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Tech Investing &
Growth Partnerships
Mission
As an owner-managed investment company, we invest in exceptional teams and future-oriented technologies – with capital, operational experience and over 30 years of entrepreneurial expertise.
Outstanding teams, innovative technologies and a strong growth orientation form the basis of our investment decision.
Overview
+30 successful investments
35 years of experience as
Entrepreneurs and investors
IT Managed Services
AI, SaaS
Bioscience
Venture & Growth Capital
Buy-outs
Advisory
About Us
We see ourselves as co-entrepreneurs
SEVEN OCEANS was founded in 2010 by Tom Luther. Prior to this, he had been an entrepreneur since the early 1990s, building several IT companies and managing a number of others as CEO. We focus on the operational and strategic development (value creation) of our companies through sustainable, organic growth with a clear strategic focus and a motivating corporate culture. We typically invest in succession situations or as a growth partner, but challenging operational or strategic situations are also potential investment opportunities for us. Together with our teams, we develop the company strategy, a growth or transformation plan, and plan all operational measures necessary for the company's successful development. Since SEVEN OCEANS was founded, we have invested in and supported the development of more than 30 companies. Our robust network, built up over decades and spanning all sectors, is a valuable asset in this endeavor. Our focus is on companies with an EBITDA between €1 million and €5 million, as well as startups and companies undergoing transformation. We invest primarily in Germany, but also in other European countries.
Investments
Weiss IT Solutions GmbH - Buy Out
Weiss IT Solutions, headquartered in Warngau near Munich, is an IT service provider for corporations and medium-sized businesses. The company manages the entire lifecycle of office IT and industrial IT environments, from user support and device management to the operation of production-related systems. In addition, Weiss IT offers network services, structured network cabling, WLAN coverage analysis, IT project services, and vendor-independent hardware maintenance (third-party maintenance). A dedicated contact center serves as a single point of contact for all customer service inquiries. With approximately 450 employees and 20 branches in Germany, the ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified company manages over 350,000 IT workstations at more than 10,400 customer locations in Germany and Austria.
amalphi GmbH - Buy Out
Amalphi GmbH, based in Warngau near Munich, specializes in vendor-independent third-party maintenance for data center infrastructure. The company maintains servers, storage systems, tape libraries, and SAN and network components from all major manufacturers, including systems that have already been discontinued by the manufacturer (End of Life/End of Service). All systems can be bundled into a single maintenance contract; spare parts and personnel are included in the full-service maintenance price, and a 24/7 service dispatch center handles fault reports. In addition, amalphi sells certified refurbished systems, purchases legacy systems, and handles certified disposal, including data media destruction. Further services include managed services with remote monitoring and preventative maintenance, rollouts (IMAC), and data center relocations, all performed worldwide.
Valley IT Group - Buyout
The VALLEY IT GROUP, headquartered in Warngau near Munich, is a group of full-service IT providers for medium-sized businesses and corporations in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). The group comprises several independent companies, including amalphi, CNS, cosmico, integer, PKN, REALCLOUD Services, and Weiss IT Solutions. Its service portfolio covers the entire IT scope, from modern workplace solutions, Microsoft 365, and endpoint management to cloud services, cybersecurity, and network services, as well as IT lifecycle management, IT maintenance, cabling, and software development. A central service desk, along with consulting and design services, complements the offering. With approximately 600 employees and around €70 million in service revenue, the group manages approximately 340,000 endpoints at over 10,000 customer locations and provides IT support in more than 50 countries.
PKN Datenkommunikation GmbH - Buy Out
PKN GmbH, with offices in Berlin and Munich, is a managed service provider and full-service IT provider for medium-sized businesses, public institutions, and corporations in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). In the area of IT infrastructure, PKN operates Microsoft 365, networks, cybersecurity, monitoring, virtual servers, and backup, all as managed services. The Modern Work division encompasses digital workplaces and collaboration with Microsoft Teams, reporting and analytics, process automation, project and portfolio management, enterprise content management, and custom software development based on Microsoft platforms. In addition, PKN provides IT cabling with data networking, electrical installation, planning, and security technology. PKN supports clients from initial consultation and implementation through to ongoing operations and is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.
CNS GmbH - Buy Out
CNS GmbH is an IT systems house headquartered in Gelsenkirchen with a second location in Issum on the Lower Rhine. Since 1995, the company has served medium-sized businesses and larger companies in the service and industrial sectors. Its range of services includes consulting on cloud computing, licensing, infrastructure, IT security, Microsoft 365, and IT procurement; technical solutions for servers, storage, virtualization, backup, networks, and IP telephony; and ongoing operations via cloud services, managed services, IT personnel services, and its own service desk. In addition, CNS develops industrial and custom solutions, such as workstations for automotive paint shops, terminals for fire departments, and digital signage applications, as well as custom web applications for process digitization. With over 80 employees, partnerships with Microsoft, Sophos, Lenovo, and Fujitsu, and DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 certification, CNS is one of the established IT service providers in the Ruhr region.
integer GmbH - Buy Out
Integer GmbH, based in Schrobenhausen, is a full-service IT provider and IT consulting firm for medium-sized businesses, industry, manufacturing, and public sector clients. Through managed services, the company takes over ongoing IT operations, and upon request, assumes full operational responsibility. A second focus is IT security, where integer operates according to a Zero Trust concept and contributes expertise in accordance with ISO 27001. In addition, experienced senior consultants advise on IT strategy and offer CIO services to support digitalization projects from planning to implementation. The company positions itself as a regional partner and is certified for Sophos, VMware, Hyper-V, Hewlett Packard, and Veeam, among others, and trained in ITIL IT service management.
