Entrepreneurial ownership in special situations.
NX. Ventures acquires companies whose value can only be unlocked with an entrepreneurial hand — succession, carve-out, distressed or strategic re-positioning. We do not just provide capital: we step into the shareholder role, take decisions and steer through the critical months.
Banks, lenders & insolvency administrators
You need a buyer who understands the situation, decides fast and can carry the operational load.
For banks & administratorsShareholders & sellers
You are looking for a successor for your company — discreet, without an auction, with responsibility for the workforce.
For sellers & shareholders
A confidentiality agreement before any data is exchanged. No market approach, no shop window.
We say yes or no early instead of reviewing for months without an outcome.
No investment committee, one point of contact — through the process and beyond.
Our holdings are built for years, not for the next sale process. No break-up for parts.
What we acquire.
We screen in a focused way and decline early when there is no fit. That gives sellers, banks and intermediaries certainty.
Situations
- Succession without a family solution
- Carve-out from group structures
- Special situations / distressed, including out of insolvency
- Strategic re-positioning requiring investment
Profile
- Revenue EUR 5–150m
- Majority stakes, up to 100 %
- Substance in technology, customers or market position
- Manageable organisation based in the DACH region
Sectors
- Industrials & machinery
- Automotive & suppliers
- Aerospace & defense
- Robotics & automation
- Healthcare & medtech
- No break-ups for asset liquidation
- No purely financial stakes without a shaping mandate
- No early-stage startups, no real-estate vehicles
- No processes without access to numbers and management
A buyer who understands the financing side.
We come from restructuring. Reporting discipline, cash management and credible concepts are craft to us, not an add-on.
Credible concepts
Restructuring concepts and business cases at a quality that holds up in credit committee — clear assumptions, clear measures.
Cash under control
13-week cash-flow planning from day one, weekly reporting, clear escalation logic on deviations.
Fast decisions
A short chain to the decision, no investment committee without a mandate. We say yes or no early.
Reliable communication
One point of contact for lenders, administrators and boards — throughout the process and beyond.
Your life's work in responsible hands.
Selling in a special situation is a matter of trust. We run the process discreetly and without a shop window.
Absolute discretion
No open auction, no market approach. Information flows only within the agreed circle.
Responsibility for people
We buy to continue. Sites and know-how are the value, not a balance-sheet item.
Orderly handover
From signing through the first 100 days to the handover of operating responsibility — agreed with you.
Clarity on price
An indicative statement early in the process instead of months of review without an outcome.
We stay
Our holdings are built for years, not for the next sale process.
Active ownership for a defined time.
Not every situation calls for a sale. Where shareholders are unable to act, overloaded or divided, we take the entrepreneurial shareholder role for a defined period — with decision authority and our own risk.
- Shareholder role on time, with a clear mandate and exit point
- Governance, board work and filling of key roles
- Interim mandates at management level
- Co-investments with family businesses, family offices and strategics
- Operational stabilisation and strategic re-positioning
- Preparation and guidance of a later exit
Anonymised cases.
Out of respect for sellers and employees we do not name companies. We discuss details in person.
Supplier out of a group
Separation of a plant with around 200 employees, own administration built up, earnings turned in the first year.
Family business without successor
Majority acquired, management team retained, investment in automation and sales.
Acquisition out of insolvency
Continued operations secured with banks and administrator, liquidity stabilised within eight weeks.
One contact, no chain.
More than ten years of performance improvement and restructuring in industry and the mid-market. He leads every conversation personally and decides without an intermediate layer.
Reachable outside office hours too — when your situation cannot wait.
Discuss a situation confidentially.
Your message goes directly to Tobias Bock. We respond within 48 hours — including when we decline.