Author: Tatjana Anderer

Frank­furt a. M. — Tike­hau Capi­tal, the global alter­na­tive asset manage­ment group, announ­ces the appoint­ment of Chris­toph Rinnert as Head of Private Equity Germany.
In this role, Chris­toph Rinnert will lead the stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment and manage­ment of Tike­hau Capi­tal’s private equity port­fo­lio in the DACH region and focus on reali­zing invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties that align with Tike­hau Capi­tal’s invest­ment objectives.
The Group’s private equity stra­tegy invests in mid-market compa­nies with high growth poten­tial, with a focus on digi­ta­liza­tion, build-up and natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal expansion.
It targets dyna­mic themes such as sustaina­bi­lity, energy tran­si­tion, rege­ne­ra­tive agri­cul­ture, cyber secu­rity, aero­space and defense.
With this announce­ment, Tike­hau Capi­tal is expan­ding its exten­sive invest­ment exper­tise and product offe­ring in Germany across all four asset clas­ses: Private Debt, Private Equity, Real Assets and Capi­tal Markets Strategies.
Chris­toph Rinnert will be based in Tike­hau Capi­tal’s Frank­furt office and will report to Domi­nik P. Fels­mann, Head of Germany, and Emma­nuel Lail­lier, Head of Private Equity at Tike­hau Capi­tal. Chris­toph Rinnert (photo © Tike­haus Capi­tal) has more than 15 years of expe­ri­ence in private equity and M&A.
Previously, he was a Direc­tor at 3i Deutsch­land Indus­trie­be­tei­li­gungs GmbH and led the DACH indus­trial holdings busi­ness, global initia­ti­ves and nume­rous transactions.
Chris­toph Rinnert was a member of the Super­vi­sory Board of Weener Plas­tics Holding B.V., a port­fo­lio company of 3i, where he played a key role in the growth of the company and the execu­tion of various acquisitions.
Prior to that, he gained exten­sive expe­ri­ence in M&A advi­sory at Roth­schild GmbH and Price­wa­ter­hous­e­Coo­pers AG, where he led buy-side and sell-side projects and advi­sed clients on valua­tion and stra­te­gic analysis.
Chris­toph Rinnert holds a Master of Engi­nee­ring with First-Class Honors in Elec­tri­cal and Elec­tro­nic Engi­nee­ring with Manage­ment from Impe­rial College London.
“With Chris­toph Rinnert, we have gained an expe­ri­en­ced private equity expert for the German market. He brings a deep under­stan­ding of local condi­ti­ons and a strong buy & build track record, which he has built up in his port­fo­lio compa­nies. His appoint­ment also streng­thens our holi­stic invest­ment exper­tise across all four asset clas­ses and under­lines Tike­hau Capi­tal’s strong one-stop-shop offe­ring,” said Domi­nik.
P. Fels­mann, Head of Germany at Tike­hau Capi­tal . About Tike­hau Capi­tal Tike­hau Capi­tal is a global alter­na­tive asset manage­ment group with €46.1 billion in assets under manage­ment (as of June 30, 2024).
Tike­hau Capi­tal has a broad range of exper­tise across four asset clas­ses (private debt, real assets, private equity and capi­tal markets stra­te­gies) as well as private debt, real assets, private equity and capi­tal markets stra­te­gies) and multi-asset and special oppor­tu­ni­ties strategies.
Tike­hau Capi­tal is a foun­der-led team with a diffe­ren­tia­ted busi­ness model, a strong balance sheet, proprie­tary global deal flow and a track record of support­ing high quality compa­nies and executives.
Deeply rooted in the real economy, Tike­hau Capi­tal provi­des custo­mi­zed and inno­va­tive alter­na­tive finan­cing solu­ti­ons to compa­nies, stri­ving to create long-term value for its inves­tors and a posi­tive impact on society.
The Group lever­a­ges its strong equity base (€3.1 billion of equity as of June 30, 2024) and invests its own capi­tal along­side that of its clients under each of its strategies.
