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Xortec GmbH continues its market expansion through next add-on acquisition, strengthening its nationwide presence

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Post date February 2, 2022

Xortec GmbH continues its market expansion through next add-on acquisition, strengthening its nationwide presence

February 2022
Frankfurt am Main

Xortec GmbH (“Xortec”), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, continues to expand its nationwide presence as a provider of network-based security solutions. Following the successful acquisition of Berlin-based Burgenkönig Video GmbH in January 2021, Xortec is now acquiring videotronic infosystems nord GmbH based in Hamburg, with economic effect from 01st January 2022.

With locations in Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin, Xortec now belongs to the group of leading distributors for video security on the German market and underlines with this current acquisition its regional expansion strategy as much as its leading role as an innovative complete solution consultant and independent provider for network-based security technology in Germany.

“The acquisition of videotronic infosystems nord is an expansion of Xortec’s business relationships with installers in northern Germany. In addition, we are stabilising our quality-oriented consulting approach and delivery strength to our customers by expanding our product range – from hardware to software to infrastructure solutions”, says Michael Schaller, Managing Director of Xortec GmbH.

The management of Videotronic Infosystems Nord GmbH will be performed by Xortec’s Managing Director, Michael Schaller. He is taking over the responsibility from Marcus Plüschau and Hans-Jürgen Pott, the former Managing Directors of the company. Both will stay in the company and focus on sales and organisational tasks.

Since January 2021, Xortec is a portfolio company of a fund advised by Beyond Capital Partners. “As an investment company with a focus on German-speaking SMEs, our goal is to further expand Xortec’s market position in the DACH region through suitable add-on acquisitions. Accordingly, we are continuously exploring Xortec’s competitive landscape and will continue this dynamic expansion strategy”, says Christoph D. Kauter, Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About Xortec
Xortec GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a leading provider of network-based video surveillance and data communications solutions. The company focuses on the sale of professional video surveillance solutions and a comprehensive range of accompanying services. www.xortec.de

About Videotronic Infosystems Nord GmbH
Videotronic Infosystems Nord GmbH, based in Hamburg, has been successfully active on the market as a specialised distributor of security technology for parking garages, shipyards, maritime security provider, data centers and companies and energy suppliers for over 25 years. The company focuses on the distribution of system solutions from planning over construction till maintenance. www.videotronic.de

About Beyond Capital Partners
Beyond Capital Partners is an investment company and acquires majority stakes in profitable medium-sized companies from the DACH region through the funds it advises, with a focus on the asset-light sectors of services, IT, software, healthcare, lifestyle and entertainment. www.beyondcapital-partners.com

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Beyond Capital Partners aquires majority shareholding in „Industriereinigung Dr. Hoffmann Gebäudedienste GmbH“

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Post date January 12, 2022

Beyond Capital Partners aquires majority shareholding in „Industriereinigung Dr. Hoffmann Gebäudedienste GmbH“

January 2022
Frankfurt am Main

Beyond Capital Partners Fund II, a fund advised by Beyond Capital Partners GmbH („BCP“), acquired a majority shareholding in Munich based Industriereinigung Dr. Hoffmann Gebäudedienste GmbH („Dr. Hoffmann“). Signing and closing have been accomplished in December 2021.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Hoffmann is a well-established, Bavaria-based and until now owner-managed company. It´s top-level client base comprises customers from the public sector like ministries, tax authorities and seats of the government as much as educational institutions and other trust-, security- and hygiene-sensitive customers. The broad infrastructure-related service variety has been expanded and established on a top-quality-level over many years through Dr. Hoffmann and, hence, puts this customer-centric servicer on top being one of the largest and renowned facility service providers in Bavaria.

Delivering continuous top performance standards and a high layer of cleaning efficiency, hygiene and prevention, reliability and sensitiveness handling different kinds of customers, preservation through proper maintenance, convenient handling and reduction of administrative efforts through e.g. automated invoicing et al is all part of the firms standard, executed on a daily basis through c. 1,000 well-trained employee´s in the fields of facility cleaning, facility services, body leasing, event and catering services, quality management and the own “Innovation Lab” as digitalization support for the firms´ customers.

