nal fields of NRW.BANK are “Economy”, “Housing” and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. In order to acce­le­rate the trans­for­ma­tion proces­ses, the promo­tio­nal bank provi­des effec­tive promo­tio­nal impul­ses – for a sustainable, climate-neutral and digi­tal North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia. NRW.BANK finan­ces its finan­cial and advi­sory services largely out of its own income and thus inde­pendently of the state budget. As of Decem­ber 31, 2024, its total assets amoun­ted to 161.8 billion euros. NRW.BANK has more than 1,600 employees at two loca­ti­ons in Düssel­dorf and Münster.

NRW.BANK

NRW.BANK is the promo­tio­nal bank of North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia (NRW). Working in close part­ner­ship with its owner, the state of North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia, it provi­des inno­va­tive start-ups with the finan­cial support they need to ensure, that every good idea in the fede­ral state recei­ves the right funding.

NRW.Global Business GmbH

The state-owned trade and invest­ment agency NRW.Global Busi­ness is part­ner for all compa­nies when it comes to invest­ment projects and sett­ling in North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia as well as deve­lo­ping inter­na­tio­nal growth markets. NRW.Global Busi­ness conducts inter­na­tio­nal loca­tion marke­ting for North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia and promo­tes foreign direct invest­ment here world­wide. The experts at NRW.Global Busi­ness support inves­tors in tax and legal matters and provide detailed infor­ma­tion on the econo­mic struc­ture and indus­try clus­ters. They analyze invest­ment plans, iden­tify suita­ble loca­ti­ons and accom­pany an invest­ment project from the first step to successful sett­le­ment and beyond. In close coor­di­na­tion with its part­ners, NRW.Global Busi­ness provi­des a variety of measu­res tail­o­red to the compa­nies’ needs: It is respon­si­ble for the orga­ni­sa­tion of joint trade fair presen­ta­ti­ons abroad as well as the coor­di­na­tion and support of inter­na­tio­nal trade dele­ga­ti­ons from North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia to foreign count­ries. Nume­rous other indus­try infor­ma­tion and brokerage events offer compa­nies addi­tio­nal assis­tance in setting up and expan­ding inter­na­tio­nal business.

ODEWALD KMU Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH

The ODEWALD KMU I Fund was estab­lished in 2008 € 150 million) and is an inde­pen­dent private equity company focus­sing on medium-sized compa­nies in the DACH region. The current ODEWALD KMU II Fund mana­ges capi­tal of € 200 million. At the same time deal-by-deal oppor­tu­ni­ties are reviewed and imple­men­ted. Targe­ted compa­nies are profi­ta­ble, fast-growing with an entre­pre­neu­ri­ally minded and successful manage­ment and have a strong market posi­tion in their niche. Typi­cal invest­ment ratio­na­les are succes­sion plans and/or growth/expansion finan­cing. The manage­ment company is led by the mana­ging part­ners with a long-proven track record of opera­ting and top manage­ment experience.

OMMAX GmbH

OMMAX is a fast-growing digi­tal stra­tegy consul­tancy in Europe, specia­li­zing in tran­sac­tion advi­sory, stra­tegy, value crea­tion, tech & AI trans­for­ma­tion. Our mission is to build digi­tal leaders with the over­all objec­tive of driving inno­va­tion and acce­le­ra­ting digi­tal growth and profi­ta­bi­lity. Over the past 14 years, we reali­zed 300+ M&A deals with > 20 billion euros deal value and 3,000+ inter­na­tio­nal value crea­tion projects in various indus­tries for leading private equity firms in digi­tal and commer­cial readi­ness assess­ment, and “exit readi­ness”, meaning the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of value crea­tion leavers to support the equity story and maxi­mize evalua­tion. As a front-runner for holi­stic data-driven stra­tegy consul­ting and end-to-end execu­tion, we are the leading consul­tancy within the Euro­pean Private Equity sphere, desig­ning and deli­ve­ring best-in-class digi­tal stra­tegy, value crea­tion, AI & tech transformation.

Optimal Price GmbH

A pricing model deve­lo­ped with the MUTUVAL® solu­tion increa­ses your custo­mers’ willing­ness to pay, enhan­ces the percei­ved value of your AI and SaaS offer, clearly empha­si­zes the bene­fits, and is precis­ely tail­o­red to your custo­mers’ needs. It dyna­mi­cally scales with your company’s growth and success, foste­ring a colla­bo­ra­tive rela­ti­onship with your customers.
The MUTUVAL® solu­tion is desi­gned holi­sti­cally, ensu­ring that all essen­tial elements of a value-based pricing model are inte­gra­ted into your pricing stra­tegy. This makes your AI and SaaS services more attrac­tive to custo­mers, speeds up purcha­sing decis­i­ons, increa­ses product usage, and boosts sales of addi­tio­nal services as well as contract rene­wal rates. Addi­tio­nally, you receive a frame­work that fosters a shared under­stan­ding of value-based AI and SaaS pricing within your company, faci­li­ta­ting buy-in from all inter­nal stakeholders.

Paragon Partners

Para­gon Part­ners is one of the leading, inde­pen­dent private equity firms in Europe. We invest in estab­lished Mittel­stand compa­nies with a proven and sustainable busi­ness model. Since 2004, we have successfully inves­ted in more than 50 compa­nies across Europe.

Patrimonium Asset Management AG

Patri­mo­nium is a leading provi­der of private credit in German spea­king Europe. Since 2006, more than 200 Mittel­stand compa­nies have been finan­ced with debt instru­ments with a total volume of more than € 2 bn.

Patrimonium Asset Management AG

Patri­mo­nium is one of the leading provi­ders of Private Equity and Private Credit in the German-spea­king area with more than 200 tran­sac­tions in the German Mittel­stand. The Private Equity Team has successfully inves­ted over € 500 million equity in mid-sized compa­nies. The current Patri­mo­nium Private Equity Fund invests in compa­nies with reve­nues of approx. € 20 million to € 100 million.

