We finance untapped investment opportunities with capital from renowned investors

Selected portfolio investments

Unitranche and acquisition line for OundA

Bright Capital provides unitranche financing to support the formation of the nucleus for the buy-and-build strategy. For the roll-up Bright Capital provides an acquisition line to support the acquisition of more than 100 individual opticians. 

OundA is an excellent example how Bright Capital commits significant capital for a buy-and-build platform at an early stage.

Felix Förster — Partner

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Unitranche for the acquisition of Natsana

Bright Capital provides financing for the acquisition of Natsana through DOMUM Unternehmer & Kapital GmbH. The financing enabled Domum to unite the market leaders for nutritional supplements on Amazon and significantly growt the business. 

Bright Capital invested the time to understand our business and our objectives in relation to the rather new and complex business model primarily based on Amazon.

Marcus Thielking — Managing Partner at DOMUM

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Term loan and acquisition line for Attikon

Bright Capital provided senior secured financing to support the non-sponsored buy-and-build strategy for insurance brokers. Bright Capital supported the initial transaction, i.e., the acquisition of two nucleus companies and the successfull buy-and-build strategy.

Our investment in Attikon's insurance broker roll-up underpins our excellent value creation capabilities along the whole life of an investment.

Pavlina Stoimenova — Vice President

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Renowned investors – long-term commitment

Investors committed to long-term value

At Bright Capital, we actively encourage our team and our partners to deliver excellent performance every day based on professional expertise, personal commitment and diversity. Our investors represent German institutional investors, European pension schemes, fund-of-funds, and family offices. They are strongly dedicated to the lower mid-market and to supporting buy-and-build and growth companies. Mandated by our investors, we focus on long-term risk-adjusted returns and a sustainably growing portfolio. We are passionate about supporting small and medium-sized enterprises with an entrepreneurial approach, but as hands-off investors.

As responsible investors we value long-term commitment.

Matthias Mathieu — Managing Partner

Industry recognition for a track record of execptional investments

Our achievements and awards

As one of the most active private debt investors in the European lower mid-market, Bright Capital is awarded with industry recognition for bespoke financing solutions and focus on responsible investing.

Achievements

  • 2024
    Healthcare investments

    Top 5 healthcare private debt investor Europe

  • 2023
    Deal activity

    No. 1 in DACH lower mid-market direct lending league table Q1 2023

  • 2022
    Sustainable investing

    Finalist of the 2022 RealDeals ESG Awards in the European Small Cap category

  • 2020 & 2021
    Unlocking opportunities

    #3/#4 European lower mid-market lender of the year 2020/2021

  • 2022
    Portfolio performance

    +30% Revenue growth in 2022