AURELIUS
Investments
15Portfolio Exits
14Funds
1Partners & Customers
2Service Providers
1About AURELIUS
AURELIUS (ETR: AR4) specializes in acquiring companies with development potential and providing them with operational support. Its portfolio consists of industrial enterprises, chemicals, business services, consumer goods/food, beverages and telecommunications, media, and technology. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Grunwald, Germany.

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Latest AURELIUS News
Jan 19, 2023
01/19/2023 | 05:23am EST Message : *Required fields FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - For the investors of Aurelius , the stock market week is going very badly so far. With the announcement that the company intends to change its segment and have its shares listed only on the Regulated Unofficial Market instead of the Qualified Unofficial Market, the management caused considerable uncertainty on the market at the beginning of the week. On Thursday, the shares now attempted to stabilize, most recently rising 3.5 percent to 13.74 euros, after slumping by up to 40 percent since Monday. This was closer to the lowest level since 2012, which was marked in March 2020. Shareholders' rights from the shares would be preserved in the event of a segment change, the company said. But investors apparently weren't so sure. Analyst Marie-Therese Grübner of Hauck Aufhäuser Investment Banking wrote in a study the day before that such a move would mean significantly less transparency and disclosure requirements and could pave the way for a complete delisting. According to Aurelius, there is no longer a need for the company to use the financing options of the qualified over-the-counter market to raise equity. At the same time, the financial and regulatory burden of listing in this segment, which in some cases also leads to disadvantages in day-to-day business, has increased considerably in recent years, according to the company's further justification for the intended change of segment. According to expert Grübner, the first reason in particular points to a conceivable withdrawal from the stock exchange, especially since Aurelius has now clearly placed its focus on private market financing. For investors, a segment change would definitely be bad news. As soon as the shares were trading in the simple over-the-counter market, a complete delisting would also not result in a takeover bid and could simply be completed via the approval of the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, Grübner continued. The risk of delisting would make the share uninvestable for the majority of institutional investors. Grübner also considered management's plans to be surprising precisely because they could be seen as a complete reversal of previous attempts to reward shareholders more by means of share buybacks and dividends./ajx/tih/jha/ © dpa-AFX 2023
AURELIUS Investments
15 Investments
AURELIUS has made 15 investments. Their latest investment was in Ringbeck as part of their Corporate Minority on March 3, 2021.

AURELIUS Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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3/31/2021 | Corporate Minority | Ringbeck | Yes | 1 | ||
4/30/2015 | Private Equity | Tavex | Yes | 1 | ||
12/31/2008 | Growth Equity | LD Systeme | Yes | 1 | ||
8/1/2008 | Private Equity | |||||
Other Investors |
AURELIUS Portfolio Exits
14 Portfolio Exits
AURELIUS has 14 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Transform Hospital Group on August 17, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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8/17/2022 | Acq - Fin | 1 | |||
6/13/2022 | Acquired - II | 1 | |||
10/19/2021 | Acquired Unit | 2 | |||
Date | 8/17/2022 | 6/13/2022 | 10/19/2021 | ||
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Exit | Acq - Fin | Acquired - II | Acquired Unit | ||
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Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 2 |
AURELIUS Acquisitions
52 Acquisitions
AURELIUS acquired 52 companies. Their latest acquisition was Sappi - European Business on September 29, 2022.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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9/29/2022 | Acquired Unit | 1 | ||||
9/2/2022 | Acquired | 1 | ||||
9/2/2022 | Corporate Majority | 1 | ||||
8/30/2022 | ||||||
8/1/2022 |
Date | 9/29/2022 | 9/2/2022 | 9/2/2022 | 8/30/2022 | 8/1/2022 |
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Note | Acquired Unit | Acquired | Corporate Majority | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
AURELIUS Fund History
1 Fund History
AURELIUS has 1 fund, including Aurelius European Opportunities IV.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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4/19/2021 | Aurelius European Opportunities IV | $613.74M | 2 |
Closing Date | 4/19/2021 |
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Fund | Aurelius European Opportunities IV |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | $613.74M |
Sources | 2 |
AURELIUS Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
AURELIUS has 2 strategic partners and customers. AURELIUS recently partnered with Proco Global on September 9, 2018.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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9/17/2018 | Client | United Kingdom | AURELIUS Finance Company backs Proco Global Group to deliver its growth strategy Karun Dhir , Managing Director of AURELIUS Finance Company said : `` We are delighted to partner with Proco Global Group , Richard and the team , and supporting them through this exciting phase of growth '' . | 1 | |
2/3/2011 | Partner |
Date | 9/17/2018 | 2/3/2011 |
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Type | Client | Partner |
Business Partner | ||
Country | United Kingdom | |
News Snippet | AURELIUS Finance Company backs Proco Global Group to deliver its growth strategy Karun Dhir , Managing Director of AURELIUS Finance Company said : `` We are delighted to partner with Proco Global Group , Richard and the team , and supporting them through this exciting phase of growth '' . | |
Sources | 1 |
AURELIUS Service Providers
1 Service Provider
AURELIUS has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Lincoln International | Acquired | Investment Bank | Financial Advisor |
Service Provider | Lincoln International |
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Associated Rounds | Acquired |
Provider Type | Investment Bank |
Service Type | Financial Advisor |
Partnership data by VentureSource
AURELIUS Team
3 Team Members
AURELIUS has 3 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Dirk Markus.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Dirk Markus | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Dirk Markus | ||
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Work History | |||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Status | Current |
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