Josef Fritz

IPO is a private equity investment manager focused on small and medium-sized technology-based businesses with high-growth potential. The firm provides venture capital for startups as well as for expansion capital for later-stage companies. It invests primarily in Austria, southern Germany and eastern Switzerland, as well as in eastern urope. The firm targets situations including MBO, MBI, spin-off, IPO preparation and expansion, both organic and through acquisitions. In addition to capital, it provides their portfolio companies with access to the extensive business network developed by the MTH group. The firm acquires minority shares and invests in electronics, access control systems, micro- and nano-technology, medical devices and other technology-driven sectors.

Partner Bank is an active investor and manages portfolios invested in global equity, real estate, fixed income and alternative instruments. The firm has a value-oriented style and utilizes a “core-satellite” investment strategy which allows customers to keep the core of their nest-egg in the form of cash, savings deposits and material assets, supplementing this basic provision with high-quality bonds, broadly diversified blue-chip stocks, elite funds, property and physical gold. These “satellite” investments also allow investors to participate in global megatrends and industries and markets of the future. Partner Bank has a top-down market approach, focusing first on macroeconomic research before selecting industry sectors they consider to be most appropriate. The firm also engages in stock-picking, a process they base on both in-house and outsourced fundamental analysis.

Develops and sells real estate properties