„Searching for a partner capable to professionally accompany our development with its experience, we are thrilled and pleased that we could attract Beyond Capital Partners as an SME-oriented and financially strong partner to execute our further expansion. Aside Beyonds´ in-depth expertise and their empathy for owner-managers like us, we were most inspired about the opportunity to retain skin in the game as co-shareholder and day-to-day Managing Director and insofar, enable an uninterrupted continuation of our firm spirit“, says Marlène Sternbaum, Managing Director of Dr. Hoffmann.

Christoph D. Kauter, founder and Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners adds: “Dr. Hoffmann as company as much as its founders with their professional established structure are a perfect fit for our existing portfolio of companies. With its strong position in Bavaria, it will allow us a dedicated future expansion of Dr. Hoffmann into other federal states in Germany both by adding new customers in the well-known public sector and the first-time-establishment of new customers from the private sector. The mid-term target will be to position Dr. Hoffmann as one of the top national competitors in its peer-group. Therefore, maintaining its established team and retaining its long-lived high level of quality is essential part of our corporate culture. In addition to the organic growth measures, we already started a M&A market sounding to evaluate potential future add-on acquisitions of perfect-fit-competitors in other regions in Germany as part of our well-proven buy & Build strategy.

About Beyond Capital Partners: Beyond Capital Partners is an investment company advising its funds on the acquisition of majority shareholdings of profitable small- and medium sized enterprises in the DACH region focusing on the asset-light segments business services, IT, software, healthcare, lifestyle and entertainment. www.beyondcapital-partners.com

About Dr. Hoffmann: Munich based Industriereinigung Dr. Hoffmann Gebäudedienste GmbH is one of the largest and well-established facility service providers in Bavaria. https://www.drhoffmann.eu/

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Beyond Capital Partners´ portfolio company Xortec GmbH further expands its market position through next add-on acquisition, strengthening its nationwide presence

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Post date November 3, 2021

Beyond Capital Partners' portfolio company Xortec GmbH further expands its market position through next add-on acquisition, strengthening its nationwide presence

November 2021
Frankfurt am Main

Xortec GmbH (“Xortec”), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, continues to expand its nationwide presence as a provider of network-based security solutions. Following the successful acquisition of Munich-based Videosystems Sicherungstechnik Vertriebs GmbHin March this year, Xortec is now acquiring Burgenkönig Video GmbH (“BK-Video”), based in Großbeeren near Berlin, with economic effect from January 1st, 2021.

With locations in Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Berlin, Xortec now belongs to the group of leading distributors for video security in the German market and underlines with this current acquisition its regional expansion strategy as much as its leading role as a complete solution provider for network-based security technology in Germany.

“The acquisition of BK-Video is another important step for Xortec towards even more regional presence. Customer proximity and high quality of consulting and services are our top priorities and with Burgenkönig Video GmbH we have found exactly the partner who shares our philosophy and lives it every day”, says Michael Schaller, Managing Director of Xortec GmbH.
Peter Silbernagel, Managing Director and founder of Burgenkönig Video GmbH: “The partnership with Xortec offers considerable synergy potential, which we will use for the strategic realignment of our operating business. With Xortec as a strong partner at our side, we are well prepared for future challenges in a dynamic growth market.”

In addition to Peter Silbernagel, the management of Burgenkönig Video GmbH will be complemented by Xortec’s Managing Director, Michael Schaller.

