Private equity firms in Germany
89 private equity firms headquartered in Germany are recorded here. Stated investment stages run from seed to buyout. The sectors named most often are Healthcare, Industrial and Technology. The cities with most of them are Munich (27), Frankfurt (16) and Berlin (9). Every fact comes from the investor’s own website and links back to the page it was read from. Coverage is incomplete and biased toward investors who publish clearly.
| Investor | Layer | Type | Stage | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abacus alpha GmbH Automatisierung · Clean Tech / Green Tech · Innovative Werkstoffe · Dienstleistungen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Seed – Buyout | Frankenthal, Germany |
| ACC Holding | Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Hamburg, Germany |
| ADCURAM Group Mittelstand · Carve-out · Nachfolge |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Aequita SE & Co. KGaA industrials · chemicals · automotive · IT services |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| AGIC Capital advanced industrial technology · healthcare technology · medical devices · life science tools & services |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| ALLEGRA CAPITAL GmbH printing · graphic arts · corporate divestitures · special situations |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Allistro Capital industrial · medical technology · electrical engineering · machine technology |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Germany |
| Alpina Partners B2B Software · Tech-Enabled Business Services · Industrial Technologies |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Alvia Capital Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen · Erziehung und Bildung · Dienstleistungen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Hamburg, Germany |
| Armira Beteiligungen GMBH & Co., Kg Mittelstand · tech · health · life sciences |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| AUCTUS Capital Partners AG Business Services · IT · Industrie · Consumer |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | München, Germany |
| AURELIUS Technology & Business Services · Industrials & Chemicals · Lifestyle & Consumer Goods |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Aven Capital Partners | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Hamburg, Germany |
| BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mittelstand · technology · industrial · service |
Direct investor | Private equity | Seed – Growth | Munich, Germany |
| BE Investment Partners Maschinenbau · IT-Dienstleistungen · Kunststofftechnik · Unterhaltungselektronik |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Köln, Germany |
| Beaufort Capital GmbH Technology · Healthcare · Telecommunications |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth | Hamburg, Germany |
| BEO Capital Group Mittelstand · Nachfolge · Restrukturierung · Spin Offs |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Beyond Capital Partners Dienstleistung · IT · Software · Healthcare |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Borromin Capital Management GMBH mittelständische Unternehmen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt Am Main, Germany |
| Brawo Capital Group Mittelstand · Handwerk · Industrie · Dienstleistung |
Direct investor | Private equity | Seed – Growth | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Bregal Investments mid-market · consumer · food and beverage · business services |
Direct + LP | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft Automotive · Bau · Elektrotechnik · Gastronomie |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Cadence Growth Capital technology-enabled business models · recurring revenue · digitalization |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth | Berlin, Germany |
| Capiton AG High-Tech Industrials · Healthcare · Life Sciences |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Berlin, Germany |
| Carbyne Equity Partners Healthcare · Nutrition · Agricultural Inputs |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Hamburg, Germany |
| CHAPTERS GROUP | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt, Germany |
| CMP Capital Management-Partners GmbH mittelständische Unternehmen · Sonder- und Umbruchsituationen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Berlin, Germany |
| COI Partners B2B · Services & Commerce · Food & Beverages · IT & Technology |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Colonia Private Equity Telekommunikation · Medien & Lifestyle · Immobilien · Industrie |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Köln, Germany |
| Comitis Capital Modern Consumer · Healthy Living · Digital Transformation |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Crosslantic Capital Management GmbH Mittelstand · asset light · fragmented niches · AI-positive |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Deutsche Beteiligungs AG mechanical and plant engineering · automotive supply industry · industrial service providers · industrial components |
Direct + LP | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
| Deutsche Nachhaltigkeit AG impact investing · sustainability · ESG |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Germany |
| Deutsche Private Equity | Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | München, Germany |
| Droege Group | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| DUBAG Group all industries |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Ecm Equity Capital Management GMBH Mittelstand · Software · Healthcare · Automotive |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt, Germany |
| ECONA Management GmbH | Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Berlin, Germany |
| EMERAM Capital Partners GmbH Digitalisation · Health & Wellbeing · Energy Transition |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Germany |
| EMH Partners GmbH Healthcare · Software · Industries · technology |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Family Trust Investor FTI GmbH Mittelstand · Handwerk · Sonnenschutz · Bodenverlegung |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| Fidelium Partners | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| FIDURA Private Equity Fonds technology · organic semiconductors · biotechnology · agrar/food/nutrition |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth | Grünwald, Germany |
