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CMP Capital Management-Partners

Also known as CMP Capital Management-Partners GmbH, CMP, CMP German Opportunity Fund

Berlin private equity firm founded in 2000 that advises the CMP German Opportunity Funds, which buy DACH mid-sized companies in crisis or turnaround situations.

HEADQUARTERS
Berlin, Germany
FOUNDED
2000
AUM
—
OUTSIDE CAPITAL
Yes
TEAM LISTED
3 people

Focus

STAGES
Buyout
SECTORS
Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer & E-commerce
ASSET MIX
Private equity
GEOGRAPHY
GermanyAustriaSwitzerland

Overview

CMP Capital Management-Partners GmbH, Berlin, was established in 2000 and specialises in mid-sized companies requiring restructuring in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It advises the CMP German Opportunity Fund series: Fund II closed at €175 million in 2011 and Fund III at a €250 million hard cap in April 2016, structured as a Luxembourg master-feeder vehicle advised out of Germany, with investors from Europe, North America and Asia. Funds advised by CMP acquired Pressmetall Gunzenhausen (2012), MN Coil Servicecenter (2018), Bavaria Yachtbau out of insolvency (2018) and Geti Wilba (2020), and built the Nautic Alliance yacht-charter group.

Investment thesis

Turn-around strategy: investments in mid-sized companies with solid core businesses that are currently in a crisis situation.

PORTFOLIO (12)

  • Bavaria YachtbauNOTABLE
    Consumer & E-commerce · since 2018
  • Nautic Alliance
    Consumer & E-commerce
  • Pitter Yachtcharter
    Consumer & E-commerce · since 2022
  • GETI WILBA
    Food & Agriculture · since 2020
  • Bavaria Catamarans
    Consumer & E-commerce · since 2018
  • MN Coil Servicecenter
    Industrial & Manufacturing · since 2018
  • Pressmetall Gunzenhausen
    Industrial & Manufacturing · since 2012
  • UKM-Gruppe
    Industrial & Manufacturing
  • D+S europe (customer care centre division)
  • Schock
    Consumer & E-commerce · Exited
  • Lloyd Dynamowerke
    Industrial & Manufacturing · Exited
  • Unterland
    Industrial & Manufacturing · Exited

People

  • Kai H. Brandes
    Managing Partner (Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter), as of 2020 · source
  • Andreas Schulig
    Partner, as of 2020 · source
  • Dr. Robert Thamm
    General Counsel, as of 2020 · source

Frequently asked questions

CMP Capital Management-Partners is a private equity fund based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2000.

Yes. CMP Capital Management-Partners invests its own capital in private companies.

CMP Capital Management-Partners invests at Buyout stage in Industrial & Manufacturing and Consumer & E-commerce.

Key people at CMP Capital Management-Partners include Kai H. Brandes (Managing Partner (Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter), as of 2020), Andreas Schulig (Partner, as of 2020) and Dr. Robert Thamm (General Counsel, as of 2020).

CMP Capital Management-Partners's investments include Bavaria Yachtbau, Nautic Alliance, Pitter Yachtcharter, GETI WILBA, Bavaria Catamarans, MN Coil Servicecenter, Pressmetall Gunzenhausen and UKM-Gruppe, among others.

The most recent publicly reported investment by CMP Capital Management-Partners is Pitter Yachtcharter (add-on to Nautic Alliance) (Majority stake via portfolio company Nautic Alliance (CMP German Opportunity Fund III)), announced in Oct 2022.

Yes. CMP Capital Management-Partners manages capital from outside investors.