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In Anspruchsvollen Gewässern Fundraising Im Spannungsfeld Zwischen Performance, Hypes Und Anlegerkultur 10 | 2015 – 12,50 EUR (D) Private Equity • Buyouts • M&A www.vc-magazin.de Das Magazin für Investoren und Entrepreneure In anspruchsvollen Gewässern Fundraising im Spannungsfeld zwischen Performance, Hypes und Anlegerkultur „Ich sehe keine Anzeichen für eine Blase“ Interview mit Sonya Pauls, King & Wood Mallesons Kampfansage an klassische Kreditinstitute Mittelstandsfinanzierung durch Nichtbanken KLAGEN KÖNNEN LP_Anzeige_VC_20141022RZ.indd 4 18.09.15 17:18 Editorial HEAVY Besonnenheit ist gefragt TRADER ANLAGE BERATER PRIVAT Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, ANLEGER weltweit fließt den Beteiligungsfonds Benjamin Heimlich, Redaktionsleiter Kapital in einem Umfang zu, wie man es seit den Boomzeiten um das Jahr 2007 nicht mehr gesehen hat. Dass dieser VERMÖGENS Trend auch in naher Zukunft nicht enden wird, dafür dürfte die US-Notenbank FED VERWALTER Mitte September mit ihrer Entscheidung, starke Mittelzufluss – laut dem Daten- die Zinsen vorerst auf dem bestehenden dienstleister Preqin sammelten Venture niedrigen Niveau zu halten, gesorgt ha- Capital- und Buyout-Fonds im Jahr 2014 ben. Damit ergibt sich für institutionelle weltweit 499 Mrd. USD ein – stellt die FONDS & ETF Investoren auch weiterhin die Frage, in Branche auch vor Herausforderungen. welcher Assetklasse noch attraktive Ren- Denn mehr Kapital und der nach wie vor INVESTOREN diten zu erzielen sind. Staatsanleihen günstige Zugang zu Fremdmitteln haben sind bereits seit einiger Zeit aufgrund die Unternehmensbewertungen deutlich einer Verzinsung von in der Regel etwas ansteigen lassen. um 1% uninteressant geworden. Tur- bulenzen an den Börsen, wie zuletzt in Der Buyout-Sektor kennt diese Entwick- China gesehen, haben die Stimmen, die lung bereits, im deutschen Venture Capital- vor einer Blase an den Aktienmärkten Bereich hat man Bewertungen in diesen warnen, lauter werden lassen. Die Betei- Dimensionen lange nicht mehr gesehen. ligungsbranche, mit ihren glänzenden So wurde beispielsweise der Kochbox- Renditen in den letzten Jahren, scheint Versender HelloFresh bei seiner letzten vor diesem Hintergrund ein sicherer Finanzierungsrunde mit 2,6 Mrd. EUR Hafen. bewer tet, was man bei einem vier Jahre alten Unternehmen mit einem kolpor- Dass sich das Interesse der institutionel- tierten Umsatz von 120 Mio. EUR 2015 len Investoren nicht mehr nur auf den zumin dest als sportlich betrachten darf. Buyout-Sektor beschränkt, sondern in- Es bleibt zu hoffen, dass die Beteiligungs- zwischen auch auf den Venture Capital- branche auch in Zukunft besonnen agiert. und Growth Capital-Bereich übergreift, Einen Einbruch im Fundraising wie 2009 zeigt das Beispiel des Lakestar II-Fonds. möchte niemand erleben. Mit einem Volumen von 350 Mio. EUR www.guidants.com übertrifft es seinen Vorgänger, für den Eine spannende Lektüre wünscht 135 Mio. EUR eingesammelt wurden, deutlich und hätte sogar noch um einiges größer werden können. Wie Lakestar- Gründer Klaus Hommels in einem Inter- view verriet, war das Interesse so groß, HIER AGIERT dass mehr als 600 Mio. EUR aufgenom- men hätten werden können. Doch der [email protected] EDER WIE