Pava Partners Germany AG

Pava Part­ners is one of the leading Euro­pean M&A and Debt Advi­sory firms for tech­­no­­logy-driven and dyna­mi­cally growing small to medium-sized compa­nies. Pava Part­ners compri­ses 14 part­ners, 3 indus­try experts, and more than 60 team members – as a team of specia­lists, we combine more than twenty years of inter­na­tio­nal expe­ri­ence from hundreds of tran­sac­tions. We are a trus­ted and inde­pen­dent part­ner for entre­pre­neurs, inves­tors, and corpo­ra­tes and their stra­te­gic ambi­ti­ons. We share the passion for entre­pre­neur­ship. As former and active entre­pre­neurs and bankers, we under­stand the needs of our clients and their perspec­ti­ves, and thus create real added value in every single transaction.

PEBCO AG precise.consulting

PEBCO AG is a consul­ting company focu­sed on family busi­nesses and SMEs. With many years of expe­ri­ence, we relia­bly support our clients from the outset as a prac­­tice-orien­­ted and inde­pen­dent advi­sor in all ques­ti­ons of stra­te­gic, busi­ness and finan­cial orien­ta­tion. Thanks to our own entre­pre­neu­rial expe­ri­ence and many years of working in various sectors, we under­stand the needs of compa­nies, finan­cial inves­tors and banks and combine the diffe­rent inte­rests into profi­ta­ble ideas. Our metho­do­lo­gi­cal exper­tise, indus­try know­ledge and imple­men­ta­tion strength lead to prac­ti­cal and feasi­ble solu­ti­ons. It is not for nothing that we have alre­ady recei­ved seve­ral awards in a custo­mer study. Lasting solu­ti­ons can only be deve­lo­ped toge­ther. PEBCO – PEople Build COmpanies.

Perusa GmbH

Perusa is a Euro­pean Private Equity house specia­li­zed in the acqui­si­tion and deve­lo­p­ment of mid-sized compa­nies in the German-spea­king count­ries. Perusa is sector-agno­­stic and invests in mid-sized compa­nies in trans­for­ma­tion situa­tions and/or with opera­tio­nal impro­ve­ment poten­tial. Focu­sing on sustainable long-term deve­lo­p­ment requi­ring a high degree of share­hol­der invol­vement and support.

PINOVA Capital GmbH

PINOVA Capi­tal is an inde­pen­dent private equity firm inves­t­ing in high-growth tech­no­logy compa­nies in German-spea­king regions.

PINOVA focu­ses on “Mittel­stand” compa­nies with sales between € 10 million and € 50 million in the sector of indus­trial tech­no­logy (High Tech Compon­ents, Inno­va­tive as well as Smart Systems), charac­te­ri­zed by signi­fi­cant growth poten­tial, sustainable compe­ti­tive advan­ta­ges and a strong market posi­tion in their niche.

Platinum Partners GmbH

As an inde­pen­dent corpo­rate finance advi­sory firm with “senior approach” we focus on long-term and trustful rela­ti­onships with our clients. Our clients comprise larger German Mid-Caps and Wealthy Fami­lies. In that context we parti­ally also act as a spar­ring part­ner in stra­te­gic ques­ti­ons. Due to the range of our services, comple­men­ted by those provi­ded by “Crowe Global”, the eighth largest world­wide network of audit‑, tax‑, and advi­sory services with 640 offices in over 100 count­ries, we are able to assist our clients in a coor­di­na­ted and compre­hen­sive way. Apart from our asso­cia­tion with Crowe and its own inter­na­tio­nal M&A‑Network, we are members of further inter­na­tio­nal corpo­rate finance networks, such as (1) “Alli­ance of Mergers & Acqui­si­tion Advi­sors” (AM&AA ); (2) “Asso­cia­tion for Corpo­rate Growth” (AGG). Further­more we have a coope­ra­tion with West­fä­li­sche Corpo­rate Finance GmbH, Halle (West­fa­len).

POELLATH

POELLATH is known for market-leading, high-end advice on tran­sac­tions and asset manage­ment. Our more than 180 profes­sio­nals offer legal and tax advice from a single source. We not only know the law, but also shape best prac­tice in the market toge­ther with our clients. In doing so, we use our profound exper­tise and econo­mic under­stan­ding to deve­lop resi­li­ent and inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons, incre­asingly supported by legal tech products deve­lo­ped in-house. Your added value: cost-effi­ci­ent advice with the highest quali­ta­tive stan­dards. Our profes­sio­nals are regu­larly listed in natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal rankings as leading advi­sors in their fields. Some of our part­ners are members of the super­vi­sory and advi­sory boards of well-known compa­nies. Clients appre­ciate our unrest­ric­ted avai­la­bi­lity and clear advice. As an inter­na­tio­nal opera­ting busi­ness and tax law firm, we offer our clients an inter­na­tio­nal network. We are inde­pen­dent and not part of an exclu­sive network. We are thus able to work with the leading advi­sors in all major juris­dic­tions at any time. At the same time, it also allows us to work with your favou­rite advisors.

PRIMEPULSE SE

PRIMEPULSE is the entre­pre­neu­rial growth part­ner for mid-sized IT and IT services compa­nies (B2B). Head­quar­te­red in Munich and backed by an inter­na­tio­nal network, we work side by side with ambi­tious entre­pre­neurs across the DACH region. We invest in entre­pre­neurs and their teams who expand into new markets, or future-proof their estab­lished compa­nies – colla­bo­ra­tively, at eye level, and with true entre­pre­neu­rial under­stan­ding. As the invest­ment plat­form of the foun­ders of TecDAX-listed IT service provi­der CANCOM, we combine capi­tal with stra­te­gic exper­tise and hands-on opera­tio­nal know-how.

