James Banks

Capvis is a leading entrepreneurial mid-market investor in Europe creating global niche market leaders in Advanced Services & Software, Industrial Technology, and Healthcare. Formed in 1990, Capvis has developed into a leading private equity advisor in the heart of Europe focusing on the Innovation Corridor of Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Austria, northern Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg) and specialising in control investments in innovation-driven and technology-enabled companies operating in these attractive economies and sectors. The firm focuses on primary investments, in particular successions, partnerships and spin-offs, and aims to support management teams in unleashing entrepreneurial potential and achieving new levels of excellence. For over 30 years, Capvis has been an active investor in the private equity market, with a process-orientated and consistent approach to investing. Capvis has generated strong and consistent returns across many market cycles, having advised 60+ transactions with a total investment capital of more than EUR 4.0 billion and having floated 10 companies on stock exchanges in Europe. Capvis is an established organisation with a current team of 40+ people. The firm has repeatedly been voted Switzerland’s best private equity firm by the international financial press and been awarded “Best Place to Work” by GPTW.