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Top 25 Lower middle market pe firms based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 144 lower middle market pe firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,457 professional contacts across them, including 907 with verified work emails. Munchen is the largest hub.
This list covers lower middle market pe firms headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest lower middle market pe firms based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 224 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mutares - The equity entrepreneurs Mutares SE & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the past 36 years, HQ Capital has been actively investing in global private equity on behalf of institutions and family offices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About Armira Armira is a European investment holding specialising in partnerships with entrepreneur-led and family-owned hidden champions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) ist eine unabhängige deutsche, international aktive Beteiligungsgesellschaft, die in mittelständische Wachstumsunternehmen in Deutschland, Österreich…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2015, GREENPEAK Partners uses a thesis-led develop-buy-build model to establish future market leaders in the DACH+ region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over 50 years of history and assets under management of € 4.0 billion, NORD Holding is one of the leading private equity asset management companies in Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Paragon is an independent private equity firm that stands for sustainable investments in mid-sized companies since its foundation in 2004.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yttrium (formerly Digital+ Partners) is a growth equity investment firm specialised in B2B technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “What we do We invest into European middle-market companies with great management and sustainable long-term growth prospects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hannover Finanz Creating value with responsibility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sustained value creation as the primary objective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Orlando is a leading Private Equity firm with offices in Munich, Germany and in Stockholm, Sweden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AGIC Capital is a European-Asian private equity partnership focused on investment opportunities in the European mid-market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “capiton AG is an owner-managed private equity investor with a current fund volume of €1.3 billion under management and a strong track record of over 20 years of investing in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir begleiten mittelständische Unternehmen in die Zukunft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fidelium ist eine junge, stark wachsende, international ausgerichtete Private Equity Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are an independent small-cap private equity firm focused on software investments, investing primarily in the DACH-region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 20 years, the SwanCap Team has specialized in the private equity asset class with a leading track record of investment returns through multiple economic cycles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CHAPTERS GROUP is a holding company investing in attractive small- and mid-sized enterprises from various sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) is one of Europe’s leading specialists for private equity fund investments in the lower mid-market segment, overseeing €2.9bn in assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KKA Partners is a Berlin-based private equity firm specializing in investments in medium-sized companies across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DUBAG Investment Advisory is a Munich based GP Team specialized in the buyout of companies in turnaround and special situations in the mid-market segment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die M&A Boutique mit der Extra-Meile für Sie!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sophora Unternehmerkapital is an independent equity investment firm with a focus on medium-sized companies in the DACH region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “QCP Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) is a private equity firm with headquarters in Munich, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: lower middle market pe firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names lower middle market pe firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of lower middle market pe firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name lower middle market pe firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Lower middle market pe firms based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 144 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among lower middle market pe firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “lower middle market pe firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names lower middle market pe firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among lower middle market pe firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 907 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Lower middle market pe firms by metro
- Lower middle market pe firms in Munchen26
- Lower middle market pe firms in Munich25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names lower middle market pe firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many lower middle market pe firms are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 144 lower middle market pe firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Mutares SE & Co. Kgaa, headquartered in Munich, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most lower middle market pe firms?
Munchen leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by Munich (25) and Frankfurt Am Main (12).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 907 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 144 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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