Looking to sell your company — but not just walk away? We acquire Mittelstand companies, build industry-focused groups, and offer entrepreneurs the chance at a second, bigger exit.
Get in touchYou've built your company. Now it's time to secure part of your life's work. A partial exit gives you liquidity and security — and lays the foundation for what comes next.
Your company becomes part of an industry-focused group. Through targeted acquisitions, shared resources, and operational synergies, we create something greater than the sum of its parts.
The group we build reaches a different valuation dimension. At the second exit — whether a sale or IPO — you participate in the value creation of the entire platform.
Most business succession solutions offer entrepreneurs exactly one exit — and then it's over. Whether it's a traditional sale, strategic buyer, or private equity: one transaction, one outcome. We see it differently: the first exit secures what you've built. The second one makes the real difference.
MitKap Partners acquires majority stakes in Mittelstand companies and builds industry-focused groups. Entrepreneurs who sell their company become shareholders in the platform at entry and participate in the value creation across all group companies — not just their own.
Immediate liquidity and wealth diversification. At the same time, you become a shareholder in the group and remain on board as an entrepreneur.
Your company becomes the platform. Through targeted acquisitions and operational excellence, we create a group worth more than the sum of its parts.
Professional management, shared infrastructure, and best practices across all group companies.
The group is valued as a whole — at a multiple of the original standalone valuations. Trade sale or public listing.
Traditional buyout firms follow a familiar pattern: take control, optimize, sell in three to five years. Our model is fundamentally different.
We seek owner-managed Mittelstand companies whose owners are looking to sell their business or plan a succession — and who are ready to partner in building an industry group.
€5 – 30M
from €1M
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Succession, generational transition, carve-out
MitKap Partners was founded on a conviction: the German Mittelstand deserves better options than the classic exit to private equity or a strategic buyer.
PE funds optimize for a three-to-five-year exit. Strategic buyers integrate, and the founder loses all influence. In both cases, the entrepreneur is out.
We offer an alternative: a partnership where entrepreneurs secure part of their life's work while participating in building something bigger. Our network of experienced Mittelstand entrepreneurs contributes capital, industry expertise, and hands-on operational experience.
A good first exit secures what you've built. A great second exit rewards the courage to keep going. We build the bridge between both.
— MitKap PartnersWhether you're considering a partial exit, representing a company, or want to learn more about our partnership model — we'd welcome the conversation.
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