Company
is an independent consultancy providing high quality strategy and corporate finance advice.
We consult our German and international small and midcap clients - primarily tech companies - in
the analysis and implementation of their essential strategic issues based on our broad experience
as C-level executives and investors in growth companies, in capital and financial structuring (
equity, mezzanine financing, debt) as well as various M&A transactions.
In spite of being generalists, we focus on the IT and the renewables/cleantech sectors.
Our deep knowledge of the markets in which we operate and our considerable senior experience, enable us
to develop creative solutions and opportunities for our clients and to execute transactions efficiently to
achieve the optimal results for our clients.
Clients value our objective and independent approach. We are focused on helping our clients achieve their
strategic objectives and we invest in long-term relationships.
Expertise
We advise our clients on the financial aspects of their corporate strategy, which is crucial in enhancing the value of businesses over the longer term. We also advise on all aspects of financial restructuring.
Based on our long-standing experience as managers and investors of SMEs, we advise our clients
foremost on the following strategic challenges
The partners of svs Capital Partners have advised on and managed numerous M&A transactions and bring
substantial experience in executing difficult transactions for our clients.
We advise our clients on all aspects of corporate finance, providing an independent view on the best
alternatives in the prevailing market conditions. Given our experience in our chosen markets and our connections
with capital providers (i.e. Private Equity funds , Family Offices and Venture Capital funds), we are in an
excellent position to advise our clients on their optimal financing strategies.
Within the context of the advisory services offered, the partners of svs Capital Partners regularly
step in as interim managers to facilitate and manage the project at stake.
ICO/Crowdinvesting advisory services
Based on our many years of venture capital and capital market experience, we advise our clients on all essential issues in the context of ICOs and crowdinvesting and offer an "end-to-end service" for this purpose. We manage the entire process of an ICO or Crowdinvesting for our clients, in particular, we take care of
For some topics, we regularly use the appropriate experts in our network. Among our clients are amongst others Volocopter (EUR 1.2 million crowdfunding) and Freygeist (EUR 1.5 million crowdfunding). Please consider the respective case studies in the section “references”.
Team
Sven is Managing Partner of svs Capital Partners GmbH. He advises German and international entrepreneurs,
sponsors, financial investors and businesses of various sectors, in particular of the IT- and the cleantech-sectors,
on essential strategic issues. Sven is regularly retained to consult on the divestiture of companies, anorganic
growth strategies, restructuring and change management projects as well as financing topics.
Prior to founding svs Capital Partners, Sven was for more than 10 years CFO of a number of listed small and mid
cap tech companies (syzygy AG, Gauss Interprise AG, FJH AG, Petrotec AG) and of privately held Leybold Optics GmbH.
He founded and was CEO of the second listed SPAC on the Frankfurt stock exchange, European CleanTech I S.E..
Sven successfully managed 3 IPOs as CFO/CEO of small and midcap companies with total proceeds of more than 250m
EUR as well as more than a dozen M&A transactions (some of them included post merger integration) with a transaction
value of 500m EUR.
Sven studied business at DHBW Mannheim (Dipl.-Betriebswirt) and holds a MBA of Kellogg School
of Management (Northwestern Unviersity).
Ruben Bach is Partner of svs Capital Partners GmbH. He advises German and international small and midcap companies,
project sponsors as well as financial investors in the area of information technology, cleantech and ecological food /
agriculture. His foremost field of expertise is the execution of buy-side due diligence and the ensuing deal structuring
(alternativ: transaction advisory] as well as the management for strategic value enhancement of acquired companies.
In addition to his extensive buy side activities he successfully sold several companies (e.g. Natumi AG to Hain,
taskarena software engineering GmbH to IMS Health, Davert GmbH to private investors). Seasoned professional in matters
of crisis management, pre-insolvency turn-arounds and recapitalizations.
In addition Ruben advises public institutions regarding the framework conditions of successful start-up ecosystems,
lastly the General Director ot the European Institute of Technology and Innovation, a 300 mill. EUR project of the
European Commission. Especially in the area of early stage and growth financing svs’ customers benefit from his ample
NXD experience. MA (Constance, Oxford, Bologna)
and Bankkaufmann.
Partner / references
In certain situations, svs Capital Partners works together with befriended companies
and experts.We are happy to disclose these partners as well as respective client references
in the course of a face-to-face meeting.
Freygeist Crowdfunding
Volocopter Crowdfunding
info@svs-capitalpartners.com
News
Recent statements by various regulators around the world demonstrate an increased scrutiny of initial coin offerings ("ICOs"). In order to create a well-functioning global market for ICO fundraisings, a professionalization of the ICO process is urgently needed. In this article, we analyse the German and European regulatory landscape possibly applicable to ICOs and endeavour to formulate good practice principles for ICO issuers from a regulatory and corporate governance perspective.
07.12.2017 press release ICO – Good Practice Principles (German)
07.12.2017 paper co-written with Ashurst LLP ICO – Good Practice Principles
22.03.2018 presentation at Cryptocurrency Worldexpo in Berlin ICOs – a viable alternative to Venture Capital?
11.04.2018 keynote at ICO Festival in Munich Qualifying ICOs – The Ugly, the Bad, the Good
11.04.2018 Masterclass at ICO Festival in Munich ICO Investing for family offices, asset managers and private investors
29.05.2018 co-host with Pöllath + Partner of the conference ICOs for SMEs
18.06.2018 Sven-Roger v. Schilling and Ruben Bach speaker at the ICO Festival in Frankfurt
25./26.06.2018 Ruben Bach speaker at the World Blockchain Summit in Frankfurt
18.07.2018 Sven-Roger v. Schilling speaker at the Cryptocurrency Worldexpo in Warsaw
19.07.2018 Sven-Roger v. Schilling panelist at Weitnauer’s (law firm) Finance Day in Munich
Contact
We are always ready to discuss your requirements on a confidential basis. You can reach us anytime via phone, fax or email.
address
SVS CAPITAL PARTNERS GmbH
Cronstettenstrasse 2
60322 Frankfurt am Main
communication
tel +49 (0)69 70 79 33 59
fax +49 (0)69 40 15 47 51
email info@svs-capitalpartners.com
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svs Capital Partners GmbH
strategic value services
Cronstettenstrasse 2
D-60322 Frankfurt a.M.
tel +49 (0)69 70 79 33 59
fax +49 (0)69 40 15 47 51
email info@svs-capitalpartners.com
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