Your company’s next chapter starts with the right long-term owner.
Graculus Industries acquires and actively develops exceptional founder- and family-owned industrial businesses across the Alpine region. We work alongside existing management to preserve each company’s identity, people and technical strengths while supporting its long-term development.
We are seeking our first cornerstone company: a profitable, technically differentiated industrial or specialist manufacturing business that will become the foundation of an enduring Alpine industrial group.
Up to €10 million of equity capital is available for our first acquisition, subject to due diligence and investment approval.
The future of an exceptional company deserves careful consideration.
Many exceptional industrial businesses reach a defining moment when ownership must transition. The challenge is not simply finding a buyer. It is finding the right long-term steward.
When the future of your company matters
After decades of building a company, succession is rarely just a financial decision. Owners think about their employees, customers, reputation and the culture they created.
Will the company still feel like itself?
Preserving what made the company successful is central to how we think about ownership.
What happens to employees and customers?
We believe continuity, stability and respect for the people who built the company are essential to a successful transition.
Will the company continue to be developed?
Our intention is long-term ownership and development, not a short-term transaction.
Will decisions be made without understanding the business?
We take time to understand the company, its people and what made it exceptional before deciding what comes next.
What we will not compromise
Exceptional companies are built over decades. Our approach is shaped by the principles we protect throughout every transition.
We will not approach succession as a purely financial transaction.
We will not make decisions before understanding the people, culture and strengths of the business.
We will not sacrifice long-term development for short-term optimisation.
We will not treat employees, customers or heritage as secondary considerations.
What makes Graculus different.
Long-term ownership
We build around exceptional companies rather than financial engineering.
Founder partnership
We design transitions that respect what founders have built.
Industrial capability
We combine ownership commitment with strategic, commercial and operational expertise to strengthen businesses over time.
The people behind Graculus.
The Graculus team combines experience across industrial strategy, ownership, finance, commercial development and operations.
Tristan Louette
Entrepreneur and operator with more than 10 years across commercial development, asset management and operations, including co-founding and leading two businesses.
Gerhard Botha
Founder and investment professional with more than 20 years across M&A, private capital, restructuring, finance and entrepreneurship.
Hannes Offenbacher
Founder and strategist with more than 19 years helping organisations identify growth opportunities, set direction and build new capabilities.
Start a conversation
Whether you are an owner considering the future of your company or an adviser supporting a founder through succession, we welcome confidential conversations.
Most conversations begin long before a decision has been made.
Switzerland and French-speaking regions
French and English
Austria and the wider Alpine region
German and English
All conversations are confidential and carry no obligation.