HISTORY
Investment business
in Germany
shaped.
1.1 billion euros for investments in German ‘Mittelstand’ companies, high financial capacity due to fund structure and six-year investment period. Equity investments of between 40 and 100 million euros (with the top-up fund up to 220 million euros)
Equity capital investments of up to 200 million euros for a management buyout
Broader range in the market with equity capital investments of between 10 and 200 million euros; growth slated for DBAG through higher investments alongside DBAG Fund VII (fund size incl. DBAG co-commitment: 1,010 million euros); new dividend policy and capital increase
Development of assets under management or advisory by DBAG from 1965 to FY 2013/2014
DBAG Fund VI raised with commitments of 700 million euros (incl. DBAG co-commitment) for MBOs
With the DBAG Expansion Capital Fund (fund size incl. DBAG co-commitment: 242 million euros) DBAG again makes minority investments to provide growth capital to family businesses
DBAG Fund V (fund size incl. DBAG co-commitment: 534 million euros) begins its investment phase; Deutsche Bank sells its last block of shares in DBAG
DBAG Fund IV (fund size incl. DBAG co-commitment: 328 million euros) with commitments by international investors in closed-end private equity funds outside DBAG's group of shareholders
Fivefold increase in portfolio value since 1990 to approximately 500 million euros
DBAG classified as an equity investment company, the first company to receive this status
Holding a market share of about 18 percent, DBG is the leader among German capital investment companies, with the German private equity market reaching a total value of nearly 420 million deutschmarks at year-end.
Deutsche Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (DBG), a DBAG predecessor company, is founded by Deutsche Bank and other private banks with the objective of using equity capital investments to support the growth of medium-sized family-owned enterprises during the era of Germany’s “economic miracle”.