Sascha van Holt

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC takes majority stake in ENTRO Service GmbH to build European technical services leader. Founders Claudio Tubach and Philipp Westphal will continue to lead the business alongside CEO Sonja Foremny and COO Jan Ingo Buschmeyer. The investment underscores LLCP’s focus on route-based service platforms and strengthens its presence in the European technical services sector. Josh Kaufman, Head of Europe at LLCP, added: “We identified ENTRO as a highly attractive platform based on our extensive experience of investing in route-based service businesses and look forward to supporting the management team with our sector expertise and value creation playbook.” Explore how LLCP’s value creation playbook will guide ENTRO here: https://lnkd.in/d2FKqAR2 #PEInsights #privateequity #acquisition #tech

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💰 How to Boost Your Company’s Value by 30% in an M&A Deal What’s the key to increasing your company’s valuation by more than 30% when selling? In this new IMAP Insights video, Dr. Carsten Lehmann from IMAP M&A Consultants AG - IMAP Germany explains the key factors that drive higher valuations - from demonstrating stronger growth prospects and higher margin potential (synergies), to creating competitive tension among bidders. 🎯 Watch the video to learn what buyers are looking for, and how to position your company for maximum value in an M&A transaction. #valuations

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🚀 Rethinking Capital – Shaping the Future! 📘 “The New Capital – Our Chance for Germany’s Next Economic Miracle”. („Das Neue Kapital – unsere Chance für Deutschlands nächstes Wirtschaftswunder“) Edited by Ulrike Hinrichs and Ingo Krocke (my fellow Board Members at the BVK Bundesverband Beteiligungskapital), the book brings together leading voices from business, finance, and innovation. Among the contributors are Stefan B. Wintels (KfW Capital), Danijel Višević (World Fund), Hubertus Theile-Ochel (Golding Capital Partners), Helmut Schoenenberger (UnternehmerTUM) and many more. Dr. Hendrik Brandis and me from Earlybird Venture Capital are happy to contribute as authors of the chapter: “Courage for the future: why Europe must invest in deep tech now”, thanks also to Dr. Fabian Heilemann (AENU) and Danijel Višević to add their perspective! 👉 The core message: Capital is not an end in itself. It can, and must, take responsibility, enable innovation, and secure the future. This book shows why private equity and venture capital are key drivers of resilience, climate neutrality, and sustainable growth in Germany. It addresses questions such as: - What happens when private capital finances the future? - What role does venture capital play for innovation and competitiveness? - How can SMEs, startups, and deep tech benefit alike? 📅 Save the Date: Publication by Murmann Verlag on October 28, 2025 – available for pre-order now: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dWQJ5S5d #BVK #DasNeueKapital #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #Innovation #Future #Growth #Responsibility

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Ralf Schwarzhaupt, CEO, managing partner at Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH, cautions that global uncertainty is making investors shy away from long term decisions. Regulation, the drift away from level playing fields in ECA financing, and banks being bottlenecks to refinancing also matter. Even so, export deals are getting structured, particularly in Africa. Pragmatism and flexibility are key to navigate through complexity and uncertainty. Read the preview from TXF’s recent interview led by Katharine Morton, Head of Export, Project and Development Finance, below 👇 TXF: What’s the current state of the export market from your perspective – where are the headwinds, and how are you responding? Ralf Schwarzhaupt: I’m not speaking from the perspective of a typical exporter. At Jebsen & Jessen we export our investment goods and products, but we also act as a facilitator on behalf of banks, sponsors and investors, in structuring and bundling the entire equipment and service package. From the perspective of what’s happening with investment goods and ECA covers for the capital expenditure financing side of the business, rather than short term trade (which carries some ECA components), the biggest issue facing the market is uncertainty about the global market environment. Much of that relates to the aftermath of the Russian attack on Ukraine, but additional uncertainty relates to economic uncertainty in China and the Trump administration and the direction the US is taking with tariffs. If there is uncertainty about where in the world you can export to and what the framework is going to look like in six or seven years, which is the investment decision horizon, whether that’s exporting into the US, or Europe where there may be spillover effects or quotas. There is a lot of uncertainty relating to free trade. Many investors we talk to, many principals, are shy and have put investments on the backburner and are postponing until they have a better understanding where the US is going in particular – and China, and India. 🔗 Continue reading: https://lnkd.in/dXi48N2b #ExportFinance #ECA #OECD #Africa

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A Gleiss Lutz team led by Martin W. Hitzer and Katharina Bein has advised the Dutch Ministry of Finance on the strategic investment of a consortium in German transmission system operator TenneT. The consortium comprises APG (on behalf of the pension fund ABP), the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management and the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC. The investors have agreed to invest up to EUR 9.5 billion for a stake of up to 46%. The strategic investment was preceded by a dual-track process, during which both an IPO and a private sale of a stake were prepared and assessed as possible options. Read our full press release: https://lnkd.in/eTRjg85N Martin W. Hitzer I Katharina Bein I Dr. Cornelia Topf I Dr. Antonius Mann I Dr. Jacob von Andreae I Dr. Lars Kindler I Dr. Johannes A. Hieronymi I Mark Grutzeck I Dr. Felix Lichtenhagen I Prof. Dr. Christian Arnold I Dr. Lisa Deckers I Eva Schiebsdat I Dr. Stefan Mayer I Dr. Dominik M. I Dr. Helge Kortz I Birgit Colbus #GleissLutz #Corporate #Advisory #MandA #MergersAndAcquisitions #Infrastructure #Energy #NautaDutilh

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I am always looking for new and interesting topics to share with my network of family offices. During Freedom Capital Markets' Summer Family Office Summit last week, one of our panels was on: ♟️ Opportunities for Investing in Turnaround & Distressed Assets During this discussion, our panel dug deep into the complex—but potentially rewarding—world of distressed and special situation investing. From operational turnarounds to distressed M&A and asset recovery strategies, these industry veterans shared how they uncover value in chaos—and what investors need to get right when navigating high-risk environments. Led by moderator Ron Senatore of Insperity (which was also a conference sponsor), the conversation featured sharp insights from: 🔹 Aaron Manoucheri – Co-founder and COO of Manoucheri Brokers, LLC 🔹 Jeff Sands, CTP – Founding Partner, Dorset Partners; Senior Advisor, American Industrial Acquisition Corporation Not for the faint of heart, but for those with the expertise and the willingness to go all in on the operational front, there are potential investment opportunities to be found. Albert Aguiar, CFA Ed Maguire Vikram Patra Wayne Caron Jay Woods, CMT Kayla Swift Alison Hamilton #TurnaroundInvesting #DistressedAssets #SpecialSituations #PrivateEquity #AlternativeInvestments #ConferenceRecap #FamilyOffice #ValueCreation #summerfamilyofficesummit #freedomcapitalmarkets

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