S-UBG AG Aachen Krefeld Mönchengladbach

About S-UBG AG Aachen Krefeld Mönchengladbach

S-UBG AG, formally S-UBG AG Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft for the regions Aachen, Krefeld and Monchengladbach, is a regional private equity company founded in December 1988 and headquartered in Aachen, Germany. It is structured as a joint-stock company backed by the regional savings banks of Aachen, Duren, Euskirchen, Heinsberg, Krefeld and Monchengladbach, and operates as a genuine decades-old regional private equity company across multiple distinct vehicles: an S-UBG AG private equity and mezzanine pool exceeding €50 million, a venture capital pool of around €10 million, and the regional Seed Fonds Aachen series now branded the TechVision Fonds. Total managed capital exceeds €60 million across roughly 40 active portfolio holdings. Precise December 2024 assets under management are not separately disclosed.

Investment thesis

S-UBG provides equity and mezzanine capital across the full company lifecycle for businesses in the Aachen, Krefeld and Monchengladbach economic region. The strategy runs along three strands: established Mittelstand private equity and mezzanine with tickets up to around €6 million and co-investor networks for larger deals, growth and venture capital for innovative technology companies, and the Seed Fonds and TechVision Fonds for early-stage technology startups. Sector focus is deliberately broad, spanning rail and mechanical engineering, medical technology and biotech, software, networking, electronics and semiconductors. Geography is strictly the regional savings-bank footprint. The investor base is the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe plus, in the seed funds, the development bank NRW.BANK and regional business angels. The value-creation lever is long-hold regional partnership capital, deep operator networks and a focus on high-quality management teams.

Recent activity

Recent seed and venture investments include Black Semiconductor in semiconductors, Vivalyx in medical technology and biotech, Membion in industrial cleantech and Ionkraft in materials and cleantech. Recent exits include LANCOM Systems in software and networking (2016), Fritz Ruck in medical technology and ophthalmics (2016), aixigo in fintech and software (2016), aquila biolabs in biotech and lab technology (2019) and Momentum Technologies in technology (2022). The platform continues to deploy equity and mezzanine capital across the Aachen regional economy. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.