Philipp Meurers
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- Full Name
- Philipp von Meurers
- Title
- Partner (the stub-listed "Director" is outdated; One Equity's own team page lists him as Partner)
- Firm
- One Equity Partners (OEP)
- Firm Type
- Middle-market private equity firm (~$10B AUM) — not an angel/seed investor. The stub's "Angel Investors / Seed Round" classification is incorrect based on the firm's own materials.
- Investment Stage
- Buyout, growth, corporate carve-outs and "transformative" M&A / add-on combinations (control private equity), not seed
- Check Size
- Equity investments of roughly $30 million–$300 million per deal (firm-level strategy)
- Target Company Profile
- Established mid-market companies OEP can build into market leaders via add-on acquisitions and business combinations; often carve-outs from larger corporates or founder/family-owned businesses
- Sector Focus
- Industrial, technology, and healthcare; von Meurers has personally focused on packaging, technology, life sciences, IT and industrials
- Geographic Focus
- North America and Europe (his personal remit centered on Europe / DACH)
- Location
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Background
Philipp von Meurers is a Partner at One Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm with approximately $10 billion in assets under management that invests in industrial, technology and healthcare businesses across North America and Europe. He is based in the firm's Frankfurt office and is a member of OEP's Responsible Investment Committee. He joined the firm in 2008 and has spent his career there rising from associate/vice-president-level roles to Partner.
Before joining OEP, von Meurers worked in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group at JPMorgan in London — relevant lineage given that One Equity Partners itself originated as JPMorgan's private equity arm before spinning out as an independent firm in 2015. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL Leipzig).
During his tenure at OEP he has executed and overseen numerous investments across packaging, technology, life sciences, IT and industrial sectors. He sits (or has sat) on the boards of several portfolio companies, giving him hands-on operating and M&A oversight rather than a passive check-writer role. His work reflects OEP's core strategy: acquiring a platform company and driving value through "transformative" add-on acquisitions and business combinations.
One Equity Partners has completed more than 300 transactions since its 2001 founding and operates from New York, Chicago, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Its most recent flagship vehicle, Fund IX, closed at $3.25 billion — the largest in the firm's history — following an earlier fund that closed at $2.75 billion.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Invests as a control/majority private equity buyer, not an angel — equity checks in the ~$30M–$300M range at the firm level.
- Core sectors: industrial, technology and healthcare; his personal deal history clusters in packaging, IT/technology, life sciences and industrials.
- Strategy centers on "transformative business combinations" — buying a platform and building a market leader through bolt-on M&A and consolidation, rather than backing early-stage startups.
- Geographic focus on North America and Europe, with von Meurers anchoring European (DACH/German-speaking) deal sourcing from Frankfurt.
- Takes active board seats and drives operational and buy-and-build value creation post-acquisition.
- Member of OEP's Responsible Investment Committee, indicating an ESG/responsible-investing mandate in the firm's process.
Notable Investments
- Muehlhan (Muehlhan AG core operating assets) — global provider of surface-protection solutions for marine, infrastructure and offshore wind; OEP agreed to acquire the core operating assets (announced 2022). Board member.
- DWK Life Sciences — manufacturer of laboratory glassware and life-science consumables. Board member.
- Bibliotheca — library technology and self-service/RFID solutions provider. Board member.
- Verimatrix — cybersecurity and content-protection/anti-piracy technology company. Board member.
- Lutech — leading European IT systems integration and technology-services provider (fintech, IoT, eHealth, cybersecurity); OEP acquired it from Laserline and minority holders, later agreeing to sell it. Prior involvement.
- Constantia Flexibles — major flexible-packaging group. Prior involvement.
- Duropack — European corrugated-packaging producer. Prior involvement.
- AMAG — aluminium products / materials company. Prior involvement.
- Neology — RFID and intelligent-transportation/tolling technology. Prior involvement.
- Engineering (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica) — Italian IT services group. Prior involvement.
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