Marcus Rauschenberger

HB is an active yet prudent private equity investment manager. Investments are focused on expansion financing, ownership succession, spin-offs of business units from large firms or other modifications in the shareholder structure. Typically, management buyouts make up the most frequent transaction. They target profitable mid-sized manufacturing, service and trading companies with good market positions. The firm focuses on companies with positive earnings and sales ranging from €20 million to €200 million. In addition to providing equity capital, HB partners with the portfolio firms' management providing advice and expertise as a majority or minority shareholder. They also provide growth capital in later rounds of financing until the portfolio firms' business is self-financed or ready for an IPO. To ensure that HB interests are aligned with their portfolio firms, HB's investment mangers commit their personal capital to every investment. HB puts no emphasis on current return such as dividend payments. Their overriding objective is to increase the portfolio firm's value over the long-term.