M&A

Providing financing solutions for the growth and expansion of sustainable energy companies.

Strengthening sustainable energy companies through M&A

With the M&A process, we develop the “BUY part” of our strategy. On the one hand, we buy companies, such as Lehmann 2000 last year, but they can also be so-called “bolt-on acquisitions,” where we buy a supplementary service for a company.

Our growth strategy

In principle, in the first few years of Climartis AG, we will create an entrepreneurial base of critical size through acquisitions, then further develop these companies and double them over the next few years through organic growth. This growth creates opportunities and exciting new tasks in companies as well as at our Climartis Services AG service unit.
Durch dieses Wachstum entstehen Opportunitäten und spannende neue Aufgaben in den Unternehmen wie auch bei unserer Service-Unit Climartis Services AG.

Horizontal and vertical growth

We see both horizontal and vertical integrations of our M&A target for our business areas. In the area of heating systems, for example, we can very well imagine advancing the photovoltaic/battery/charging segments or even the financing of such systems through partners or banks, alone or with partners. In other areas, we see vertical integration, e.g. a similar business segment in another region (e.g. district heating in Grisons or Valais).

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‍M&A criteria

For our existing portfolio companies, we are always looking for additional investments, which could be a geographical expansion, it could be employees or teams that we take over, or it could even be a new technology that complements our companies in a similar way to a piece of the puzzle. We see the lowest risk in this form of M&A business, as the buyer knows exactly what he is looking for and the integration of it can be easily estimated.

Our M&A network

The Climartis team has supported several major transactions over the past 20 years, including the purchase of the Scout24 Group or the takeover of Ticketcorner or Radio Energy by Ringier — or later the purchase of Ricardo, Doodle or Zattoo at Tamedia. With this know-how, we are now running an M&A strategy ourselves, which also allows us to draw on an important network of partners. Here is a small selection of partners who support us with our M&A strategy: