Munich \u2014 An inter\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary team of entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs has come toge\u00adther to form Sophora Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal (\u201cSophora\u201d), an inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company focu\u00adsed on the DACH small cap market. The foun\u00adding team consists of three former Silver\u00adfleet Capi\u00adtal employees and two expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced non-execu\u00adtive direc\u00adtors and has many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the invest\u00adment indus\u00adtry as well as opera\u00adtio\u00adnal expe\u00adri\u00adence as foun\u00adders and CEOs of compa\u00adnies. In addi\u00adtion, the team has worked toge\u00adther for many years in previous roles and has a highly successful joint invest\u00adment track record.<\/p>\n
Sophora focu\u00adses on medium-sized compa\u00adnies in the DACH region with sales between 5 and 50 million euros and a posi\u00adtive opera\u00adting cash flow. The invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy is based on thema\u00adtic invest\u00adments focu\u00adsing on the follo\u00adwing areas (i) Energy tran\u00adsi\u00adtion & resource avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adlity, (ii) B\u2011E-S-T1 tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and (iii) buy-and-build stra\u00adte\u00adgies predo\u00admi\u00adnantly in the indus\u00adtrial and B2B services sectors and typi\u00adcally includes majo\u00adrity or signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mino\u00adrity stakes. \u201cWe invest in compa\u00adnies that bene\u00adfit from the macroe\u00adco\u00adno\u00admic tail\u00adwinds of our invest\u00adment themes and help them realize their full growth poten\u00adtial by provi\u00adding flexi\u00adble capi\u00adtal, our stra\u00adte\u00adgic and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal exper\u00adtise, and access to our network of experts,\u201d said Benja\u00admin Hubner, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner of Sophora<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sophora aims to be an entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial part\u00adner that enables compa\u00adnies to disco\u00adver and deve\u00adlop undis\u00adco\u00advered value. Like the tree \u201cSophora Japo\u00adnica\u201d, which is also called honey tree due to its charac\u00adte\u00adristic as a bee nutri\u00adent plant, Sophora relies on symbio\u00adtic part\u00adner\u00adships based on trust and relia\u00adble coope\u00adra\u00adtion. \u201cOur goal is to become the honey bee among inves\u00adtors and realize alpha returns in the DACH small cap market,\u201d says Jenni\u00adfer Regehr, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner <\/strong>(photo, copy\u00adright SOPHORA).<\/p>\n Sophora is active in the DACH small cap market, where the company sees an oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to gene\u00adrate alpha returns based on attrac\u00adtive indus\u00adtry dyna\u00admics and under\u00adly\u00ading target speci\u00adfics. In addi\u00adtion, the Sophora team\u2019s long-stan\u00adding rela\u00adti\u00adonships and inves\u00adtor network give the company privi\u00adle\u00adged access to infor\u00adma\u00adtion, exper\u00adtise and proprie\u00adtary leads. \u201cWe believe we can add signi\u00adfi\u00adcant value to our manage\u00adment teams and port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies as well as to our inves\u00adtors,\u201d commen\u00adted Neil MacDou\u00adgall, Chairman.<\/p>\n Toge\u00adther with two dedi\u00adca\u00adted value crea\u00adtion and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity part\u00adners, Sophora brings a growth-orien\u00adted, best-in-class approach to value crea\u00adtion tail\u00ado\u00adred to the indi\u00advi\u00addual profile and speci\u00adfics of each port\u00adfo\u00adlio company. \u201cSophora\u2019s goal is to be a trus\u00adted and value-crea\u00adting part\u00adner to the manage\u00adment teams of our port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies,\u201d said Dr. Michael Matros, Part\u00adner Value Crea\u00adtion & Sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. Joop Heijen\u00adrath, Part\u00adner Value Crea\u00adtion & Sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity, adds: \u201cWe are convin\u00adced that non-finan\u00adcial crite\u00adria, espe\u00adci\u00adally ESG aspects, can influence the valua\u00adtion of compa\u00adnies and should ther\u00ade\u00adfore be conside\u00adred in invest\u00adment decis\u00adi\u00adons and effec\u00adtive value crea\u00adtion plans.<\/p>\n www.sophora.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2014 An inter\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary team of entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs has come toge\u00adther to form Sophora Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal (\u201cSophora\u201d), an inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company focu\u00adsed on the DACH small cap market. The foun\u00adding team consists of three former Silver\u00adfleet Capi\u00adtal employees and two expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced non-execu\u00ad\u00adtive direc\u00adtors and has many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the invest\u00adment indus\u00adtry as well as operational [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n