Caldec Holding

Hamburg, Germany·Founded 2009·

BuyoutGrowth Equity

·caldec.de

Caldec Holding is an independent Hamburg-based entrepreneurial holding company that makes long-term direct equity investments in profitable, asset-light Mittelstand companies across the DACH region using exclusively its partners' own capital. Founded in 2009 as Wendelstadt & Metyas Beteiligungen GmbH and renamed Caldec in 2013, it targets business services, software/IT services, financial services, healthcare services and digital media firms with operating profits of roughly EUR 2-6 million, acquiring significant minority to 100 percent stakes in succession and MBO/MBI situations with no predetermined exit date. As an evergreen holder financed primarily by equity, it builds platforms plus add-ons and supports management from the advisory board.