
Eberhard Strenge
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- Full Name
- Eberhard von Strenge
- Title
- Co-Head Private Equity
- Firm
- LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH
- Firm Type
- Asset manager; private markets / private equity
- Investment Stage
- Majority investments in smaller Mittelstand companies; buyout, growth, succession, and corporate carve-out situations
- Target Company Profile
- Smaller Mittelstand companies in the DACH region with sustainable profitability, more than €2.5 million EBITDA, and revenue above €15 million
- Sector Focus
- Health and wellbeing, digital technologies, sustainable business
- Geographic Focus
- DACH region
- Location
- Düsseldorf, Germany; LBBW AM Private Markets contact office listed at Pariser Platz 1, Haus 5, 70173 Stuttgart
Background
Eberhard von Strenge is Co-Head Private Equity at LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH, where the Private Markets team covers private equity, venture capital, private debt, and infrastructure. LBBW AM lists him as a Private Markets contact with direct phone and email details and places him alongside Sebastian Wilde as Co-Head Private Equity.
Before LBBW AM, von Strenge worked in private equity roles tied to Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe / Kapital 1852. Public records show him as an authorized signatory at Kapital 1852 Beratungs GmbH from July 2021 to June 2024, and a 2022 family-business event identified him as Executive Director at Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG, where he spoke on “Private Equity as a partner for succession solutions.”
Earlier, von Strenge was a Member of the Executive Board of NORD Holding. In 2018, he was quoted in NORD Holding’s sale of flooring company Parador to HIL, discussing the firm’s support of Parador through the carve-out from the Hüls Group and subsequent international expansion.
His education listed publicly on LinkedIn includes Georg-August-Universität Göttingen from 2000 to 2005.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- LBBW AM’s private equity strategy is to take majority stakes in smaller Mittelstand companies in the DACH region.
- The strategy targets sustainably profitable companies with more than €2.5 million EBITDA and more than €15 million revenue.
- LBBW AM states that target-company business models fall into three focus areas: health and wellbeing, digital technologies, and sustainable business.
- The firm’s stated private equity approach is “entrepreneurial and constructive,” supporting portfolio companies in their further development.
- His public speaking and deal history point to strong relevance for ownership transitions, succession, buy-and-build, and carve-out situations rather than seed-stage venture investing.
- In a 2022 event, he presented private equity as a route for business succession, positioning PE as a partner when founders or family owners need a structured transition solution.
Notable Investments
- Parador - Premium hard-flooring brand sold by NORD Holding to HIL / CK Birla in 2018; von Strenge was quoted as Member of NORD Holding’s Executive Board on the successful carve-out and expansion.
- May Design - Hospitality furniture supplier; von Strenge was quoted as Managing Director of Kapital 1852 in connection with commercial due diligence for Kapital 1852’s investment.
- COSAWA Sanierung - Mittelstand succession and buy-and-build case discussed by Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Private Markets; von Strenge, then Investment Manager at Kapital 1852, described the investment as a chance to back a well-positioned company in a growing market.
- PikeTec - ECM portfolio company and specialist software provider for testing and verifying embedded software; ECM invested in 2019 and sold the company to Synopsys in August 2023.
- Dermatologikum Group - ECM healthcare investment; ECM invested in 2016 and sold the dermatology group to Bergman Clinics in March 2023.
- German Heating Technology / Kübler-related holding structure - Public registry data links von Strenge as a former managing director of German Heating Technology GmbH during 2022-2023.
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