PRIMEPULSE SE

PRIMEPULSE is the entre­pre­neu­rial growth part­ner for mid-sized IT and IT services compa­nies (B2B). Head­quar­te­red in Munich and backed by an inter­na­tio­nal network, we work side by side with ambi­tious entre­pre­neurs across the DACH region. We invest in ambi­tious mid-sized entre­pre­neurs and their teams who aim to grow, expand into new markets, or future-proof their estab­lished companies—collaboratively, at eye level, and with true entre­pre­neu­rial understanding.

As the invest­ment plat­form of the foun­ders of CANCOM SE—a publicly listed IT service provi­der on Germany’s TecDAX—we combine capi­tal with stra­te­gic exper­tise and hands-on opera­tio­nal know-how.

Private Equity Forum NRW e.V.

The Private Equity Forum NRW sees itself as a plat­form and cata­lyst for venture capi­tal and private equity in North Rhine-West­­pha­­lia. In its func­tion as an inter­di­sci­pli­nary network, the PEF brings trans­pa­rency to the regio­nal finan­cing scene by brin­ging toge­ther supply and demand, ther­eby making it easier for its members to gene­rate business. 

The members of the asso­cia­tion are among the active opinion leaders in the venture capi­tal and private equity indus­try. These include invest­ment compa­nies, banks, large law firms and specia­li­sed consul­tants. In keeping with the claim of a certain “club charac­ter”, the asso­cia­tion has (only) around 45 members. This enables truly inten­sive bila­te­ral dialo­gue and genuine networ­king. This close circle is in turn networked with well over 5,000 addres­ses in NRW and thus ensu­res the appro­priate disse­mi­na­tion of know­ledge, support and contacts.

PT1

PT1 is a fully inde­pen­dent venture capi­tal firm that focu­ses on pre-seed & seed invest­ments in trans­for­ma­tive real asset tech­no­lo­gies. Real assets (real estate, infra­struc­ture and energy) are under­go­ing a profound trans­for­ma­tion caused by the incre­asing scar­city of natu­ral resour­ces, carbon budgets, square metres and skil­led labour. PT1 invests in #Futur­ebuil­ders, start­ups bene­fit­ting from these mega­trends by serving the high econo­mic, social and poli­ti­cal demand through scalable solutions.
Using its proprie­tary AI-enab­­led deal flow data­base, PT1 finds, funds and fosters real asset inno­va­tions. PT1 consists of a pan-Euro­­pean, entre­pre­neu­rial team that is supported by expe­ri­en­ced Venture Part­ners with diverse back­grounds ranging from unicorn foun­ders to indus­try veterans and invest­ment experts, crea­ting a rich pool of wisdom, track record and network.

QCP Quantum Capital Partners GmbH

QCP is a fast-growing inter­na­tio­nal invest­ment firm based in Munich with addi­tio­nal offices in Hamburg and Madrid. QCP recently laun­ched its third fund gene­ra­tion, swiftly gaining trac­tion through first successful invest­ments in 2025. 

QCP focu­ses on busi­nesses with considera­ble deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial, for instance non-performing assets from large conglo­me­ra­tes (corpo­rate carve-outs). We focus on majo­rity stakes, inter­na­tio­na­liza­tion and growth oppor­tu­ni­ties for our port­fo­lio businesses.

Quirin Privatbank AG

Our Invest­ment Banking advi­ses SMEs in the prepa­ra­tion and execu­tion of capi­tal market tran­sac­tions. Besi­des a profound analy­sis of our clients’ current situa­tion, we evaluate alter­na­tive finan­cing opti­ons and struc­tu­ring of the tran­sac­tion in all aspects. We offer a successful place­ment of the tran­sac­tion, inclu­ding ongo­ing support after execution.

Redonis Tax Law Audit

When acqui­ring compa­nies and inves­t­ing in alter­na­tive assets, finan­cial, legal, and above all tax aspects are closely intert­wi­ned. Ther­e­fore, we work in small part­­ner-led consul­ting teams consis­ting of tax advi­sors, audi­tors, lawy­ers, and finan­cial experts, and apply our cross-over exper­tise in a conden­sed and focu­sed manner in every phase of an invest­ment project – from initial nego­tia­ti­ons, through due dili­gence and company valua­tion, to contract draf­ting. This results in solu­ti­ons that are legally sound, tax-opti­­mi­­zed, and econo­mic­ally viable. Depen­ding on the target, the indus­try, and the tran­sac­tion struc­ture, we tailor the appro­priate range of our consul­ting services to your indi­vi­dual needs.
Since 1932, we have been provi­ding our clients with inter­di­sci­pli­nary advice as a one-stop shop for all tax, legal, and econo­mic matters.
Since 2025 Redo­nis is a prowd member of the inter­na­tio­nal advi­sory asso­ca­tion of Prime­Glo­bal, a world­wide asso­cia­tion of inde­pen­dent tax advi­sors and auditors.

Reed Smith LLP

Reed Smith is a dyna­mic inter­na­tio­nal law firm with more than 1,700 lawy­ers in over 30 offices world­wide. In Germany, we are based in Munich and Frank­furt with appro­xi­m­ately 50 lawy­ers. As a full-service law firm, we advise our clients, which include leading inter­na­tio­nal corpo­ra­ti­ons and funds, on all matters of natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal busi­ness law. One of the main areas of our advi­sory services is M&A and private equity. Our deep indus­try know­ledge, long-stan­­ding rela­ti­onships and colla­bo­ra­tive struc­ture with inte­gra­ted prac­tice groups make us the go-to part­ner for our clients’ most complex matters.

Reimann Investors

Reimann Inves­tors is the family office and corpo­rate holding of members of the Reimann entre­pre­neu­rial family, who sold their shares in the family
busi­ness in the late 1990s. We focus our invest­ments on two areas: capi­tal market invest­ments and B2B soft­ware and Fintech start­ups, from Series A to growth stage.

