Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft
Deutsche Balaton AG is a Heidelberg-based, publicly listed evergreen investment and holding company founded in 1991 and controlled by Wilhelm K.T. Zours. It is a multi-asset activist investor that takes minority and majority stakes in listed and non-listed companies across diverse industries, holding positions off its own balance sheet with an explicit private-equity segment. Group equity was about EUR 454M (IFRS) at 31 December 2023 with roughly 19-21 staff at the parent.
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Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 18 portfolio companies (14 active · 4 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
18 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Deutsche Balaton Evergreen Holding (Balance Sheet)EvergreenActive1991 · 35yr€603M14 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
14 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotech |  Germany | 2020 | |
| Biotech |  United Kingdom | 2021 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2019 | |
| Energy | Australia | 2019 | |
| Software | Germany | 2002 | |
| Pharma | Germany | 2019 | |
| Biotech | Germany | 2024 | |
| Biotech | Germany | 2018 | |
| Biotech |  Italy | 2022 | |
| TMT | Germany | 2011 | |
| Biotech | Italy | 2023 | |
| MedTech | Poland | 2019 | |
| Financials | Germany | 2019 | |
| TMT | Germany | 2015 |
Germany· Entry 2020United Kingdom· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2019Germany· Entry 2002Germany· Entry 2019Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2018Italy· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2011Italy· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2019Germany· Entry 2015Realized
4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | Germany | 2019 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Software | Germany | 2019 | 2020 | Secondary | – | ||
| Consumer | Germany | 2012 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Software | Germany | 2019 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – |
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