Succession capital for the German Mittelstand

The right capital to carry your life’s work forward.

Red Panda provides funding for business succession — backing owners, successors and management teams to secure the future of established companies.

Red Panda provides funding for business succession — backing owners, successors and management teams to secure the future of established companies.

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Patient capital. Clear agreements.

Funding succession with discretion and continuity.

Patient capital. Clear agreements.

Funding succession with discretion and continuity.

What we do

We fund the succession of great companies.

We fund the succession of great companies.

A generation of Mittelstand owners is stepping back, often without a successor. Red Panda provides the capital and the continuity to keep good companies in good hands — backing owners planning their exit, and the teams stepping up to take over.

A generation of Mittelstand owners is stepping back, often without a successor. Red Panda provides the capital and the continuity to keep good companies in good hands — backing owners planning their exit, and the teams stepping up to take over.

Continuity

A company’s culture and craft are treated as assets to protect.

Discretion

Sensitive transitions deserve calm conversations before commitments.

Flexible capital

For owners, management teams and successors taking responsibility.

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Trusted alongside

Many of our investments arise together with entrepreneurs and investors with whom we share a long-standing and trusting collaboration.

Business angels

Entrepreneurs and industry experts

Private investors

Entrepreneurial families

Family offices

Banks and financing partners

Selected Investments from Our Entrepreneurial Network

Selected Investments from Our Entrepreneurial Network

In addition to Red Panda Ventures’ direct holdings, we showcase selected angel and seed investments from our entrepreneurial network — including holdings initiated and supported by Dr. Hauke Holtkamp, Moritz Kloss, or closely connected investment partners.

In addition to Red Panda Ventures’ direct holdings, we showcase selected angel and seed investments from our entrepreneurial network — including holdings initiated and supported by Dr. Hauke Holtkamp, Moritz Kloss, or closely connected investment partners.

Industrial SaaS

Angel network holding

B2B Marketplace

Seed investment

Productivity Tools

Entrepreneurial network

Digital Operations

Historical holding

This is how we do it

The people behind Red Panda

The people behind Red Panda

Red Panda combines entrepreneurial experience, technology expertise and patient financing relationships. Owners trust us because conversations are precise, fair and discreet — and because every succession solution must still make sense years from now.

Red Panda combines entrepreneurial experience, technology expertise and patient financing relationships. Owners trust us because conversations are precise, fair and discreet — and because every succession solution must still make sense years from now.

Dr. Hauke Holtkamp

Dr. Hauke Holtkamp

Hauke is an entrepreneur, technology expert and investor. He has many years of experience developing digital products, building technological organizations, and supporting companies at various stages of development. For company acquisitions, he holds conversations with entrepreneurs, evaluates potential investments, and coordinates their structuring and financing. Clear agreements, fair collaboration, and long-term viable solutions are important to him.

Hauke is an entrepreneur, technology expert and investor. He has many years of experience developing digital products, building technological organizations, and supporting companies at various stages of development. For company acquisitions, he holds conversations with entrepreneurs, evaluates potential investments, and coordinates their structuring and financing. Clear agreements, fair collaboration, and long-term viable solutions are important to him.

Contact

Let’s talk — in confidence.

Let’s talk — in confidence.

Every conversation is confidential and non-binding. Tell us where you are in the succession process, and we will respond with care.

Every conversation is confidential and non-binding. Tell us where you are in the succession process, and we will respond with care.

Suitable first conversations include owner exits, MBI/MBO financing, and advisor-led mandates.

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