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Ufenau Capital Partners
Ufenau Capital Partners supports entrepreneurs with succession plans and helps them grow their businesses. The firm invests in profitable service companies...
Ufenau Capital Partners
Ufenau Capital Partners supports entrepreneurs with succession plans and helps them grow their businesses. The firm invests in profitable service companies with robust business models and seeks majority participations. It develops companies with a distinctive Buy-&-Build strategy aimed at growing and securing company locations and jobs, working with a network of Industry Partners.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2011
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Switzerland
City
Pfaffikon Schwyz
Corporate office
Pfäffikon, SZ, Switzerland
Additional offices
Frankfurt, Germany · Munich, Germany
Principals
Ralf Flore
Managing Partner
Thomas Bühler
Managing Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How does Ufenau Capital Partners source proprietary deal flow?
The firm relies primarily on the founders' personal networks across the DACH region, targeting succession-driven situations that are not widely auctioned. Ufenau's focus on founder-owned businesses navigating generational transitions means many transactions originate through direct introductions from tax advisors, corporate lawyers, and regional intermediaries before reaching a broader market process. The structured MBI model further narrows the competitive set, as many PE firms do not recruit external management teams pre-close.
Does Ufenau participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Ufenau operates both primary fund vehicles and a parallel co-investment structure. However, it does not act as a fund-of-funds or an LP in other PE firms. All capital is deployed into direct platform investments with active operational involvement, either through principal funds or side-by-side co-investment vehicles designed for large individual institutional partners.
How is Ufenau's approach to management buy-ins different from standard buyout firms?
Ufenau recruits external CEO candidates and management teams for target companies before an acquisition closes, rather than relying solely on incumbent executives. This MBI-centric posture means the firm operates partially as a human-capital intermediary, identifying, vetting, and placing professional managers into the businesses it acquires. This model is designed for succession situations where no internal successor is available, a common scenario in DACH family enterprises.
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