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    Press coverage · 10 June 2026

    Finance Forward: Generation Tech Partners starts with €60m and plans to buy Mittelstand companies

    Finance Forward reports on the first close of the Hamburg fund and on AI as a driver of the Mittelstand transformation.

    Keynote · 30 April 2026

    AI and the German Mittelstand: the biggest opportunity since the internet

    Daniel Szabo explains why the window is open now and what owners, investors and banks should do.

    Private equity · 24 April 2026

    Three AI theses from PEC 26 and how they shape our investment strategy

    Three theses presented by Daniel Szabo in Berlin, and how they translate into our investment practice.

    Podcast · 21 March 2026

    Daniel Szabo in conversation: AI, succession and the biggest opportunity in decades

    Interview with Philipp Haas on the succession wave, search funds and AI efficiency in the Mittelstand.

    AI transformation · 30 January 2026

    AI in the Mittelstand: why most projects fail, and why technology is rarely the reason

    AI projects mostly fail because of cultural resistance and a lack of willingness to change.

    Podcast · 27 January 2026

    Daniel Szabo on the podcast: how AI changes business succession

    Private equity in the age of AI, and why B2B service companies in the Mittelstand stand to gain most.

    Analysis · 15 January 2026

    The German Mittelstand at a turning point: why micro-cap private equity matters now

    Many Mittelstand owners plan to close their company instead of handing it over. Micro-cap private equity offers another route.

    AI and technology · 31 December 2025

    AI review of 2025: why waiting becomes an exit trap for the Mittelstand

    2025 marked the end of the experimental phase for AI in the Mittelstand.

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