Ufenau Capital Partners raises €560m

The Switzerland-based small cap private equity firm has closed its sixth fund at hard-cap.

Ufenau Capital Partners has closed its sixth small cap private equity fund, Ufenau VI German Asset Light, at its €560 million hard-cap. The fund will continue to pursue the firm’s strategy of investing primarily in asset-light business services, healthcare, education & lifestyle and financial services companies in German-speaking Europe.

Insurance companies, pension funds, funds of funds, family offices, endowments, banks and private individuals based in Europe, the US and Asia contributed to the fund.

Ufenau V German Asset Light closed at €227 million in October 2016.

AXON Partners acted as the exclusive placement agent for the firm’s sixth fund.