Since January 2021, Xortec is a portfolio company of a fund advised by Beyond Capital Partners. “As an investment company with a focus on German-speaking SMEs, our goal is to further expand Xortec’s market position in the DACH region through suitable add-on acquisitions. Accordingly, we are continuously exploring Xortec’s competitive landscape and will continue this dynamic expansion strategy”, says Christoph D. Kauter, Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About Burgenkönig Video GmbH
Burgenkönig Video GmbH, based in Großbeeren near Berlin, has been successfully active on the market as a specialist distributor of security technology for installers, dealers, electrical companies and resellers for over 20 years. The company focuses on the distribution of system solutions from renowned manufacturers. www.bkvideo.de

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Beyond Capital Partners acquires shareholding in leading fashion e-commerce agency “Wiethe Content”

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Post date September 28, 2021

Beyond Capital Partners acquires shareholding in leading fashion e-commerce agency “Wiethe Content”

September 2021
Frankfurt am Main

Beyond Capital Partners GmbH (“BCP”) advised Beyond Capital Partners Fund II on the acquisition of a stake in Georgsmarienhütte und Bremen based Wiethe Content GmbH & Co. KG (“Wiethe”). The transaction was signed and closed in September 2021.

Wiethe is one of the leading, German digital agencies and market leader in the fashion segment. Running Europe´s largest e-commerce photography studio, Wiethe is a specialized content creation and production b2b service provider and benefits from the long-term mega-trend, the conversion from offline to e-commerce online shopping. For more than 15 years and driven by its founder Markus Wiethe, the company has developed itself into being the relevant, customer-centric focused servicer for its fashion industry clients. With 150 employees split over two locations and more than 50 customers, Wiethe is the well-known e-commerce full-service provider and one-stop-shop fulfillment specialist for digital content for its customers, comprising global top tier brand names like adidas, Reebok, Hugo Boss, G Star, Stylebop, Deichmann and many more.

„Beyond Capital Partners convinced us with its professional appearance and its in-depth understanding of a continuously growing Mittelstand company like us. Jointly with the BCP team, we are eager to use the coming years to cement our already leading position in Germany and to expand the roll-out of our service portfolio for our existing and prospective new clients. Personally, I appreciated the top-level competence of Beyond as much as the confidential and individual share of thoughts on a same eye level, which underlines the basis for a trustfully, longstanding partnership“, states Markus Wiethe, founder and Managing Director of the company.

„Wiethe convinced us from minute one, showing its clearly defined focus on customer-centricity and the professional structures to accomplish this. Together with Markus Wiethe as founder and continuing managing director as well as with his entire team, we identified this opportunity for a strong organic growth story. In addition, we will significantly support the company through selective buy-and-build activities across the GSA region and Europe to grow the firm both in its established core area as well as in adjacent services into a new revenue and market share level“, says Christoph D. Kauter, founder and Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About Beyond Capital Partners
Beyond Capital Partners is an investment company advising its funds on the acquisition of majority shareholdings of profitable small- and medium sized enterprises in the DACH region focusing on the asset-light segments business services, IT, software, healthcare, lifestyle and entertainment.
www.beyondcapital-partners.com

About Wiethe
Wiethe Content GmbH & Co. KG, located in Georgsmarienhütte and Bremen, is one of the leading, German digital agencies and market leader in the e-commerce fashion segment.
https://www.wiethe.com

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Xortec GmbH expands market position by expanding into southern Germany

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Post date May 10, 2021

Xortec GmbH expands market position by expanding into southern Germany

May 2021
Frankfurt am Main

Xortec GmbH (“Xortec”), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is strengthening its market position as a provider of network-based video surveillance and data communication solutions. With retroactive effect from January 01, 2021, Xortec has acquired Videosystems Sicherungstechnik Vertriebs GmbH (“Videosystems”) in Munich.
The cooperation between the two companies creates one of the leading distributors for video security on the German market.
“The acquisition of Videosystems is another milestone in the company’s history for Xortec and an important step for the strategic development in a sought-after growth market,” says Hubert Irka, founder and managing director of Xortec GmbH. Andreas Schlawien, Managing Director and founder of Videosystems, adds: “Through the partnership with Xortec, we can focus even more intensively on our customers and product solutions and, among other things, gain access to Xortec’s excellent logistics, which significantly increases our product availability.”
The management team will be strengthened by Michael Schaller, who joined the management of Xortec GmbH in April 2021. In addition to many years of experience as managing director in security companies, he brings the customer perspective of specialist installers to the company and, together with Andreas Schlawien, takes over the management of Videosystems.

