Auctus Capital Partners
Munich independent lower-mid-market private-equity firm (founded 2001) specializing in buy-and-build/buyout platforms for DACH SMEs, with offices in Munich, Milan and Warsaw; runs about 50 active platform investments spanning 200+ underlying companies.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
5 funds tracked, 80 portfolio companies (40 active · 40 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
80 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Auctus Capital Partners has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Auctus VBuyoutHarvesting2019 · 7yr€250M30 active · 10 realized
Unrealized
30 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT Services |  Switzerland | 2026 | |
| IT Services | Switzerland | 2026 | |
| Construction |  Germany | 2026 | |
| SaaS | Germany | 2021 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2022 | |
| Industrials |  Italy | 2023 | |
| Consumer | Italy | 2023 | |
| Industrials | Italy | 2025 | |
| Industrials | Italy | 2025 | |
| IT Services | Germany | 2021 | |
| EdTech | India | 2019 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2021 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2020 | |
| Construction | Switzerland | 2024 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2021 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2020 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2022 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2020 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2022 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2025 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2021 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2023 | |
| SaaS | Switzerland | 2022 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2019 | |
| Business Services | Switzerland | 2020 | |
| Construction | Germany | 2024 | |
| Industrials | Italy | 2024 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2024 | |
| Construction | Germany | 2024 | |
| Logistics | Germany | 2025 |
Switzerland· Entry 2026Switzerland· Entry 2026Germany· Entry 2026Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2022Italy· Entry 2023Italy· Entry 2023Italy· Entry 2025Italy· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2020Switzerland· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2023Switzerland· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2019Switzerland· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2024Italy· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2025Realized
10 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | Germany | 2019 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Data & Analytics | Germany | 2019 | 2024 | Secondary | – | ||
| Data & Analytics | Germany | 2019 | 2023 | Secondary | – | ||
| Logistics | Germany | 2023 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| HealthTech | Germany | 2019 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Italy | 2022 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Italy | 2020 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Construction | Switzerland | 2021 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| IT Services | Germany | 2020 | 2025 | MBO | – | ||
| Construction | Germany | 2020 | 2026 | Secondary | – |
Auctus IVBuyoutHarvesting2015 · 11yr€230M7 active · 7 realized
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | Germany | 2018 | |
| Hospitality | Germany | 2015 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2016 | |
| Industrials | Italy | 2018 | |
| Software |  Austria | 2018 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2018 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2018 |
Germany· Entry 2018Germany· Entry 2015Germany· Entry 2016Italy· Entry 2018Austria· Entry 2018Germany· Entry 2018Germany· Entry 2018Realized
7 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer | Germany | 2017 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Construction | Germany | 2018 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Cybersecurity | Germany | 2017 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 2018 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Italy | 2015 | 2017 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Consumer | Germany | 2017 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Healthcare | Germany | 2018 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | – |
Auctus IIIBuyoutHarvesting2011 · 15yr€155M3 active · 10 realized
Unrealized
3 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | Germany | 2011 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2013 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2013 |
Germany· Entry 2011Germany· Entry 2013Germany· Entry 2013Realized
10 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | Germany | 2013 | 2017 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Healthcare | Germany | 2011 | 2018 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 2013 | 2017 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Healthcare | Germany | 2011 | 2020 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Pharma | Germany | 2014 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 2011 | 2017 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Business Services | Germany | 2011 | 2021 | Secondary | – | ||
| Business Services | Germany | 2014 | 2016 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| IT Services | Germany | 2013 | 2019 | Secondary | – | ||
| IT Services | Germany | 2012 | 2019 | Secondary | – |
Germany· Entry 2013Auctus IIBuyoutRealized2007 · 19yr€100M0 active · 10 realized
Realized
10 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | Germany | 2007 | 2009 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Italy | 2007 | 2011 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Education | Germany | 2007 | 2015 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Education | Germany | 2007 | 2015 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Healthcare | Germany | 2010 | 2015 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Business Services | Germany | 2008 | 2013 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 2008 | 2013 | Secondary | – | ||
| IT Services | Germany | 2007 | 2013 | Trade Sale | |||
| Industrials | Germany | 2007 | 2018 | MBO | – | ||
| Healthcare | Germany | 2007 | 2014 | Trade Sale | – |
Germany· Entry 2007Auctus I (Evergreen)BuyoutActive2003 · 23yr€8M0 active · 3 realized
Realized
3 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | Germany | 2005 | 2011 | MBO | – | ||
| Pharma | Germany | 2006 | 2011 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 2006 | 2008 | Secondary | – |
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About Auctus Capital Partners
Auctus Capital Partners is a German mid-market private equity firm with approximately $1.1 billion (€1.0 billion) of assets under management as of December 2024, headquartered in Munich. The firm was founded in 2001 and operates as a partner-owned entrepreneur-led independent platform. Auctus has executed more than 470 majority stakes across its history, with the current platform comprising 50 active investments generating approximately €4 billion of combined revenue.
Investment thesis
Auctus deploys capital through multiple AUCTUS fund vintages (AUCTUS V, VI, VII series) targeting mid-market buy-and-build transactions with majority stakes, succession solutions and industry consolidation. Geographic deployment is approximately 50% DACH, 40% rest of Europe and 10% global add-ons, with sector focus spanning industrial, consumer, IT and tech services, business services and infrastructure. The firm claims the highest count of created market leaders in Europe via its buy-and-build playbook, supporting platform investments through add-on acquisitions, geographic expansion and operational improvement.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include industrial (2025), IT services (2025) and two industrial exits in 2024. Recent acquisitions include Blasius Schuster Group and Urban Mining (May 2026), Delo Instruments Italy (December 2025) and SPIG plus GMAB (November 2024). The platform continues active deployment across its successive fund vintages anchored by deep DACH entrepreneurial network access. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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