Reimann Investors

Reimann Inves­tors is the family office and corpo­rate holding of members of the Reimann entre­pre­neu­rial family, who sold their shares in the family busi­ness in the late 1990s. We focus our invest­ments on two areas: capi­tal market invest­ments and B2B soft­ware and Fintech start-ups, from Series A to growth stage.

Rigeto Unternehmerkapital GmbH

Rigeto Unter­neh­mer­ka­pi­tal advi­ses selec­ted entre­pre­neurs and family offices, provi­ding long-term capi­tal to profi­ta­ble compa­nies with signi­fi­cant growth poten­tial. Port­fo­lio compa­nies, advi­sed by Rigeto, are not subject to any holding period. Our ambi­tion is to preserve an entrepreneur’s life­time achie­ve­ment and to trans­form the compa­nies into true indus­try leaders.

Rigeto Unternehmerkapital GmbH

Rigeto Unter­neh­mer­ka­pi­tal advi­ses selec­ted entre­pre­neurs and family offices, provi­ding long­term capi­tal to profi­ta­ble compa­nies with signi­fi­cant growth poten­tial. Port­fo­lio compa­nies, advi­sed by Rigeto, are not subject to any holding period. Our ambi­tion is to preserve an entrepreneur’s life­time achie­ve­ment and to trans­form the compa­nies into true indus­try leaders.

Rivean Capital Advisory GmbH

Rivean Capi­tal (form­erly Gilde Buy Out Part­ners), advi­sed by Rivean Capi­tal Advi­sory GmbH, is a leading inde­pen­dent mid-market private equity invest­ment firm in Europe with mana­ged funds well in excess of € 5 billion. 

We focus on invest­ments in medium-sized compa­nies in our core markets DACH, BeNe­Lux and Italy. Apart from local exper­tise, our invest­ment profes­sio­nals in Frankfurt/Main (DE), Zug (CH), Amster­dam (NL), Brussels (BE) and Milan (IT) provide busi­ness part­ners of Rivean Capi­tal with broad inter­na­tio­nal support. Since its foun­da­tion in 1982, Rivean Capi­tal has successfully inves­ted in more than 250 compa­nies in various industries.

Robert W. Baird GmbH

Robert W. Baird (“Baird”) offers its clients inde­pen­dent and indi­vi­dual advi­sory services as well as sector-speci­­fic solu­ti­ons in the fields of mergers & acqui­si­ti­ons, debt advi­sory, capi­tal markets and finan­cing. Clients bene­fit in parti­cu­lar from Baird’s tran­­sac­­tion-based sector expe­ri­ence as well as the company’s global setup. With offices in the USA, Asia and Europe, Baird is able to offer both regio­nal exper­tise and seam­less tran­sac­tion execu­tion in its inter­na­tio­nal advi­sory approach. In close coope­ra­tion with colle­agues in the USA and Asia, the Euro­pean team (London + Frank­furt) advi­ses medium-sized compa­nies, private equity inves­tors, natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal conglo­me­ra­tes as well as family offices. Baird is wholly employee-owned.

Rödl & Partner

Our project team is made up of tran­sac­tion advi­sors (finan­cial), lawy­ers, tax advi­sors and M&A consul­tants, depen­ding on the requi­re­ments of the tran­sac­tion. We support our clients in natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal tran­sac­tions, in the purchase and sale of compa­nies and share­hol­dings, in joint ventures and stra­te­gic alli­ances, in finan­cing and IPOs, in the acqui­si­tion or reali­sa­tion of real estate assets, in restruc­tu­ring and turn­arounds. Rödl & Part­ner has relied on the inter­di­sci­pli­nary and cross-border approach of its global tran­sac­tion teams since the company was foun­ded. Our strengths are (1) compre­hen­sive exper­tise in analy­sing finan­cial, legal and tax oppor­tu­ni­ties and risks, (2) opti­mi­sing tran­sac­tion struc­tures, (3) draf­ting inter­na­tio­nal contracts, deve­lo­ping purchase price frame­works and imple­men­ting and moni­to­ring inte­gra­tion targets.

Sancovia Corporate Finance AG

Sanco­via is a specia­li­zed and exclu­sive M&A advi­sory firm with a focus on tran­sac­tions in the small- and mid-cap segment. With over 230 comple­ted tran­sac­tions since 2012, we are among the leading M&A advi­sors in Europe. Our service port­fo­lio includes advi­sory in the areas of M&A, Buy & Build, post-merger inte­gra­tion and tran­sac­tion services. We follow a unique, part­­ner-led hands-on approach, deve­lo­ping tailor-made solu­ti­ons and stan­ding by our clients’ side as a loyal part­ner – until the desi­red success is achie­ved. Our manage­ment team of more than 20 seaso­ned profes­sio­nals combi­nes deep indus­try exper­tise, strong commit­ment, and a hands-on mind­set. With 10 offices in 6 count­ries, we are repre­sen­ted across Europe.

SAXO Equity GmbH

SAXO is an inde­pen­dent M&A specia­list with an exclu­sive focus on the ICT indus­try. Our under­stan­ding of the value drivers and market mecha­nisms in the ICT indus­try are a key success factor of our work. Due to our long-stan­­ding presence in the ICT sector, we have an exten­sive and well-tended network of cont­acts to entre­pre­neurs, M&A mana­gers and inves­tors and can present poten­ti­ally suita­ble part­ners quickly and accu­ra­tely. To mini­mise disrup­tion to opera­ti­ons, we manage the entire M&A process for effi­ci­ent use of all resour­ces and to opti­mise the success of the tran­sac­tion. SAXO is a member & part­ner in various inter­na­tio­nal networks & platforms.

Science4Life e.V.