Since January 2021, Xortec GmbH has been a participation of a fund advised by Beyond Capital Partners. “As an investment company with a focus on German-speaking SMEs, it is our goal to further expand Xortec’s market position in the DACH region through suitable acquisitions. Accordingly, we are continuously exploring Xortec’s competitive landscape and are looking for further suitable investment opportunities,” says Christoph D. Kauter, Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About Xortec
Xortec GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main, is a leading provider of network-based video surveillance and data communication solutions. The company’s focus is on the distribution of professional video surveillance solutions and a comprehensive range of accompanying services.
www.xortec.de

About Videosystems
Munich-based Videosystems Sicherungstechnik Vertriebs GmbH has been successfully active on the market for 30 years as a specialist distributor and major distributor of safety technology for installers, distributors, dealers, electrical companies and resellers. The company’s focus is on the project business for complex security solutions.
www.videosystems.de

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Beyond Capital Partners disposes portfolio company “sysob IT-Unternehmensgruppe” to CMS Distribution Ltd.

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Post date February 15, 2021

Beyond Capital Partners disposes portfolio company “sysob IT-Unternehmensgruppe” to CMS Distribution Ltd.

March 2021
Frankfurt am Main

Beyond Capital Partners GmbH (“BCP”) advised Beyond Capital Partners Fund I on the disposal of the entire stake in its portfolio company sysob IT-Unternehmensgruppe (“sysob”), via signing and closing in February, to CMS Distribution Ltd. (“CMS”), a leading European special distributor. The parties agreed confidentiality about the purchase price.

sysob IT-Unternehmensgruppe is one of the largest owner-managed value-added distributors in the German speaking countries. sysob´s focus lies in providing trendsetting, market-standard IT-security, wireless LAN and server-based computing products.

In the period of Beyond Capital Partners´ ownership, sysob doubled its revenue with an even stronger increase of its EBITDA through the onboarding of new vendors and additional customers. With the acquisition of sysob, CMS as new majority shareholder finds its market entry into the German market and intents to follow the pursued growth-path in the future.

Über CMS Distribution Ltd.
CMS Distribution is a leading specialist distributor, supplying business and consumer technologies in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, France, Australia, China and USA – www.cmsdistribution.com

About sysob
sysob IT-Unternehmensgruppe is one of the largest owner-managed value added distributors in the German speaking countries. sysob´s focus lies on providing trendsetting, market-standard IT-security, wireless LAN and server-based computing products – www.sysob.com

About Beyond Capital Partners
Beyond Capital Partners is an investment company advising its funds on the acquisition of majority shareholdings of profitable small- and medium sized enterprises in the DACH region, focusing on the asset-light segments business services, IT, Software, Healthcare, Lifestyle and Entertainment – www.beyondcapital-partners.com

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Beyond Capital Partners acquires majority shareholding of value-added distributor Xortec GmbH

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Post date January 11, 2021

Beyond Capital Partners acquires majority shareholding of value-added distributor Xortec GmbH

January 2021
Frankfurt am Main

Beyond Capital Partners GmbH (“BCP”) advised Beyond Capital Partners Fund II on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Frankfurt based Xortec GmbH (“Xortec”). The transaction was closed in January 2021.

Xortec is a leading value-added distributor of integrated video surveillance and data communication solutions. The focus of Xortec lies in the distribution of such professional equipment and a broad, accompanying range of services. Historically, Beyond Capital Partners already acquired two value-added IT distributors for its portfolio and hence, convinced the selling founders of Xortec with BCP´s successful and proven growth strategy approach.

The decision to opt for Beyond Capital Partners as new majority shareholder of Xortec is best described from Hubert Irka, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Xortec: “We were looking for a trustworthy partner with a same-eye-level-attitude and found that party in Beyond Capital Partners who convinced us through the positive experience gained during the transaction process”.