| Finatem Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mittelstand · Industrie · Food · Automotive |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Bad Homburg, Germany |
| Finexx Unternehmensbeteiligungen | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Germany |
| FINYOND Capital B2B · tech · financial services |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| FLEX Capital software · tech |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Berlin, Germany |
| GENUI GmbH | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Hamburg, Germany |
| Greenpeak Management GMBH business services · healthcare services · real asset services |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Habona Invest GmbH Nahversorgung · soziale Infrastruktur · Lebensmitteleinzelhandel · Kindertagesstätten |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Hannover Finanz Mittelstand · Familienunternehmen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Hannover, Germany |
| Haspa Beteiligungsgesellschaft für den Mittelstand mbH mittelständische Unternehmen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Hamburg, Germany |
| HBL Investment Partners | Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Heracles Capital Immobilien |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| INDUS Holding AG Engineering · Infrastructure · Materials Solutions |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Germany |
| IONIQ Group GmbH Adtech · Data · Fintech · Healthcare |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Berlin, Germany |
| IT Capital Partners IT services · Cloud · Cyber Security · AI Engineering |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Hamburg, Germany |
| KKA Partners | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Berlin, Germany |
| Liberta Partners Business Services · Consumer · Education · Healthcare |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| Maxburg Capital Partners Dienstleistungen · Software & Tech · Verbrauchsgüter (B2B & B2C) · Gesundheitswesen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| MBB SE e-mobility · automation · pipeline & plant engineering · cyber security |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Germany |
| Mutares SE & Co. KGaA Automotive & Mobility · Energy & Technology · Goods & Services · Infrastructure & Defense |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Nc Management GMBH technology |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth | Germany |
| NEXX Capital Industrial Technology · Business- & IT-Services · Software · Healthcare |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Novum Capital Gesundheitswesen · E-Commerce · Unterhaltung · Süßwaren |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Odewald KMU Deutsche Ingenieurskunst · Intelligente Dienstleistungen · Gesundheit · IT & Software |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Berlin, Germany |
| Paragon Partners Mittelstand · Industrie · Healthcare · E-Commerce |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| Pinova Capital GmbH Industrial Tech · High-Tech Components · Smart Systems · Innovative Materials |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| PREMIUM Equity Partners GmbH Technology + Industry · Consumer + Lifestyle Goods · Healthcare + MedTech · Software + Connectivity |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Quadriga Capital Healthcare · Tech-Enabled Services · Smart Industries |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Quartum Kapital | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| QVM Privatkapital | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Germany |
| Rigeto Medizintechnik und Gesundheit · Software, Sicherheit und IT · Industrie, Konsumgüter und Services |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | München, Germany |
| Seafort Advisors medium-sized growth companies · technology-oriented companies |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Hamburg, Germany |
| SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement healthcare · life sciences |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Tübingen, Germany |
| Silver Investment Partners GmbH & Co. KG Industrial manufacturing in niche markets · Software · Health/Pharmaceuticals · Industrial services |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Königstein, Germany |
| Sobera Capital GmbH ICT · Industrial Technologies · Healthcare · Life Sciences |
Direct + LP | Private equity | Growth | Germany |
| Sophora Unternehmerkapital Energiewende & Ressourcenverfügbarkeit · B-E-S-T Technologien · Buy-and-Build · Cybersicherheit |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Berlin, Germany |
| STEMAS AG Elektronik/Elektrotechnik · Maschinen- und Anlagenbau · Brandschutz |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | München, Germany |
| Süd Beteiligungen GmbH | Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | Germany |
| Tach2yone energy transition · energy storage · hydrogen · sustainable fuels |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| THI Investments Business Services · Education and Training · Healthcare · Industrials |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Triginta Capital GmbH | Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Trigon Equity Partners GmbH Industrie · Handel · Dienstleistungen |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Vecturis Equity GmbH mobility |
Direct investor | Private equity | Not stated | München, Germany |
| Vertevis Capital Partners energy transition · built environment · critical infrastructure protection · sustainability |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Germany |
| VIDIA GmbH climate solutions · industrial materials · electrification · circular economy |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Munich, Germany |
| VTC Unternehmer GmbH Industrial Tech · Business Services · Healthcare |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | Germany |
| Yttrium GmbH B2B technology |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth | Munich, Germany |