Science4Life is an inde­pen­dent German initia­tive that supports foun­ders of start-up compa­nies and young entre­pre­neurs in the areas of life scien­ces, chemis­try and the energy indus­try on a pro-bono basis. Science4Life star­ted its acti­vi­ties in 1998 as a non-profit orga­niza­tion. Its initia­tors and main spon­sors are the Govern­ment of Hesse and the Sanofi corporation.
Foun­ders and young entre­pre­neurs are invi­ted to take part in the annual busi­ness plan compe­ti­tion “Science4Life Venture Cup” or to qualify for the “Science4Life Energy Award”. Both acti­vi­ties give signi­fi­cant support to trans­late inno­va­tive busi­ness ideas into econo­mic success. The Science4Life Venture Cup and Science4Life Energy Award is by far the biggest busi­ness plan compe­ti­tion in these important future markets. Science4Life brings toge­ther expert know­ledge from more than 200 diffe­rent compa­nies and insti­tu­ti­ons with more than 300 experts support­ing Science4Life. Since 1998 more than 10,200 parti­ci­pants have submit­ted over 3,200 busi­ness ideas.

SECA Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association

The Swiss Private Equity & Corpo­rate Finance Asso­cia­tion (SECA) is the repre­sen­ta­tive body for Switzerland‘s private equity, venture capi­tal and corpo­rate finance industries.
SECA has the objec­tive to promote private equity and corpo­rate finance acti­vi­ties in Switzerland.

SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH

With its invest­ments, SHS Capi­tal supports fast-growing compa­nies in their mission to become Euro­pean health­care cham­pi­ons. Since its foun­da­tion in 1993, SHS Capi­tal has laun­ched six funds and successfully inves­ted in over 70 inno­va­tive compa­nies in the health­care sector. Today, SHS is the leading German health­care dedi­ca­ted private equity fund.

SIB Innovations- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

As a local profes­sio­nal for equity finan­cing, SIB invests in stron­gly growing small and medium-size enter­pri­ses in Saxony. The invest­ments have a long-term nature and aim at a sustainable corpo­rate development.

Signature Ventures

Signa­ture Ventures is an early-stage Venture Capi­tal fund back­ing the most ambi­tious foun­ders and emer­ging fund mana­gers in Deep Tech. Foun­ded in 2019, Signa­ture is based in Germany and invests in Pre-Seed to Series A start­ups and early-stage emer­ging Venture Capi­tal funds globally, with a focus on Europe. The Mana­ging Part­ners Juliane Hahn and Dr. Georg Stri­cker both combine an exten­sive track record in the VC indus­try with an unpar­al­le­led exper­tise in Deep Tech investing.

SOLUTIO AG — Anlagekonzepte für Institutionen

As an inde­pen­dent finan­cial services specia­list, the company’s target is provi­ding its clients with compre­hen­sive, long-term advice and support.
SOLUTIO offers exten­sive profes­sio­nal care and indi­vi­dual consul­tancy services. These include the deve­lo­p­ment of invest­ment stra­te­gies, the cons­truc­tion of tax-opti­­mi­­sed invest­ment vehic­les and the allo­ca­tion and active manage­ment of funds of funds. Specia­li­sed in support­ing and assis­ting pension funds, company pension sche­mes, insu­rance compa­nies and finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons in terms of deve­lo­ping and imple­men­ting custo­mi­zed invest­ment stra­te­gies in real assets.

Sophora Unternehmerkapital GmbH

Sophora Unter­neh­mer­ka­pi­tal is an inde­pen­dent equity invest­ment firm with a focus on medium-sized compa­nies in Germany, Austria and Switz­er­land. We are an inter­di­sci­pli­nary team of entre­pre­neurs with many years of expe­ri­ence in the invest­ment indus­try as well as opera­tio­nal expe­ri­ence as foun­ders and CEOs of compa­nies. We see oursel­ves as a value-crea­­ting part­ner of entre­pre­neurs and manage­ment teams of medium-sized busi­nesses. We provide
flexi­ble capi­tal as well as our stra­te­gic and opera­tio­nal know-how and our network of experts in order to disco­ver and unlock poten­tial together.

Sophora Unternehmerkapital GmbH

Sophora Unter­neh­mer­ka­pi­tal is an inde­pen­dent equity invest­ment firm with a focus on medium-sized compa­nies in Germany, Austria and Switz­er­land. We are an inter­di­sci­pli­nary team of entre­pre­neurs with many years of expe­ri­ence in the invest­ment indus­try as well as opera­tio­nal expe­ri­ence as foun­ders and CEOs of compa­nies. We see oursel­ves as a value-crea­­ting part­ner of entre­pre­neurs and manage­ment teams of medium-sized businesses. 

We provide flexi­ble capi­tal as well as our stra­te­gic and opera­tio­nal know-how and our network of experts in order to disco­ver and unlock poten­tial together.

Stabwechsel GmbH

Stab­wech­sel is the only firm in the German-spea­king region to offer a matching plat­form for company sellers and their M&A advi­sors that is inde­pen­dent and on which company buyers, usually MBI candi­da­tes, are presen­ted and matched with compa­nies for sale.
The selec­tion is initi­ally anony­mous, non-binding and free of charge. Only when cont­act is reques­ted with the candi­date does the seller or advi­sor reveal his iden­tity to Stab­wech­sel. Costs are only incur­red when a tran­sac­tion is concluded. Since 2011, Stab­wech­sel GmbH has estab­lished itself as a relia­ble pioneer in company succes­sion. The network focu­ses on non-family busi­ness succes­sion in German-spea­king SMEs.
The team of consul­tants, Stab­wech­sel accre­di­ted coaches, all of whom are succes­sion specia­lists, guaran­tees confi­den­tial and profes­sio­nal cont­act initia­tion between company sellers or their advi­sors and pros­pec­tive buyers. In addi­tion to highly quali­fied MBI candi­da­tes, the network also provi­des access to capi­tal provi­ders for SMEs.

