CapMan Plc press release
19 June 2025 at 10:40 a.m. EEST

CapMan Plc and CAERUS Debt Investments AG enter partnership and launch new investment area CapMan Real Asset Debt

CapMan Plc ("CapMan") and CAERUS Debt Investments AG ("CAERUS") have today signed an agreement where CapMan acquires 51 per cent of the shares of CAERUS from the company's current shareholders.

CAERUS is a leading manager for real estate debt investments in Germany and one of the pioneers in the market. With its long presence in the market and strong track-record, CAERUS has demonstrated its expertise in sourcing and selecting attractive investment opportunities for institutional investors. With a team of 12 investment professionals, CAERUS offers tailored real estate debt financing across nearly all real estate segments with a focus on the DACH and Benelux regions. Since its inception in 2014, CAERUS has raised in total EUR 2.6 billion and today has seven active funds, with some EUR 700 million of assets under management.

CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with a focus on real asset investments and an active approach to value creation. CapMan currently has EUR 6.4 billion in assets under management spanning real estate, infrastructure, natural capital and private equity. CapMan has 200 employees across seven offices in the Nordics, London and Luxembourg. The largest investment area, CapMan Real Estate has a team of more than 80 investment professionals and asset managers that manage funds and mandates across value-add and specialised income strategies with total assets under management of EUR 3.5 billion.

With the partnership CapMan establishes a new investment area CapMan Real Asset Debt, which complements the existing real estate, infrastructure and natural capital investment areas and further strengthens CapMan's focus on real asset investments. The partnership is aligned with CapMan's growth strategy and supports the strategic objective of reaching EUR 10 billion of assets under management through scaling existing real asset funds, launching new products and targeted acquisitions.

The market for private real asset debt is large and well-established with an attractive growth outlook. Private real estate debt offers competitive solutions for borrowers in complex situations when e.g. bank financing is limited or unavailable. For institutional investors it is an attractive asset class with several benefits such as stable yield, downside protection, diversification and attractive risk adjusted returns.

"This is a significant step for CapMan that further strengthen our focus on real asset investments and expands our presence to Germany. Real asset debt is a natural addition to our existing offering and an area where we see increasing demand and investor interest. I'm impressed with CAERUS' extensive experience in the area, and excited to join forces with founder and CEO Michael Morgenroth and his team. They have a demonstrated ability to deliver sustainable returns to their investors over the cycles and an entrepreneurial mindset to developing their business. These are values that align with those of CapMan perfectly," says Pia Kåll, CEO of CapMan.

"The whole CAERUS team is thrilled to partner with CapMan and look forward to this next chapter. CapMan's platform and strong presence in the Nordics especially within real estate provides us access to asset management resources and local market understanding that offer interesting expansion opportunities. At the same time, we can support CapMan's investment teams with local knowledge of the DACH and Benelux regions. By pooling our expertise, we are further expanding our market position in continental Europe and enabling our clients to benefit from this stronger market presence," says Michael Morgenroth, founder and CEO of CAERUS.

At closing of the transaction Michael Morgenroth will be appointed to CapMan's Management Group as Managing Partner for Real Asset Debt investment area.

The acquisition is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2025 after customary closing conditions have been fulfilled.

For more information, please contact:

Charlotte Wessman, CapMan Head of Communications, +46 734 290832

About CapMan
CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation and €6.4 billion in assets under management. As one of the private equity pioneers in the Nordics we have developed hundreds of companies and assets creating significant value for over three decades. Our objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors by enabling change across our portfolio companies. An example of this is greenhouse gas reduction targets that we have set under the Science Based Targets initiative in line with the 1.5°C scenario and our commitment to net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover real estate and infrastructure assets, natural capital and minority and majority investments in portfolio companies. We also provide wealth management solutions. Altogether, CapMan employs around 200 professionals in Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, London and Luxembourg. We are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki since 2001. Learn more at www.capman.com.

About CAERUS
CAERUS Debt Investments AG (CAERUS), founded in 2012 and based in Düsseldorf, is the leading independent provider of institutional real estate debt investments in continental Europe. CAERUS is one of the pioneers in the real estate debt market segment and finances real estate projects and transactions in continental Europe with a focus on the DACH region and the Benelux countries. As an investment advisor, CAERUS acts for Luxembourg-based multi-investor funds as well as for individual mandates and offers institutional investors attractive access to real estate debt investments, taking into account their specific regulatory requirements. To date, CAERUS has launched seven real estate debt funds, which have received around EUR 2.6 billion in capital commitments from institutional investors and financed a loan volume of around EUR 2.7 billion. The team's extensive expertise and many years of experience in the areas of financing and real estate investment make CAERUS a reliable and trustworthy partner for institutional investors and borrowers alike. www.caerus.ag