PL BioSience - Venture Capital
PL BioScience GmbH, based in Aachen, Germany, develops and produces cell culture supplements based on human platelet lysate. These products are derived from human platelets and serve as a xeno-free alternative to fetal bovine serum (FBS) for cell proliferation in the laboratory. Under the patented platform brand ELAREM, the company markets several product lines, including ELAREM Prime for academic research and diagnostics, ELAREM Perform for preclinical projects and stem cell therapies, and the virus-inactivated ELAREM Ultimate for therapeutic applications. Additionally, fibrinogen-reduced variants and the ELAREM Matrix Kit, a hydrogel for three-dimensional cell culture, are available. All products are available in various safety grades, from Research Grade to GMP Grade to GMP Clinical Grade, and are supplied worldwide to research institutions and companies in the fields of cell therapy and regenerative medicine.
Differential Bio - Venture Capital
Differential Bio is a biotech company and spin-off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) that supports businesses in optimizing fermentation processes. In its own robotics lab, the team automatically collects data on the growth of microbial strains at the microliter scale, simulating the stress factors of large-scale plants. This data is used to create AI models that predict key performance indicators such as biomass growth, titer, yield, and cell viability. Using a web-based platform, customers can use these models to conduct unlimited virtual experiments and optimize their process parameters before scaling up to expensive large-scale production. Typical applications include media optimization, strain selection, the evaluation of industrial by-products and waste streams, scale-up forecasting, and the optimization of downstream processes and shelf life.
Cosmico GmbH - Buy Out
Cosmico GmbH is an IT systems house with locations in Ehingen an der Donau and Bad Saulgau, serving small and medium-sized enterprises in southern Germany. Its clientele includes businesses without their own IT departments in the region between Ulm, Reutlingen, Ravensburg, Biberach, and Lake Constance. The range of services extends from IT consulting and the procurement and setup of workstations, networks, and servers to ongoing support, including remote maintenance and on-site assistance. A key focus is IT security, complemented by cloud solutions, Microsoft 365, server virtualization, telephone systems, and mobile working concepts. Through managed services and a flat-rate IT plan, cosmico proactively monitors and maintains systems, enabling clients to completely outsource their IT operations.
ServeusAI - Venture Capital
ServeusAI is a European technology company with offices in Düsseldorf and Budapest that develops an AI platform for document-intensive processes in highly regulated industries. The software reads business documents such as loan agreements, fund prospectuses, annual reports, IT contracts, policies, and CSRD sustainability reports, transforming them into structured, auditable data. This data forms a proprietary data layer that can be used for AI assistants, analysis, reporting, enterprise search, and workflow automation. Target customers include banks, fintechs, asset managers, private equity firms, and medium-sized businesses with high document volumes. The product operates under the name Minerva and, according to the provider, is ready for use within a few weeks.
Advisory
As an owner-managed investment company, we invest in exceptional teams and future-oriented technologies – with capital, operational experience and over 30 years of entrepreneurial expertise.
Outstanding teams, innovative technologies and a strong growth orientation form the basis of our investment decision.
News
SEVEN OCEANS invests in ServeusAI
Juni 2026 - SEVEN OCEANS hat im Juni an der Pre-Seed Finanzierung von ServeusAI beteiligt. Das Unternehmen bietet seinen Kunden im Finanzsektor eine Reihe von Use Cases an. Der exzellente Data Layer sorgt dafür, dass die Token-Kosten im Vergleich zu anderen Lösungen um 80% reduziert werden und ein sehr schnell ROI erzielt wird.
cosmico becomes part of the VALLEY IT GROUP
Januar 2026 - Die VALLEY IT GROUP setzt ihren strategischen Wachstumskurs fort und stärkt ihre Position im Managed-Services-Markt: Mit dem Beitritt der cosmico GmbH erweitert die Unternehmensgruppe gezielt ihre Kompetenzen, ihre regionale Präsenz und ihre Skalierungsfähigkeit im DACH-Raum. Insbesondere im KMU-Umfeld gewinnt die Gruppe damit weiter an Substanz. Das in Ehingen und Bad Saulgau (Baden-Württemberg) ansässige Unternehmen ist ein IT-Dienstleister mit Fokus auf Managed Services für mittelständische Unternehmen sowie Einrichtungen der öffentlichen Hand.
SEVEN OCEANS participates in Differential Bio
December 2024 - Differential Bio is a Munich-based biotech startup. The team is developing a virtual screening platform that utilizes scale-down experiments and AI-driven models to optimize growth conditions and bioprocesses for microbial growth and production. This dramatically increases R&D efficiency and improves fermentation outcomes such as yield, cost, and product quality.
Integer GmbH becomes part of the VALLEY IT GROUP
August 2024 - Die VALLEY IT GROUP, IT-Komplettanbieter für den deutschsprachigen Mittelstand, ist dank integer auf nunmehr sieben Mitglieder angewachsen. Durch den im bayerischen Schrobenhausen ansässigen Managed Service Provider verstärkt die VALLEY IT GROUP einerseits ihre Präsenz in Süddeutschland und baut andererseits ihr gesamtes Angebot für Kunden im DACH-Raum weiter aus.
SEVEN OCEANS invests in PL BioScience
Februar 2024 - PL BioScience wurde 2015 als Spin-off der RWTH Aachen gegründet. PL BioScience hält ein Patent über eine Technologie zur Scale-up-Produktion des aus Thrombozyten gewonnenen Zellkulturpräparats und bietet standardisierte menschliche Thrombozytenlysate an, die reproduzierbare Ergebnisse gewährleisten.
Social responsibility
The economic success of our companies is also the foundation for our social commitment, which is particularly important to us. We support projects that ensure aid reaches those who urgently need it.
In particular, we do this through Bärenherz, an independent association that supports pre-defined projects in line with the association's philosophy through the personal and voluntary commitment of its members as well as income from charity events and donations.