Tike­hau Capi­tal is driven by a strong entre­pre­neu­rial spirit and DNA, which is also shared by its 763 employees (as of June 30, 2024) across its 17 offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America.
Tike­hau Capi­tal is listed on compart­ment A of the regu­la­ted market of Euron­ext Paris (ISIN code: FR0013230612; ticker: TKO.FP).
www.tikehaucapital.com.  

Munich/Gütersloh — Biotec GmbH, a leading consul­ting and envi­ron­men­tal labo­ra­tory specia­li­zing in micro­bio­lo­gi­cal hygiene and occu­pa­tio­nal safety, has joined the CERTANIA Group, a dyna­mic orga­niza­tion known for its services in test­ing, inspec­tion and certification.
This stra­te­gic inte­gra­tion marks a turning point for Biotec GmbH and streng­thens its ability to expand its envi­ron­men­tal and hygiene solu­ti­ons globally.
The CERTANIA Group is a port­fo­lio company of GREENPEAK Partners.
Foun­ded in 1991 and based in Güters­loh, Germany, Biotec GmbH has built a solid repu­ta­tion over 25 years as a pioneer in air puri­fi­ca­tion technology.
Its custo­mer base includes indus­trial giants as well as major play­ers in the food indus­try who rely on its exper­tise in compre­hen­sive air puri­fi­ca­tion test­ing and certi­fi­ca­tion, drin­king water analy­sis and specia­li­zed hygiene training.
By joining CERTANIA, Biotec GmbH posi­ti­ons itself on a strong plat­form that supports its commit­ment to excellence.
The part­ner­ship streng­thens Biotec GmbH’s capa­bi­li­ties in the opti­miza­tion of hygiene-sensi­tive produc­tion proces­ses and the vali­da­tion of washer-disin­fec­tors in hospi­tals to meet strin­gent hygiene standards.
Under the leader­ship of Mana­ging Direc­tors Dr. Andreas Berm­pohl, Jörg Weißer and Frank Weißer, Biotec GmbH’s manage­ment team will main­tain its inde­pen­dence while acces­sing the resour­ces of the larger group, which will allow for contin­ued growth and expan­sion of services.
“We are very exci­ted to be part of CERTANIA, as this allows us to increase our impact on ensu­ring safe and compli­ant envi­ron­ments,” said Dr. Andreas Berm­pohl, Co-Foun­der and Mana­ging Direc­tor of Biotec GmbH.
“This part­ner­ship not only expands our service offe­ring, but also unders­cores our dedi­ca­tion to provi­ding high-quality solu­ti­ons backed by rigo­rous scien­ti­fic expertise.”
Moritz Gruber, CEO and major share­hol­der of CERTANIA, welco­mes Biotec and invi­tes other entre­pre­neurs and compa­nies in the field of scien­ti­fic, labo­ra­tory and compli­ance services to join this unique group: “We offer the oppor­tu­nity to inte­grate your busi­ness into a future-proof struc­ture. Our goal is to build a group for the future where strong part­ner compa­nies thrive while main­tai­ning their iden­tity. Biotec GmbH’s renow­ned exper­tise in micro­bio­lo­gi­cal hygiene perfectly comple­ments CERTA­NIA’s focus on envi­ron­men­tal and regu­la­tory services. Toge­ther, we are well posi­tio­ned to support indus­tries in meeting safety and compli­ance stan­dards amidst global chal­lenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.”
CERTA­NIA’s ecosys­tem provi­des a plat­form for mid-sized, know­ledge-based compa­nies to thrive under one roof, retai­ning their entre­pre­neu­rial free­dom while bene­fiting from the group’s resour­ces and support. About Biotec GmbH Foun­ded in 1991 with head­quar­ters in Güters­loh, Germany and a branch office in Mitt­weida, Germany, Biotec GmbH is a leading consul­ting and envi­ron­men­tal labo­ra­tory specia­li­zing in micro­bio­lo­gi­cal hygiene and occu­pa­tio­nal safety.