VentureCapital Magazin | 10-2015 3 EIN PROFI Inhalt 3 Editorial Besonnenheit ist gefragt 6 Facts & Figures 12 Start-up-News Titelthema 14 Fundraising im Spannungsfeld zwischen Performance, Hypes und Anlegerkultur In anspruchsvollen Gewässern Märkte & Zahlen 20 Interview mit Sonya Pauls, King & Wood Mallesons „Ich sehe keine Anzeichen für eine Blase“ 24 Neue Asset- und Anlegerklassen bergen spannende Herausforderungen Auf zu neuen Ufern Dr. Wessel Heukamp, Dr. Johannes Vogel Angesichts des bestehenden Niedrigzinsumfelds sollten Investitionen in 26 Executive Talk mit Prof. Franz Radermacher, Universität Ulm Buyout- und Venture Capital-Fonds eigentlich eine lukrative Alternative „Wie wir Energie intelligent speichern, für private und institutionelle Investoren darstellen. Doch gerade Letzte- ist eine Schlüsselfrage“ re tun sich in Deutschland weiterhin schwer. Aufwendige Regularien und eine defensive Anlegerkultur verhindern wohl auch in Zukunft höhere 28 Versicherungen für Private Equity- Fundraising-Quoten. Doch wer in der Vergangenheit zu überzeugen und Venture Capital-Gesellschaften wusste, hat auch in Zukunft gute Chancen. Unterschätzte Gefahr Haftungsrisiko Matthias Hübner, Minerva Assekuranzvermittlung 30 Flexible Fremdfinanzierung ohne Bankkredit Niedrigzinsen und Bankenregulierung stärken Private Debt Early Stage & Expansion 32 Finanzierungswege neben dem klassischen Equity Wandeldarlehen: Fluch oder Segen für Start-ups und Investoren? Björn Weidehaas, Dr. Lorenz Jellinghaus, Lutz Abel Rechtsanwalts GmbH 34 Interview mit Dr. Georg Ried, Bayern Kapital „Das Ziel ist die Ausstattung mit privatem Kapital wie in den USA“ 36 BVK Zwischenbilanz: Zwei Jahre Große Koalition Viele Worte, denen noch Taten folgen müssen Rund 14,5 Mrd. EUR sammelten Beteiligungsfonds aus der DACH- Dr. Peter Güllmann, Bundesverband Deutscher Region in den vergangenen 21 Monaten ein. Dabei ist zu beobachten, Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften dass sich auch institutionelle Anleger der Assetklasse öffnen, die bislang kaum bis gar nicht in diesem Bereich investiert waren. Und auch bei 39 VC Kolumne von Andreas Thümmler, amerikanischen LPs stehen Investments in europäische Beteiligungs- Corporate Finance Partners fonds höher im Kurs als noch vor ein paar Jahren. Unicorns und Decacorns in Deutschland 4 10-2015 | VentureCapital Magazin Der deutsche Mittelstand geht ins Netz – nicht nur, um seine Maschinen, Möbel und Motorsägen auch auf virtuellen Marktplätzen zu verkaufen, sondern um an frisches Kapital zu kommen. Finan- zierungen um die klassischen Banken herum sind in Mode. Ähnlich wie im angelsächsischen Raum, wo beispielsweise durch Peer to Peer-Kredite bereits Milliardensummen zur Verfügung ge- stellt werden, steigt auch hierzulande die Zahl der Finanzierungen durch Nichtbanken. Mittelstand/Buyouts 40 Mittelstandsfinanzierung durch Nichtbanken Kampfansage an klassische Kreditinstitute 44 M&A-Kolumne von Dr. Axel Gollnick, Angermann M&A International Deutschland boomt – der M&A-Markt wird immer internationaler 46 Case Study | Primavera Life GmbH: Pioniere im Bereich ätherische Öle Begeisterung als unternehmerische Triebfeder Ihre Rechtsanwälte für Venture Capital Investing und M&A. 48 Starkes Fundraising, gute Perspektiven Private Equity – Anlageklasse mit hohem Potenzial Detlef Mackewicz, Mackewicz & Partner 51 Investing-News Datenbank 52 Dealmonitor 56 Events 57 Vorschau | Tweet des Monats | Impressum 58 People Folgen Sie uns auch auf Facebook (facebook.com/ VentureCapitalMagazin) und Twitter (twitter.com/vc_magazin)! LUTZ | ABEL Rechtsanwalts GmbH VentureCapital Magazin | 10-2015 5 www.lutzabel.com _Anzeige_VC_20140606.indd 1 11.06.14 13:2 Facts & Figures | Statistik Erkenntnis des Monats Grafik des Monats Wir fördern Deutschland auf Platz drei Buyout- und Debt-Fonds liefern bei den Technologie-IPOs zuverlässigste Rendite das Gute in NRW. Die viel zitierte Aussage, in Deutschland seien Börsengänge von Globaler durchschnittlicher IRR nach Fondstyp und Vintage-Jahr Technologieunternehmen kaum möglich, scheint nur bedingt wahr. Laut einer globalen IPO-Studie der Wirtschaftsprüfungs- 30 gesellschaft PwC belegt die Bundesrepublik im zweiten Quartal 25 2015 mit zwei der zehn größten Tech-Börsengänge Platz zwei hin- Buyout ter den USA mit sechs aus zehn. In die internationalen Top Ten 20 Venture Capital schafften es die Erstemissionen der Wacker-Chemie-Tochter 15 Siltronic mit umgerechnet 374 Mio. USD und des E-Commerce Debt Fonds Start-ups windeln.de mit 205 Mio. USD. Auffällig sei, so PwC, 10 Dachfonds dass Tech-Unternehmen eine private Platzierung dem Sprung 5 aufs Parkett verstärkt vorziehen. So seien im zweiten Quartal dieses Jahres in den USA 4,3 Mrd. USD im Rahmen von privaten 0 Finanzierungsrunden in Technologieunternehmen geflossen, -5 während im selben Zeitraum über IPOs nur 2,8 Mrd. USD einge- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 sammelt wurden. Diese Entwicklung ist laut PwC auch auf die Quelle: PitchBook breitere Investorenbasis zurückzuführen. So würden nicht mehr nur klassische Wagniskapitalgeber, sondern genauso Hedge- Gemessen am durchschnittlichen IRR über alle Vintage-Jahre fonds, Staatsfonds, normale Investmentfonds oder Beteiligungs- sind weltweit Buyout- und Debt-Fonds die zuverlässigsten Ren- gesellschaften großer Technologiekonzerne in junge Wachs- ditelieferanten, das geht aus dem „PE & VC Benchmarking Re- tumsunternehmen investieren. port“ für das dritte Quartal 2015 des Datendienstleisters Pitch- Book hervor. Insbesondere die älteren erfassten Vintages zwi- schen 2001 und 2004 überragen die beiden anderen erfassten Bereiche Venture Capital und Dachfonds deutlich. Auffällig ist, Ranking des Monats dass die Venture Capital-Vintages von 2009 bis 2012 mit durch- schnittlichen IRRs von 15,7%, 11,8%, 16,1% und 12,7% die ande- High-Tech Gründerfonds Europas ren drei Bereiche deutlich outperformten. aktivster Venture Capital-Geber Laut dem „Venture Pulse“-Report des Datendienstleisters CB In- sights und des Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Beratungsunterneh- Trend des Monats mens KPMG war kein Frühphasenfinanzierer in Europa im zwei- ten Quartal 2015 aktiver als der High-Tech Gründerfonds. Auf Europäischer Buy and Build- Platz drei, und damit der zweite deutsche Vertreter in den Top Fünf, führt der Report Earlybird. Insgesamt kommen sieben der Markt schwächelt im ersten 18 aktivsten Gesellschaften aus der DACH-Region. Halbjahr 2015 Aktivste Venture Capital-Gesellschaften
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