Family Office Gartenstraße

Family Office Gartenstraße

Family Office Gartenstraße operates as the dedicated multi-family office arm of Volksbank Kraichgau, a cooperative bank deeply embedded in the Baden-Württemberg region. The Wiesloch-based firm traces its core client relationship to SAP co-founder Dietmar Hopp, whose Dietmar Hopp Stiftung is among Germany's largest private philanthropic foundations. The office provides integrated wealth management, succession planning, and asset allocation for the Hopp family alongside a select group of other private clients, leveraging the bank's balance sheet and regional network for origination. Investment strategy spans direct co-investments, private equity fund commitments, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, private credit, and hedge fund allocations. The firm's vehicle lineup includes the Global Select Portfolio I and II, which pool client capital for international private markets exposure, and the Bright Future Fund, an impact-oriented vehicle. Geographic focus centers on Europe, with sector coverage extending across industrial technology, healthcare services, and enterprise software — reflecting the Hopp family's deep technology roots. Confirmed positions and co-investment partners are not publicly detailed, consistent with the office's discreet, relationship-driven approach. Andreas Schrafl-Zeiss heads portfolio management, operating under the oversight of Volksbank Kraichgau CEO Matthias Zander. The office maintains a modest professional footprint in Wiesloch, drawing on the parent bank's infrastructure rather than building a large standalone team. Adjacent structures include the Volksbank Kraichgau Stiftung, a separate philanthropic vehicle, and the Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, which operates independently but maintains close alignment with the family office on mission-related investments. The office has not announced material personnel changes or new fund closes in the past 24 months, operating with the low-profile cadence typical of German cooperative-banking-affiliated family offices. The structural differentiator is the office's embedded relationship with Volksbank Kraichgau — it is neither a fully independent multi-family office nor a pure private bank division. This hybrid architecture allows the office to offer co-investment opportunities originated through the bank's regional corporate lending relationships, a sourcing channel unavailable to standalone wealth managers. The succession structure ties directly to Volksbank Kraichgau's cooperative governance, with the bank's Vorstand retaining ultimate oversight of the family office's investment committee.