Private equity

Kartesia

Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 3, 80333 München
Phone: +49 89 380 368 19 | Contact: Thomas Pöhler (Head of Germany) · Thomas.Poehler@kartesia.com
www.kartesia.com

Profile

Kartesia is a pan-European, industry-agnostic lower mid-market investor
specialising in cash-flow based lending with local teams in each core
market. The firm manages four fund-strategies: structured credit, senior direct lending, a highly flexible, hybrid lending mandate as well as an impact fund.

Services

Liquidity solutions to (1) support growth or expansion, (2) resolve succession issues or replace lenders or shareholders and (3) finance acquisitions, LBOs, MBOs, restructurings, turnarounds – tailored to the specific needs of small- & mid-sized companies (privately owned or sponsor-backed) and/or its stakeholders. Active support of portfolio companies as sparring partner to management and shareholders in strategic or ESG considerations and through our Europe-wide ‘lower mid-market’ network.

Participation

Type of participation

(Un)secured senior debt (term loans, capex/ acquisition facility, unitranche), subordinated debt (PIK, mezz) & equity (minority, preferred)

Funding Stages

Growth, expansion, M&A, LBO, MBO, replacement of lenders or shareholders, refinancing, recapitalisation, restructuring, turnaround

Minimum investment

€ 10 m to € 100 m

Investments

80+ portfolio companies with geographies spanning from Latvia to Spain and from the UK to Romania, of which 9 are currently located in Germany – amongst them FormMed, inopla and planethome

Capital Managed

Ca. € 6 bn as of June 2023

Company

Management

Laurent Bouvier · Matthieu Delamaire · Damien Scaillierez

Foundation

2013

Team size

80+, nine of which are located in Munich

Subsidiaries

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