| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.04.2022 | Gotha Cosmetics to expand in China via acquisition of iColor Group | Gotha Cosmetics enters the Chinese market through a majority investment in iColor Group, a cosmetic formulation and filling company based in China. With this acquisition, Gotha enhances its established presence in the beauty industry and ad... |
| 23.11.2021 | BSI acquires Snapview GmbH | BSI acquires Snapview (www.snapview.de), a leading German customer communication SaaS platform for the financial sector.
This transaction represents a highly strategic acquisition for BSI, with the aim to create a comprehensive platform for... |
| 16.11.2021 | Sustainability Report | The report outlines our approach to responsible investment and describes the measures we are taking at Capvis and throughout our portfolio companies to foster sustainable growth. It also provides a summary of notable success stories that sh... |
| 16.11.2021 | Capvis wins award ‘Best Workplaces in Switzerland 2021’! | We are proud to announce that Capvis has repeatedly been named one of Switzerland’s Best Workplaces for 2021 in the ‘small business’ category by the international research and consulting institute ‘Great Place to Work’. |
| 31.08.2021 | Capvis establishes a EUR 230 million continuation vehicle in a deal co-led by Committed Advisors and Eurazeo | Capvis AG (“Capvis”), a leading mid-market private equity investor, closed a EUR 230 million continuation vehicle transaction co-led by affiliates of Committed Advisors SAS (“Committed Advisors”) and Eurazeo IM (“Eurazeo”). The continuation... |
| 11.11.2020 | ARAG joins forces with Capvis to strengthen its global presence | ARAG Group (ARAG), the specialist for components and solutions used for spraying, weeding and precision farming, signed today an agreement with Capvis Equity V LP, a fund advised by the Swiss investment company, Capvis AG (together, “Capvis... |
| 19.08.2020 | Capvis invests in the leading CRM software provider BSI | Capvis joins forces with BSI Business Systems Integration AG and supports the management team in continuing to develop the company. The customer-oriented growth strategy will be further enhanced through additional investments in the product... |
| 05.04.2019 | The smarter way of forming - FELSS and HMP combine their strengths | Felss Group, the automotive supplier owned by Capvis Equity IV LP, is taking over the HMP Group. HMP is a producer of rotary swaging, axial forming of hollow components serving primarily the automotive industry. Together, Felss and HMP will... |
| 11.09.2018 | Capvis announces final closing of Capvis V | 11 September 2018 – Baar, Switzerland and St Helier, Jersey – Capvis, a leading mid-market investor in Europe, is pleased to announce the final closing of Capvis Equity V LP (Capvis V) with capital commitments of just under EUR 1.2 billion.... |
| 11.04.2018 | Capvis acquires majority of leading full-service provider in digital dental prosthetics Amann Girrbach | Capvis becomes the new majority owner of Amann Girrbach, one of the world'sleading companies in the field of digital dentistry. As one of the pioneers in the dental CAD/CAM sector, the group has grown significantly over the last decade and ... |
| 08.11.2017 | Hennecke and OMS Group join forces to form the leading company in the polyurethane machinery business | Hennecke is acquiring all shares of OMS Group. The legal closing of the transaction will be complete by the end of December 2017. “With this acquisition, two technological leaders in the polyurethane machinery business are joining forces to... |
| 23.08.2017 | Capvis acquires majority shareholding in high-temperature insulation system specialist Thermamax | Capvis becomes the new majority owner of Thermamax Group, a global technology leader in the design and manufacture of thermal and acoustic insulation systems for engines of all types. The Group has grown considerably over the last four deca... |
| 26.09.2016 | Capvis invests in Gotha Cosmetics Srl. | Baar, Switzerland, 26 September 2016 |
| 15.04.2016 | Capvis acquires Polyurethane machinery specialist Hennecke | Baar, Switzerland, April 15, 2016 |
| 14.04.2016 | Capvis and Partners Group list portfolio company VAT Group AG on the SIX Swiss Exchange | Baar-Zug, Switzerland, 14 April 2016 |
| 12.08.2014 | Faster S.P.A, a leading company in hydraulic coupling solutions, to be acquired by Capvis | Faster S.p.A, a leading global manufacturer of quick-release hydraulic coupling solutions based in Rivolta d'Adda/Italy, will be acquired by Capvis. Capvis agreed to acquire Faster from Argan Capital, a leading independent European private ... |
