History
The Founders initiated their activities in 1995 by making their first business angel investments in young companies. At this time the Company did not have any external shareholders. It was much more dedicated on investing the private funds as a family office.
In 2006 the team around the Founders were successful in managing several exits of portfolio companies. The most significant one was the IPO of Smartrac Technology, a company that today is part of Germany’s TecDAX technology stock index.
As a consequence, the Company decided to perform a next step and to invite external shareholders to become part of Mountain Partners. During the years after the “New Economy Bubble”, the Founders and the team have invested significantly into young German technology companies. At the same time, most of the existing and active venture capital investors in Germany have reduced or stopped their activities.
In 2007, the portfolio of Mountain Partners has grown significantly. At the same time newly listed venture capital and private equity companies could perform outstanding fundraisings and existing companies were awarded with premiums on their net asset value (NAV).
Thus, the company decided to sharpen its opportunistic investment approach by founding different investment divisions and to list these newly founded companies on the Stock Exchange. During the year 2008 Mountain Partners decided to initiate further investment divisions: Taishan Invest AG, Omnismundi AG and MedVest Capital AG. In 2009 Mountain Super Angel AG acquired the majority of Impera Total Return AG, a private equity company listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
