Beyond AI: Six startup opportunities in Europe
Six sectors where European expertise, needs and regulatory changes are opening up new markets.
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28 Fonds mit First oder Final Close seit 1. Jan. 2025, insgesamt 3,1 Mrd. €, Median 115 Mio. €.
Im vollständigen Tracker öffnen- 100,0
Buy-and-build private equity with entrepreneurial management in fragmented, stable or growing industries; majority shareholding as stated investment criterion (hcpartners.nl/en/approach). Portfolio: dentistry, physiotherapy, test/inspection/certification, technical security, cleaning, roofing.
- HC Partners
- Health & Bio, Business Services, Industrials
- Benelux
- Fonds 3
- Oktober 2026
Acquire profitable, owner-managed German B2B service companies in succession situations and develop them operationally, including through AI.
- Generation Tech Partners
- Business Services
- Germany
- Oktober 2026
- 135,0
Takes mainly majority stakes in proven SMEs and mid-caps in fragmented sectors across South-East Europe, Türkiye and Poland, building regional platforms through cross-border consolidation.
- CEECAT Capital
- Health & Bio, AI, Technology
- Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Türkiye, Poland
- Fonds 3
- September 2026
- 67,5
Takes over established businesses; plans to acquire about 25 healthy SMEs.
- WAD Capital
- Health & Bio, Climate & Energy, Business Services
- Benelux, northern France and western Germany
- September 2026
- 171,5
Partners with managers and family-business founders; invests in companies with €20–€100 million turnover, with increased focus on technology and digitalisation.
- Avallon MBO
- Technology, Consumer, Business Services
- Poland and Central and Eastern Europe
- Fonds 4
- September 2026
- 150,0
Makes thematic buyouts of profitable, founder-led Western European companies, creating value through operational improvement, international expansion and strategic acquisitions.
- MS+PARTNERS
- Industrial Tech, Climate & Energy, Business Services
- Pan-European (Western Europe); investments so far in Spain and Norway
- Fonds 1
- September 2026
- 120,0
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LBO, primary or secondary, majority or minority stakes in small-cap defence and security companies.
- Weinberg Capital Partners
- Defence & Security
- France and Europe
- Juni 2026
- 50,0
Acquires majority stakes in established DACH service businesses facing succession and builds larger groups through operational development and acquisitions.
- Gaius Capital
- Business Services, Health & Bio
- Germany; Austria; Switzerland
- Fonds 1
- Juni 2026
- 160,0
Leveraged buyouts and buy-ins in healthcare, tourism and leisure, controlling and security, and sustainable development.
- Ekkio Capital
- Consumer, Health & Bio, Business Services
- European SMEs
- Fonds 5
- Mai 2026
- 75,0
Takes controlling stakes in established industrial SMEs and supports decarbonisation, operational improvement and growth across France and selected European markets.
- Abenex
- Industrials, Climate & Energy
- Primarily France; broader Europe including Italy and Benelux
- April 2026
- 180,0
Takes majority or controlling minority stakes in high-growth SMEs in France, Benelux and Italy, supporting development and transformation plans through buy-and-build.
- Abenex
- Health & Bio, Business Services
- France, Benelux, Italy
- Fonds 2
- März 2026
- 100,0
Builds profitable European consumer businesses through active ownership, international expansion, selective acquisitions and structured sustainability improvements.
- Vendis Capital
- Consumer, Food & Agri, Mobility
- Benelux; France; DACH; Nordics
- Februar 2026
Alle 28 Fonds auf dieser Seite
- HC Partners Fund IIIHC Partners · €100m reported · source published October 2026
- GTP 26Generation Tech Partners · €60m reported · source published October 2026
- CEECAT Capital Fund IIICEECAT Capital · €135m reported · source published September 2026
- WAD Capital first fund (formal name not found)WAD Capital · €67.5m reported · source published September 2026
- Avallon MBO Fund IVAvallon MBO · €171.5m reported · source published September 2026
- MS+PARTNERS Fund IMS+PARTNERS · €150m reported · source published September 2026
- WCP Eiréné DéveloppementWeinberg Capital Partners · €120m target · source published June 2026
- Gaius Nachfolgekapital IGaius Capital · €50m reported · source published June 2026
- Ekkio VEkkio Capital · €160m reported · source published May 2026
- Abenex Industries 9.0Abenex · €75m reported · source published April 2026
- Abenex Small Cap IIAbenex · €180m reported · source published March 2026
- Vendis TransitionVendis Capital · €100m reported · source published February 2026
- NorthEdge Fund IVNorthEdge Capital · €68.7m reported commitments · source published February 2026
- NewPort Buyout Fund IIINewPort Capital B.V. · €170m reported · source published February 2026
- LTC IVLT Capital · €144.3m reported · source published January 2026
- Matterhorn ICervinvest Capital · €110m reported · source published January 2026
- Arcadia Sustainable Capital IIIArcadia SGR S.p.A. · €105m reported · source published October 2025
- Coniston Capital II LPConiston Capital Management LLP · €36.9m reported · source published October 2025
- Komplementa Mid-MarketKomplementa Investment Partners SGR · €70m reported · source published September 2025
- Morphosis Capital Fund IIMorphosis Capital Partners BV · €130m reported · source published September 2025
- Bluefront Capital IIBluefront Equity · €88m reported · source published August 2025
- Spire Capital Partners Fund ISpire Capital Partners · €90m reported · source published August 2025
- Kibo Nzyme Fund IKibo Ventures · €160m reported · source published July 2025
- Queka RP PEF 2Queka Real Partners · €194m reported · source published June 2025
- Together (TGT)Axio Capital · €58m reported · source published April 2025
- MVI Fund IIIMVI Advisors AB · €180.6m reported · source published April 2025
- Northcote Fund INorthcote Equity · €191.4m reported · source published February 2025
- ARLANE III (formerly Vespa III)ARLANE (formerly Vespa Capital) · €120m reported · source published January 2025