| 30.09.2010 | Alexander Krebs retires from Capvis as of End September 2010. | Zurich, September 30. 2010 - After handing over his responsibilities within Capvis over the last two years, Alexander Krebs retired from the Company as of End of September 2010. “There is nobody else in Switzerland that worked longer within... |
| 22.04.2010 | Heute erster Handelstag von ORIOR an der SIX Swiss Exchange | Not for release, publication or distribution in the United States of America, Canada, Japan or Australia |
| 12.04.2010 | ORIOR lanciert Börsengang | Zürich, 12. April 2010 – Die im Frisch-Convenience-Food und in der Fleischveredelung führende Schweizer Lebensmittelgruppe ORIOR AG geht wie angekündigt an die Börse und hat dazu die Einzelheiten publiziert. Die Preisspanne der im Rahmen de... |
| 11.09.2009 | BARTEC: Aquisition of the Communication and Security System Provider, Vodec Ltd. | Bad Mergentheim/Nottingham, September 11. 2009. BARTEC, one of the internationally leading providers of industrial safety technology headquartered in Bad Mergentheim, has acquired Vodec Industrial Communications Ltd, a UK based provider of ... |
| 23.09.2008 | HgCapital and Capvis agree to invest in KVT | Zurich/Munich, 18 September 2008 – Swiss private equity firm Capvis and European private equity investor HgCapital have agreed to become investors in Koenig Verbindungstechnik AG (KVT), the Swiss fastenings and sealing technology products g... |
| 05.08.2008 | Change in the BARTEC shareholder structure – Capvis acquires majority | The Swiss private equity firm Capvis has acquired the majority of BARTEC. Together with the new partner, the safety technology company located in Bad Mergentheim now intends to strengthen and develop its presence in existing and new interna... |
| 27.11.2007 | Benninger AG takes over Küsters Textile GmbH | Benninger AG takes over Küsters Textile GmbH in Zittau (D) with the subsidiaries Küsters Far East Ltd. in Hong Kong and Küsters Shanghai Co. Ltd. (China) |
| 06.11.2007 | Capvis to aquire de Sede | Capvis has agreed to acquire de Sede, a leading manufacturer of premium quality upholstery and seating furniture from the two current private entrepreneurs, Hans-Peter Fässler and Bernhard Schüler. The transaction sets the course to strengt... |
| 31.08.2006 | Management buyout of the ORIOR Food Group. | A core team of management and the leading Swiss private equity company Capvis have acquired the ORIOR Food Group from former investor Orior Holding SA, a subsidiary of Pargesa Holding SA. ORIOR Food Group companies include Rapelli, Fredag, ... |
| 11.08.2006 | Uster Technologies AG acquired by its Management and Alpha | Uster Technologies AG acquired by its Management and Alpha |
| - | Capvis auf SF1 im Wirtschaftsmagazin «ECO» | Private Equity - eine verschwiegene Branche |
| - | Süd Private Equity GmbH & Co. KGaA and DZ Equity Partners GmbH purchased myonic Group | Süd Private Equity GmbH & Co. KGaA, Stuttgart, and DZ Equity Partner GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, private equity firms specializing in management buyouts and the growth financing of small and medium-sized enterprises, have, together with the m... |
| - | Swiss investment company acquires the Ondal Group | Capvis plans for increased growth and further internationalization |
| - | Capvis Equity Partners awarded the "Firm of the year in Switzerland" by Private Equity International | |
| - | Capvis prepares for the future and expands the partner team | : The Capvis partners would like to inform you about some exciting organizational and personnel changes. In view of the demanding economic environment, and the respective opportunities and challenges in the private equity business we all no... |
| - | Capvis acquires Koenig Verbindungstechnik AG (KVT) | On 21 July 2008, Debrunner Koenig Holding AG signed the contracts for the sale of Koenig Verbindungstechnik AG to private equity firm Capvis. KVT is a leading supplier of fastening and sealing technology products and achieved sales of aroun... |
| - | Capvis powers off the blocks with arena | Capvis, the leading Swiss mid-market private equity fund, has acquired arena, one of the world’s reference brands in aquatic sports. For over 40 years, arena has equipped the world’s Olympic gold medallists and watersport lovers with racing... |
| - | New office location of Capvis | We have moved and expanded our office. As of the 16th December 2013 we are pleased to announce Capvis's new headquarter in Baar (ZG). |
