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Top 25 Private equity funds based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 88 private equity funds headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,469 professional contacts across them, including 452 with verified work emails. Munchen is the largest hub.
This list covers private equity funds 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 14, 2026.
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The 25 largest private equity funds based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 224 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mutares - The equity entrepreneurs Mutares SE & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Private equity for private investors - with over 25 years' experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Munich Private Equity AG (MPE) is one of Europe's leading private equity specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Astorius bietet vermögenden Privatpersonen, Family Offices, Stiftungen und institutionellen Anlegern exklusiven Zugang zu professionell ausgewählten Private Equity-Fonds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Fidelium ist eine junge, stark wachsende, international ausgerichtete Private Equity Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Willkommen bei der Blue Cap AG, Ihrer kapitalmarktnotierten Beteiligungsgesellschaft mit Sitz in München.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “QCP Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) is a private equity firm with headquarters in Munich, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Castella Nova investiert in etablierte mittelstandsnahe Unternehmen mit Nachfolgebedarf und Wachstumspotenzial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bright Capital is a leading European investor and financing partner for buy-and-build, leveraged buyouts, and growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Accursia Capital is a Munich-based private equity company that focuses on complex carve-outs, restructuring and succession planning for medium-sized companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ARGOS begleitet die Entwicklung der Familienunternehmen von Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AUCTUS - Partner des Mittelstandes AUCTUS ist mit über 415 Transaktionen seit 2001 die führende von Unternehmern gegründete Beteiligungsgesellschaft für den europäischen…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gloram is a private investment firm specializing in real estate investments and private equity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ARCUS Capital AG (ARCUS) is an independent private equity company that is located in Munich and was founded by entrepreneurs in 1994.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Räuberleiter is a private equity firm based in Germany, specializing in mid-stage investments for B2B tech service providers and manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “E3X Partners is an investment firm, specializing in long-term partnerships with investment holdings, family offices, and business owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hypax is a Berlin and London based investment firm specialised in the acquisition of corporate carve-outs and lower mid-market businesses where value can be created through growth…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Taktische Sondersituationen meistern und gemeinsam mit Blackster nachhaltige Werte schaffen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mittelstand private equity with focus on pro-actively building market leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 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: private equity funds. 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 private equity funds.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity funds, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity funds. 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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Private equity funds based in Germany at a glance
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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 88 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 private equity funds, 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 “private equity funds”. 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 private equity funds), 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 private equity funds, 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, 452 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 14, 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.
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 private equity funds, 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 private equity funds are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 88 private equity funds 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 private equity funds?
Munchen leads with 17 headquartered companies, followed by Munich (15) and Hamburg (8).
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 452 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 88 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 14, 2026.
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