Dirk Roesing

Vobis GmbH manufactures and distributes computers and computer related products. The company makes computers under its own brand and distributes technology products from companies like Apple, Intel and Sony. It sells both its own-brand and other brand PCs via a network of superstores, wholly owned stores and franchise outlets. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Potsdam, Germany.

Amer Sports Oyj engages in the manufacture and sale of sports equipment, footwear, apparel, and accessories. It operates through the following segments: Outdoor, Ball Sports, and Fitness. The Outdoor segment provides footwear, apparel, winter sports equipment, cycling components, and sports instruments. The Ball Sports segment offers racquet and team sports, as well as golf equipment. The Fitness segment supplies gym equipment. The company's brands include Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Arc?teryx, Mavic, Suunto, and Precor. Amer Sports was founded on March 3, 1950 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA invests in lower middle market companies located across the Europe with revenues of € 30 - € 1,000 million. The fund target companies operating in the fields of industrial & chemicals, lifestyle & consumer goods, IT and business services. It provides financing for corporate carve-outs, add-on acquisitions, platform build-ups and complex buy-outs with an investment size of up to EUR 100 million and also takes controlling position.

btov Partners AG (btov) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by St. Gallen University students as an online job platform BrainsToVentures, with backing from Swiss business angels. The firm is headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Aurelius (Private Equity) (Aurelius) is a pan-European alternative investment arm of Aurelius Group founded in 2005 by Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany with additional offices in London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid, Milan and Düsseldorf.