| - | Capvis sells Ondal Medical Systems to IK Investment Partners | Capvis has agreed to sell its majority stake in medical device manufacturer Ondal to IK Investment Partners. Under the ownership of Capvis, Ondal has developed into a worldwide, scalable platform and is today a global leader in the developm... |
| - | Change in ownership at RENA Technologies | After the successful reorganisation and repositioning of the company under Capvis' ownership, the market leader of systems for wet chemical surface treatment is well prepared for the future. |
| - | Capvis acquires majority stake in Lista B+L Holding | The majority shareholding in the Lista Workspace and Storage Systems group of companies (Lista B+L), which generated revenues of more than CHF 220 million in 2005, is being sold to private equity company Capvis. The parties involved have ag... |
| - | ORIOR – Ausübung Mehrzuteilungs-Option | Not for release, publication or distribution in the United States of America, Canada, Japan or Australia |
| - | Capvis publishes new edition of its newsletter "Perspective" | Capvis has just published its latest edition of the Capvis newsletter “Perspective”. In it, we discuss four of our most recently added portfolio companies, and we look back at this year’s investors meeting held at the International Committe... |
| - | Frisches Kapital für neue Unternehmensgeschichten | Capvis gibt die erfolgreiche Platzierung des neuen Fund „Capvis III“ mit einem Volumen von € 600 Mio. (ca. CHF 1 Mrd.) bekannt. Als Beteiligungsgesellschaft erwirbt Capvis gut positionierte, mittelgrosse Unternehmen in der Schweiz, in Deuts... |
| - | Capvis Equity Partners AG voted "Best Private Equity Firm" in Germany and Switzerland | Zurich, 13 March 2013 - Capvis Equity Partners AG has been awarded “Best Private Equity Firm in Switzerland” for the 10th time and “Best Private Equity Firm in Germany” for the first time. Besides the successful year 2012, the award also re... |
| - | Capvis launches a new corporate identity | Baar (Switzerland), 18.02.2019 |
| - | Ticketcorner set for international growth | Cheseaux, Rümlang, 5th of December 2005 – Ticketcorner remains in Swiss hands. The Kudelski Group is selling subsidiary Ticketcorner to a consortium consisting of Capvis, the leading Private Equity Company in Switzerland, Ticketcorner’s man... |
| - | ACP übernimmt Paninfo | Brüttisellen, 15. Januar 2008. Der internationale Systemintegrator ACP mit Stammsitz Wien übernimmt das Schweizer Systemhaus Paninfo in Brüttisellen. Damit tritt ACP in den Schweizer Markt ein. Der bisherige Mehrheitseigentümer und Geschäft... |
| - | Capvis receives the Operational Excellence Award 2017 from Private Equity International | Private Equity International (PEI) presents the Operational Excellence Award 2017 to Capvis and Partners Group for their excellent value creation achievements with VAT Group in the category Large-Cap, EMEA.
Capvis and Partners Group acquire... |
| - | Capvis acquires the operations of RENA | Capvis acquires the business activities of RENA, the global leading supplier of production equipment for wet chemical surface treatment. With more than 600 employees, the company achieves annual sales of around EUR 100 million supplying key... |
| - | Capvis - a great place to work | We are proud to announce that we are the first private equity company in Switzerland to be awarded with the Great Place to Work® certificate. This recognition demonstrates our continued commitment to be an ambitious yet very attractive empl... |
| - | Capvis sells LISTA Group to GreatStar | Capvis sells its majority stake in LISTA Group, the leading European manufacturer and distributor of high-quality workspace equipment and storage systems for the industrial and service sectors. The buyer is GreatStar Group, the largest Chin... |
| - | Capvis and Partners Group acquire majority stake in Kaffee Partner | Zurich, May 4. 2010 - Funds consulted by the two Swiss-based private equity firms Capvis Equity Partners AG, Zurich, and Partners Group AG, Zug, have acquired a majority interest in coffee specialist, Kaffee Partner Holding GmbH, Wallenhors... |
| - | Variosystems acquires Solve Engineering | Variosystems acquired Solve (www.solve.ch), a Swiss design and software engineering company. This transaction represents a highly strategic acquisition for Variosystems, with the aim to strengthen the company’s end-to-end offering. |
| - | Capvis Broadens its Partner Team | Zurich, 23 December 2009 – The Board of Directors of Capvis Equity Partners AG, Zurich, expands its partner team by appointing three long-time staffs as new partners as of 1 January 2010: Marc Battenfeld, Ueli Eckhardt and Eric Trüeb. The c... |
