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About us
On 26.10.2012 e-comm Beteiligungen AG (e-comm) was founded in Zug.
Over CHF 12 Mio is the nominal shareholders capital of e-comm.
e-comm is a private investment company with an office in Baar, Canton of Zug, Switzerland.
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e-comm invests in listed companies and directly in private, future-oriented companies, whose market and growth potential exceeds the average.
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Investments in Private Companies: the geographical focus lies on the DACH region. Investments can be made at different levels of maturity, from the market introduction phase to the establishment as medium-sized company.
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Investments in Listed Companies: the focus lies on the contrarian approach.
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Our knowledge, expertise and experience allows us to achieve extraordinary performance and therefore long-term capital growth.
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Investment Policy
e-comm is a private investment company.
Principles of the Investment Policy:
The investment goal is to increase the value of the company by investing its assets in a diversified portfolio of public equity and private equity, but specially in public equity. The geographic focus in public equity lies on Switzerland, Europe and USA equity markets. In private equity the focus lies on the DACH region.
e-comm can invest in derivative financial instruments to hedge risks and optimize returns. Further, e-comm can borrow up to 30% of its consolidated net asset value.
Financing Expansion Strategies:
Private Equity Investments: e-comm invests a part of its assets in start-up companies. e-comm also makes investments in innovative growth companies in order to help them develop new products and technologies, to pursue an expansion or acquisition strategy or to adapt the ownership structure to the changing needs of the company. Strategic support and control of the company are core.
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e-comm can enter into significant minority investments from medium to long-term, as well as into co-investments with other venture capital investors. Investments are made in the form of shares or equity-like forms of financing, such as options or convertible loans.
Investment Strategy:
Private Equity Investments: in the case of unlisted investments, the focus lies on private companies with a high level of market and growth potential due to promising product developments. Geographically, the focus lies on the DACH region. e-comm operates an active value management. Capital gains should be realized at the best possible time through the value-optimized sale of the investment or via a stock exchange listing.
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Public Equity Investments
Risk Management
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Sectors: High-Tech and Low-Tech;
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Developmental phases: Start-ups, early-stage entities, expansion phase entities;
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Avoiding clustering of risks; a maximum of 25% of overall portfolio in any individual investment.
Balance Sheet Structure
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Financed mainly by equity capital;
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The share of debt capital should not exceed 40% in the medium and long term.
Corporate Governance
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Investment decision are made by the Board of Directors;
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Regular report to the Board of Directors;
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Review/evaluation by the Board of Directors and audit department.
Proactive Risk Management
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Selection of targets in accordance with investment guidelines;
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Structuring of investments using milestone agreements;
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Monitoring (reports on a monthly basis, management meetings, ad-hoc press releases);
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Active and professional support, coaching by specialists.