In addition, CHRONEXT can also look forward to reinforcements in terms of personnel. Linus Fuchs, a watch expert with many years of experience in the industry, will support the company with immediate effect as an investor and member of the Board of Directors. . Linus Fuchs has served as Managing Director of IWC (Switzerland) and has extensive marketing and sales experience.

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Setting the course for a successful future: Studer Cables AG is getting a new owner in the Harting family of entrepreneurs and is also entering into a strategic partnership with the HARTING Technology Group based in Espelkamp/Germany.

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A coalition of investors led by Helvetica Capital AG, a Swiss-based private equity firm, and the Sphinx management have today announced the sale of the Switzerland-based Sphinx Tools Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary P. Rieger Werkzeugfabrik AG ("Sphinx Tools") to Sandvik, the global high-tech engineering group headquartered in Sweden.

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Swiss entrepreneur investors acquire an additional 26% of the shares in Schulthess Maschinen AG ("Schulthess") by buying the corresponding stake of the parent company HC Holding Eta AG. This transaction makes the entrepreneur-investors of Helvetica Capital majority shareholders of the company with a 65% shareholding.

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Helvetica Capital Ltd. has announced today that is has advised Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital Ltd., Credit Suisse’ venture capital vehicle, to invest in CeQur, a diabetes medical device company headquartered in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. CeQur is committed to simplifying the lives of people with diabetes by revolutionizing insulin-delivery solutions.

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Together with former CEO Bruno Fankhauser, Swiss entrepreneurial investors have acquired Leoni Schweiz AG from German Leoni AG. Leoni Schweiz AG is the holding company of Leoni Studer AG, a specialist in high-quality cables and wires for applications in the industrial and infrastructure sectors.

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The family holding company WISTAMA of the Karl Stadler family, together with Helvetica Capital, is broadening its sponsorship of its SME holding company POLYGENA AG in order to proactively strengthen the shareholder base and secure the succession. WISTAMA remains the largest single shareholder in the new ownership structure and continues to be actively involved in the board of directors and management. Together with Helvetica Capital AG and its Swiss Entrepreneur Investor Platform as well as the management of Helvetica Capital AG and POLYGENA AG, this creates optimal conditions for the further successful development of the POLYGENA Group.

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Helvetica Capital AG and its affiliated entrepreneur investors have sold ILAG Group (ILAG), a specialist company for the production of non-stick coatings based in Wangen (Switzerland), to listed Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) from Japan. The transaction was completed in July 2019.

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The NIBE Group is divesting Schulthess Maschinen AG and becomes the majority shareholder in a new ownership structure together with Helvetica Capital AG and its Swiss Entrepreneur Investor Platform and with Mr. Thomas Marder, CEO and Mr. Martin Keller, CFO of Schulthess Maschinen AG.

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In order to strengthen its commitment to business, Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital Ltd. is now increasing its total investment by a further 70 million Swiss francs. This means that a total of 200 million Swiss francs – 30 million of which is invested in fintechs – is now available.

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