Stifel Europe

Stifel Europe is a leading pan-Euro­­pean invest­ment bank with a presence in the DACH region, the UK, France, Italy, and the Nordic count­ries. The company is part of publicly listed U.S. firm Stifel Finan­cial Corp., which has over 10,000 employees and more than 400 offices world­wide. Stifel is a global leader in mid-market tran­sac­tions and acqui­red the invest­ment bank Bryan, Garnier & Co. in 2025

Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship gGmbH

The Stra­scheg Center for Entre­pre­neur­ship (SCE) stands for respon­si­ble entre­pre­neur­ship and sees itself as a thought leader, enabler and strong network part­ner on the path to an entre­pre­neu­rial future worth living. Our vision is an economy that tack­les tech­no­lo­gi­cal, social and ecolo­gi­cal chal­lenges actively, inno­va­tively and respon­si­bly. As the Entre­pre­neur­ship Center at Hoch­schule München Univer­sity of Applied Scien­ces (HM), we promote entre­pre­neu­rial thin­king and action through excel­lent educa­tion and rese­arch program­mes – toge­ther with a broad network of regio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal part­ners. We see entre­pre­neur­ship and inno­va­tion as key levers for sustainable change. Whether in perso­nal deve­lo­p­ment, in the start-up sector or in the design of new inno­va­tion proces­ses: We help people and orga­ni­sa­ti­ons to shape the future in an entre­pre­neu­rial way.

Symphony Equity Partners L.P.

SSym­phony Equity Part­ners L.P. is a part­­ner-owned invest­ment manage­ment firm head­quar­te­red in Geneva. The firm advi­ses a British-French single family office and a German indus­trial family, over­see­ing substan­tial allo­ca­ti­ons across Private and Public Equity, Real Estate, and Alter­na­tive Assets. Symphony’s team of 14 invest­ment and opera­tio­nal profes­sio­nals brings exten­sive expe­ri­ence in private equity, corpo­rate finance, and family office management.

Syntra Corporate Finance GmbH

Syntra Corpo­rate Finance is a leading, inde­pen­dent M&A advi­sory firm for the mid-market, specia­li­zing in complex succes­sion solu­ti­ons, company acqui­si­ti­ons, and sales. In addi­tion, Syntra advi­ses compa­nies on stra­te­gic finan­cing measu­res and serves as a relia­ble part­ner for private equity inves­tors and family offices in the German-spea­king region – parti­cu­larly in the sale of equity and the deve­lo­p­ment and execu­tion of long-term acqui­si­tion stra­te­gies. Syntra places great value on colla­bo­ra­tive part­ner­ships, a broad (indus­try) network, solu­­tion-orien­­ted tran­sac­tion consul­ting, and the utiliza­tion of strong synergy effects, espe­ci­ally between the two brands of the Syntra Group, inclu­ding Nach­fol­ge­kon­tor, an advi­sory firm specia­li­zed in small-cap transactions.

Süd Beteiligungen GmbH (SüdBG)

SüdBG invests in medium-sized compa­nies with strong market posi­ti­ons, quali­fied manage­ment, and good growth pros­pects. As a wholly owned subsi­diary of Landes­bank Baden-Würt­­te­m­­berg (LBBW), it offers its port­fo­lio compa­nies added value as an ever­green inves­tor, prima­rily through a long-term perspec­tive on value crea­tion and access to the whole network of the LBBW-Group.

S‑Kap Unternehmensbeteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

As one of the largest holding compa­nies in Baden-Würt­­te­m­­berg, we invest in a wide range of indus­tries. We offer compa­nies in the Nort­hern Black Forest region various opti­ons for equity finan­cing. Our corpo­rate philo­so­phy is medium-sized and is based on trust, indi­vi­dua­lity and competence.

Teylor AG

Teylor is Euro­pe’s leading tech­­no­­logy-driven plat­form for SME finan­cing. Head­quar­te­red in Zurich with offices in Frank­furt am Main, Düssel­dorf, and Poznan, the company is revo­lu­tio­ni­zing access to debt capi­tal for small and medium-sized enter­pri­ses by enab­ling fast, digi­tal, and bank-inde­­pen­­dent finan­cing. Through the Teylor plat­form, Teylor combi­nes cutting-edge tech­no­logy with private debt capi­tal, making the lending process simp­ler, more effi­ci­ent, and more acces­si­ble for SMEs. Foun­ded in 2018 by Patrick Stäuble, Teylor has since become one of the most important drivers of inno­va­tion in the Euro­pean lending market. Further infor­ma­tion is available at www.teylor.de.

TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen

TGFS is a VC inves­tor for know­­ledge-based and tech­­no­­logy-driven Saxon start-ups. It is the leading start-up inves­tor in Saxony and provi­des teams in the seed and start-up phases with venture capi­tal and manage­ment support. Moreo­ver, an invest­ment by TGFS opens up access to further inves­tors from the fund’s network. The first fund gene­ra­tion was laun­ched in 2008 by the Free State of Saxony (inclu­ding ERDF funding) and Saxon finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons and has supported more than 100 start-ups since then (curr­ently third fund generation).

TRANSLINK Corporate Finance GmbH & Co KG

TRANSLINK Corpo­rate Finance is a leading global M&A consul­ting firm with over 30 offices in the main markets of Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Austra­lia. We are specia­li­zed in sells­ide & buyside M&A advi­sory as well as in rela­ted corpo­rate finance advi­sory services. TRANSLINK is a pioneer in cross-border M&A‑transactions.

Triton Beratungsgesellschaft GmbH

Triton invests in medium-sized compa­nies in the German-spea­king, Nordic and Bene­lux regi­ons, France, Italy, Spain and the United King­dom. As an active share­hol­der, we work closely with the manage­ment teams, but it is important to us that they will have the sole respon­si­bi­lity for the company manage­ment. A main TSM focus is acce­le­ra­ting growth through digi­ta­li­sa­tion, buy-and build and internationalisation.

TVM Life Science Management GmbH

TVM is a leading inter­na­tio­nal venture capi­tal firm focu­sed on invest¬ing in life science inno­va­tions. TVM pursues a unique two-pron­­ged stra­tegy, finan­cing inno­va­tive early-stage thera­peu­tics through a single asset company approach (Project-Focu­­sed Company, PFC), that lever­a­ges the firm’s strate¬gic rela­ti­onship with global phar­maceu­ti­cal firm, Eli Lilly and Company. TVM also invests in diffe­ren­tia­ted commer­cial-stage medi­cal tech­no­lo­gies and late clini­­cal-stage therapeutics.

