Industrial Technology

Investments

SEVEST targets market-leading companies and "hidden champions" in advanced industrial sectors,h primarily in DACH.

Investment Profile

Search Criteria

Target Segment

Lower mid-market buy-outs

Sector

Advanced Industrials (differentiated industrials, industrial technology, and related software/services businesses)

Region

DACH

Buiness Models

Established businesses with positive cash flows and strong organic EBITDA growth

Investment Features

Enterprise Value

Starting at €40m. Sweet spot €50-100m. Up to €150m with Co-Invest from existing investors

Ownership

Generally majority/full control ownership

Role

Active ownership to drive value creation

Partnership

Alignment of incentives with management on clear path to exit

Value Creation

Toolkit

Organisation

Growth

Margin

Cash

Resources

We have in-house value creation experts as well as access to an experienced value creation team from the affiliated industrial holding. Profiles include generalist operating partners, interim C-level managers, and functional specialists in e.g. Carve-Outs, commercial excellence, LEAN, or data mining.

These resources are available to support the portfolio management teams. We ensure full alignment with management regarding purpose, focus and scope of potential support activities. 

Experience

The core team possesses over a decade of value creation experience in large-, mid-, and small-cap private equity. Prior roles range from board governance (chairman of supervisory board) over strategic and operational execution (CEO of private equity portfolio companies) to interim support (CRO, PMO, interim roles).