Bachmaier Invest

Founder Thomas Bachmaier makes investment decisions, with his daughter Sabine Bachmaier serving as Managing Director of Bachmaier Invest GmbH. His son Niklas holds Prokura, providing authority to represent the firm in legal and commercial matters. The governance structure embeds the next generation while keeping ultimate decision-making with the founder who built the underlying wealth.

The wealth originates from Thomas Bachmaier's exit of thinkproject, a Munich-based construction project collaboration platform he founded. Thinkproject was initially backed by Nemetschek SE before PE firm TA Associates acquired a majority stake. EQT Partners later acquired a majority stake as well, generating the liquidity that funds Bachmaier Invest today.

Bachmaier Invest sources deals through Thomas Bachmaier's multi-decade network in the European construction-technology sector, built during thinkproject's scale-up and exit journey. The firm's operational credibility within ConTech — rather than a financial sponsor's reputation — is its main sourcing advantage. Co-investor relationships with strategic players like Nemetschek SE further reinforce that network.

The firm concentrates on early-stage and seed rounds, consistent with Thomas Bachmaier's preference for operational involvement at the earliest phase of company building. There is no public evidence the firm participates in later-stage growth rounds or buyout transactions. One confirmed position, Sablono, was backed at an early stage alongside strategic co-investor Nemetschek SE.

Bachmaier Invest operates as a single-family office managing the Bachmaier family's capital, though its German GmbH registration technically classifies it as an asset management entity. The firm does not market itself as a multi-family office and does not openly solicit third-party capital. Public records point solely to the Bachmaier family as the principal capital source.

Thomas and Sabine Bachmaier are listed as supporters and board members of PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne, a Munich-based art association backing one of Europe's largest modern-art museum complexes. No separate charitable foundation or donor-advised fund appears in public records tied to the family office itself.

The firm co-invests with strategic partners, most notably Nemetschek SE, the publicly listed German construction-software group that also backed thinkproject. EQT Partners and TA Associates appear as counterparties in exits rather than as ongoing co-investors alongside Bachmaier Invest. The current co-investment network appears concentrated in ConTech-aligned strategics rather than financial sponsors.