Bio

Christoph D. Kauter is Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond Capital Partners. Over the last one-and-a-half decades, Christoph accumulated in-depth knowledge in the fields of Private Equity, M&A, Coprorate Financeand Equity Capital Markets and was holding Executive Board positions at Private Equity firms from 2008 on. Christoph has ample transaction expertise, know-how in business development and an extensive network. Before founding Beyond Capital Partners, Christoph was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Trigon Equity Partners, a specialized situations investor focusing on the German Mittelstand. Over three-and-a-half years, he held comprehensive responsibility for the acquisition, financing and the operational managaement of portfolio companies.Prior to this, Christoph was Chief Executive Officer of the two listed mid-market funds Themis Industries Group and Heliad Equity Partners, focusing on investments in the field of restructuring, buy-outs and successions as well as managing a well-diversified portfolio. He started his career in Private Equity as Managing Director for Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Investor Relations at a leading German Private Equity real estate investor.In addition, Christoph gained seven years of experience in the field of Alternative Investing and Investment Banking, establishing the European power and emission derivative trading at Tradition and Man Financial respectively working at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and London in Equity Capital Markets and M&A. Christoph holds a degree in Banking & Finance of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and is a certified Real Estate M&A Advisor of European Business School. He is a frequent speaker at leading business schools in Germany, author of several papers as well as an active member at the BVK, BRSI and BAND, acting for more than ten years as Business Angel and founder of businesses. Besides several board of director positions at mid-market companies, Christoph also set up a Venture Capital fund at his university to support Start-ups of young students.