Where we invest?
Clear principles and discipline paired with great flexibility
- Funds managed by Castik Capital focus on making investments in high-quality and growing businesses, which are headquartered in Europe and led by strong management teams or founders.
- We work with the management teams on specific value creation plans that allow the business to achieve an improved growth trajectory – either through expansion to new markets, add-on M&A, or investments to the core business, e.g. digitization or new products/technology.
- Furthermore, Castik Funds are very flexible when it comes to taking majority or minority positions and whether the entity is privately owned or stock exchange listed.
- This flexibility helps to offer owners and managers the most suitable proposition for their business.
Target transaction size:
c. €200-700m enterprise value per deal
Organic market growth backed by secular trends
Companies headquartered in Europe
Investment Principles
Castik Funds invest a minimum of €100 million and up to € 600m of equity capital in a single portfolio company. As well, the Castik Funds are prepared to invest capital over the entire investment period in order to support growth of the business and consolidate the market.
Castik Funds have an investment horizon of up to 10 years in which we will work with the portfolio companies to develop and implement plans that support long-term growth.
Castik Funds target 5-7 excellent companies and management teams per Fund that have the potential for strong growth and the ability to become leaders in their industries.
Funds managed by Castik invest alongside outstanding management teams and support them to improve operational performance and significantly expand the growth of the business. Castik brings value add through experience in industry consolidation, knowledge of growth situations and sector expertise.
Flexible investment strategy with regards to governance and capital investment is designed to fit the needs of the portfolio companies and to facilitate the realization of their growth ambitions.
Investment Principles
Financial Strength
Long-term Partner
Focus
5-7 Investments
5-7 Investments
Ambition to make
companies better
companies better
Flexible
Governance & Capital
Governance & Capital
Castik Funds invest a minimum of €100 million and up to € 600m of equity capital in a single portfolio company. As well, the Castik Funds are prepared to invest capital over the entire investment period in order to support growth of the business and consolidate the market.
Castik Funds have an investment horizon of up to 10 years in which we will work with the portfolio companies to develop and implement plans that support long-term growth.
Castik Funds target 5-7 excellent companies and management teams per Fund that have the potential for strong growth and the ability to become leaders in their industries.
Funds managed by Castik invest alongside outstanding management teams and support them to improve operational performance and significantly expand the growth of the business. Castik brings value add through experience in industry consolidation, knowledge of growth situations and sector expertise.
Flexible investment strategy with regards to governance and capital investment is designed to fit the needs of the portfolio companies and to facilitate the realization of their growth ambitions.
Investment size
Castik exclusively invests into established companies exhibiting some of the above company criteria
- Target investment size: c. €100-300m equity per deal
- Target transaction size: c. €200-700m enterprise value per deal
- Smaller initial equity investments are possible if there are executable add-ons identified on Day 1 of the investment
- Together with its investors, the Fund is able to invest in companies with an enterprise value greater than €1bn