Berlin \u2014 Gaius Capi\u00adtal (\u201cGaius\u201d), a private equity inves\u00adtor specia\u00adli\u00adzing in succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning solu\u00adti\u00adons for small and medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses, has announ\u00adced the first closing of its debut fund, Gaius Nach\u00adfol\u00adge\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal I. With commit\u00adments tota\u00adling EUR 40 million, appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 80% of the target hard cap has alre\u00adady been reached. At the same time, the co-invest\u00adment vehicle Gaius Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal I has been closed. Inves\u00adtors include insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors and family offices from Germany, the United King\u00addom, and the United States, inclu\u00adding a French anchor inves\u00adtor focu\u00adsed on emer\u00adging managers. <\/p>\n
Gaius<\/strong> is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent private equity inves\u00adtor that invests in the micro- and small-cap segment in the DACH region and pursues a buy-and-build stra\u00adtegy<\/strong> in part\u00adner\u00adship with mid-sized entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs. The goal is to estab\u00adlish three succes\u00adsion plat\u00adforms by the end of 2026 in high-growth service sectors. The first plat\u00adform, in the insu\u00adrance brokerage sector, was laun\u00adched in Decem\u00adber 2025. The foun\u00adding partners\u2014Jan Mickel, Joscha Radeck, and Dr. Lukas Klip\u00adper<\/strong> \u2014have more than ten years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in buil\u00adding compa\u00adnies and deve\u00adlo\u00adping succes\u00adsion solu\u00adti\u00adons in part\u00adner\u00adship with busi\u00adness owners. \u2014<\/p>\n With this first closing, Gaius is expan\u00adding its team in Berlin to closely support invest\u00adments and the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. The approach is based on active colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with owners and manage\u00adment, as well as targe\u00adted value crea\u00adtion that goes beyond simply provi\u00adding capital. <\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor to Gaius: POELLATH<\/strong> Amos Veith, LL.M.<\/strong> (Part\u00adner, Lead, Invest\u00adment Funds, Legal and Tax) About Gaius Capital<\/strong><\/p>\n Gaius Capi\u00adtal is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent private equity firm foun\u00added in Berlin in 2025 by its foun\u00adding part\u00adners Jan Mickel, Joscha Radeck, and Dr. Lukas Klip\u00adper with the goal of helping mid-sized busi\u00adness owners find part\u00adner\u00adship-based solu\u00adti\u00adons for their succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning. We combine inno\u00adva\u00adtive solu\u00adti\u00adons with prag\u00adma\u00adtic implementation. <\/p>\n When it comes to busi\u00adness succes\u00adsion, we want to be part of a solu\u00adtion based on part\u00adner\u00adship. We tailor our approach to the indi\u00advi\u00addual needs of busi\u00adness owners and offer a compre\u00adhen\u00adsive range of solutions\u2014from a quick sale at fair market value to a flexi\u00adble, profit-maxi\u00admi\u00adzing approach through the Gaius Seller Commu\u00adnity. Our work is groun\u00added in a deep appre\u00adcia\u00adtion for our part\u00adners\u2019 entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial achie\u00adve\u00adments, as well as a strong sense of respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity for the careful manage\u00adment of the capi\u00adtal entrus\u00adted to us. \u2014 www.gaiuscapital.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2014 Gaius Capi\u00adtal (\u201cGaius\u201d), a private equity inves\u00adtor specia\u00adli\u00adzing in succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning solu\u00adti\u00adons for small and medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses, has announ\u00adced the first closing of its debut fund, Gaius Nach\u00adfol\u00adge\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal I. With commit\u00adments tota\u00adling EUR 40 million, appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 80% of the target hard cap has alre\u00adady been reached. At the same time, the co-inves\u00adt\u00ad\u00adment vehicle [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPOELLATH provi\u00added Gaius with compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice on contrac\u00adtual, tax, and regu\u00adla\u00adtory issues rela\u00adted to the fund\u2019s struc\u00adtu\u00adring and distri\u00adbu\u00adtion, as well as on inves\u00adtor nego\u00adtia\u00adti\u00adons, working with the follo\u00adwing Berlin-based team:<\/p>\n
\nDr. Robert Eberius, LL.M. (Stel\u00adlen\u00adbosch) (Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Co-Lead, Invest\u00adment Funds, Legal and Tax)
\nPascal Erler, LL.M. (Bond) (Senior Asso\u00adciate, Invest\u00adment Funds, Legal and Tax) <\/p>\n