Wies\u00adba\u00adden \/ Oberts\u00adhau\u00adsen \u2014 Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs-Manage\u00adment\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft Hessen mbH (\u201cBMH\u201d), the medium-sized invest\u00adment and venture capi\u00adtal company of the State of Hesse, is inves\u00adt\u00ading in St\u00f6r\u00adte\u00adbek\u00adker Shaving Access\u00adories GmbH (SSA). The young e\u2011commerce start-up revi\u00adves tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal shaving and beard care with quali\u00adta\u00adtive zero-waste products and gene\u00adra\u00adtes a \u201cbarber\u00adshop feeling\u201d for their custo\u00admers at home. In addi\u00adtion to BMH as lead inves\u00adtor, Inves\u00adti\u00adti\u00adons- und Struk\u00adtur\u00adbank Rhein\u00adland-Pfalz (ISB) through its subsi\u00addiary Venture-Capi\u00adtal Rhein-Neckar (VC RN) and a co-inves\u00adtor parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round in the upper six-figure range.<\/p>\n
SSA was foun\u00added by Martin Picard in 2017 as an Amazon store with the aim of assis\u00adting custo\u00admers as a barber in their own home. 2020 follo\u00adwed the online store, through which the high-quality shaving and beard care products, such as razors, shaving brushes and knives are addi\u00adtio\u00adnally distri\u00adbu\u00adted. The range is comple\u00admen\u00adted by the complete range of access\u00adories: soaps, beard balm, shaving oil, combs and brushes thus complete the perso\u00adnal shaving expe\u00adri\u00adence. In addi\u00adtion to a video tuto\u00adrial about beard care, the company will add more access\u00adories for men to its product range in the near future.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe St\u00f6r\u00adte\u00adbek\u00adker brand is inten\u00added to stand for mascu\u00adli\u00adnity, free\u00addom and rela\u00adxa\u00adtion among our custo\u00admers and to trans\u00adform shaving from an \u201cannoy\u00ading evil\u201d into a posi\u00adtive ritual,\u201d descri\u00adbes Martin Picard <\/strong>(photo), foun\u00adder and CEO of SSA<\/strong>, his vision of the home barber\u00adshop, adding, \u201cIn contrast to the widely used system razors, we rely on products that are also used in profes\u00adsio\u00adnal barber\u00adshops. Our plas\u00adtic-free products feature opti\u00admal shaving results with less skin irritation.\u201d<\/p>\n The new finan\u00adcial resour\u00adces in the upper six-figure range are to be used predo\u00admi\u00adnantly for the expan\u00adsion of sales acti\u00advi\u00adties to further sales plat\u00adforms, the retail trade and barbershops.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite boot\u00adstrap\u00adping, SSA has alre\u00adady shown an impres\u00adsive sales and earnings deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment in the first years due to the great perso\u00adnal commit\u00adment of Martin Picard. We are plea\u00adsed to be able to support the company in its further busi\u00adness deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and in the expan\u00adsion of a strong brand,\u201d says the respon\u00adsi\u00adble invest\u00adment mana\u00adger Dirk Pieper of BM H Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs-Manage\u00adment\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft Hessen mbH, which mana\u00adges the Hessen Kapi\u00adtal III (EFRE) GmbH fund, among others.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very plea\u00adsed to be able to accom\u00adpany this promi\u00adsing company on its growth path toge\u00adther with our colle\u00adagues from Hesse,\u201d said Mike Walber, Head of Venture Capi\u00adtal at ISB.<\/p>\n About BMH<\/strong><\/p>\n BMH Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs-Manage\u00adment\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft Hessen mbH, based in Wies\u00adba\u00adden, was foun\u00added in 2001 and is a wholly owned subsi\u00addiary of Landes\u00adbank Hessen-Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen Giro\u00adzen\u00adtrale (Helaba). Through Wirt\u00adschafts- und Infra\u00adstruk\u00adtur\u00adbank Hessen (WIBank), BMH is actively invol\u00adved in the econo\u00admic deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment acti\u00advi\u00adties of the State of Hesse. As a medium-sized invest\u00adment and venture capi\u00adtal company, BMH bund\u00adles public invest\u00adment inte\u00adrests and finan\u00adcing instru\u00adments for early-stage, growth and medium-sized compa\u00adnies in Hesse. BMH curr\u00adently mana\u00adges seven invest\u00adment funds with a total inves\u00adted invest\u00adment volume of around 125 million euros. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion, BMH has inves\u00adted in a total of more than 500 compa\u00adnies. The main areas of invest\u00adment include the soft\u00adware & IT, life scien\u00adces, mecha\u00adni\u00adcal and plant engi\u00adnee\u00adring, indus\u00adtrial goods, profes\u00adsio\u00adnal services and e\u2011commerce sectors. More infor\u00adma\u00adtion about BMH and its funds: www.bmh-hessen.de<\/p>\n About the ISB<\/strong><\/p>\n Inves\u00adti\u00adti\u00adons- und Struk\u00adtur\u00adbank Rhein\u00adland-Pfalz (ISB) is the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of the state of Rhine\u00adland-Pala\u00adti\u00adnate with head\u00adquar\u00adters in Mainz and is respon\u00adsi\u00adble for econo\u00admic and housing deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. As part of the finan\u00adcing of start-ups and young compa\u00adnies, the venture capi\u00adtal divi\u00adsion of the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment bank curr\u00adently invests in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and market launch of inno\u00adva\u00adtive products, a process or services via ten invest\u00adment funds and also supports the compa\u00adnies in an advi\u00adsory capacity.<\/p>\n About the VC RN<\/strong><\/p>\n VC RN is an invest\u00adment company foun\u00added by the savings banks and coope\u00adra\u00adtive banks from the Rhine-Neckar region and the ISB, which invests in inno\u00adva\u00adtive and high-growth compa\u00adnies from the Rhine-Neckar region. The fund is mana\u00adged by the ISB\u2019s Venture Capi\u00adtal, Equity Invest\u00adments division.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wies\u00adba\u00adden \/ Oberts\u00adhau\u00adsen \u2014 Betei\u00ad\u00adli\u00ad\u00adgungs-Mana\u00adge\u00ad\u00admen\u00adt\u00ad\u00adge\u00ad\u00adsel\u00adl\u00ad\u00adschaft Hessen mbH (\u201cBMH\u201d), the medium-sized invest\u00adment and venture capi\u00adtal company of the State of Hesse, is inves\u00adt\u00ading in St\u00f6r\u00adte\u00adbek\u00adker Shaving Access\u00adories GmbH (SSA). The young e\u2011commerce start-up revi\u00adves tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal shaving and beard care with quali\u00adta\u00adtive zero-waste products and gene\u00adra\u00adtes a \u201cbarber\u00adshop feeling\u201d for their custo\u00admers at home. 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