About us

  • Who we are

    Stockalper Partners have assembled a team of cross-sector M&A specialists at the service of European companies and entrepreneurs in a purely independent structure with leading capabilities in sustainability.

    We believe that M&A activities will play a central role in the global transition to a green economy and we consider it Stockalper’s responsibility to actively contribute to this change.

    Hence, if you’re on a mission to make the world better and considering a strategic exit – we’re here to blaze your trail.

  • Our approach

    Our objective is to give you the largest set of options for the future of your company, with minimal trade-offs. We orchestrate competitive international campaigns in order to close the gap between mission acceleration and shareholder value.

    If you‘re active in Carbon Footprinting, Life Cycle Analysis, Circularity, Planetary Boundaries, Transformative Consulting, Supply Chain Optimization, Environmental Engineering or Cleantech, the field of opportunity for a strategic partnership is extremely broad – and global scale is within reach. We’re here to make it happen.

  • Our vision

    There’s no alternative to fundamental change. We are on the eve of the deepest and longest structural change that our economy has ever had to face. We’re looking at the mother of all industrial revolutions – for decades to come, if not centuries.

    We aim to be a driving force toward this paradigm shift. The time has come to rethink our dealmaking approaches. We call it Environmental M&A.

Services

We stand out by our ability to deploy international campaigns whenever we believe in the business case – irrespective of company’s size. To really make a difference, spirit is key. To us, this is about ambition, commitment and perseverance – in one word, passion!

Manuel Wildhaber, Partner

  • It’s time for your strategic Exit, and you seek a professional deal team to maximise your outcome
  • You wish to derisk by selling a minority stake of your firm

Our proposition

Selling a company is a critical and unique milestone for shareholders, management and employees.

We will support you in the project, start to finish – and we will deliver the competitive bidding scenario that will maximize transactional value and other variables (fit, culture, long term potential, employee perspectives, etc.). We achieve this with hard work, detailed preparation, relentless economic intelligence, authentic sales drive, international marketing skills and a solid negotiation framework.

Our campaigns seek to target national and international strategic acquirers, as well as to tap the substantial PE Buyout opportunity – with “buy-and-build strategies” in full swing, your company could be the missing part of a larger global consolidation drive.

Sell-Side services overview

  • Full sell-side processes for SMEs (to strategics & PE – national and international)
    • Exit strategies and planning
    • Company valuation (fundamentals and comparables)
    • Strategic and financial advisory
    • Impactful investment documents (Information Memorandum and Teaser)
    • M&A targets intelligence
    • Due Diligence Management
    • Negotiations
  • Divestments (Spin-off/Split-off/Carve-outs)
  • Shareholding negotiations between partners
  • You are a maturing firm with substantial growth opportunities – and you now need to source a solid investment partner

Our proposition

Raising capital from Private Equity firms represents a huge opportunity for established company seeking investment partners to expand. Also, the importance of onboarding institutional PE at key stages of the life cycle is often overlooked, but we are convinced it helps creating a virtuous signaling cycle towards future exit, while bringing in specialized strategic expertise.

With approximately 1’300 Growth PE funds open to new investments in 2021, this universe offers exceptional potential to identify the right partner.

If your company is fit for Growth PE, we’ll support you in executing your targeted international Growth PE campaign, from start to finish.

PE services overview

  • Fit assessment – PE compatibility
  • Company valuation (fundamentals and comparables)
  • Strategic and financial advisory (growth plans, projections, etc.)
  • Impactful Investment documents (Information Memorandum and Teaser)
  • PE funds intelligence
  • Outreach campaigns
  • Due diligence management
  • Negotiations
  • You are a sustainability-related startup with global potential – and you now need to source sensible VC financing.

Our proposition

For a startup, raising capital early from recognized VC firms is often critical to survival as well as long-term success. The cap raise exercise is a (sometimes overlooked) core function of the modern startup CEO, along the motto of “always be raising”. It implies that growing startups need to be constantly positioned to access capital while expanding the business.

The global VC ecosystem is growing rapidly, and its tech bias and low leverage have proven quite crisis resistant. European valuations and deal sizes are increasing, and over 2’400 VC funds currently opened for investments in 2021 at the global level. Hence, this universe offers unmatched potential to identify the right partner.

If your company is fit for VC, we’ll coach you and support you in executing your targeted international VC campaign, from start to finish.

VC services overview

  • Fit assessment – VC compatibility
  • CEO VC Coaching
  • Strategic and financial advisory
  • Information Memorandum Production
  • VC intelligence
  • International VC funding campaigns
  • Ongoing Investors relations

Team

Samuel Norych

Analyst

Claire Veuthey

Senior Sustainability Advisor​

James Radny

Lead Mergers & Acquisitions

Elina Pennala

Mergers & Acquisitions

Vincent Ducommun

Corporate Finance

Arnaud Siberchicot

Partner

Manuel Wildhaber

Partner

Experience

  • Business Manager at Super Capital, an early-stage VC Company.
  • CEO second at Wink, a fashion-tech startup.

