About

A perpetual home for the business you built.

We are operators who acquire owner-managed firms across Europe and hold them — for keeps. No fund life, no forced exit. The business gets the backbone of a larger group around it.

Leadership

Founded and led by operators.

We are building Samhild to be an owner that understands the daily reality of a business and sees its future potential — with the patience, expertise and operational care to keep what you built.

Eyass
Co-Founder

Serial entrepreneur with two billion-dollar exits.

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Axel
Co-Founder

Seasoned financial investor and Chief Executive.

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Niklas
Head of Germany

Third generation family business operator.

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What we are

Built around one idea: ownership without an end date.

Most institutional capital in Europe buys to sell. Samhild acquires well-run businesses and keeps them.

Our previous companies were backed by five-year investors. They were sold, then sold again.

Each handover cost something. Continuity built over decades was treated as a tradable asset.

Holding horizon
Private equity fund~5 yrs
Forced exit at fund close
Strategic acquirerabsorbed
Brand and identity dissolved
Samhild
Perpetual holding period. No exit date.

Long-term capital. Operator-led team. Governance designed to keep good businesses, not to sell them.

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Selling once means choosing carefully.

We'd rather meet five years before a transaction than five months. Reach out whenever the question of what comes next starts to take shape — there is no wrong moment.