With over 25 years of expe­ri­ence, we deve­lop pionee­ring solu­ti­ons for air puri­fi­ca­tion in various indus­tries and the food sector. Our services include air purity tests, inspec­tions of HVAC systems accor­ding to VDI 6022 stan­dards and hygiene training.
Biotec GmbH stands for excel­lence and supports its custo­mers with high-quality services and expert opini­ons to ensure safe and compli­ant environments.
www.biotec-gmbh.de About CERTANIA Under the umbrella of CERTANIA Holding GmbH, a new global market player in the fields of Test­ing, Inspec­tion & Certi­fi­ca­tion is emerging.
The group offers medium-sized part­ners a sustainable home for their life’s work.
CERTANIA enables entre­pre­neurs and owners to deve­lop their busi­ness with like-minded people while preser­ving their entre­pre­neu­rial roots, corpo­rate culture, brand and values.
More infor­ma­tion at certania.com About GREENPEAK PARTNERS Our goal is long-term growth and profi­ta­bi­lity by buil­ding sustainable businesses.
We are convin­ced that compa­nies that are truly sustainable can achieve above-average returns in the long term.
At the same time, compa­nies can only be truly sustainable if they are finan­ci­ally viable and growing.

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Frank­furt am Main — Deut­sche Betei­li­gungs AG (DBAG) is inves­t­ing in UNITY AG — Akti­en­ge­sell­schaft für Unter­neh­mens­füh­rung und Infor­ma­ti­ons­tech­no­lo­gie (UNITY AG), a leading inter­na­tio­nal consul­ting firm specia­li­zing in tech­no­logy consul­ting and digi­ta­liza­tion processes.
A fund advi­sed by DBAG acqui­res a control­ling stake in UNITY AG.
The previous share­hol­der, UNITY Inno­va­tion Alli­ance, which in turn is owned by its foun­ders and employees, acqui­res an almost equal econo­mic stake.
In addi­tion, UNITY AG employees are also inves­t­ing directly in UNITY AG as part of the transaction.
This results in a constel­la­tion of strong part­ners through the capi­tal share ratios.
The tran­sac­tion, which is still subject to appr­oval by the anti­trust autho­ri­ties, is expec­ted to be comple­ted by the end of the third quar­ter of 2024.
The parties have agreed not to disc­lose the terms of the sale. Holi­stic consul­ting approach for sustainable success UNITY AG, which was named as one of the 14 most important manage­ment consul­tancies in Germany in the renow­ned Lünen­donk® List 2024, offers compre­hen­sive services to clients such as AIRBUS, GEA, Luft­hansa Tech­nik, Merce­des-Benz, Miele and the Univer­sity Hospi­tal of Cologne.
From 14 loca­ti­ons, almost 400 employees enable UNITY AG custo­mers to successfully posi­tion them­sel­ves in the age of digi­ta­liza­tion and sustaina­bi­lity — in 2023, a total output of more than 72 million euros was generated.
Tradi­tio­nal, isola­ted consul­ting approa­ches fall short due to the complex chal­lenges of digi­tal transformation.
This is UNITY AG’s core area of expertise.
It offers its custo­mers the expe­ri­ence of hundreds of successful projects paired with the inno­va­tive power of conti­nuous further deve­lo­p­ment of its areas of exper­tise and consul­ting approaches.
The strong growth of UNITY AG also charac­te­ri­zes this strategy.
In recent years, the company has grown by an average of 13 percent per year, clearly outper­forming the over­all market in Germany (approx. seven percent). UNITY AG is an ideal addi­tion to DBAG’s port­fo­lio The invest­ment decis­ion stems from the fact that the digi­ta­liza­tion market is largely resi­li­ent to macroe­co­no­mic effects.
The demand for consul­ting services is charac­te­ri­zed by struc­tu­ral growth and ther­e­fore offers attrac­tive deve­lo­p­ment opportunities.
These can be further inten­si­fied through the imple­men­ta­tion of stra­te­gic M&A transactions.
