Private Equity Holding AG Information

Private Equity Holding AG specializes in fund of funds, secondary indirect investments and selective direct co-investments. With fund of funds investments, it seeks to invest in venture funds, buyout funds, special situation, secondary and balanced funds. Private Equity Holding AG will not invest in early stage venture or mega-buyout funds. Investments in venture fund are primarily in the technology sector with a focus on Internet, telecommunications, information technology, and life sciences and other high-tech sectors such as semiconductors and electronics. In direct investments, the fund prefers to invest with its partner fund or as pre-IPO financings in the form of convertible loans. The fund prefers to invest in mid venture, late venture, middle market, early stage, developmental stage, management buyouts, management buyins, succession issues, bridge financings, spin-offs, distressed situations, turnaround and mature companies. The fund also considers participation in PIPES. It prefers to invest in private equity funds and companies active in the European Developed Markets, with a particular focus on Switzerland, Germany, France and United Kingdom, as well as, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and the United States. It makes expansion or developmental investments in companies with sales in excess of $1 million. The investments of Private Equity Holding AG are mainly made through its offshore subsidiaries. It seeks to take a majority stake.