About us

Since 2007, we have invested in more than 40 companies and supported them in 100 add-on acquisitions as well as in creating 5.162 new jobs. Our businesses currently employ 10.653 people. We are proud of the achievements of the entrepreneurs, whom we support as active partners during the course of their expansion – with growth capital, experience, trust, respect and all the support that a corporate family such as ours can offer. On average, our portfolio has increased sales by 20-25% per year. In contrast to many other equity investors, we are conservative in financing our businesses, reflected in a solid equity ratio of our investments.

We want our company to be as strong as an oak, which stands for strength, stability, longevity and reliability – virtues that are of primary importance to us at DPE in our role as an entrepreneur for entrepreneurs. That’s why the oak is our symbol.

DPE Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) is an independent German investment company that invests in SMEs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Founded in 2007 in Munich by Volker Hichert and Marc Thiery, DPE has since successfully launched five funds. DPE thus manages total assets of € 3.0 billion.

DPE’s investors are institutional investors who invest for the long-term such as family offices, insurances, pension and umbrella funds. In addition, DPE has 60 private investors with whom DPE has worked together, for example in roles in DPE’s advisory board or within its portfolio of companies.

The investors are all united by their great respect for the performance of SMEs as well as the understanding, that successful growth needs time. We have no pressure to sell.

Our investments also benefit from our international network through Parcom Capital, a founding partner in the Netherlands and France, when the growth strategies are implemented.

Since our foundation, we have invested in more than 40 companies both as majority and minority shareholders and pursued 100 add-on investments.