MC Investments

Co-founders Martin Weckwerth and Christoph Zeiss serve as Managing Directors and control the investment process. Weckwerth is a former Partner at the large-cap private equity firm Permira, while Zeiss represents the family capital of the Carl Zeiss industrial dynasty. Decisions are made within a multi-family office structure where deal flow is curated for a select group of co-investing families.

Sourcing relies on the founders' networks rather than open-market processes. Martin Weckwerth's Permira background provides access to sponsor-led transactions and buyout opportunities, while Christoph Zeiss's industrial family ties open proprietary situations in German-speaking Europe. The firm's collaboration with operators like former Siemens CEO Klaus Kleinfeld — with whom Weckwerth co-founded a SPAC — further expands origination.

It is a multi-family office, but it functions more like a curated co-investment club. The Zeiss family office, MC. Squared Holding AG, is a core co-investor alongside other families that MC Investments has assembled. The firm does not market itself publicly or accept capital from outside the existing family network.

Real estate is a significant direct-investment sleeve, heavily weighted toward Munich residential and mixed-use properties. The portfolio includes the Partnach Quartier mixed-use development, assets on Albert-Roßhaupter-Straße, residential holdings in Munich suburbs like Gräfelfing and Planegg, and a residential asset in Frankfurt's Leonhardsbrunnen 2. These are held directly rather than through fund structures.

A significant portion of the permanent capital comes from the Zeiss family, whose wealth originates from Carl Zeiss, the 19th-century optics and industrial engineering conglomerate. Co-founder Christoph Zeiss is a descendant. Martin Weckwerth contributes capital generated during his career at Permira and subsequent ventures, including the Constellation Acquisition Corp SPAC with Klaus Kleinfeld.

The firm operates across both formats. Its mandate includes fund-of-funds commitments, direct co-investments, SPVs, private credit, and secondaries. This blended approach lets it allocate with external managers when in-house sourcing doesn't target a specific geography or sector, while maintaining the direct capabilities shown in its Munich real estate portfolio.

No explicit exclusion list is published. Confirmed sector tags span industrial technology, energy transition, healthcare, agri-food, fintech, mobility, PropTech, edtech, ClimateTech, and cybersecurity. The firm's philanthropic giving — to the CDC Foundation and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children — suggests no formal mission-related restrictions beyond standard German and European regulatory compliance.