“Xortec as established and professional B2B servicer in the video surveillance and data communication solutions segment is known as being one of the fastest growing companies in its field in Germany and stands for many years for drive and quality. We are pleased to accompany the journey towards the next growth level together with the two founders. In the fragmented competitive landscape, we see a great opportunity to grow Xortec in the coming years both through a focused buy-and-build strategy and a broadened service portfolio and new customers across Europe to become one of the leading companies in the GSA region” states Christoph D. Kauter, Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About Xortec
Xortec is a leading value-added distributor of integrated video surveillance and data communication solutions. The focus of Xortec lies in the distribution of such professional equipment and a broad, accompanying range of services.
https://video.xortec.de/

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Beyond Capital Partners acquires premium optician group “klein, aber fein” with 20 locations across Germany

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Post date June 3, 2020

Beyond Capital Partners acquires premium optician group “klein, aber fein” with 20 locations across Germany

June 2021
Frankfurt am Main

Beyond Capital Partners GmbH (“Beyond Capital”) advised Beyond Capital Partners Fund II on the acquisition of a 90% stake in Münster based OUNDA GmbH (“OUNDA”). The transaction was closed in May. With its 20 locations, OUNDA, which operates under the brand “klein, aber fein”, is one of the leading German optician groups in the premium market. Inside this steadily growing market segment of successful, independent and customer-needs focused opticians, OUNDA finds itself in the top ranking both in terms of revenues and number of locations across Germany. It was agreed among the parties to keep the purchase price confidential.

„Under the brand „klein, aber fein“, OUNDA offers an ideal home for successful and independent opticians who want to maintain their individuality, proximity for customers and employees and put a clear focus on customer satisfaction. It is our aim to continue to add new locations as “klein, aber fein” specialists in the German speaking markets”, says Christoph D. Kauter, Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About OUNDA
Additional information about OUNDA can be found under https://klein-aber-fein.info/.

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Beyond Capital Partners acquires shareholding in BigCityBeats GmbH to support global expansion of World Club Dome

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Post date October 15, 2018

Beyond Capital Partners acquires shareholding in BigCityBeats GmbH to support global expansion of World Club Dome

October 2018
Frankfurt am Main

Beyond Capital Partners GmbH (“Beyond Capital”) advised Beyond Capital Partners Fund I on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Frankfurt based BigCityBeats GmbH (“BCB”). The parties agreed confidentiality about the purchase price.

Since its inception in 2005, the BigCityBeats group established itself to one of the leading producers and hosts of stadium based events for club music and successfully created a global brand recognition under the trademark of „World Club Dome“. Jointly together with Beyond Capital Partners, the international roll-out of BigCityBeats and its brands and events “World Club Dome”, „World Club Dome – Winter Edition“, „Zero Gravity“ and „World Club Dome Cruise Edition“ will be furthermore promoted on a global level.

Bernd Breiter, CEO and founder of BigCityBeats, comments:
„Over the past 15 years, with gently effort and own resources, we built a globally established brand. In the past years we experienced a fast expansion of our event concept BigCityBeats WORLD CLUB DOME towards other countries. For that reason, we are used to walk the innovative and extraordinary mile. Hence, we started to convert entire cruise ships into swimming clubs as much as we did with airplanes and the ICE train. The maximum challenge and at the same time the most exciting project has been the joint project together with ESA European Space Agency to build the first agravic club through a Zero-G flight. During this event, we achieved a worldwide media presence of almost one billion people globally in February 2018. I anticipate in this expansion a huge potential for us wherefore we must expand our own resources. For the future expansion, we have been looking for a strong and like-minded partner on our side. Therefore, I am proud that we have decided to team-up with Beyond Capital Partners, a strong, professional and enthusiastic partner with whom I am going to realize my future projects on the one side while simultaneously keeping the spirit of a family-run company on the other side.”

