Wecken & Cie. — Care4 AG

Wecken & Cie. — Care4 AG

Wecken & Cie. was established in Basel in 2010 to manage the proceeds of Klaus Rudolf Wecken's exit from KHK Software, an enterprise-software developer absorbed by Sage Group in 1997. The office formalizes investment activity that spans a generation, with Wecken's children Ina and Ferry appearing as co-investors in real-estate vehicles including Frankfurt-listed DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG. The firm allocates across private equity, direct co-investments and special-purpose vehicles, with a heavy real-estate anchor. Its property portfolio includes commercial holdings through Bockstecherhof Immobilien AG, mixed-use exposure via Swiss Prime Site AG, and a residential property at Linsbergweg 15 in Bettingen. On the venture side, the office targets early-stage companies in PropTech, AI/ML, and Edge & IoT, primarily within Europe. Confirmed technology commitments tilt toward the intersection of physical assets and connected infrastructure, though specific portfolio names remain private. CEO Frank Hoelzle leads day-to-day operations at Care4 AG, the operating entity behind Wecken & Cie., with CFO Yves Berthelon and Senior Investment Manager Michael Rambow on the deal team. The office maintains a single location in Basel, and no adjacent philanthropic or club structures have been publicly disclosed. Real estate remains the dominant balance-sheet weight, with the family holding concentrated positions in publicly traded and closely held Swiss and German property companies. A distinguishing feature is the office's fusion of a legacy real-estate balance sheet with an early-stage technology allocation — a structure more common in US family offices than in continental Europe. The Wecken family manages the dual mandate without external limited partners, giving the investment team full discretion to hold assets across cycles and to move between liquid real estate dividends and illiquid venture checks without redemption pressure.