As a manage­ment consul­tancy, UNITY AG fits seam­lessly and comple­men­ta­rily into DBAG’s IT services and soft­ware port­fo­lio, which accounts for around 17 percent of the over­all portfolio.
The invest­ment in UNITY AG will bene­fit from this sector exper­tise and DBAG’s network.
Both are fed by current (akqui­net, AOE, Cloudf­light, freiheit.com) and former (in-tech, Solva­res) invest­ments. “UNITY AG is an ideal addi­tion to our port­fo­lio. The company impres­ses with its inno­va­tive and inte­gra­tive consul­ting approach, which goes far beyond pure IT consul­ting. UNITY AG supports custo­mers as a spar­ring part­ner along the entire value crea­tion process. This turns them into digi­tal cham­pi­ons and also enables them to take the deman­ding chal­lenges of digi­ta­liza­tion into their own hands. Toge­ther with the foun­ders, board members and part­ners of UNITY AG, this forms the basis for the growth path that we have jointly defi­ned and that will be pursued in the coming years,” says Jannick Hune­cke, Member of the Manage­ment Board of Deut­sche Betei­li­gungs AG (Photo: DBAG).
Values and manage­ment systems guaran­tee success UNITY AG orga­ni­zes its services within seven service units, inclu­ding Cyber Secu­rity, IT Trans­for­ma­tion and Sustainability.
The range of services is value-orien­ted and is based on “Inno­vate”, “Inte­grate”, “Trans­form” and “Realize”.
These values are the foun­da­tion of the consul­ting approach and ensure successful project implementation.
The UNITY AG manage­ment system plays a central role in the corpo­rate stra­tegy, focu­ses action on a concrete target image and serves as a compass in consulting.
By conti­nuously analy­zing new trends, UNITY AG is able to anti­ci­pate and iden­tify dyna­mic and tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lo­p­ments at an early stage.
The high quality of the manage­ment system is regu­larly confirmed by exter­nal certi­fi­ca­ti­ons, inclu­ding the inter­na­tio­nally valid DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and DIN EN ISO/IEC 27001:2017 for infor­ma­tion secu­rity management.
Future-orien­ted consul­ting for digi­tal change “We are looking forward to great growth oppor­tu­ni­ties thanks to our brand core of ‘inno­va­tion, digi­ta­liza­tion and trans­for­ma­tion’. This can be further lever­a­ged through stra­te­gic acqui­si­ti­ons. DBAG’s diverse M&A expe­ri­ence also helps us here. In this respect, we are very much looking forward to the colla­bo­ra­tion and the oppor­tu­nity to work toge­ther on our stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment,” says
Chris­toph Plass, foun­der and CEO of UNITY AG, explains further: “We have found the ideal inves­tor in DBAG. Its proxi­mity to SMEs and its sector exper­tise repre­sent real added value for UNITY AG. In addi­tion to these tech­ni­cal factors, the ‘cultu­ral fit’ also played a decisive role for us — we not only share a common vision, but also the same values.”
Dr.-Ing. Frank Thie­le­mann, long-stan­ding CEO of UNITY AG, adds: “In recent years, we have reali­zed a very successful orga­nic growth story. The indus­try and custo­mer port­fo­lio that we have built up is an excel­lent basis, also for our orga­nic growth in the coming years. The conti­nua­tion of this path — coupled with the addi­tio­nal oppor­tu­ni­ties of acqui­si­ti­ons with our strong inves­tor DBAG — will lead to a more ambi­tious growth path.”
UNITY AG is commit­ted to active transformation.
In this respect, the corpo­rate stra­tegy is geared towards linking all rele­vant econo­mic and ecolo­gi­cal factors in order to conti­nuously increase custo­mer and employee satisfaction.
This claim is under­li­ned by various awards.
These include the fifth “Best of Consul­ting” award from Wirt­schafts­Wo­che, the “Top Company” award from the employer rating portal kununu and the “Very Good Employer” award from the inter­na­tio­nal rese­arch and consul­ting insti­tute Great Place to Work®.
