Building on more than 20 years investing in Germany, we drive our investment focus and decisions from offices in Frankfurt and Munich.  Led by Dr. Stephan Krümmer, our 30 German investors work as one team with our Swiss colleagues in Zurich and 3i’s wider network across Europe, Asia and the US.

The German investment team is experienced in a wide range of industry sectors.  These include traditional Mittelstand sectors, such as engineering and automotive supply, as well as business services, healthcare, media, technology and consumer goods.

Our business areas:

• Growth Capital (typical investment in the range €25m-€250m)
  We make minority investments in established, mid-cap, family-owned companies.  The businesses we support use the funds to restructure shareholdings and achieve growth, organically or by acquisition.  Recent successful investments include OPS Ingersoll.

• Buyouts (typical enterprise value up to €1bn)
  We acquire majority holdings in established, mid-cap companies that have outstanding management teams and excellent prospects for growth.  Often we are helping existing management teams to acquire the business they work for, enabling the spin-out of a division from a multinational corporation or supporting preparations for an IPO.  NORMA and Wendt are two good examples of our track record of investment activity.

We also focus on the full range of Infrastructure assets. Our infrastructure team typically invests between €70m and €350m per deal. 3i's expertise covers structured financing in sectors that range from transport and logistics to utilities, civil engineering, medicare and public private partnerships.