Meet Cinven's Bruno Schick, a German dealmaker behind some of Europe’s largest deals
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Bruno Schick, Co-Managing partner at Cinven, is joining Moonfare's Steffen Pauls for a wide-ranging interview. Reserve your seat now for Tuesday, 13 October at 9 am ET / 2 pm BST / 3 pm CEST.

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Moonfare’s upcoming Deal Talk episode features one of private equity's most influential dealmakers.

Bruno Schick is a Co-Managing partner at Cinven, a European PE firm with a nearly 50-year history and more than €50 billion raised to date.

Our guest knows the industry inside out. He joined Cinven in 2003 and has since been a driving force in its growth, including through investments in market-leading companies such as STADA, Fressnapf and TK Elevator.

Here’s a preview of what's ahead when Bruno sits down with Steffen Pauls, Moonfare's Founder and Co-CEO:

  • The story behind one of Europe's largest exits. Cinven was a lead investor in the carve-out of TK Elevator and recently announced the planned combination of the lift-maker with a strategic buyer for more than €29 billion, almost doubling the enterprise value in that time. How did the original transaction come together and what made it such a successful investment?
  • The exit playbook behind an industry-beating track record. Cinven has distributed close to 30% of portfolio NAV in 2025 to investors, roughly double the industry average. What's driving the difference?
  • What it takes to build a PE firm today. Private equity looks very different than it did when Bruno joined Cinven in 2003. If he were building a firm from scratch now, what would he do differently?

The conversation will also cover Cinven's relentless focus on founder-led deals, AI in private equity and other topics from Bruno's nearly two decades in the industry. Reserve your seat now.

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Blazej Kupec
Senior Content Manager
Blazej Kupec
Blazej is a senior content manager at Moonfare. With ten years of experience in financial media, he now covers trends and developments in private equity. Blazej especially enjoys creating content that helps people better understand the intricacies of the asset class. He holds a BSc in Political Science from the University of Ljubljana.
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