Cologne, May 2024 — Armira Growth has raised €200 million for its first growth fund with a final closing volume at hard cap of €200 million. In addition to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial families from Armira’s special investor base, public investors also participated in the closing. With its fund, Armira Growth will primarily invest in European companies from the growth sector, with a focus on the DACH region.
Armira Growth invests in fast-growing companies in Europe that are driving technological change and challenging traditional value chains with innovative solutions. Armira Growth accompanies leading technology companies through growth investments as a long-term and trustworthy partner. — The selective investment strategy focuses on a limited number of selected companies and provides funds of between EUR 10 and 50 million each, thereby promoting a minority partnership approach.
YPOG provided Armira Growth with comprehensive legal and tax advice on the structuring and fundraising of its first growth fund with a final closing volume at the hard cap of €200 million.
Dr. Sebastian Schödel (Co-Lead) (Structuring/Corporate), Partner, Cologne
Lennart Lorenz (Co-Lead) (Regulatory), Partner, Hamburg
Dr. Helder Schnittker (Co-Lead) (Structuring/Tax), Partner, Berlin
Dr. Andreas Bergthaller (Structuring/Corporate), Senior Associate, Cologne
Sylwia Luszczek (Legal Operations/Investor Onboarding), Senior Legal Project Manager, Berlin Dr. Julian Albrecht (Structuring/Tax), Partner, Hamburg
Jens Kretzschmann (Structuring/Tax), Partner, Berlin
Dr. Niklas Ulrich (Regulatory), Associated Partner, Hamburg Antonia von Treuenfeld (Regulatory), Senior Associate, Berlin Dana Ritter (Structuring/Corporate), Associate, Cologne
About Armira Growth
Armira Growth is a Munich-based venture capital and private equity investor that provides capital to high-growth European tech companies with proven business models.
About YPOG
YPOG is a law firm specializing in tax and commercial law, active in the core areas of funds, tax, banking + finance and transactions. The YPOG team advises a wide variety of clients. These include emerging technology companies and family-run medium-sized enterprises as well as corporations and private equity/venture capital funds. YPOG is one of the leading addresses for venture capital, private equity and fund structuring in Germany. The firm and its partners are ranked nationally and internationally by JUVE, Best Lawyers, Legal 500, Focus, Chambers and Partners and Leaders League. Today, YPOG employs more than 120 experienced lawyers, tax consultants, tax specialists and a notary in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. www.ypog.law