Hans-Christian Perle

Provides financial technology services

Kennet is an active, long-term manager which works with European and US companies in the expansion stages of their development. The firm works with management teams to build shareholder value through revenue and cash flow growth, providing strategy formulation, business development, executive recruitment and corporate finance initiatives to investee companies. Kennet is typically the lead investor and often the first professional investor in a private company, investing USD 4 to 20 million per company, and can often lead larger investment rounds in syndication with investment partners. They invest in companies in maturing technology or services businesses which are seeking a partner to build long-term shareholder value. Kennet focuses on market opportunities created by technology innovation, seeking to invest in companies with headquarters in Western Europe or the US, with core management teams in place, which address a global opportunity with global ambitions and which have a defensible business model with clear barriers to entry. The firm aims to invest in companies which are mature enough to take advantage of business development introductions, executive recruitment, joint strategy formulation and corporate finance initiatives. They typically invest in businesses that have been self-financed or have taken some funding from professional investors, and also seek to finance private mergers, corporate divestitures or spinouts, and restructuring situations.

ViewPoint is an active, long-term manager which specializes in investing in entrepreneurial European companies developing or applying leading-edge software technologies, with a special focus on Central Europe (primarily the German-speaking countries, Benelux and Denmark). They focus on software solutions that facilitate productivity increases, provide new functionality and services and perform mission-critical operations in application environments including enterprise applications, specific industry solutions, infrastructure software, web-enabling and interactive technologies, consumer software, media & entertainment software, mobile applications and services. The firm typically seeks to invest EUR 3-15 million in growing businesses with a clear value proposition and annual revenues of EUR 4-40 million. For larger transactions, they may co-invest with their base of investors. ViewPoint takes minority and majority holdings in their investee companies, providing capital for growth, shareholder liquidity, acquisitions, and buyouts. They work with their industry advisory network to provide non-executive directors and supervisory or advisory board members for investee businesses, partnering with them to support their positioning, recruitment, sales and marketing, strategic alliances, international roll-out, add-on acquisitions and value creation.

AdAstra is an active manager which invests in later-stage technology-oriented companies in the IT, internet & e-business, telecommunications, medical technology, semiconductors and other new technologies sectors in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The firm seeks to invest EUR 1.5-7.5 million in companies with an excellent management team, an innovative, sophisticated range of products, an existing customer base, a high degree of scalability, strong intellectual property, an attractive market and competitive situation, a clear market opportunity, sustainable, above-average growth rates, existing and expandable competitive advantage and an implemented sales strategy. AdAstra takes minority and majority stakes in their investee companies as well as supervisory or advisory board seats, partnering with management to assist companies to optimize their business plan and create shareholder value by providing them with support including strategy, corporate financing and investor relations.

Invision invests in medium-sized companies located in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for buyout and growth stage capital requirements. It also acquires minority stakes.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

Provides software solutions

Provides enterprise content and business process management software solutions