AI & SUCCESSION

    Succession plus AI: what actually changes after closing

    We buy B2B service companies precisely because their operations are still largely manual. The upside we underwrite is not a multiple arbitrage — it is process cost that AI can genuinely remove.

    Where AI works in B2B services

    • Quoting: turning enquiries into priced offers in hours instead of days
    • Dispatching and scheduling: better utilisation of technicians, drivers or field staff
    • Documentation: service reports, handover protocols, compliance evidence
    • Invoicing and dunning: fewer manual touches, faster cash conversion
    • Service desk: first-level responses drafted automatically, reviewed by humans

    Where it does not

    AI does not replace the site manager who knows the customer, and it does not fix a business with a broken price model. We are explicit about this with sellers, because overpromising here is the fastest way to lose a management team in year one.

    How we fund it

    The programme is financed from the fund, not from the acquired company's cash flow. It runs over the first 24 months with a named owner on our side and measurable targets per process, so the effect is visible in the P&L rather than in a slide deck.

    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

    See what this would mean for your business

    We can sketch the addressable process cost in your operation in a single conversation.

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    A more detailed German version of this topic is available at /unternehmensnachfolge-ki.