Partnering with high-performing change-makers inspires us; combining instinctive drive and rich international outlook. In return, Auster is a trustworthy advocate and an intellectual anvil, helping ensure the ideas of our Founders and Management teams take their best shape.
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Soulful Clothing
OCEANSAPART
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, OCEANSAPART is a uniquely positioned non-competitive activewear apparel brand serving a growing community focused on inclusivity and diversity rather than competitive sports performance. The activewear designs include leggings, bras, loungewear, sweatwear and accessories targeting mainly Gen Y and Gen Z females. The company serves customers across the DACH region, France, Italy, Poland, and Spain. Its success is centered around clear product design, strong digital marketing capabilities and a data-driven, analytical approach.
Asia is a key part of OCEANSAPART’s strategy to tap into exceptional e-commerce growth, with the aim to be the activewear of choice for a fast-expanding Chinese middle-class. OCEANAPART’s market in China is expected to grow at 20%+ CAGR.
Value creation
- China Entity set-up
- GTM strategy
- Regional management enhancements
- Distribution partners
Sector:
Consumer Products
HQ:
Germany
Investment date:
September 2021
Partners:
Altor, Management
Link:
Carrying Tomorrow
ADVANTEK
Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Eden Prairie (Minnesota) Advantek, LLC (“Advantek”) is a provider of highly engineered carrier tape and associated protective packaging products that are used to transport and protect high-value semiconductor and electronic components during shipping and storage. Advantek’s solutions play an important role in the assembly process of products such as computers, mobile phones, LED lighting, medical components, smart appliances, and automobiles. With manufacturing facilities across three continents and led by an experienced management team, Advantek is renowned for its technical capability and consistent product quality and services, which have enabled long-tenured relationships with a global, blue-chip customer base.
Value creation
- Regulatory insight
- M&A in China and South-East Asia
- Boots-on-the-ground
- Advocate among prospective customers
Sector:
Industrial Technology
HQ:
US
Investment date:
September 2022
Partners:
Cornell Capital, Management
Link:
Decode the future
A2MAC1
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Hary (France), A2MAC1 is a French fast-growing B2B database company providing engineering and technical benchmarking services to the automotive industry with a client base mainly composed of OEMs and Tier 1-2 suppliers. Core business consists in operating and maintaining a unique proprietary web-based benchmarking database (complete vehicles teardown documentation, 2D and 3D Scan programs, advanced studies, etc.) which is used every day by a large number of engineers and designers across the various steps of the value chain (innovation, R&D, conception, cost reduction and purchasing) to benchmark against competitors and improve innovation & cost efficiency through reverse engineering. A2MAC1 is a global business with strong positions in Europe, US, China and India and is the undisputed world leader in the automotive benchmarking industry.
Value creation
- Access to industry participants as well as regulatory bodies and service providers
- Advocate among prospective customers
- Local GTM strategy
- Regulatory insight
Sector:
Industrial Technology
HQ:
France
Investment date:
December 2022
Partners:
Providence Equity, Five Arrows, Management
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Supporting value creation
Auster’s ability to support value-creation in Asia is unparalleled. We bring to bear 200+ years of combined cross-border investing and operating experience across Healthcare & Life Sciences, Industrial Technology and Consumer Products; further supplemented by a trusted network of former CEOs / Chairmans of the largest companies in Asia, Europe and North America. Our Management Teams routinely draw on this accumulated knowledge to navigate complexity and change.
”"Few investors in Asia – and even fewer in the mid-market – can match Auster’s access to such a deep bench of operational expertise"
Nelson WangOperating Partner