Services

Young growth companies and start-ups that develop innovations and digital offerings face many challenges: the right growth strategy, a convincing and realistic business plan, market access or the next round of financing are just a few of them. Even the best start-up team, the best idea or the best product benefits from a strong network and experience in scaling, organizational development and commercial management. In phases of growth, but also when success is a long time coming.

With competence and experience, AccentorDigital supports growth companies in the following areas, among others:

• Growth and value creation strategies
• Scaling and business development
• M&A, buy & build strategies
• Restructuring and reshaping
• Performance management and reporting
• Funding
• Investor communications and equity story
• CEO and CFO support

 
The support can be provided as part of a project or a sparring, either on a selective basis or over a longer period of time - as required.

Competence

For more than 25 years I have been accompanying innovative growth companies of different levels of maturity to expand economically successful. I therefore know the requirements of growth companies as well as those of investors.

As a long-standing managing director and CFO of the strategic investment holding company Axel Springer Digital, I helped to build and develop the digital investment portfolio of Axel Springer. It comprises over 150 direct majority and minority investments, including leading digital companies such as Stepstone, Idealo, Awin (Zanox), Airbnb, Uber and N26. With the active and partnership-based support of the investments, the value of the portfolio was increased to approximately €7 billion within a few years, making the portfolio one of the most successful digital portfolios in the world. 

Prior to this, I supported the international growth of Intershop, the pioneer of e-commerce software, in various finance functions and, among other things, accompanied the IPO. Within just three years, the company's revenue rose from €5 to €123 million, the number of employees from 180 to over 1,500, and the market capitalization to over €11 billion. 

However, I am not only familiar with periods of growth, but have also experienced a number of crises and accompanied restructurings.

Today I support start-ups as a mentor in scaling, reporting and financing.