„BigCityBeats and Family Breiter combine more than 20 years of successful expertise in the music and entertainment industry in Germany and stand as a testimonial with their brand „World Club Dome“ as being one of the most relevant and successful trademarks in the event and club music segment worldwide. The combination of their entire entrepreneurial commitment, a long-standing experience and the motivation to establish BigCityBeats on an even more global scale inspired and convinced us. All over the world, music events belong to the fastest growing segments in the lifestyle and entertainment sector and hence, offer a significant opportunity to enhance BigCityBeats´ already strong position over the coming years”, states Christoph D. Kauter, Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners.

About Beyond Capital Partners
Beyond Capital Partners is an investment company focusing on the acquisition of majority shareholdings of profitable small- and medium sized enterprises in the German speaking DACH region. With its portfolio comprising LDBS Lichtdienst, Larsen Indoor Light Concept, Heitronic, sysob IT, EBERTLANG Distribution and BigCityBeats, Beyond Capital Partners holds currently six investments in the fields of lighting services, IT-security and lifestyle & entertainment.
www.beyondcapital-partners.com

About BigCityBeats
Label, radio shows, club nights, event agency, merchandising company, live entertainment – BigCityBeats has been one of the most successful event brands in Germany for 15 years. BigCityBeats – the name says it all. The sound of the big cities. The metropolises. BigCityBeats brought this idea to life, and shortly after the turn of the millennium it catapulted into a platform that redefines event productions and has given its former stamp a completely new signature. From the big city into the world. From Frankfurt am Main to Asia. Europe. To the seas, the rails, the air, and almost to space, to zero gravity with the ESA. The creative mind behind this was, and remains, Bernd Breiter, who made a big name for himself as a music producer in the 1990s and now works with his team of 14 to put spectacular events together. Being satisfied with the laurels of success is not the credo of the Frankfurt-based institution that wrote event, music and club history with the first zero-gravity club (“Zero Gravity”), the “ICE Club Trains”, a flying club, the “BigCityBeats Club Jet”, or cruise ships and hotels converted into clubs for the WORLD CLUB DOME Cruise Edition – and which will certainly make even more history with future events as 2bp Communications, who puts on events locally!
www.bigcitybeats.de
https://worldclubdome.com/

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Beyond Capital Partners accomplishes closing of 75.1%-stake acquisition in lighting specialist LDBS Lichtdienst GmbH

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Post date March 3, 2016

Beyond Capital Partners accomplishes closing of 75.1%-stake acquisition in lighting specialist LDBS Lichtdienst GmbH

March 2016
Frankfurt am Main

A fund advised by Beyond Capital Partners („Beyond Capital“) accomplished the closing of the acquisition of a 75.1% stake in LDBS Lichtdienst GmbH („LBDS“).

LDBS is a leading one-stop-shop lighting technology specialist in the German speaking region and provides a complete service portfolio in the field of lighting for B2B customers in Retail and other industries. With its integrated service concept, the company offers a unique position compared to its peers, comprising a combination of the entire value-chain for lighting solutions, an in-depth product expertise and a one-stop service and maintenance approach. Additionally, LDBS uses its online platform to market a broad product portfolio that distributes lamps, luminaires and technical components.

Together with Beyond Capital, LDBS achieved already first milestones in its target to develop new market segments and to expand its geographic coverage.
“With Beyond Capital, we found a partner who represents our corporate values and who is from day one an ideal fit for our envisaged future growth path. Over the past months, Beyond Capital allowed us already to both identify potential buy-and-build targets for future add-on acquisitions as well as they opened their extensive network to us to develop several new customer relationships in the path of our joint growth strategy. As Managing Partners of LDBS, we are convinced that the partnership with Beyond Capital will expand our market position over the coming years significantly”, says Robert Bechtle, Managing Partner of LDBS Lichtdienst GmbH.

Beyond Capital Partners is an investment company focusing on the acquisition of majority shareholdings of profitable small- and medium enterprises in the German speaking DACH region.