Education

  • Master en finance d’entreprise, Triple Diplôme Européen, Emlyon Business School, LMU Munich et UniveaMaster in Corporate Finance, Triple European Diploma, Emlyon Business School, LMU Munich and Lancaster University.​ rsité de Lancaster.​
  • Bachelor in Management, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Samuel is passionate about entrepreneurship, AI, travelling, extreme sports and boxing. ​

​Connect on LinkedIn: Samuel Norych

Claire has over 15 years of experience in ESG analysis and investing​

Experience

  • Principal and Founder, Rizoma Ventures​ Director of ESG & Impact, OpenInvest (acq by JPMorgan)​
  • Head of ESG, Social Impact Investing, Wells Fargo Private Bank, & ESG Advisor, Wells Fargo Asset Management​ Head of Sales, Asia-Pacific,
  • Head of Sales, Asia-Pacific, Sustainalytics (acq by Morningstar)​ Team Lead, ESG Custom Research, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (acq by RiskMetrics Group and MSCI)​ Strategic advisor to several early-stage startups

Education

  • MBA UC-Berkeley Haas​ Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting Credential, Value Reporting Foundation
  • MA Conflict, Security and Development, Kings College London​ MA in International Relations, the Graduate Institute in Geneva​
  • Claire is fluent in English, French and Spanish. She lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, California. ​ ​

Claire is fluent in English, French and Spanish. She lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, California. ​

Connect on LinkedIn: Claire Veuthey​

James has over 8 years of development, investment and M&A experience in infrastructure and utility sectors internationally

Experience

  • Senior Associate Pexapark, Zurich CH
  • Business Development Principal, Arc Infrastructure, Perth, Australia
  • Consultant, Paxon Group Perth, Australia

Education

  • Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance, Macquarie University Australia
  • Bachelor of Commerce, Economics and Finance, Curtin University Australia

James brings a robust investment, M&A and development background across the infrastructure and utility sectors. He joined Stockalper with a strong conviction and passion for renewable and sustainable asset classes and products. James lives in Switzerland with his wife and dog who all share an avid passion for skiing and mountaineering.

Connect on LinkedIn: James Radny

Elina has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking and management consulting in the Nordics and internationally

Experience

  • Partner of her own investment banking advisory in Helsinki and internationally
  • Corporate Finance at JPD Capital
  • Associate Director, Investment banking at Carnegie Investment Bank
  • Senior Consultant, Business Strategy & Transformations at BearingPoint
  • Equity Research Analyst at E. Öhman Securities Finland

Education

  • MSc in Finance and Accounting from Helsinki School of Economics
  • Exchange studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada

Elina is fluent in English, Finnish and Swedish, her French is advancing slowly but surely, and she can master some German too.

Elina lives in France, just outside Geneva, with her husband and three daughters. She loves the outdoors, walking barefoot, and will never say no to an ice cream. On the adventure side, Elina has sailed a catamaran from Stockholm to Greece, and skied several seasons in Chamonix.

Connect on LinkedIn: Elina Pennala | LinkedIn

Vincent has over 12 years of experience in audit and advisory

Experience

  • Senior Manager at Deloitte, Dublin
  • Senior Manager at Smith & Williamson, Dublin
  • Senior Manager and Auditor in Charge at Berney Associés, Geneva
  • Audit Manager at Deloitte SA, Geneva
  • Several experiences in the hospitality industry in parallel of his studies at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)

Education

  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) (in progress)
  • Chartered accountant and Swiss Licenced audit expert
  • Bachelor in International Hospitality Management and Economy from l’Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL )

Vincent lives between Dublin and Switzerland. On his free time, you’ll find him freeriding the Alps or surfing the Atlantic Coast.

Arnaud has 12 years of experience in corporate finance and investment banking

Experience

  • Director M&A at Edgar Brandt Advisory
  • Auditor at Deloitte Switzerland
  • Analyst at French IB Caisse des Dépôts
  • Solid entrepreneurial background as the founder of a luxury bag brand for bikes and co-founder of a brand of high-end fashion accessories

Education

  • French Chartered Accountant
  • Master degree in Finance from the EDHEC Business School in France

Arnaud lives between Switzerland and France. Arnaud is married and has two daughters. He is a passionate freeskier and boasts the most impressive winter stats at Stockalper.

Connect on LinkedIn: Arnaud Siberchicot

Manuel has over 15 years of experience in finance, investment and entrepreneurship

Experience

  • Director mid-market M&A team at EB Advisory
  • Fundamental Value Strategist at UBS
  • Managing Partner, Powersquare Pty Ltd, Renewable Energy Project Finance

Education

  • MA International Economics and MA in International Relations, the Graduate Institute, Geneva
  • Certificate in Negotiation, MIT
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Project Finance, Middlesex University

Manu is fluent in French, English, German, Spanish. He is married with 3 kids, and spends most of his time freeskiing or roaming around the mountains.

Connect on Linkedin : Manuel Wildhaber | LinkedIn

Track record

Our business is nothing more than stewardship to great entrepreneurs.

We’d like to thank each and every one of them for the trust they have placed in us.

2022 Sustainability Consulting

SELLER’S LEAD ADVISOR

SELLER’S LEAD ADVISOR WAS ACQUIRED BY SELLER’S LEAD ADVISOR
2022 Natural Beauty & Cosmetics

Seller’s Lead Advisor

Seller’s Lead Advisor WAS ACQUIRED BY Seller’s Lead Advisor
2020 CLEANTECH

Strategic Advisory

Strategic Advisory
2020 MEDICAL DEVICES RECYCLING

sellER'S LEAD ADVISOR

sellER'S LEAD ADVISOR WAS ACQUIRED BY
UNDISCLOSED
2020 Cleantech

VC ADVISORY

VC ADVISORY
2020 ADVISORY

Seller’s Lead Advisor

Seller’s Lead Advisor WAS ACQUIRED BY Seller’s Lead Advisor
2020 HR Placement

Seller’s Lead Advisor

Seller’s Lead Advisor WAS ACQUIRED BY Seller’s Lead Advisor
2020 MEDTECH

Seller’s Lead Advisor

PROJECT DEEPSIGHT
UNDISCLOSED
2019 MEDICAL SAAS

VC ADVISORY

VC ADVISORY
2019 PPP

PPP Advisory

PPP Advisory

Alliances