Our origins are the SMEs.
We want to strengthen them.
Rivus Capital is an owner-managed family office based in
office based in Munich and invests capital
by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs: We are
not a manager of "anonymous" capital from
institutional investors, but work with our own
with our own funds - from ourselves and from entrepreneurs who are friends of ours. Our decision-making processes are short: we decide ourselves -
independently of third parties, investors or
committees. This means we are fast and binding.
We invest specifically in impact issues, in real change.
For us, an investment decision does not involve
an isolated view of the company itself,
but above all also takes into account the question
which social or ecological added value
can be created.
With our investment approach, we invest
exclusively in companies that are already creating a
create a sustainable, clean, safe and healthy world for current and future generations.
We focus on the arrangement of entrepreneurial succession
What companies do we invest in?
- Established medium-sized companies with a successful business model
- Based in Germany, Switzerland or Austria
- Sustainable profitable growth potential
What are the occasions for investing?
- Succession situations
- Management Buyout / Management Buy-in
- Growth financing
Which scale is relevant for us?
- EBITDA between € 1 million and € 5 million.
- Equity ticket between € 5 million and € 20 million.
- Participation rate of >50%
We support
companies to
grow sustainably
As a reliable partner we support
companies, founders and management teams with
sustainable growth, internationalization and
the implementation of M&A projects (Buy-and-Build)
at home and abroad.
In this context, we see ourselves as a sparring partner who helps
companies and their management in
achieve their goals in a spirit of partnership,
without interfering in day-to-day business.
For each portfolio company, we work together with the management team to define development targets and
growth potential. Strategy development takes place in a spirit of partnership and without bias: We
We deal with each company individually.
We help to optimize the core business, to establish new business areas, to professionalize the organization and to increase
professionalize the organization and increase entrepreneurial and financial flexibility.
Organizational structure and development
- We provide support in the timely or successive regulation of company succession as well as in the establishment of a sustainable organizational structure (e.g. introduction of a second management level and recruitment of key personnel)
- We help overcome growth hurdles and further improve operational performance (e.g., by digitizing the business model and processes)
- We support the implementation as well as the measurement of ecological and social corporate goals in order to achieve real added value for society and the environment through sustainable business activities.
SUSTAINABLE AND ACCELERATED GROWTH
- We support the development of a growth strategy that combines the internal competencies and capacities of the company with the external market potentials
- We support the development and implementation of the internationalization strategy, the expansion of existing and the establishment of new geographic growth markets
- We support with our experience and our extensive network in the mid-sized M&A market in closing add-on acquisitions
