BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital

About BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital

Bregal Unternehmerkapital is the largest mid-cap private equity investor headquartered in the DACH region with more than €7.0 billion of capital raised to date as of December 2024, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland with offices in Munich, Amsterdam, Milan and London. The firm was founded in 2015 as the DACH mid-cap arm of Bregal Investments, the private equity platform of the COFRA Group (Brenninkmeijer family), and operates with a partner-led investment team. Fund IV closed in May 2024 at a €2.65 billion hard cap.

Investment thesis

Bregal Unternehmerkapital deploys capital through approximately four funds, targeting majority and minority shareholdings, growth financing, succession, carve-outs and management transactions in founder- and family-led Mittelstand hidden champions with equity tickets of €75-300 million. Sector focus spans software, industrial technology, business services and healthcare and life sciences and healthtech. Geographic deployment is the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) plus northern Italy and neighbouring economies. The platform converts founders into advisory-board members and management teams into co-owners.

Recent activity

Recent realised exits include legal tech software (2025-2026) and risk-management and decision software (2025). Recent acquisitions include IT consulting and outsourcing (2026) plus a legal tech software platform. The platform continues active deployment of Fund IV across the DACH Mittelstand mandate.

Frequently asked questions

What investment strategy does BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital focus on?

BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital focuses on Buyout, Growth strategies in the private equity space.

How many portfolio companies does BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital have?

BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital has 32 active portfolio companies and 14 completed exits and 5 funds tracked on GP Intel.

Where is BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital headquartered?

BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

What is BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital's assets under management?

BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital manages approximately €7.0B in assets under management.

When was BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital founded?

BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital was founded in 2015.

What sectors does BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital invest in?

BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital invests across Software, Industrials, Business Services, Healthcare, Consumer.

What are BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital's recent exits?

Recent realized exits by BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital include: Safety21 (2026) to BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital Multi-Asset Continuation Fund; Onlineprinters (2026) to BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital Multi-Asset Continuation Fund; ACTICO Group (2025) to Keensight Capital; STP (2025) to Septeo; MEDIA Central Group (2024) to Flipp Operations; EA Elektro-Automatik (2023) to Fortive; ATP (2022) to Arsenal Capital Partners; GUS Group (2022) to GSG GENII Software Group.