KKA Partners acquires a majority stake in GeHo Group
March 2025
KKA Partners has acquired a majority stake in GeHo Group, a leading German distributor of confectionery, snacks, and beverages. This partnership follows a record financial year in 2024 and will support GeHo’s next growth phase, focusing on digitalization, expansion, and product innovation. The Holthuijsen family will remain onboard as minority shareholders and in key management roles.
BLACKROLL sets the course for growth: KKA Partners joins, Scott Zalaznik appointed CEO
January 2025
BLACKROLL, a global leader in health and recovery products, announces a major milestone: a management buyout (MBO) led by KKA Partners. With Scott Zalaznik, former Chief Digital Officer at Adidas, as the new CEO, the company is set to drive global expansion and digital transformation.
Xantaro Group strengthens its network business: KKA portfolio company acquires nicos Group
October 2024
The Xantaro Group, Europe’s leading solution provider for high-performance networks and IT security solutions, has acquired the nicos Group. With over 4,300 network solutions across 2,200 locations worldwide, nicos strengthens the enterprise customer division and expands the group’s managed services offerings.
The portfolio company of KKA Partners, the Xantaro Group, expands its portfolio with the acquisition of
NetDescribe
August 2024
The Xantaro Group, Europe’s leading solution provider for high-performance networks, IT security solutions and managed services, today announced the acquisition of NetDescribe GmbH, a specialist for automated and highly scalable IT solutions for performance, compliance and security in complex IT infrastructures. The two companies had already been working together as strategic partners since mid-March.
The portfolio company of KKA Partners, the SSF/Cho-Time Group, expands its portfolio with the acquisition of TALENT FACTORY
July 2024
As a successful call center organization, the SSF/Cho-Time Group continues its remarkable growth trajectory with the acquisition of TALENT FACTORY.
The acquisition marks an important milestone for the SSF Group, which is now represented with 3,300 highly qualified German-speaking call center agents across 4 countries and 30 on- and nearshore locations: Germany, Greece, Kosovo, and Albania.
Successful investment in Healthcare Holding Schweiz AG
June 2024
KKA Partners are happy to announce the successful investment in Healthcare Holding Schweiz AG, an independent Swiss Medtech distributor and service provider, together with current owner and investor Winterberg Advisory. KKA will provide fresh equity to further accelerate the group’s Buy & Build strategy and introduce technology-enabled transformation. The ambition is to supply Swiss customers with the world’s most innovative and high-quality medical products and services and claim the spot as the undisputed Swiss market leader in Medtech Services and Distribution.
KKA Partners closes significantly oversubscribed
€230 million Fund II
July 2023
Berlin, 6 July 2023 – KKA Partners (“KKA”), a Berlin-based private equity firm that invests in DACH based SME companies, growing enterprises through technology enablement, today announced it has closed on €230 million in external commitments for its Fund II.
KKA backs Cho-Time management to take over SSF Sales & Service Factory GmbH (“SSF”) and the majority of the Cho-Time group companies
November 2022
SSF provides bespoke outsourced CRM and sales services with over 1,800 employees in over 15 German and international locations. SSF provides value to its customers via (i) successful issue resolution, (ii) customer acquisition and retention, as well as, (iii) up & cross selling opportunities. The company successfully transforms customer service from a cost center to a revenue driver.
KKA Partners supports WHU Campus for Family Business
September 2021
With an emphasis on the digital transformation of German SMEs, KKA Partners supported the WHU Campus For Family Business as a partner. The topic of this year's event: “Entrepreneurial Families in Transition – Disruption as a Chance?”
KKA Partners acquires shares in CuraMed clinics
September 2021
Our company joins forces with CuraMed clinics as a majority shareholder. The partnership will help the clinics to provide even better care for its patients, while at the same time, creating urgently needed capacities for the psychosomatic field in Germany.
Kaspar Hartmann joins BVK executive board
August 2021
In line with our philosophy and investment strategy at KKA, Kaspar's activities as a member of the board will focus on the importance of equity capital as a driver of innovation for German-speaking small and medium-sized businesses.
KKA Partners invests in leading communication network service provider Xantaro
June 2021
Founded by Ingo Kierse and Gerold Arheilger in 2007, Xantaro is a leading European multi-vendor service provider for high-performance communication networks. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.
We are delighted about the partnership with Xantaro’s management team and will closely collaborate to make Xantaro an even more valuable partner for its customers.
KKA hosts Post-Covid19 Inflation & Investing roundtable
April 2021
The results in brief reflections when selecting investments across different scenarios:
Look for secular growth
Look for cash distributions
Retain or build up “staying power”
Irrationality (of others) can be a blessing
KKA leads further TEV & growth investments in the live entertainment industry
January 2021
KKA increases its investment into the technologization and growth of the live event industry.
LiveEvent GmbH and Evago Group receives additional equity capital to expand their activities and to support the industry wide online platform initiative unitedevents.live.