How we invest
& partner

We invest with a long-term, entrepreneurial mindset, focusing on businesses where engagement can meaningfully improve strategy, operations, and capital allocation.

Governance

We ensure strong and aligned leadership teams.
We support the formation of experienced and complementary boards.

Strategy

We drive winning positioning through clear strategic focus, structural advantages, innovation, and selective M&A.

Operations

We work at board level to unlock full operational and commercial potential.

Capital Stewardship

We ensure disciplined and efficient capital allocation.
We support a clear capital markets positioning.
We foster regular and constructive dialogue with shareholders.
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Why AEP?

An entrepreneurial approach to active ownership in public markets.

AEP bridges the gap between passive investing and private equity-style engagement in listed markets.

We bring:

Deep fundamental investing experience

Operational and board-level expertise

Long-term alignment with management teams

Focus on under-followed European small & mid caps

Strong & experienced

The founding partners have a shared investment track record at Luxempart.

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Managing Partner | Co-Founder

Sebastian Reppegather

20+ years’ proven track record in European active public equity investing across several firms (e.g. Alantra/EQMC, Luxempart, Sterling Strategic Value)

Prior roles at two entrepreneurial family offices and at KPMG Corporate Finance

Extensive listed Board experience (e.g., SNP, Schaltbau, Süss Microtec)

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Managing Partner | Co-Founder

Florian Herger

15+ years’ proven track record in European active public equity investing with a fundamentals-driven, long-term approach

Former roles at Luxempart, Triton, Allianz GI and Bain

Extensive listed board experience (e.g., Nexus, technotrans, Medios)

INVESTMENT UNIVERSE

We invest in:

Listed small & mid-cap companies in Europe
Market leaders and “hidden champions”
Undervalued public equities with operational upside
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Listed small & mid-cap companies in Europe

We typically focus on companies with market capitalizations up to approximately EUR 1bn, where active engagement generates measurable impact.

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Market leaders and “hidden champions”

We look for fundamentally robust companies with resilient business models, solid market positions and the potential to compound value over the long term.

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Shaping Oppertunities

We focus on companies where market prices do not fully reflect underlying quality, strategic potential and future value creation

Get in touch with us

We welcome inquiries from qualified investors and strategic partners.