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ABOUT ZUKUNFTTECH STIFTUNG

As part of the Zukunfttech group, Zukunfttech Stiftung focuses on small and medium-sized succession solutions as well as on the transfer of business assets of larger medium-sized companies and groups (spin-offs).

In addition to capital for investment and growth, we support the management of the companies acquired through extensive entrepreneurial experience and help to implement growth initiatives and realise operational potential. 

 

Modern approach to business make us a reliable partner for medium-sized enterprises and corporate groups. We understand how important profitable growth is for the future of both companies and their workforces. With a strong capital base, international contacts and a team of specialists in financial and corporate management we will bring your company back on the road to success.

FOCUS

In the company acquisition process, Zukunfttech Stiftung concentrates on identifying, analyzing, creating and exploiting all the opportunities afforded by the market. We view ourselves as a long-term “good home” for its subsidiaries. 
we do concentrate primarily on the following segments:

  • Breakthrough innovative medical technologies which have no analogues
  • Industrials & Chemicals
  • Biotechnology

STRATEGY

Subsidiaries of Zukunfttech Stiftung are supported by experienced managers who provide investee companies with the opportunity and potential to enhance market growth and competitiveness to the benefit of their employees, customers, distributors, and shareholders.

The right acquisition strategy leads to success

For the purpose of identifying suitable acquisition targets, Zukunfttech Stiftung makes use of a broad network of decision-makers in corporations as well as M&A consultants and investment banks. In total, the company’s acquisition specialists identify several hundred potential takeover candidates each year, of which around 10 to 15 percent undergo a detailed assessment. Zukunfttech Stiftung conducts this due diligence process with internal and external experts in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, law and finance. This way, the company assures prompt and efficient due diligence at a consistently high level.

 

SHAREHOLDER COMMITTEE 

Information will be publicly available from January 2020.

 SELECTION CRITERIA

  Buy-Out Opportunity
Revenue EUR 5-100m EUR 10-50m
EBITDA EUR 1-10m

Temporarily negative

Geography
  Pan-European, Israel, Canada, South Korea, USA 
Pan-European, Israel, Canada, USA

 

BENEFITS TO SELLER AND MANAGEMENT

Flexibility, Expertise And Engagement.

      SHAREHOLDERS                       MANAGER                             THE BUSINESS

To entrepreneurs who wish to sell either a part    In the context of a management buy-out or                  We offer our extensive experience as a
or the entirety of their holdings in a company,      management buy-in we offer the existing                     solution in complex situations. We
we offer flexible and individually structured        management the opportunity to actively participate    support the seller in the individual spin-off
solutions and participation models in order to     in the future success of the business.  Thus, we          steps, allowing the management to 
maintain the value of the company and offer        benefit from the management’s many years of             concentrate their efforts on the day-to-day
support to enable growth over many years.           experienceand expertise in return for our                     business. Throughout the transaction
                                                                                    networking prowess and our financial strength.           process we offer a high level of security,
                                                                                                                                                                               speed and professionalism
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CORPORATE TEAMWORK
GROWTH SUPPORT 

  • Organic Growth: management support in market potential analyses as well as the development and implementation of strategies for market entry.
  • Internationalisation: support for the internationalisation of the business, as well as market entry at the local level.
  • Acquisitions/add-ons: add-on acquisitions form an integral part of the growth strategy and are increasingly important for the horizontal and/or vertical expansion of the business model. As a strong financial partner we help enable an expedited consolidation of the local market through our initiatives.
  • Within the Zukunftech Group we have conducted a large number of transactions and developed portfolio companies in various industries, thus having direct access to operational experts in the fields of IT, organisation, finance, sales, HR, procurement and strategy. 
  • In the preparation and implementation of projects within the company we see ourselves not only as an investor, but also as entrepreneurially experienced, competent and as an independent sparring partner that comprehensively supports the management.