Kevin Elsässer · Founder
10 Jahre.
113 Transaktionen.
Eine Schnittstelle.
10 Years.
113 transactions.
One intersection.
Former Investment Director at Ufenau Capital Partners – one of Europe's leading lower-mid-market private equity firms. Now an independent corporate finance advisor: focused on the mid-market, pragmatic in execution, and committed to creating real, lasting value.
113Completed transactions
1.000+Management meetings
8Company groups successfully built
5Advisory mandates completed
What sets me apart
Eine ungewöhnliche Kombination
An unusual combination
Successful transactions emerge from the interplay of different disciplines. What I bring is the connective tissue that links legal, tax, and strategic perspectives with operational experience – as a complement to, not a replacement for, specialised advisors.
Operational depth
Vom Boardroom in die Praxis
From the boardroom into practice
As an active board member, I have not merely accompanied companies but helped shape them strategically: building management teams, establishing holding structures, implementing financial architectures. This operational perspective adds an economic dimension to the work of legal and tax advisors.
Transaction experience
Beide Seiten des Tisches
Both sides of the table
113 transactions as buyer, seller, and financing partner. I understand the perspective of all parties involved – investors, entrepreneurs, banks – and can therefore act as a bridge between different interests and guide processes decisively to completion.
Personal commitment
Direkter Zugang, schlanke Struktur
Direct access, lean structure
As an owner-managed advisory, I work personally on every mandate – without delegation to junior teams. This allows close, trust-based collaboration and a cost structure that makes economic sense even for smaller transactions.
Biography
Aufgebaut, was andere nur beraten
Built what others only advise on
"I founded KE Corporate Finance to return to what drove me from the start: meeting entrepreneurs as a true peer and creating real, lasting value."
M.Sc. Finance, EBS University
Investment Director, Ufenau Capital Partners AG (2016–2026)
Active board mandates: Altano International, GarLa Gruppe
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Kevin Elsässer is the founder of KE Corporate Finance and brings 10 years of experience as Investment Director at Ufenau Capital Partners AG, one of Europe's most respected lower-mid-market private equity firms. In this role, he was responsible for the full transaction lifecycle – from target identification and first outreach through due diligence and contract negotiation to transaction financing and post-closing value creation.
🏆 Recognised by Real Deals as a «Future Top 40» in European Private Equity – 2024
His most lasting results came where his involvement was deepest: as an active board member at Altano International and GarLa Gruppe, he had direct co-responsibility for all key decisions – growth strategy, international holding architecture, leadership teams, financing, and M&A programme. Beyond these, he has supported numerous company groups across his career in various capacities, building broad sector expertise in Business Services, Healthcare, Consumer, and Industrial Services.
After 10 years at the institutional level, Kevin Elsässer made this move deliberately: back to what has motivated him from the start – working directly with entrepreneurs in situations where operational experience, financing expertise, and strategic judgement are needed in equal measure. Precisely where the small-cap segment too rarely finds a partner who thinks and contributes as a true peer. KE Corporate Finance sees itself explicitly as part of a network of experienced advisors, lawyers, and financing partners.
Board references
Wo tiefe Einbindung den Unterschied macht
Where deep involvement makes the difference
Two companies where shared strategic responsibility and operational proximity translated into measurable results.
Co-Founder · Active board mandate · Business Services · Germany
Altano International
Built from first investment to international group alongside CEO Dr. Victor Baltus. Co-responsible for growth strategy, holding architecture, governance, management build-out, and an M&A programme spanning 77 acquisitions.
€1.4m → über €60mEBITDA
77Acquisitions
32Holding staff
Active board mandate · Co-founder & Interim CFO · Industrial Services · Switzerland
GarLa Gruppe AG
Co-shaped from platform founding to scaled group. As co-founder and Interim CFO, responsible for financial architecture, consolidation systems, and group structures – as well as management build-out and an acquisition programme of 20 transactions.
€1.0m → über €25mEBITDA
20Acquisitions
2Refinancings
Alongside these board mandates, Kevin Elsässer supported numerous additional company groups through his work at Ufenau Capital Partners in transactional, financing, and strategic capacities – building deep sector knowledge across multiple industries.
Sector experience
Tiefe Kenntnis über vier Sektoren
Deep knowledge across four sectors
Grown through 10 years of transaction and board experience at Ufenau Capital Partners.
Business Services
Facility management, staffing services, technical services, outsourcing models.
Healthcare
Specialist clinics, dental groups, veterinary medicine, outpatient care.
Consumer
Retail, hospitality, leisure, consumer-facing services, and branded businesses.
Industrial Services
Construction and infrastructure services, maintenance, technical inspection, waste management.
Contact
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Whether a company sale, acquisition strategy, debt advisory, or board mandate – I make time for a confidential initial conversation.
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