Strong entrepreneurs
Vision, product, a sense of responsibility. People who know their business better than we do.
For Investors
Participations where somebody works after closing.
Investors and capital partners ask the same question entrepreneurs do: whom do I entrust my capital to? Our answer: we structure every participation individually, bring it together with our investor network, and take operational responsibility afterwards. Co-investors decide per transaction, on the basis of full documentation and without committing capital in advance.
Benefits
Access
Participations in selected mid-market companies, mostly from situations that are never marketed. Each one selectable individually.
Alignment
We stand behind every participation with our time, experience and name, and carry the operational responsibility after closing.
Effect
Active operational value creation after entry. The difference shows in the business itself, not just in the valuation.
Returns come from better companies, not from short-term financial engineering.
Structure
Structure follows the entrepreneurial logic, not the other way round.
We grow on proven value creation rather than on capital raised, in three phases.
- Phase 1 — today
Deal-by-deal and club deals
Every transaction through a dedicated SPV. Full transparency and freedom of decision per transaction. No blind pool, no fund vehicle. The capital comes from our investor network.
- Phase 2 — build-up
Operating holding company
As the portfolio grows we consolidate holdings into an operating holding. Acquisition through our own structure, an active ownership role — entrepreneurial, not a fund construction.
- Phase 3 — outlook
Institutionalisation
Only once track record and portfolio size justify it will we pursue the relevant licence or a hosting setup — as the basis for institutional capital and a broader setup.
The specific corporate and regulatory structure is determined per transaction together with the advisers involved.
Investment criteria
Four criteria, and all four have to hold.
Proven substance
Market validation, reliable customers, a working operational base.
Scalable potential
The path from a successful single business to a platform has to be visible.
Value worth creating
Long-term positive economic and social value.
Parameters
- Region
- Austria and Southern Germany; selected situations in Switzerland, Northern Italy / South Tyrol and Central Europe
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic, focused on real operational substance
- Investment size
- VC from € 100,000 · PE from € 500,000
- Stake
- Majority and qualified minority
- Holding period
- Long-term, no fixed exit horizon
Interests
We advise and we invest. So we address the conflict before you raise it.
Our business model combines short-term cash flow with long-term wealth creation. Advisory and execution mandates generate recurring income; that income funds the build-up of the platform and the evidence that we deliver. Participations create long-term company value.
That gives us independence: we never have to take a participation in order to earn, or accept a mandate that does not fit.
Four guardrails
Cash first
An equity stake never replaces the base fee of a mandate, so our advice never hangs on our stake.
Separate mandates, in writing
Advisory mandate and investment interest are kept contractually separate. Where both arise in the same situation, we disclose it in writing beforehand.
No commission brokerage
We do not introduce a company for a success fee to a buyer in which we hold an interest. If we want to buy, we appear as a buyer.
Selectivity over volume
We deliberately hold only a limited number of participations and mandates at once, because responsibility needs capacity.
These guardrails are the reason entrepreneurial families give us access to situations that never reach the market.
Specific terms are discussed in person and made available to invited partners in the restricted area.
Investor access
Full documentation instead of a polished teaser.
Invited partners receive access to our project overview: investment thesis, key figures, structure, timeline and the full data room for each participation. Released deal by deal, confidential, every access logged.
Access is granted by personal invitation only, after a first conversation. There is no open registration.
Founding Partners
The first partners shape a firm more than the next fifty.
From autumn 2026 we are holding conversations with a deliberately small circle. Founding Partners see opportunities before the circle widens, talk directly to us rather than to an investor relations team, and shape how this firm works.
To us, founding partners are counterparts, often entrepreneurs themselves, who tell us when we have it wrong.
Who we are looking for
- Entrepreneurs who have sold or are operationally active
- Family offices with an operating portfolio in DACH, Northern Italy / South Tyrol or DACH-adjacent Central Europe
- Experienced operators who bring capital and time
- Foundations and institutional partners
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Next step
Let us get to know each other.
A first conversation takes thirty minutes and commits you to nothing. You will learn where you stand with us, and for everything after that we take the time it needs.