EPIC

Investment decisions rest with founder and managing partner Rudolf Kinsky, who established the Vienna-based firm in 2003. Kinsky maintains a direct role in sourcing, negotiating, and overseeing operational restructurings of portfolio companies. The firm operates without a large investment committee, reflecting its concentrated, founder-led structure.

EPIC pursues direct-control buyouts of industrial companies, often through complex carve-out or insolvency-driven transactions. The firm does not publicly disclose a standard check size, but its known deals — such as the Neuman Aluminium acquisition — involve established mid-market industrial businesses requiring operational turnaround capital and restructuring expertise.

EPIC sources primarily through corporate divestiture processes, insolvency proceedings, and direct negotiations with family- or state-owned sellers in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The firm's long track record in Austrian industrial restructuring gives it proprietary access to situations that larger international funds often bypass due to complexity or scale.

While Vienna-headquartered, EPIC focuses on the broader DACH region, which includes Germany and Switzerland, and selectively evaluates opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe. The Neuman Aluminium acquisition involved operations in Austria, Germany, and North America, demonstrating a willingness to support portfolio companies with cross-border footprints.

EPIC maintains a private portfolio with limited public disclosure of exits. The March 2024 sale of the former RHI Magnesita refractory plant in Trieben represents one documented divestiture from a long-term restructuring investment. The firm typically holds assets for extended operational turnarounds rather than pursuing standardized holding-period exits.