Managing Partner | Private Equity, Finance & Transactions
Elias Bitzer
Elias Bitzer is a Managing Partner at Generation Tech Partners. He leads deal origination, owner relationships and succession structuring.
Profile
Elias Bitzer is a Managing Partner at Generation Tech Partners and owns the transaction side of the firm: owner relationships, valuation, structuring and execution of acquisitions. He is the first point of contact for owners in a confidential initial conversation and accompanies the process through to closing.
Before Generation Tech Partners he worked at Afinum Management, a private equity investor specialized in the Mittelstand. There he was responsible for investments in owner-managed companies, from sourcing and due diligence to financing structure and support after the investment.
His transaction record in the German Mittelstand covers mostly succession situations in industrials, B2B services and technology-enabled business models, including valuation, purchase price and earn-out structures, share deal versus asset deal considerations and work with financing banks.
He was educated at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. His approach to succession is less process-driven than people-driven: an owner who hands over after 30 years hands over a workforce, customer relationships and a reputation in the market.
At Generation Tech Partners he leads Private Equity, Finance & Transactions: he screens incoming companies against the acquisition profile, owns valuation and structuring and makes sure succession solutions work for owners, employees and customers. He does this as the buyer.
Expertise
- Private equity and investments in the German Mittelstand
- M&A processes: valuation, due diligence, purchase price structure
- Business succession for owner-managed companies
- Deal origination and confidential owner outreach
- Transaction financing and structuring (share deal / asset deal)
Succession & M&A topics
- Business succession in the Mittelstand · Overview of succession routes
- Selling your company · Selling directly to a long-term buyer
- Acquisition profile · Which companies we buy
Experience
Experience in private equity and Mittelstand financing.
- Afinum Management, private equity investor for the Mittelstand
- Transactions in the German Mittelstand (personal partner experience)
- Focus: Industrial, B2B Services, Tech-enabled Businesses
- HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Sector Focus
“A succession is the trust of an owner that their life's work will continue to grow. We meet this trust with maximum care.”
Citation
Elias Bitzer, Managing Partner at Generation Tech Partners (Hamburg), leads deal origination, valuation and succession structuring for acquisitions of profitable B2B service companies in Germany with EBITDA of €0.5m to €5m.