| - | Capvis awarded for the 9th time | Zurich, March 1. 2011 -The Private Equity Industry voted Capvis “Best Private Equity Firm of Switzerland” for the year 2010. This ist he 9th award for our company. We are proud of it! |
| - | Orior AG übernimmt die Albert Spiess Holding AG | Die Orior AG, einer der namhaftesten Schweizer Hersteller im Bereich Premium Convenience Food, übernimmt vom Unter-nehmer Albert Spiess die Albert Spiess Holding AG. Die Spiess Gruppe mit Hauptsitz inSchiers/Graubünden ist im In- und Auslan... |
| - | Peter Spuhler buys back Capvis stake | Peter Spuhler buys back Capvis's 20% stake in Stadler Rail and increases its employee participation programme. The buyback will be completed over three years, with half of the shares changing hands immediately and the remainder split into t... |
| - | New ownership at BENNINGER Textile Systems | The current management and the leading Swiss private equity firm Capvis will succeed Mr Charles Peter as owner of Uzwil-based textile machine company BENNINGER Textile Systems. |
| - | Capvis Equity Partners awarded "Firm of the year in Switzerland" by Private Equity International | Capvis is delighted to announce that it has been voted “Firm of the year in Switzerland” by the readers of Private Equity International. |
| - | Takeover of Swiss Ticketcorner Holding AG | Market leader in Switzerland / CHF 35 million sales and 9.3 million tickets / CTS EVENTIM AG continues successful international expansion / Joint Venture with Ringier planned / Major synergies |
| - | Capvis acquires majority stake in Swiss Variosystems AG | Further growth targeted for global electronics service provider |
| - | Capvis acquires "Wer liefert was" | “Wer liefert was” initiates the next growth phase with a new investor |
| - | Capvis has sold outstanding ordinary shares of Polytec Group | On May 11th, 2007, the private equity funds Capvis (C.I.) Ltd. and Capvis Equity II LP, both exclusively advised by Capvis Equity Partners Ltd., Zurich have together sold all their outstanding ordinary shares of Polytec Group, representing ... |
| - | Capvis hires André Perwas as a new partner and expands the Frankfurt office | ZUG, Switzerland, 31 Oct. 2019 — Swiss private equity investor Capvis is expanding its team and has recently added André Perwas as its tenth partner. |
| - | Capvis invests in Wittur | Together with Triton as well as a Co-Investor and the Management, Capvis acquired the company from previous owners Goldman Sachs, Cerberus and Credit Suisse.
Wittur is the world’s leading independent supplier of components for the elevator ... |
| - | Capvis invests in Swiss 3D sensor and analytics company Xovis | Capvis acquires a majority stake in Xovis, the global leader in people flow measurement and analytics. With the support of Capvis, Xovis’ management will continue to focus on growth and plans to enter new markets and business segments. |
| - | Capvis acquires majority stake in ProXES Group | St. Helier (Jersey) and Hameln (Germany), 18th May 2017 |
| - | Project A invests in Amann Girrbach AG | Strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation
Amann Girrbach AG, a portfolio company in a fund advised by Capvis AG, is taking a further fundamental step as innovative force in the dental industry. Since the introduction of the... |
| - | VAT Holding AG, the global market leader in high-end vacuum valves, to be acquired by Capvis and Partners Group in a joint lead transaction | VAT Holding AG, Haag, St. Gallen, the global market leader in high-end vacuum valves, will be acquired by Capvis, the leading Swiss mid-market private equity fund, and Partners Group, the global private markets manager, in a joint lead tran... |
| - | Capvis acquires the majority in Felss Group | Königsbach-Stein (Germany) and Baar (Switzerland), 18 January 2017 – Capvis will become the new majority owner of Felss Group, a global technology leader in cold forming of hollow parts. Capvis Equity IV LP Fund, which is advised by Swiss b... |
| - | Leading Swiss private equity firm Capvis acquires hessnatur | Zurich, June 1, 2012. Capvis, the leading private equity firm in Switzerland, has acquired hessnatur based in Butzbach, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany from its previous owner Primondo Specialty Group GmbH. The parties involved have agreed ... |
| - | SFC KOENIG to be acquired by IDEX | SFC KOENIG to be acquired by IDEX |
| - | New Capvis newsletter: “Capvis Insights 1/2019” | We introduced our new corporate identity in February this year which gave us the opportunity to review the newsletter and adapt a new, more modern design. Additionally, we renamed the newsletter “Capvis Insights”. The new name demonstrates ... |