In addi­tion, nume­rous certi­fi­ca­ti­ons and member­ships in the ESG context, such as the UN GLOBAL Compact, the German Sustaina­bi­lity Code, the ecova­dis® award and the ÖKOPROFIT® certi­fi­ca­tion, demons­trate UNITY AG’s high level of ESG commit­ment. About DBAG Deut­sche Betei­li­gungs AG (DBAG), which has been listed on the stock exch­ange since 1985, is one of the most renow­ned private equity compa­nies in Germany. As an inves­tor and fund advi­sor, DBAG’s invest­ment focus has tradi­tio­nally been on medium-sized compa­nies with a focus on well-posi­tio­ned compa­nies with deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial, prima­rily in the DACH region. The indus­try focus is on manu­fac­tu­ring compa­nies, indus­trial service provi­ders and Indus­try­Tech compa­nies — i.e. compa­nies whose products enable auto­ma­tion, robo­tics and digi­tiza­tion — as well as compa­nies from the broad­band tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons, IT services, soft­ware and health­care sectors. Since 2020, DBAG has also been repre­sen­ted in Italy with its own office in Milan. Assets mana­ged or advi­sed by the DBAG Group amount to appro­xi­m­ately 2.6 billion euros. As part of its stra­te­gic part­ner­ship with ELF Capi­tal Group, DBAG is adding private debt capi­tal to its range of flexi­ble finan­cing solu­ti­ons for SMEs.

Frank­furt a. Main — Infle­xion, a leading Euro­pean mid-market private equity firm, is plea­sed to announce that it has part­ne­red with the foun­ders of Tier­arzt Plus Part­ner (“TPP”), Germany’s largest group of vete­ri­nary prac­ti­ces, to support the company’s contin­ued growth and expan­sion. The invest­ment is being made by Infle­xi­on’s Buyout Fund VI. TPP was foun­ded in 2018 and has almost 100 vete­ri­nary prac­ti­ces throug­hout Germany with around 1,700 employees. The company works with local vete­ri­na­ri­ans to provide leading animal health services, prima­rily for small animals, and supports them with compre­hen­sive trai­ning, indus­try best prac­ti­ces and signi­fi­cant invest­ment in tech­no­logy. The market for vete­ri­nary services in Germany remains frag­men­ted and offers considera­ble poten­tial for further conso­li­da­tion and growth. Infle­xion plans to leverage its exten­sive indus­try expe­ri­ence to work with TPP’s foun­ding manage­ment and share­hol­ders to acce­le­rate the company’s growth. In parti­cu­lar, Infle­xion will support further invest­ments in the digi­ta­liza­tion of the company, in trai­ning and in the expan­sion of the vete­ri­nary prac­tice network in Germany, both through acqui­si­ti­ons and by opening new green­field sites. “As the largest and most successful vete­ri­nary network in Germany, TPP offers an excel­lent plat­form for future growth and deve­lo­p­ment. We look forward to combi­ning our exten­sive expe­ri­ence in this sector with the exper­tise of TPP’s foun­ders and an outstan­ding manage­ment team to further grow the busi­ness,” explains Martin Preuss (photo © Infle­xion), since March 2024 Part­ner and Head of DACH at Infle­xion. Fabian Kröll, Co-Foun­der and CEO, TPP, said: “We look forward to working with Infle­xion to conti­nue inves­t­ing in the growth of our busi­ness and the deve­lo­p­ment of our network. Our foun­ding and leader­ship team will remain on board and we will stay true to our mission of crea­ting the best expe­ri­ence for animals and people every day.” About Infle­xion Infle­xion is a leading Euro­pean mid-market private equity firm that invests in high-growth, entre­pre­neu­rial compa­nies with ambi­tious manage­ment teams, typi­cally valued between €50m and €1bn, and works in part­ner­ship with these compa­nies to acce­le­rate growth. Infle­xion has € 12 billion AUM and invests up to € 600 million of equity per invest­ment in majo­rity tran­sac­tions with various funds, but also in mino­rity tran­sac­tions with Euro­pe’s largest specia­li­zed fund. www.https://www.inflexion.com