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- Former Investment Manager Christof Knop appointed Investment Director
at VMCap
- Dr. Helmut Vorndran, CEO of VMCap: 'As an Investment Manager Christof
Knop has been instrumental in the development and sale of several
portfolio companies as well as the acquisitions of Thomas-Krenn.AG and
Xortex eBusiness GmbH. His achievements have been an important
contribution to the overall success of Vorndran Mannheims Capital'.
Düsseldorf/St.Gallen 08.01.2014 - Christof Knop has been promoted to
Investment Director as of January 1, 2014. Knop joined Vorndran Mannheims
Capital in October 2008 as Investment Manager, first in St. Gallen/Zurich
then reinforcing the Düsseldorf team in 2010. His activities have focused
on the sourcing, structuring and execution of mid-market technology buyouts
as well as the development and sale of different VMCap portfolio companies.
'As an Investment Manager Christof Knop has been instrumental in the
development and sale of several portfolio companies as well as the
acquisitions of Thomas-Krenn.AG and Xortex eBusiness GmbH. His achievements
have been an important contribution to the overall success of Vorndran
Mannheims Capital. We look forward to continue working with him in his new
position as Investment Director.'
Among other projects Christof Knop was involved in the acquisitions of
Thomas-Krenn.AG (2011), Xortex eBusiness GmbH (2011) and filoo GmbH (2013).
He also played an active role in the turnaround of Medos Medizintechnik AG
and its subsidiaries Life Systems GmbH in Germany and Gish Biomedical Inc.
in the USA up to their sale in 2010 to Sorin Group, Specialty Care Inc. and
Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn.
Prior to joining VMCap, Christof Knop worked as a Principal for BC Partners
in Hamburg and as a Case Team Leader for Bain & Company in Boston and
Munich. The thirty-nine-year-old has a degree in business administration
from the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Koblenz and has an MBA
from the Harvard Business School.
About Vorndran Mannheims Capital
Vorndran Mannheims Capital, founded in 2000 under the name Ventizz Capital
Partners, has offices in St. Gallen, Zurich, Düsseldorf and Vienna. VMCap
is the exclusive advisor to the Ventizz Private Equity Funds, which provide
growth capital and buyout financing for high tech companies in Western
Europe. A team of 14 professionals currently advises four funds with a
total capital under management of EUR 675m. Ventizz Capital Fund IV L.P. is
the largest of the four funds established so far. The Fund was closed at
the end of 2007 after only six months of fundraising, during which EUR 450m
were raised, making it one of the biggest private equity funds in the
segment of growth capital and mid-size tech buyouts in the German-speaking
region.
VMCap Funds have invested in 47 companies to date, with a focus on the
areas of renewable energy/clean tech, high-tech manufacturing industries,
medical technology, and information and communication technology. In
addition to a variety of trade sales, VMCap has so far floated four
portfolio companies (ersol, SAF, PV Crystalox Solar and recently exceet) on
European stock exchange markets.
On the internet at: www.vmcap.com
Press contact:
Markus Wieser
CNC AG
T +49 (0)89 599 458-114
E Markus.Wieser@cnc-communications.com
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