Key parameters and criteria of investment opportunities:
- The investments head towards purchasing the shares from the owners, towards increasing the equity of the target companies or in exceptional events towards the financing of start-up or greenfield projects.
- We invest in financing the acquisitions or we provide the capital for financing the expansion plans.
- In particular we support the transactions led by external or internal management teams heading towards the buyout of the companies (“management buy-out“ or MBO or “management buy-in“ or MBI).
- We invest in manufacturing companies or services providing companies regardless the field of economy.
- The amount invested ranges from EUR 2 - 8 million per transaction however we might provide equity resources as well as outside this range (less or more).
- The length of our investments corresponds with mid-term horizon (4 – 7 years). Nevertheless we do not have any fixed contractual period for exiting.
- Due to the character of the investment we take both minority and majority stakes.
- We seek experienced and motivated managers with provable capability to successfully carry out further expansion of the company or the project.
- The character of the opportunity must not be speculative.
- We require supervisory not executive assignment of our representatives at the target company.