We provide equity capital to select mid-sized companies mainly in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Our success in private equity stems from our in-depth knowledge of these markets and our expansive network of contacts. And thanks to our niche approach, we have the resources to monitor our investments carefully and seize new opportunities quickly.
Thanks to Patrimonium's extremely broad, interdisciplinary and long-standing partner network, we have the opportunity to be exclusively informed about investment opportunities at an early stage. We design intelligent investment structures that enable us to be successful in often competitive transaction situations. We are very selective when making investment decisions and apply our criteria rigorously. We also attach great importance to a partnership-based relationship with the entrepreneurs, an industry-logical value chain and the long-term attractiveness of their markets.
We invest in medium-sized, often owner-managed companies, which we transform into management-led organisations. This enables us to rethink processes and increase transparency within the company. We set incentives to optimise key performance indicators (KPIs) and strengthen sales, marketing and purchasing. We increase the relevance of our portfolio companies in the market through a targeted acquisition strategy. We tap into new customer segments, increase our geographical market coverage and integrate new services and technologies to make our companies more resilient and profitable.
We achieve attractive returns for our investors through active capital appreciation. We take care to put together a balanced portfolio in order to optimise the risk/reward potential of the capital entrusted to us. In our history spanning several years, we have always been able to return many times the capital invested to our investors and to ourselves as a co-investor.