MBG Schleswig-Holstein

MBG Schleswig-Holstein is an equity participation company that supports businesses in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It takes a stake in a company by contributing capital, usually as a silent partner. The source material is in German and describes work with firms of every size, from start-ups to established medium-sized companies.

What MBG Schleswig-Holstein offers

• Silent participations: capital added to a company without the MBG taking shares or running daily business; terms include a fixed period of around ten years, fixed interest and a profit-linked element.
• Open participations: the MBG becomes a shareholder with the rights and duties set out in the partnership agreement; it plans to do more of this.
• Specialist funds: programmes including the Beteiligungsfonds Mittelstand SH, the Seed- und Start-up-Fonds II, the Mittelstandsfonds and the Mikromezzaninfonds Deutschland.
• Financing for defined situations: business start-ups, young firms with new technology, succession and takeovers, growth, stabilisation and sustainable business.

Customers and markets

Companies of all turnover sizes and from all industries in Schleswig-Holstein, at different stages of development. Each fund has its own eligibility rules.

Key facts

• Based in: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Aim: a balanced equity ratio for the companies it backs
• Approach: short decision paths and flexibility