Franz Haniel & Cie. is a wholly family-owned investment holding based in Duisburg and founded in 1756, pursuing an enkelfaehig (grandchild-proof) family-equity strategy with around ten platform holdings such as CWS, TAKKT, BekaertDeslee, ROVEMA, Emma The Sleep Company, BauWatch and KMK kinderzimmer, complemented by growth-capital minorities. The group generated EUR 4.1bn revenues in fiscal 2025 with around 21,000 employees and carried EUR 2.5bn of group equity at end-2024. Landmark realizations include Celesio (held since 1973, sold to McKesson 2014), ELG (since 1983, sold to Aperam 2021), the staged Metro divestment and the 2025 Ceconomy tender to China's JD.
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1 fund tracked, 18 portfolio companies (14 active · 4 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
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18 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Franz Haniel & Cie has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Haniel Family EquityEvergreenActive1991 · 35yr€2.5B14 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
14 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClimateTech |  Germany | 2022 | |
| ClimateTech | Latvia | 2022 | |
| Business Services |  Netherlands | 2021 | |
| Industrials |  Belgium | 2015 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2017 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 2017 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2023 | |
| E-commerce | Germany | 2020 | |
| Consumer | Germany | 2020 | |
| Education | Germany | 2021 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2017 | |
| Software | Germany | 2023 | |
| Business Services | Germany | 1999 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2020 |
Germany· Entry 2022Netherlands· Entry 2021Belgium· Entry 2015Germany· Entry 2017Germany· Entry 2017Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2017Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 1999Germany· Entry 2020Realized
4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | Germany | 1973 | 2014 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 1983 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Consumer | Germany | 1966 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials |  Norway | 2017 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – |
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