A rapidly evolving world offers huge opportunities, but also poses significant challenges for today’s wealth creators: economic uncertainty, increasing regulation, erosion of the right to privacy and public pressure to contribute more to society. In this environment, never has there been a greater need to protect wealth and manage family succession to ensure a lasting legacy. Winterberg Group is a multi-family office investment firm established and operated by a team of experienced investment and strategy consulting professionals. Our investment track record starts in 2011, and as of 2017 year-end, the value of assets under management is estimated at c. €200M. The investment team is based in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Moscow, and Johannesburg. The Group is headquartered in Zug.
As an independent investment firm, we execute two investment strategies: Mature Stage Buyouts and provision of Early Stage Growth Capital. Our targets typically appertain to one of the two key global themes: Scalable Industrial Technologies and Emerging Middle Class.
We typically invest in majority stakes of small and mid-sized industrial technology-driven companies with proven and sustainable business models. Our targets are niche Mittelstand champions with future-viable products, unique selling propositions, experienced management teams, innovative power and potential for further growth. For many years, we have focused on industrial business models in selected sectors. With our experience, expertise, capital, and global network we support our portfolio companies in implementing their sustainable, value-creating corporate strategies. Our active entrepreneurial approach to investing has made us a preferable investment partner in mature economies in Europe (e.g. Germany, UK) and elsewhere. We have achieved superior performance over many years – for our portfolio companies as well as for our shareholders and investors.
We typically invest at an early Seed or Round A stage and aim to acquire a significant minority stake in the fast-growing future unicorns. Our targets are disrupting large traditional markets and business models, growing exponentially, have unique product or service offering and are led by prominent and motivated founders. Our active investment approach is based on an aim to deliver sustainable returns over the long term and make a difference in what we do. Therefore, we support the founders with guidance and value creation efforts all the way from our entry to exit. We build concentrated portfolios driven by strong conviction and high support. Unlike some other VCs, we do not expect just one company to drive our returns. We are intensely committed to all of our portfolio companies – we don’t write off & walk away from them when they have hard times.
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Areas of expertise include M&A, business strategy, commercial excellence and turnaround
Focus on industrial goods, financial technology and natural resources sectors globally
Leads the establishment of Winterberg’s Industrial SME holdings and buy & build strategy in Cleantech, Internet-of-things, and other industries
Extensive consulting experience at The Boston Consulting Group
Areas of expertise include investments, business strategy, and technology commercialization
Focus on mining, agriculture and industrial goods sectors in Europe and CIS
Setup and co-run Anglo American Platinum Technology Fund (PGMDF)
Leads Winterberg’s technology practice
Extensive consulting experience at The Boston Consulting Group
Areas of expertise include VC / PE investing, corporate strategy and M&A
Focus on technology, industrial goods, and natural resources sectors in Europe and Africa
Member of the Young President Organisation (YPO) in Africa
Leads Winterberg’s technology practice
Strategy consulting experience at Bain & Company in Italy and France
Areas of expertise include M&A, business strategy, turnaround, transformation, and operations
Focus on industrial goods and mobility sectors in Europe and CIS
Leads Winterberg’s investments in Mobility, buy & build strategies in Cleantech and SMEs, Sports & Fitness, and other industries
Responsible for Winterberg's investment strategy in the emerging global middle class' driven industries
Strategy consulting experience at The Boston Consulting Group and A.T. Kearney
12y+ experience in investments
Led the built-up of Top-5 uranium mining company via a range of M&A deals
Business Angel for multiple US and CIS startups
Extensive expertise in M&A across such sectors as Metals & Mining, Infrastructure and IT
Studied Management at Moscow Finance University
6y+ experience with top-class international Private Equity and Venture Capital firms and bulge bracket investment banking
Deal experience includes 7 deals closed with the leading European and US companies across various sectors with total amount of equity invested exceeding $2.5bn
Studied Finance at Moscow Finance University
4y+ experience in international Private Equity and Investment Banking
Top-tier Investment & M&A experience across Western-European and North-American markets in various sectors, including infrastructure, real estate, TMT, healthcare and industrials
Studied Investment Management at Imperial College London, UK
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Zug:
Baarerstrasse 43, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
Hamburg:
Grosse Johannisstrasse 7, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
Munich:
Kaiserstrasse 14a, 80801 Munich, Germany
Berlin:
Französische Strasse 9, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Moscow:
D3, Suschevskaya Street 25/1, 127055 Moscow, Russian Federation
Johannesburg:
Rudd Road 25, Illovo 2196, Johannesburg, South Africa