Independent private markets firm · Switzerland

Private markets.
Built on conviction.

Independent investment expertise and entrepreneurial execution — from sourcing and transactions to succession, consolidation and long-term business development.

Independent investment servicesPrincipal investment initiativesInternational experience
01 / Our focus

One investment focus.
Two ways to create value.

BSTN Ventures combines investment advisory and execution for clients with entrepreneurial investment initiatives. Both activities are grounded in direct investment experience and active engagement with businesses.

01 / Investment services

Private Markets Advisory & Execution

Independent support for family offices, private investors and entrepreneurs — from sourcing and due diligence through deal execution and ongoing investment oversight.

  • Origination
  • Investment analysis
  • Transactions
  • Portfolio oversight
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02 / Principal investments

Succession & Buy-and-Build

Developing acquisition opportunities and investment platforms around established businesses, ownership succession and consolidation in fragmented markets.

  • Owner succession
  • Platform acquisitions
  • Buy-and-build
  • Value creation
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Collective professional experience
From transaction to transformation.

Acquisitions & exits

Buyouts, add-ons, disposals and succession

Financing & refinancing

Capital structures, buy-out and growth funding

Growth & consolidation

Integrating, scaling and developing businesses

Investments / Current DACH focus

The next chapter of established businesses.

We are pursuing a DACH-focused acquisition origination mandate, seeking succession situations, platform companies and complementary add-on acquisitions in selected sectors.

GeographyGermany · Austria · Switzerland
Business profileEstablished, operational businesses
Investment angleSuccession · platforms · add-ons
Partner approachOwners · operators · advisers
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Independent expertise

Investment judgment.
Hands-on responsibility.

Private Markets · Global experience

Benjamin Steinhofer

Founder & Managing Director

Benjamin Steinhofer is an investor and entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience across private markets, with professional involvement in approximately 100 transactions and investment situations across acquisitions, exits, financings and refinancings.

His international experience spans private equity, venture and growth capital, real assets and private credit. Beyond transactions, he has worked with shareholders, boards and management teams to acquire, grow, consolidate, restructure, refinance and exit businesses across industries and geographies.

BSTN Ventures brings this hands-on investment and operational perspective to private markets advisory, deal execution and the development of new investment platforms.

Cross-border investmentsTransactions & ownershipMultiple asset classes
Let’s talk

Partnership starts with a conversation.

If you are considering an investment mandate, exploring business succession or developing an acquisition strategy, we welcome a confidential introduction.

info@bstn.ventures