COI Partners
VC Fund
Frankfurt, Germany
COI Partners is a private equity investor focused on mid-sized growth companies in German-speaking countries – with offices in Zurich, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. It has conducted direct investments for the last 21 years, supporting mid-sized companies in growth phases.COI Partners seeks to invest in companies ranking #1-3 in each market withdouble-digit underlying company's growth, proven business models with at least EUR 10m in revenues and positive unit economics and energetic, visonary teams with proven managerial skills. Focused industries include Health-/Medtech/ Diagnostics, E-Commerce/ Retail Tech, SaaS/ Digital Services/ IT-Security, Advanced Materials/ Specialty Chemistry and Automation/ Robotics. The firms sweet spot are equity tickets between EUR 15-25 (including follow-on investments). COI Partners benefits from its highly professional investment team as well as its stable network of entrepreneurs that provide investment capital as shareholders of the group and co-investors for direct investments. COI Partners builds on a wealth of experience from more than 50 equity investments and has 11 active investments under management currently in various sectors. Among the successful investments are Mister Spex (partial exit through IPO), Fixatti (sold to listed chemical company Arkema), Euroimmun (sold to the US laboratory specialists PerkinElmer) and Casualfood (exit to Orior AG).
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $120M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries COI Partners invests in
Stages COI Partners invests in
Countries COI Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $12M–$22M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 5 (17%)
- Restaurants 4 (13%)
- Manufacturing 4 (13%)
- Transportation 4 (13%)
- Software 3 (10%)
Stage
- Private Equity 19 (63%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (13%)
- Funding Round 3 (10%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
- Series C 1 (3%)
Country
- Germany 19 (63%)
- Switzerland 3 (10%)
- United States 2 (7%)
- Sweden 1 (3%)
- Austria 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicolai von Engelhardt
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Andre Moritz
Senior Investment Associate
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Senior Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Anna Arai
CFO / COO
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CFO / COO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Christopher Wehmeier
Investment Associate
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Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Farsin Yadegardjam
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $110M / Series C / Apr 07, 2022 | ||
| Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $110M / Series C / Apr 06, 2022 | ||
| Freaks 4U is a 360° marketing and communications agency focused on gaming and esports, offering services such as brand and marketing consulting, social media and community management, editorial services, event management, logistics, creative services, media productions, and other community solutions. | $17.6M / Series A / Aug 12, 2021 | ||
| Keller Sports is operates as an online merchant for sports equipment in Europe. The company provides tennis clothes, shoes, rackets, bags, strings, and balls; running clothes, shoes, and accessories; and fitness and training products, including clothes, shoes, trainers, and equipment for men, women, and kids. It also sells nutrition products, suchas gels, drinks, and energy bars; and running belts and backpacks, bags, water bottles, accessories, dumbbells and free weights, Yoga mats, and heart rate monitors/GPS. | $11.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 07, 2020 | ||
| Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers.The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brandssuch as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace.Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. | Private Equity / Mar 01, 2020 | ||
| Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers.The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brandssuch as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace.Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. | $16.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 21, 2020 | ||
| TSE Systems is a globally renowned manufacturer of high quality instruments for behavioral, metabolic and inhalation research. Their focus is on providing the total customer solution, with modular designs of integrated hardware and software platforms for neuroscience, phenotyping, drug screening and toxicology. It is their corporate goal to becomethe number one manufacturer of highly sophisticated products in each market they serve.The TSE Systems companies are strategically headquartered in Chesterfield, MO / USA, in Bad Homburg / Germany and in Beijing / China. These locations serve as centers of excellence for research and our global 24/7 service. | Private Equity / Aug 29, 2019 | ||
| The TTTech Group consists of globally oriented high-tech companies, founded and headquartered in Vienna, Austria. TTTech, TTControl, and TTTech Auto operate under the umbrella of the TTTech Group. The companies offer products and services based on highly innovative software technology combined with a deep understanding of digital transformation inkey verticals. TTTech Group companies are part of a global ecosystem of customers and partners from different domains, research institutions and organizations. TTTech Group builds on 20 years’ technology leadership with extensive experience in collaborating with market leaders. With its real-time networking platforms and safety controls, TTTech Group’s solutions improve the safety and reliability of electronic systems in the industrial and transportation sectors and help to make the Internet of Things and automated driving a reality. TTTech Group transfers proven aerospace network technology to mass markets like automotive and manufacturing. TTTech is the innovator of Deterministic Ethernet and a driving force behind the IEEE TSN standard and SAE Time-Triggered Ethernet standard.Visit www.tttech.com for more information. | $22.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 07, 2019 | ||
| Keller Sports is operates as an online merchant for sports equipment in Europe. The company provides tennis clothes, shoes, rackets, bags, strings, and balls; running clothes, shoes, and accessories; and fitness and training products, including clothes, shoes, trainers, and equipment for men, women, and kids. It also sells nutrition products, suchas gels, drinks, and energy bars; and running belts and backpacks, bags, water bottles, accessories, dumbbells and free weights, Yoga mats, and heart rate monitors/GPS. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 03, 2017 | ||
| Keller Sports is operates as an online merchant for sports equipment in Europe. The company provides tennis clothes, shoes, rackets, bags, strings, and balls; running clothes, shoes, and accessories; and fitness and training products, including clothes, shoes, trainers, and equipment for men, women, and kids. It also sells nutrition products, suchas gels, drinks, and energy bars; and running belts and backpacks, bags, water bottles, accessories, dumbbells and free weights, Yoga mats, and heart rate monitors/GPS. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| See all 30 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does COI Partners invest in?
COI Partners invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Restaurants and Manufacturing startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does COI Partners invest in?
COI Partners typically joins rounds of $12M–$22M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not COI Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds COI Partners took part in.
How do I contact COI Partners?
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Who are the partners at COI Partners?
The team at COI Partners includes Nicolai von Engelhardt (Partner), Andre Moritz (Senior Investment Associate) and Anna Arai (CFO / COO), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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