About us · Team and partners
Run by entrepreneurs
Generation Tech Partners is an owner-led investment firm based in Hamburg and active across Germany. We specialize in succession and the technological transformation of the German Mittelstand.
Our focus
Profitable service companies with EBITDA of €0.5m to €5m
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Entrepreneurial succession
We solve the succession question in practice, with experienced managing directors who carry the company on.
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Real AI expertise
We identify the processes where AI and automation reduce operational workload.
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Lasting value
Organic growth and add-on acquisitions while preserving the company culture.
Who we are
Generation Tech Partners is an owner-led investment firm for business succession in the German Mittelstand. We acquire profitable B2B service companies with institutional fund capital and develop them over the long term, operationally and with AI. We invest only on our own account, from our own fund.
Our Partners lead every transaction personally, from the first call to well after closing.
Our mission
We develop companies that come to us through succession and prepare them for the future with current technology.
A core focus is the shortage of skilled workers. With AI and automation we take routine work off employees, make jobs more attractive and keep the Mittelstand competitive.
Our values
Five principles
These values define how we treat your life's work and which culture we maintain in your company.
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Trust and partnership
Owners hand their life's work to us. Our culture rests on respect and integrity. Our word counts.
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Entrepreneurial drive
We take responsibility and act like owners.
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Curiosity about technology
We try new tools and keep what helps people in their daily work.
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Team spirit and open culture
Short paths, direct feedback and shared decisions.
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Down to earth, with foresight
We build on what generations created and plan for the long term.
Partners
The Partners
Complementary experience in transactions, succession, operational leadership and technological transformation. Jointly responsible for every investment.
Managing Partner (AI Transformation Lead)
Daniel Szabo
Leads AI and operations. After closing he owns the operational development of our companies. Formerly CEO of an industrial group's digital unit.
Managing Partner
Dr. Sebastian Herfurth
Leads legal, structuring and operations. Doctorate in business law, formerly at Freshfields, founder of Friendsurance.
Managing Partner
Elias Bitzer
Leads private equity, finance and transactions. Guides owners from valuation to closing. Formerly at Afinum.
Investment team
Analysis, due diligence and execution
The investment team supports the Partners with analysis, due diligence, transaction execution and the development of our companies.
Senior Analyst
Maximilian Freude
Private equity · analysis · transactions
Business Analyst
Johannes Stolpmann
M&A · analysis · transaction support
Business Analyst
Jakob Schäfer
Search funds · buy side · fintech and data analysis
Business Analyst
Karl Dietze
M&A · private equity · business succession
Business team
Structure and operations
Structure and processes around the deal flow — from origination to scheduling and documentation, so the investment team can focus on companies and owners.
Business Operations Manager
Noëmi Hermanns
Origination · business operations · AI
AI assistant
Genny Kontor
Phone · scheduling · meeting notes
How we work
Strategy comes from conversation
We decide together and quickly. Responsibility stays where it belongs: with the Partners.
The team works from Hamburg, Bei den Mühren 70, 20457 Hamburg. We buy companies across Germany. Meetings with owners take place at the company or in Hamburg.
Questions and answers
Frequently asked questions
- Who is behind Generation Tech Partners?
- Generation Tech Partners is led by its three Managing Partners, Daniel Szabo, Dr. Sebastian Herfurth and Elias Bitzer. Daniel Szabo is also the AI Transformation Lead. They lead every transaction personally as the buyer. An investment team in Hamburg supports them.
- Who reviews incoming companies?
- The investment team handles screening, analysis and due diligence preparation. The Partners take the final decision on an acquisition together.
Let us talk
The first call takes 30 minutes and stays confidential. You speak directly with a Managing Partner.
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