Private equity for German business succession

Buyer, not intermediary

Most parties an owner meets during a succession process are advisors. They earn a fee when a transaction happens and they leave when it closes. We are on the other side of the table: we sign the purchase agreement, we own the company afterwards, and we are the ones who have to make it work.

That has a practical consequence for sellers. There is no auction, no anonymous bidder list, and no financing contingency that surfaces in week twelve. Decisions are made by the three General Partners who spoke with you in the first call.

Our buy-box in plain numbers

We only look at companies that fit a narrow, published profile. If your business matches it, a General Partner gets back to you personally with a qualified reply. If it does not, we say so instead of running a process.

• EBITDA between EUR 0.5m and EUR 5m, sustainable and documented
• B2B services: facility management, staffing and personnel services, IT services and managed services, logistics services
• Recurring or contract-based revenue, diversified customer base
• Germany-wide — headquarters in Hamburg, deals nationwide
• Majority stakes; full exit or staged handover both possible
• Not in scope: B2C retail, pure consulting built around one person, pre-revenue or turnaround situations

How a transaction runs with us

• Step 1: you send key figures. We come back with a clear yes or no.
• Step 2: confidential first conversation with one of the three General Partners — no intermediaries.
• Step 3: indicative offer based on your figures, including the intended structure.
• Step 4: confirmatory due diligence, limited to what is genuinely decision-relevant.
• Step 5: signing and closing. We buy with committed fund capital, so financing is not a condition that can collapse late.

What happens after closing

We fund an AI-led efficiency programme in the first 24 months after the acquisition: quoting, dispatching, scheduling, invoicing, documentation and service desk workflows. The goal is to remove manual routine work in the back office without cutting the operational core of the business.

The reason we buy in this segment is precisely that: solid businesses with strong customer relationships and largely manual back offices. The value we create is operational, not financial engineering.

Why owners talk to us

• Confidentiality: no listing on succession exchanges, no market-wide teaser
• Speed: a clear yes or no early, without a drawn-out market process
• Continuity: employees, brand and locations stay; we do not asset-strip
• Long-term approach: we focus on sustainable operational development rather than short-term resale.

Company facts

Questions and answers

Do you also buy minority stakes?

No. We acquire majority stakes so that we can carry operational responsibility. A staged handover, where the owner stays on for a defined transition period and keeps a minority, is possible.

Is my company too small?

If sustainable EBITDA is at least EUR 0.5m, it is in scope. Below that we cannot justify the transaction cost for either side and will tell you so straight away.

Do you act as a broker?

No. We are the buyer and acquire companies for our own fund. We do not run sell-side mandates.