UnternehmerTUM GmbH

Unter­neh­mer­TUM is a unique plat­form for the deve­lo­p­ment of inno-
vations. Unter­neh­mer­TUM actively iden­ti­fies inno­va­tive tech­no­lo­gies and initia­tes new busi­ness through the syste­ma­tic networ­king of talents, tech­no­lo­gies, capi­tal and custo­mers. Unter­neh­mer­TUM offers foun­ders and start-ups a complete service from the initial idea to IPO. A team of over 450 expe­ri­en­ced entre­pre­neurs, inclu­ding scien­tists and inves­tors, supports start-ups with busi­ness crea­tion, market entry and finan­cing – also with venture capi­tal. For estab­lished compa­nies, a team of expe­ri­en­ced consul­tants offers access to the Unter­neh­mer­TUM ecosys­tem. Foun­ded in 2002 by the entre­pre­neur Susanne Klat­ten, the non-profit Unter­neh­mer­TUM GmbH is the leading center for inno­va­tion and busi­ness crea­tion in Europe with more than 100 high-growth tech­no­logy start-ups every year – inclu­ding Celo­nis, Konux, Proxima Fusion and Isar Aerospace.

Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners GmbH

UVC Part­ners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capi­tal firm that invests in Euro­pean B2B start­ups in the areas of enter­prise soft­ware, indus­trial tech­no­lo­gies, and mobi­lity. The fund typi­cally invests between € 0.5 m – 10 m initi­ally and up to € 30 m in total per company. Port­fo­lio compa­nies bene­fit from the exten­sive invest­ment and exit expe­ri­ence of the manage­ment team as well as from the close coope­ra­tion with Unter­neh­mer­TUM, Europe’s leading inno­va­tion and busi­ness crea­tion center. With over 450 employees and more than 100 indus­try part­ners, Unter­neh­mer­TUM can draw from many years of expe­ri­ence in estab­li­shing young compa­nies. This coope­ra­tion enables UVC Part­ners to offer start­ups unique access to talent, indus­try custo­mers, and other finan­cial partners.

Vanagon Ventures Management GmbH

Vana­gon Ventures is a (pre-)seed fund seizing the early-stage invest­ment oppor­tu­nity for Digi­tal DeepT­ech compa­nies in the DACH region. Our mission is radi­cally trans­forming Europe’s key GDP sectors and resi­li­ence drivers: Rebuild Indus­tries, Restore Nature, and Rewire Digi­tal Infra­struc­tures – unlo­cking one of the grea­test busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties of our time. We were recently nomi­na­ted as Brea­kout Fund of the Year 2025 and selec­ted among the top 3 % of emer­ging mana­gers globally. Seve­ral start-ups alre­ady recei­ved follow-on invest­ments from top US investors.

Venture Capital Club e.V.

The Venture Capi­tal Club e.V. Munich was estab­lished in 1983. The aim of the asso­cia­tion is to promote commu­ni­ca­tion between all those inte­res­ted in venture capi­tal and thus to faci­li­tate the finan­cing of compa­nies with venture capi­tal. The asso­cia­tion has incre­asingly focu­sed on the content issues rela­ted to various tech­no­logy clus­ters, and the idea of the nume­rously funds in Munich. The VC-Club itself does not engage in any acti­vi­ties on either the capi­tal procu­re­ment or the inves­tor side.

Venture Capital-Stammtisch Düsseldorf

The VC Stamm­tisch Düssel­dorf is a plat­form that has been in exis­tence since 1996 for inves­tors, entre­pre­neurs, and those inte­res­ted in venture capi­tal to exch­ange ideas on current topics, trends, and deve­lo­p­ments in the VC land­scape in NRW and beyond. The center­piece of the plat­form is the monthly gathe­ring, which features guest spea­k­ers cove­ring various aspects of venture capi­tal and provi­des a space for perso­nal inter­ac­tions and networking.
The goal of the orga­ni­zers, eCAPI­TAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS AG, TIGGES and PwC Germany, is to nurture the consider­a­bly expan­ded network, expand the event offe­rings of the VC Stamm­tisch, and promote infor­ma­tion exchange

VR Equitypartner GmbH

VR Equi­typ­art­ner ranks as one of the leading private equity compa­nies in Germany, Austria and Switz­er­land. Drawing on deca­des of expe­ri­ence, the
company assists small- and medium-sized family compa­nies on a targe­ted basis in the stra­te­gic solving of complex finan­cing issues. As a subsi­diary of DZ BANK, VR Equi­typ­art­ner consis­t­ently gives prefe­ren­ces to the sustaina­bi­lity of corpo­rate growth over short-term exit thinking.

W.A.M. Westphal Asset Management GmbH

Since its foun­da­tion, the advi­sory boutique W.A.M. West­phal Asset Manage­ment GmbH offers scien­­ti­­fi­­cally-sound, prac­­tice-orien­­ted stra­tegy and tran­sac­tion advi­sory services on a highly indi­vi­dual basis. With our inter­di­sci­pli­nary team and toge­ther with our natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal network, we cover key areas of stra­tegy and tran­sac­tion advi­sory. We see oursel­ves as one of the leading boutique advi­sory firms for SMEs in the DACHLi region.

Weigel Corporate Finance

weigelCF is a part­­ner-owned CF/M&A firm that renders compre­hen­sive tran­sac­tion services & stra­te­gic advice to manage­ment, owners and inves­tors on all stra­te­gic decis­i­ons over the life cycle of a firm.

