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Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

German public company founded in 19651

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) is a publicly listed German investment company based in Frankfurt am Main. It manages private equity funds and invests in mid-market companies (Mittelstand) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the “DACH” region), and especially on well-positioned companies offering growth potential.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 1965Founded1
  • HeadquartersFrankfurt1
  • Websitewww.deutsche-beteiligung.de
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • LEI529900I88AOT7YXRMQ233
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressUntermainanlage 1, 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Frankfurt am Main, HRB 524913

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Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) is a publicly listed German investment company based in Frankfurt am Main. It manages private equity funds and invests in mid-market companies (Mittelstand) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the “DACH” region), and especially on well-positioned companies offering growth potential. DBAG’s sector focus is on manufacturers, industrial service providers and IndustryTech enterprises – businesses whose products facilitate automation, robotics and digitalisation – as well as on companies from the business services, IT services, software, healthcare, and environment, energy and infrastructure sectors. The assets managed or advised by the DBAG Group amounted to EUR 2.7 billion as of 2025. Since 2020, DBAG has been present on the Italian market, providing its services from its office in Milan since 2021. DBAG Group’s assets under management or advisory amount to approximately 2.7 billion euros. ELF Capital has expanded DBAG’s range of flexible financing solutions for mid-market companies to include private debt.2

Corporate structure

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

  • Rossman Beteiligungs Gmbh Owns 25% to 50% of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, since 04/2015 (Form ADV)
  • Anpora S.a. Owns 10% to 25% of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, since 12/2017 (Form ADV)
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); owners and owned firms from Form ADV, the registration investment advisers file with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Investment adviser

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. This is what it reports on Form ADV, the registration every adviser files and keeps current.

Who owns it

Owners of 5% or more as the firm lists them (Schedule A), and the owners of those owners up the chain (Schedule B).

  • ROSSMAN BETEILIGUNGS GMBHowns 25% to 50%, since 04/2015
  • ANPORA S.A.owns 10% to 25%, since 12/2017

The story

The company was founded in 1965 as Deutsche Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and is, according to its information, the oldest company in the private equity sector in Germany. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG was founded in 1984 by Deutsche Bank and Schmidtbank from Hof (Saale) and was managed by Deutsche Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG went public with an IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1985.

From Wikipedia’s article on Deutsche Beteiligungs, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Sep 1965Founded Founded1

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