Vality Ventures
Also known as Vality Familien, Vality Ventures GmbH & Co. KG
Holding of the Michallik family (WERO) in Taunusstein; owns WERO, Flexeo, Jungfleisch, dietz.digital and others and buys profitable firms with €5–15m revenue.
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Family & background
- HEADQUARTERS
- Taunusstein, Germany
- FOUNDED
- 2021
Investment approach
- SECTORS
- Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer & E-commerceSoftware & SaaSMobility & LogisticsReal Estate & PropTech
- GEOGRAPHY
- Germany
- STAGES
- Buyout
- ROUTES
- Companies (own capital)
- STRATEGIES
- Direct investmentsPrivate equity
Overview
Vality Ventures GmbH & Co. KG (Amtsgericht Wiesbaden, HRA 8265) bundles the businesses of an entrepreneurial family in its second and third generation, which grew from WERO, founded by Christel and Werner Michallik in 1954. Since 2021 it has held WERO, WERO Austria, Flexeo, upshift.media, Jungfleisch, dietz.digital, a strategic stake in Smartlane and the family's operating real estate. It pursues a buy-and-build strategy through spin-offs and acquisitions. In 2014 the family also founded Ideenschaft Invest for venture capital and minority stakes in start-ups.
Investment thesis
Acquires growing companies with €5–15m revenue, EBIT margin above 10% and a healthy balance sheet, with an independent second management level, realisable synergies and a strategic focus on sustainability and digitalisation.
Holdings & investments (8)
INVESTMENT ARMS & VEHICLES
- Family investment company for venture capital and minority stakes in start-ups (founded 2014)
HOLDINGS & INVESTMENTS · MOST RECENT FIRST
- Software & SaaS · since 2023
- Mobility & Logistics · since 2023 · Strategic stake
- Industrial & Manufacturing · since 2020
- Media & Entertainment · since 2018
- Consumer & E-commerce · since 2016
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Vality ImmobilienReal Estate & PropTech
People
Frequently asked questions
Vality Ventures is a family holding based in Taunusstein, Germany, founded in 2021.
Vality Ventures invests its own capital into companies. Its stated asset mix includes direct investments and private equity.
Vality Ventures invests at Buyout stage in Industrial & Manufacturing, Consumer & E-commerce, Software & SaaS, Mobility & Logistics and Real Estate & PropTech.
Key people at Vality Ventures include Wolfram Michallik (Managing Director) and Florens Knorr (Managing Director).
Vality Ventures's holdings and investments include WERO, WERO Austria, FLEXEO, upshift.media, Jungfleisch, dietz.digital, Smartlane and Vality Immobilien.