A long-term buyer for exceptional industrial businesses facing succession.
Owners often begin these conversations with someone they already trust, their accountant, lawyer, banker or long-standing adviser.
Why advisers engage with Graculus.
Founder-sensitive approach
We understand that succession is personal.
Long-term ownership
We are building enduring industrial companies, not pursuing short-term transactions.
Execution capability
We combine transaction experience, capital structuring expertise and ownership discipline to execute complex transitions.
Confidential process
Introductions are handled with discretion and professionalism.
A succession question across the region.
Across the region, many established businesses are approaching a change of ownership.
German SMEs whose owners intend to arrange a succession by the end of 2029.
Potential ownership transfers among Austrian businesses, excluding sole proprietors, between 2025 and 2034.
Swiss companies identified as looking for a successor in 2024.
French TPE, PME and ETI with at least one employee that intend to transfer their business within the next five years.
Definitions, business populations and time periods differ by country. The figures are shown as national indicators and are not added together or treated as directly comparable datasets.
Transaction approach.
Transaction structures are tools for creating alignment and designing the right transaction, not prerequisites to financing an acquisition.
Cash consideration
Deferred consideration
Seller financing
Retained ownership
Performance-linked payments
What we seek.
We consider exceptional industrial and specialist manufacturing businesses across the Alpine region, including Austria, Switzerland, Southern Germany, the French and Italian Alpine regions, and Slovenia.
Founder or family ownership, industrial and specialist manufacturing, approximately €1–5 million (~CHF 0.9–4.7 million) EBITDA, profitable, cash-generative, resilient, technically differentiated and already selling into European or international markets.
Introduction process.
Initial discussion
Understand the opportunity.
Confidential review
Assess strategic fit.
Owner introduction
Engage with the founder.
Strategic conversation
Explore the right transition.
Direct
You deal with the Graculus team directly.
Confidential
Early conversations stay private and can remain exploratory for as long as needed.
Clear
If we do not think there is a fit, we will say so.
Who you are introducing.
The team brings different skills to understanding, acquiring and building the business.
Tristan Louette
More than 10 years across business building, asset management, commercial development and operations, alongside founding and leading two technology-enabled businesses.
Gerhard Botha
CFA Charterholder and Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years across investment banking, private capital, restructuring, finance and entrepreneurship.
Hannes Offenbacher
Founder and strategist with more than 19 years helping organisations develop strategic direction and build new capabilities.
Know a company that could become the foundation of something enduring?
You do not need a mandate or a formal sale process. If you know a founder or family building an exceptional industrial company and thinking about its future, we would welcome an introduction.
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.