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Building businesses for the long term.

One platform. Multiple businesses. Built to acquire, integrate and scale.

01  /  About

Who we are

Hummingbird acquires and builds established European businesses for the long term.

We work with founders, families and entrepreneurs looking for the right home for their businesses. We provide long-term ownership and a shared operating platform that gives our companies the capabilities and resources to grow.

02  /  Approach

How we own

Management stays

We prefer businesses that already have strong management in place. Good management retains its autonomy. We provide support and capabilities rather than replacing the people who made the business successful.

Long-term ownership

We buy selectively and build for the long term. Every business keeps its name and what makes it distinctive.

One conversation

You speak directly to the people who decide. No committees. No unnecessary layers.

Vienna at night
Vienna, Austria
03  /  Platform

Independent businesses. Shared capabilities.

Each business keeps its own name, management and character. Behind them sits a shared operating platform with capabilities and infrastructure that would be difficult to build alone.

01

Acquire

We buy good businesses from founders and families.

02

Integrate

We connect them to shared systems and capabilities.

03

Operate

Management runs the business. We support it.

04

Scale

Capabilities that make growth possible at a larger scale.

04  /  Acquisitions

What we look for

Abstract composition
Revenue
€5m to €50m in revenue
EBITDA
€0.5m to €5m
Geography
Europe
Sector
Consumer and B2B businesses with strong brands or established market positions.
Established
At least five years of operating history
Situation
Management in place, or a founder ready to hand over to one
Stake
Majority, with room for the founder to stay invested
05  /  Team

The team

Dr. Satyanarain Rengarajan
Managing Director
Henry Behne
Managing Director
Meryem Seydi
Operations Assistant
06  /  Our businesses

Owned and operated

Edition Colibri

Made for the occasion.

Cards and paper goods for the moments people hold on to.

Papeterie
Luftundliebe Papeterie

Made to keep.

Papeterie for weddings and the invitations that come before them.

Papeterie
Nestana

Made to be slept in.

Linen and bedding, built for good sleep and long use.

Home textiles
07  /  Contact

Enquiries.

For founders, owners and advisers. Speak directly with us.

info@hummingbird.at

Hummingbird FlexCo, Postgasse 8b, 1010 Vienna, Austria