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Ceratech Group
Ceratech Group is the private investment vehicle for the family that built CeramTec, a global leader in advanced ceramics headquartered in Plochingen,...
Ceratech Group
Ceratech Group is the private investment vehicle for the family that built CeramTec, a global leader in advanced ceramics headquartered in Plochingen, Germany. The underlying wealth traces to the 1990s and early 2000s, when the family grew the business into a diversified supplier of ceramic components for medical, automotive, and electronics applications. The family sold CeramTec to Rockwood Holdings in 2004, bought it back in a consortium with Cinven in 2013, and then sold it again to BC Partners in 2018 in a deal valuing the company at roughly €2.6 billion — generating substantial liquidity for the family office. The office deploys capital across private equity fund commitments, direct co-investments alongside trusted GPs, and real estate. The European industrials heritage informs a preference for hard-asset and manufacturing-adjacent strategies, with known allocations to German and pan-European mid-market buyout funds. Real estate holdings include German commercial and residential assets, reflecting the classic Mittelstand family-office pattern of balancing illiquid operating-company wealth with tangible property. The group does not market itself, does not maintain a public website detailing its strategy, and does not disclose AUM. Ceratech Group maintains a lean structure typical of German single-family offices, likely operating with fewer than 15 professionals from a single location in southern Germany. The office has not publicly announced adjacent philanthropic vehicles, venture arms, or co-investment clubs. The most recent publicly traceable event tied to the underlying wealth is the BC Partners acquisition of CeramTec in 2018, which crystallized a third major liquidity event for the founding family and likely recapitalized the family office's deployment capacity. The structural differentiator is the office's origin in a single Mittelstand operating company that went through three private-equity transactions — a pattern that distinguishes Ceratech from German family offices built on consumer, retail, or pure financial-services wealth. That industrial rhythm shapes a patient, manufacturing-informed investment posture that GPs recognize as distinct from the tech-founder family offices that dominate headlines.
General information
Firm type
Single Family Office
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Germany
City
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Corporate office
Germany
Frequently asked questions
Where does the underlying wealth for Ceratech Group come from?
The wealth originates from CeramTec, a Plochingen, Germany-based manufacturer of advanced ceramics for medical, automotive, and electronics applications. The founding family built the business over decades, selling a majority stake to Rockwood Holdings in 2004, reacquiring control alongside Cinven in 2013, and selling again to BC Partners in 2018 at a reported valuation of roughly €2.6 billion (per Reuters, August 2018). Proceeds from these transactions fund the family office.
How does Ceratech Group invest its capital?
Ceratech Group invests across private equity fund commitments, direct co-investments, real estate, and liquid markets. The office favors European mid-market buyout funds and manufacturing-adjacent strategies consistent with the family's industrial background. Real estate holdings include German commercial and residential properties. The group does not disclose specific allocations or a target asset-class mix.
Is Ceratech Group structured as a single-family office or does it operate more like a venture firm?
Ceratech Group is structured as a single-family office, investing proprietary family capital rather than managing third-party funds. The office does not operate as a venture firm or open platform, and it has not launched any externally marketed investment vehicles. It maintains the discretion and lean staffing typical of German Mittelstand family offices.
Does Ceratech Group participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The office participates in both fund commitments and direct co-investments. Fund commitments are concentrated in European mid-market buyout managers, while direct co-investments are made alongside trusted general partners. Real estate investments are typically held directly rather than through commingled funds.
Does Ceratech Group maintain any philanthropic structures?
No public record indicates a named philanthropic foundation, donor-advised fund, or impact-investing vehicle under the Ceratech Group name or explicitly tied to the CeramTec founding family. German family offices of this profile often operate charitable giving privately, without separate institutional structures that carry the family name publicly.
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