Grünwald, Hamburg, 21 December 2022 – Ringbeck, a portfolio company of AURELIUS Wachstumskapital SE & Co. KG (“AURELIUS Growth Investments”), has acquired Klaus Hildebrandt AG (Berlin). Klaus Hildebrandt is a provider of high-quality services within the gardening and landscaping sector, specialising in complex green roofing installations. The company has sites in Hamburg and Berlin, ensuring the acquisition will further expand the Ringbeck-Group’s presence in northern and eastern Germany. The management of Klaus Hildebrandt will continue to be carried out by Sebastian Hildebrandt, Marco De Santis and Stephan Hainz. All three managing directors retain a minority stake in Klaus Hildebrandt AG as part of the transaction. The transaction represents Ringbeck’s fifth add-on acquisition in under two years, underlining AURELIUS Growth Investments’ strategy of actively expanding portfolio companies through the targeted acquisition of market participants.

Nico Vitense, Managing Partner at AURELIUS Growth Investments, was delighted with the successful acquisition: “The existing management team at Klaus Hildebrandt has achieved impressive development and has managed to build the company into one of Germany’s leading gardening and landscaping contractors, with significant expertise in green roofing. We are proud that Ringbeck-Group will now become one of Germany’s largest garden and landscaping contractors as a result of this transaction.”

Wilhelm Ringbeck, CEO of Ringbeck GmbH, and Hendrik Hucke, CEO of Ringbeck Holding GmbH, commented: “We have known Klaus Hildebrandt for many years and are thrilled to welcome them to the Ringbeck-Group. Klaus Hildebrandt has a stellar nationwide reputation, and we are therefore very much looking forward to working with them.”

Sebastian Hildebrandt, Managing Director at Klaus Hildebrandt AG, added: “We value Ringbeck-Group as a long-standing, trusted player in the market. With the support of AURELIUS Growth Investments, we are confident that we can continue to scale the company sustainably and build upon our impressive historical growth. The team and I look forward to our collective future and upcoming collaboration.”

On behalf of AURELIUS Growth Investments, Managing Partner Nico Vitense and his team advised on the transaction. The team was supported by Bluemont Consulting (Markus Fränkel, Commercial Due Diligence), Ebner Stolz (Armand von Alberti, Financial and Tax Due Diligence) and Kuzaj Wittmann & Partner (Hans-Jörg Wittmann, Legal Due Diligence and Legal Advice).

Contact person on the transaction
Nico Vitense
Managing Partner
nico.vitense@aureliusinvest.de

Philipp Scheik
Senior Investment Manager
philipp.scheik@aureliusinvest.de

Toni Büchsenmann
Investment Associate
toni.buechsenmann@aureliusinvest.de