| - | Capvis wins award ‘Best Workplaces in Switzerland 2020’! | We are proud to announce that Capvis has been named one of Switzerland’s Best Workplaces for 2020 in the ‘small business’ category by the international research and consulting institute ‘Great Place to Work’. |
| - | Capvis sells Faster Group to Sun Hydraulics | Download news |
| - | Wittur acquired by Bain Capital | Baar, December 23, 2014 |
| - | Visable Is Europe’s B2B Champion - New Umbrella for “Wer liefert was”, Europages and Gebraucht.de | • Visable combines the leading B2B platforms “Wer liefert was” and EUROPAGES under the umbrella of a new corporate brand
• Visable helps European SMEs digitise their marketing and sales in 29 markets
• Millions to be invested in personnel, ... |
| - | Die Beteiligungsgesellschaft Capvis eröffnet Niederlassung in Frankfurt | Zürich, 2. Mai 2012 - Capvis, die mit aktuell 600 Millionen Euro Eigenkapital führende Beteiligungsgesellschaft in der Schweiz, hat in Frankfurt eine Niederlassung eröffnet, um in Deutschland, dem grössten Markt des Unternehmens, ab sofort ... |
| - | Final Closing on Over-Subscribed Fund Capvis Equity III L.P. | Capvis, the leading mid-market buyout firm in Switzerland acting as advisor to the Capvis funds, is pleased to announce the final closing of Capvis Equity III L.P. on € 600 million (about CHF 1 billion) of commitments, considerably exceedin... |
| - | Capvis embarks with river cruise operator nicko tours | Zurich, 28 January 2013 - Capvis, the leading private equity firm in Switzerland, has agreed on the purchase of a majority stake in the nicko tours group with headquarters in Switzerland. The founder and owner of the river cruise specialist... |
| - | Capvis announces closing of Capvis Equity IV on EUR 720 million | CAPVIS ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF CAPVIS EQUITY IV ON EUR 720 MILLION |
| - | Soudronic AG is aquired by new entrepreneurial partners | Keystone Group Holding AG, a Swiss company headed by Dr. Giorgio L. Laurenti, together with German Leonhardt Holding GmbH headed by Uwe Leonhardt and the management, have acquired Soudronic AG, Bergdietikon, world market leader in machinery... |
| - | Capvis and Partners Group receive the "Swiss M&A Award" for the "Best National M&A Transaction 2013" | 14 May 2014 - Capvis together with Partners Group has received the "Swiss M&A Award" from KPMG for the "Best National M&A Transaction 2013". The "Swiss M&A Award" expert jury awarded both companies ... |
| - | Polytec's market debut - Capvis exists after almost six years | Capvis has sold its shares in the Upper Austrian based Polytec Holding AG, the leading supplier of plastic parts to the automotive industry, as part of the company’s IPO on the Vienna stock exchange. The price was fixed at €7.75 per share, ... |
| - | ETAVIS continues growth with new strategic partner | The French VINCI Energies Group, being considered as the perfect industrial partner, acquires ETAVIS from majority owner Capvis and other shareholders. |
| - | Swiss Prime Site sells the Tertianum Group to Capvis | • Focussing of the business model
• Significant profit contribution in the group results of the financial year 2020 expected |
| - | SF-CHEM announces new strategic owner | German CABB and Swiss SF-Chem to form new European leader in Chlorine Intermediates |
| - | Capvis gewinnt Österreichischen Venture Capital & Private Equity Award 2007 | Am 29. Mai wurden die „Venture Capital & Private Equity Awards 2007“ in Wien verliehen. |
| - | Catalysing tech development – “Wer liefert Was” group acquires Gebraucht.de | Wer liefert Was, the European digital B2B marketplace owned by Capvis Equity IV LP, is taking over gebraucht.de GmbH. The Berlin-based startup gebraucht.de has proven experience in building a performant, user-centric platform and app based ... |
| - | Capvis legt offizielles Übernahmeangebot für WMF vor | Der von der Capvis Equity Partners AG, Zürich, exklusiv beratene Fund Capvis Equity II LP legt über seine 100%-ige Tochtergesellschaft Crystal Capital GmbH ein freiwilliges öffentliches Übernahmeangebot für die WMF AG vor. Wie bereits am 7.... |
| - | Capvis invests in Stadler Rail Group | Capvis, the leading Swiss private equity firm, acquires a 20% stake in Stadler Rail Group from current owner and CEO Peter Spuhler. The partnership opens a new range of strategic options to the company. |
| - | Capvis invests in Austrian systems house ACP | Capvis, the leading Swiss private equity firm, is the new financial partner of ACP, a systems house with operations in Austria and Germany. The new partnership will enable ACP to continue to grow via targeted acquisitions of companies in Ge... |