Westpfahl Spilker Wastl Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Mainly deal­ing with commer­cial and crimi­nal law, we are a highly specia­li­zed law firm with core exper­tise in company and capi­­tal-market law, as well as crimi­nal defense law. A team of seven lawy­ers is provi­ding high-quality, often high-profile, perso­na­li­zed and crea­tive services.

WF World Fund Management GmbH

World Fund is a climate tech VC that invests in Euro­pean tech­no­lo­gies with scalable busi­nesses and signi­fi­cant emis­si­ons savings poten­tial. We support start­ups from early to growth stage, focu­sing on Energy, Food and Agri­cul­ture, Manu­fac­tu­ring, Buil­dings, and Mobility.

Winterberg Group AG

Winter­berg Group is an inde­pen­dent private equity firm, focus­sing on majo­rity invest­ments in the sector of small and medium-sized compa­nies in the so-called DACH (Germany, Austria, Switz­er­land) region. The team of Winter­berg is indus­­try-agno­­stic, howe­ver likes strong macro-trends such as Sustaina­bi­lity, Recy­cling, Chan­ging Demo­gra­phy, Digi­tiza­tion und Indus­try 4.0. By apply­ing buy & build, Winter­berg stri­ves to build sizeable and stable indus­try play­ers that are among the market leaders in their speci­fic niches.

WIPIT Partnerschaft mbB Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater

WIPIT is a specia­li­zed boutique law firm that was formed from the merger of highly quali­fied lawy­ers from the WEITNAUER law firm with a tech­no­logy law-focu­­sed spin-off from Büsing Müffel­mann & Theye. With over twenty profes­sio­nals, WIPIT combi­nes solid corpo­rate law exper­tise with in-depth exper­tise in tech­no­logy and inno­va­tion law.

WTS Advisory AG

WTS Advi­sory is an inde­pen­dent, inno­va­tive solu­tion provi­der for goal-orien­­ted consul­ting and active opera­tio­nal support for compa­nies along the entire CFO agenda. This includes solu­ti­ons ranging from tradi­tio­nal tran­sac­tion consul­ting to exter­nal report­ing and process as well as struc­tu­ral opti­miza­tion of finance and accoun­ting. WTS Advi­sory teams also provide opera­tio­nal support for issues ranging from gover­nance, risk, and compli­ance to accom­pany­ing the digi­tal trans­for­ma­tion as AI-supported “Finance 4.0.” WTS Advi­sory is part of the WTS Group, a full-service provi­der of tax advi­sory and comple­men­tary finan­cial advi­sory services. WTS has 12 loca­ti­ons in Germany and is repre­sen­ted in more than 100 count­ries worldwide.

YPOG GmbH & Co. KG

YPOG (You + Part­ners of Game­ch­an­gers) is a forward-thin­king Euro­pean tech law firm focu­sed on the tech­no­logy sector, venture capi­tal, and fund struc­tu­ring. With over 150 expe­ri­en­ced profes­sio­nals – inclu­ding lawy­ers, tax advi­sors, and nota­ries – based in Berlin, Hamburg, Colo­gne, Munich, and London, YPOG provi­des inno­va­tive legal and tax advice to Europe’s most ambi­tious start­ups, inves­tors, and finan­cial play­ers. YPOG combi­nes legal excel­lence with proprie­tary tech­no­logy to drive inno­va­tion and support game­ch­an­gers across Europe. The firm and its part­ners are regu­larly reco­gni­zed by renow­ned publi­ca­ti­ons such as JUVE, Best Lawy­ers, Cham­bers and Part­ners, Leaders League, and Legal 500.

Zentrum für Weiterbildung und Wissenstransfer (ZWW) der Universität Augsburg

Theory and prac­tice – Since 1974, the Center for Conti­nuing and Execu­tive Educa­tion at the Univer­sity of Augs­burg, Germany, has been the central point of inter­sec­tion for rese­arch and busi­ness at the Univer­sity of Augs­burg and, ther­e­fore, part­ner of deve­lo­p­ment and educa­tion for indi­vi­du­als and compa­nies. In addi­tion to conti­nuing educa­tion programs such as certi­fied cour­ses and a wide range of semi­nars – also profes­sio­nal trai­ning, confe­ren­ces, rese­­arch-coope­ra­­tion as well as further forms of know­ledge trans­fer are part of the offe­red port­fo­lio. At the same time the ZWW sets high quality stan­dards with its inno­va­tive and prac­ti­cal manner – quality that can be proved by obtai­ning a graduate degree. Being one of the best Conti­nuing Educa­tion Insti­tu­ti­ons at univer­si­ties in Germany, the ZWW offers highly quali­fied conti­nuing educa­tion and, conse­quently, educa­tes its parti­ci­pants in an opti­mal way to meet future chal­lenges in their profes­si­ons. The long-stan­­ding and sustainable success of the ZWW is due to its profes­sio­nal concept of certi­fi­ca­tion of the semi­nars which combine profes­sio­nal prac­tice and acade­mic competence

ZIRNGIBL Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

One of the leading medium-sized law firms in Germany. Local and cross-border exper­tise – trus­ted, commit­ted and independent.

zwirnplus GmbH

zwirn­plus is the ideal part­ner for corpo­rate tran­sac­tions in the DACH
region. For over 50 years, our work has been defi­ned by compe­tence and expe­ri­ence. Our approach is driven by entre­pre­neu­rial thin­king and proac­tive actions with custo­mers, employees, and part­ners. We under­stand that gene­ra­tio­nal succes­sion is a criti­cal process for family busi­nesses, which is why our compre­hen­sive services address all angles of the M&A process, from stra­te­gic plan­ning to imple­men­ta­tion through to signing. A well-struc­­tu­­red plan with an expe­ri­en­ced team allows us to maxi­mize poten­tial. Addi­tio­nally, conti­nuous exch­ange with natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal network part­ners offers exten­sive added value for our custo­mers. An effi­ci­ent approach and cost-saving project imple­men­ta­tion charac­te­ri­zes zwirn­plus, along with the preser­va­tion of abso­lute discretion.