The traditional Haniel group sees itself as a provider of “family capital” – but ultimately competes with almost all medium-sized investment companies.
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Frankfurt The traditional Haniel group is setting a further focus in its investment strategy and is reserving an amount in the three-digit million range for this. In addition to the young growth companies, the ability of investments to pay dividends remains an important criterion.
Haniel is already investing 500 million euros in early-stage growth companies. Around 450 million euros of this sum are earmarked for funds, of which more than 200 million have already been committed for addresses such as Spark Capital or Gilde Healthcare. In addition, around 50 million euros have so far been available for direct investments – “for our vertical farming investment Infarm, for example,” says investment manager Stefan Zobel in an interview with Handelsblatt.
These funds for direct investments are now to be increased. Haniel plans to provide around 100 million euros in addition for early-stage direct investments. The main focus is on investments in environmental technologies and sustainable business models, says Zobel, who worked for Montagu Private Equity and Dresdner Kleinwort before moving to the family business.
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