- Connect: We identify investment opportunities, we research and provide company intelligence and bring together investors and companies.
- Office Setup: We would support investors raising a management company from scratch within a short time frame and with a structure that serves the investor’s needs.
- Communication: We can provide all communication and advisory needed to raise the company’s profile and create trust.
We connect German Companies and Global Capital
Germany is the world leader in hidden champions
Companies want to stay but seek capital to finance further growth
Investors from around the globe rediscover Germany
OUR MISSION: We bring both sides together
- Germany Investment Opportunities (G.I.O.) is a firm that facilitates equity investments in companies to promote growth and strengthen their financing structures.
- G.I.O. primarily works with foreign investors who have not previously been active in Germany and are interested in companies that have a solid growth story, are profitable, and are seeking new financing opportunities.
- Our targets included:
- Hidden champions: Highly profitable mid-sized companies seeking investment capital for further growth and succession
- IInnovators: Successful young companies that have outgrown their startup status and are now seeking investors willing to finance R&D for innovations or the company’s expansion into new markets.
- In this way, we bridge the gap between global financing capital and the German SME sector.
- We offer our stakeholders experience and a network, trust, and a personal approach. On the one hand, we are not intimidated by big names – because we have been advising international financial institutions, industrial conglomerates, and corporate law firms on strategic issues for decades. On the other hand, we have grown up in small-town, middle-class environments. So, we understand what drives entrepreneurs from our own experience.
- We combine down-to-earth practicality with global savvy.
Activities subject to CSSF financial regulation are not included in our range of services!
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#What we do
#What we do
- Connect: We identify investment opportunities, we research and provide company intelligence and bring together investors and companies.
- Business setup: We would support investors raising a management company from scratch within a short time frame and with a structure that serves the investor’s needs.
- Communication: We can provide all communication and advisory needed to raise the company’s profile and create trust.
#Service proposition
- Networking
- Researching acquisition options
- Deal sourcing
- M&A communications
- Coordinating and recruiting advisory teams for due diligence, finance, and legal matters.
G.I.O.’s activities consist solely of brokerage services. G.I.O. does not provide any services that require regulatory authorization under the German Banking Act (KWG), the German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG), or the German Trade Regulation Act.
#Service proposition
- Networking
- Researching acquisition options
- Deal sourcing
- M&A communications
- Coordinating and recruiting advisory teams for due diligence, finance, and legal matters.
G.I.O.’s activities consist solely of brokerage services. G.I.O. does not provide any services that require regulatory authorization under the German Banking Act (KWG), the German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG), or the German Trade Regulation Act.
#Our Approach
- Global investment managers start again looking at Germany:
- The United States are seen as unstable for the time being.
- Diversification: Many seek alternatives to their China exposure.
- G.I.O., a sub-brand of DEZES Public Relations, brings together well-developed German businesses, hidden champions, companies in search of business succession with investors from abroad.
- G.I.O. supports private equity, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and all other financial institutions who intend long-term investments in Germany.
- Attractive market volume: According to data from the state-owned development bank KfW, around 400,000 medium-sized companies in Germany will need succession planning by 2027.
#Our Approach
- Global investment managers start again looking at Germany:
- The United States are seen as unstable for the time being.
- Diversification: Many seek alternatives to their China exposure.
- G.I.O., a sub-brand of DEZES Public Relations, brings together well-developed German businesses, hidden champions, companies in search of business succession with investors from abroad.
- G.I.O. supports private equity, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and all other financial institutions who intend long-term investments in Germany.
- Attractive market volume: According to data from the state-owned development bank KfW, around 400,000 medium-sized companies in Germany will need succession planning by 2027.
#Why investing in Germany makes sense NOW
Geo strategy: Germany is a safe haven and an alternative to North America or China.
World Leader: Germany is the country with the highest number of Hidden Champions.
“German Mittelstand”: Around 400,000 medium-sized companies in Germany will need succession planning by 2027.
German Infrastructure Program: € 500 bn budget to boost building and related industries.
German Defense Program: Government to spend € 500 bn. A boost for defense and tech industries. Both programs to raise EU GDP by 0.4%.
Innovation: Dynamic scene of fast-growing companies (energy, environment, AI and biotech-based pharmaceutics).
#Who we are:
G.I.O. Matthias Dezes
- Role: Company Owner and Managing Director
- Entrepreneur since 2016: Finance, Law, Hidden Champions, M&A, Issue Management
- M&A: Advised on more than 80 transactions for AXA Private Equity (now Ardian)
- Press spokesperson at CITI and Latham & Watkins
- Director at FD/FTI and Citigate
- Trained business journalist
(Financial Times Deutschland) - Coverage of private equity, VC, investment banks, real estate
#Who we are:
G.I.O. Matthias Dezes
- Role: Company Owner and Managing Director
- Entrepreneur since 2016: Finance, Law, Hidden Champions, M&A, Issue Management
- M&A: Advised on more than 80 transactions for AXA Private Equity (now Ardian)
- Press spokesperson at CITI and Latham & Watkins
- Director at FD/FTI and Citigate
- Trained business journalist
(Financial Times Deutschland) - Coverage of private equity, VC, investment banks, real estate
#Who we are:
G.I.O. Thomas Demmer
- Role: Senior Advisor
- 25+ years experience in consulting business. Last as Senior Partner at Christ & Company, a Berlin based consulting and investment firm
- Focusing on Corporate and Financial Communications, Public Affairs, Crisis- and Transaction Management and business development for Startup-Companies
- Advised a wide range of national and international clients on transactions, financial communications, crisis communications and media relations issues.
- Close relationship to the German industrial sector.
- Supported Schwarz Digits in launching their business activities.
- Studied Law and Politics at Saarbrücken University and at Frankfurt’s Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University.
#Why G.I.O.?
Experience Each team member has more than 20 years of M&A, finance and corporate consulting experience to their name.
Track Record Deals advised and closed for Advent, AXA Private Equity, Brockhaus PE and Haniel.
Network A unique and sustainable network in almost all sectors of German industry, politics, media and the public sector.
Trust We speak the language of both the financial and the German “Mittelstand” sectors.
#Why G.I.O.?
Experience Each team member has more than 20 years of M&A, finance and corporate consulting experience to their name.
Track Record Deals advised and closed for Advent, AXA Private Equity, Brockhaus PE and Haniel.
Network A unique and sustainable network in almost all sectors of German industry, politics, media and the public sector.
Trust We speak the language of both the financial and the German “Mittelstand” sectors.
#Your Gateway to Germany | First Steps
The first prerequisite for a successful market entry is a presence in Germany with a German team. G.I.O. could set up a German branch from scratch within a very short time. This brings with it all the prerequisites for success:
- Quick start
- Smooth market entry
- Direct market access
- Excellent network
- Calculable risks
- Manageable organizational effort
USP: A team of highly experienced advisors, well connected, with in-depth knowledge of the market who know ho to handle deals and enjoying hands-on advisory work.
#LEGAL NOTE Germany
The company’s purpose is to provide consulting services to companies and investors, particularly in the areas of corporate strategy, business model development, M&A consulting, structuring of corporate investments, and the identification, initiation, and establishment of contacts between companies seeking capital and potential investors. The company does not engage in any activities that require official authorization under the German Banking Act (KWG), the Securities Institutions Act (WpIG), the German Capital Investment Code (KAGB), the Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG), the German Trade Regulation Act—in particular § 34f, § 34h GewO – or other financial supervisory regulations. In particular, the company does not provide investment advice, investment or transaction brokerage, financial portfolio management, or the custody or management of financial instruments, nor does it accept client funds.