Lafayette Mittelstand Capital Fund Manager S.à r.l. is a private capital backed investment firm with a focus on mid-sized ("Mittelstand") companies headquartered in Germany, Austria and Switzerland or adjacent geographies.​
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Management is key, we invite proven management to be capital partners in each of our transactions.
We take a long term view and have no pressure to exit, in our view a key advantage in many special situations.
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We look for investment opportunities in fundamentally attractive Mittelstand companies in special situations (incl. corporate spin-offs, capital intense growth situations, re-capitalization, and other special situations).
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While our investment strategy is largely industry agnostic our Team Members and Associated Partners have gathered most of their investment and operational expertise in the following industries:
Lafayette Industry Focus 04
Food Industries
Focus 04: Food Industries
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Current or past Lafayette investments include:
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Plastic engineered products
Focus 02: Plastic Engineered Products
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Current or past Lafayette investments include:
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Consumer & Business Services
Focus 05: Consumer Services
& Business Services
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Current or past Lafayette investments include:
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Rudolf Dankwardt
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REAL General Contracting
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ACISO Fitness & Health
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ELIXIA Health & Wellness
Lafayette Industry Focus 03
Media & IT Technology
Focus 03: Media & IT Technology
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Current or past Lafayette investments include:
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Specialty Materials & Manufacturing
Focus 06: Specialty Materials & Manufacturing
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Current or past Lafayette investments include:
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PPM Reinstmetalle Osterwieck
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Rudolf Dankwardt
Lafayette Mittelstand Capital
Having built a track-record over seven years we believe to be a trustworthy partner for all stakeholders (sellers, management, customers, employees, suppliers, financing partners) in many financing and change of control situations:
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Patient capital: in 50% of all cases additional equity capital was provided post acquisition for working capital funding, operational improvements and add-on acquisitions
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Proven improvement capabilities: over 90% of all cases achieved significant EBITDA improvements within 6-24 months post acquisition
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Proven growth initiatives post initial operational improvement phase: over 70% of all cases became significantly cash-flow positive over the medium term helped by additional growth initiatives beyond the initial measures such as add-on acquisitions and investments into new products and services