Many years of experience in alternative investments
G.I.A. – Gerhold Investment Advisors is an independent owner-managed asset manager and investor specialising in private debt and private equity.
We support our investors in developing and implementing long-term and successful investment strategies individually tailored to our clients’ risk profile.
We concentrate on identifying and implementing finance and investment situations for SMEs in the German-speaking region and in related asset classes. Here, success particularly hinges on risk evaluation and the bespoke structuring of possible investments.
One example is our AkquiVest Fund with capital of €300 million, which we have structured and launched in a partnership with an established German insurance group. We are assisting this fund as an investment and portfolio advisor on a long-term basis. This currently involves viewing and analysing more than 100 individual transactions each year.
Our range of services includes strategy development, the execution of individual transactions and the establishment of a successful investment portfolio.
Access to investment opportunities
We are firmly convinced that an intensive analysis and risk assessment form the decisive basis for the long-term success of an investment. However, it is just as important to have as full an overview of the market as possible combined with direct and trustful access to existing investment opportunities. Only in this way it is possible to achieve an optimum selection of investment situations and, hence, the systematic optimisation of the risk/reward profile. We do this via our broad network and our long-standing personal relations with all key market participants.
The partners
Frank Gerhold
Managing Partner
Frank Gerhold
Managing partner
Frank Gerhold
the founder and managing shareholder of G.I.A. – Gerhold Investment Advisors. He has been active in the investment and private equity industry for more than 25 years. Prior to establishing Gerhold Beteiligungs GmbH in 2013, he was partner and managing shareholder of Odewald KMU Beteiligungsgesellschaft in Berlin from 2008. From 2001 to 2007, he was co-founder and managing shareholder of a specialist in SME finance. He sold his shares and left that company as a partner in 2007. He initially learned corporate finance business at Dresdner Bank, first as an assistant to the Management Board and then as a director of investment banking. Subsequently, he moved to J.P. Morgan Frankfurt/London, European investment banking division.
Frank Gerhold holds a degree in business studies from the University of Cologne and also studied in London. He was a recipient of a scholarship for gifted students, completing a banking traineeship at Deutsche Bank.
Matthias Eisfeld
is the partner at AkquiVest and a member of the team at G.I.A. – Gerhold Investment Advisors. He has been active in M&A and finance business – with a particular focus on private equity – for around 20 years. Prior to joining AkquiVest, he was Head of Corporate Banking and member of the extended management team of ODDO BHF Bank, handling all business with corporate customers and all related front-office loan decisions. Prior to that, he was involved in investment banking, working for Jefferies und Canaccord Genuity. He commenced his career on KPMG’s corporate finance team.
Matthias Eisfeld holds a degree in business studies from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
Matthias Eisfeld
Managing Director
Matthias Eisfeld
Partner
Matthias Eisfeld
is the partner at AkquiVest and a member of the team at G.I.A. – Gerhold Investment Advisors. He has been active in M&A and finance business – with a particular focus on private equity – for around 20 years. Prior to joining AkquiVest, he was Head of Corporate Banking and member of the extended management team of ODDO BHF Bank, handling all business with corporate customers and all related front-office loan decisions. Prior to that, he was involved in investment banking, working for Jefferies und Canaccord Genuity. He commenced his career on KPMG’s corporate finance team.
Matthias Eisfeld holds a degree in business studies from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
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Private Debt
Solutions for senior loans via the AkquiVest fund and for junior loans and mezzanine finance via our individual network of investors.
Private Equity
Solutions for entrepreneurial, individual and bespoke private equity investments in small and medium-sized German enterprises.
Investment Advisory
Advice on strategic investment situations for national and international investors.