Company
FCF is a specialized investment bank and financing specialist serving listed and privately held upper mid-market corporates as well as high-growth ventures across the German-speaking region (DACH).
FCF arranges, structures and places equity and debt financings, advising clients on the execution of growth, IPO / pre-IPO, acquisition, succession, financing and refinancing strategies.
FCF-led transactions enable clients to implement capital structures with leading German and international investors and lenders on best-in-market terms — with maximum flexibility, in the shortest possible time frame, and with the highest level of transaction certainty.
Since its founding in 2005, FCF has successfully closed more than 250 transactions with an aggregate financing volume of close to EUR 15 billion. The firm employs around 35 professionals and is organized across two core business lines: Mid-Cap and Venture & Growth.
Criteria for financing
FCF advises private and listed mid-cap companies across all sectors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, typically with revenues between EUR 50 million and EUR 2 billion. Within Venture & Growth, the firm focuses on high-growth companies in Healthcare & Life Sciences, Deeptech and Cleantech.
Volume of financing
Equity transactions
- Venture Capital: EUR 10 million to EUR 50 million
- Growth Capital: EUR 25 million to EUR 75 million
- Private Equity: EUR 25 million to EUR 250 million
- Public Equity: EUR 10 million to EUR 100 million.
Debt transactions
- Single-lender debt facilities: from EUR 20 million
- Combined / club debt facilities: from EUR 25 million
- Bonds / Schuldschein loans: from EUR 50 million
Scope of services
- Equity financings (Venture, Growth, Private & Public Equity)
- Debt financings (bilateral & syndicated loans, Schuldschein, bonds, factoring, leasing, mezzanine and promotional loans such as EIB)
- M&A advisory (sell-side, succession solutions, acquisition financings)
- IPO / pre-IPO advisory as well as refinancing and restructuring strategies
- Strategic financing advisory with a 360° perspective
Reference data
- AMW GmbH | Debt Facilities | ~ EUR 26 million | March 2026
- AEEG Applied Explosives & Energetics GmbH | Bilateral Debt Facilities | EUR 15 million | February 2026
- Josef Paul GmbH & Co. KG | M&A (Sell-Side) | [confidential] | January 2026
- Cho-Time GmbH | Working Capital Facility | EUR 15 million | January 2026
- Edelmann GmbH | Leasing and Debt Facilities | [confidential] | December 2025
- Rentschler Biopharma SE | Syndicated Loan | > EUR 200 million | November 2025
- TECOSOL GmbH | Bilateral Debt Facilities | EUR 35 million | October 2025
- DVA International GmbH | Syndicated Loan | ~ EUR 70 million | June 2025
- Leyden Labs B.V. | European Investment Bank Debt Facility | EUR 20 million | June 2025
- Lohmann & Rauscher International GmbH & Co. KG | Syndicated Loan | [confidential] | May 2025
- 1NCE GmbH | Funding Round | USD 60 million | April 2025
- Kapsch TrafficCom AG | Syndicated Loan | [confidential] | March 2025
- Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG | Syndicated Loan | EUR 339 million | August 2024
- Paul Vahle GmbH & Co. KG | Syndicated Loan & Real Estate Debt Facility | > EUR 100 million | September 2024
- KWD Automotive AG & Co. KG | Syndicated Loan Amendment & Extension | EUR 70 million | October 2024
- UpNano GmbH | Capital Increase | ~ EUR 10 million | October 2024
A full transaction list is available at fcf.de.
Headquarters
Munich, Germany
Address
Königinstrasse 9a
80539 Munich
T +49 (89) 20 60 409-0
info(a)fcf.de
Internet
Contact person
Arno Fuchs, CEO & Founder
T +49 (89) 20 60 409-0
arno.fuchs(a)fcf.de
