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GENUI

Also known as GENUI GmbH, GENUI AG, Genui Partners

Hamburg impact-driven buyout firm (2014) backed by 30+ entrepreneur partners; invests in DACH market leaders in health, digitalisation and sustainable transformation.

HEADQUARTERS: Hamburg, Germany
FOUNDED: 2014
AUM: $1.4B (2024)
OUTSIDE CAPITAL: Yes
TEAM LISTED: 18 people

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STAGES: GrowthBuyout
SECTORS: HealthTech Software & SaaS Climate & Energy Consumer & E-commerce Industrial & Manufacturing
ASSET MIX: Private equityImpact
GEOGRAPHY: GermanyAustriaSwitzerland

WHAT IT IS

Private Equity Fund. A fund manager investing limited-partner capital into mature private companies.

ABOUT

GENUI is a private investment firm based in Hamburg and Zurich, founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs and investment professionals. GENUI GmbH in Hamburg is the AIFM of its funds GENUI II, GENUI III and GENUI CF II (German closed-end InvKGs), while GENUI AG in Zurich acts as investment advisor. More than 30 GENUI partners, founders or owners of market-leading companies, invest alongside the funds and sit on the entrepreneur advisory boards of portfolio companies. Since 2019 it has focused on good health, digitalisation and sustainable transformation, and it is a signatory of the Operating Principles for Impact Management.

INVESTMENT THESIS

Impact buyouts in economically successful companies with an intentionally positive business model for people or the environment, focused on good health (lowering healthcare system costs), digitalisation (including AI-enabled software) and sustainable transformation; supported by entrepreneur advisory boards.

PORTFOLIO (23)

Pfanner SchutzbekleidungNOTABLE
Industrial & Manufacturing · since 2026
MagnoliaNOTABLE
Software & SaaS
Argentus WestbridgeNOTABLE
Climate & Energy · Exited
CherryNOTABLE
Industrial & Manufacturing
Aagon
Software & SaaS · since 2025
ROTOP Pharmaka
HealthTech · since 2025
Permanence Marktplatz Oerlikon
HealthTech
KGS Software
Software & SaaS
Markup AI (formerly Acrolinx)
Artificial Intelligence
Senseca (formerly GHM Group)
Industrial & Manufacturing
FactFinder
Software & SaaS
VALEARA (formerly ZNS Bottrop)
HealthTech
APELOS Therapie (formerly Physio Holding)
HealthTech
Berge & Meer
Consumer & E-commerce
BRACE Group
Media & Entertainment
Market Logic
Software & SaaS
labor team
HealthTech · Exited
Mindcurv
Software & SaaS
mymuesli
Food & Agriculture
GastroHero
Consumer & E-commerce
fashionette
Consumer & E-commerce
All4Labels
Industrial & Manufacturing
CLOSED
Consumer & E-commerce

TEAM

Sumeet Gulati
Investor; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) · source
Oliver Serg
Investor; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) · source
Max Odefey
Investor; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) · source
Melanie Büsing
Chief Financial Officer; Managing Director (Geschäftsführerin) · source
Olivier Franscella
Investment Advisor (GENUI AG) · source
Lionel Fracheboud
Investment Advisor (GENUI AG) · source
Jeanne Schlaefli
Investment Advisor (GENUI AG) · source
Christian van der Bosch
Investor · source
Leif Niklas Fanter
Investor · source
Caspar von Hodenberg
Investor · source
Sarah Kaiser
Investor · source
Florian Othmer
Investor · source
Britta Helmes
Investor · source
Nora Schulte
Chief Impact & Client Relations Officer · source
Alexander Meier
Lead AI · source
Carina Fourie
Finance Manager · source
Olga Wilhelm
Impact & Client Relations Manager · source
Harsha Philips
Impact Associate · source

FAQ

GENUI is a private equity fund based in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2014.

Yes. GENUI invests directly in private companies.

GENUI invests at Growth and Buyout stages in HealthTech, Software & SaaS, Climate & Energy, Consumer & E-commerce and Industrial & Manufacturing.

GENUI's stated ticket size is €30M–€150M.

Key people at GENUI include Sumeet Gulati (Investor; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)), Oliver Serg (Investor; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)), Max Odefey (Investor; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)) and Melanie Büsing (Chief Financial Officer; Managing Director (Geschäftsführerin)).

GENUI's investments include Pfanner Schutzbekleidung, Magnolia, Argentus Westbridge, Cherry, Aagon, ROTOP Pharmaka, Permanence Marktplatz Oerlikon and KGS Software, among others.

The most recent publicly reported investment by GENUI is Pfanner Holding (Pfanner Schutzbekleidung) (Majority acquisition (succession)), announced in Jan 2026.

Yes. GENUI manages capital from outside investors.