You've built a great Software or

Services company.

What's next?

OUR APPROACH

Galileo Capital is an investment firm established with the sole mission of acquiring a single founder-owned software or managed services company.

Focus on a single company

Galileo is focused on acquiring a single company, not building a portfolio. We will join its management team to drive the company's next phase of growth.

Entrepreneurship

Galileo is not a Private Equity fund or a VC. We are experienced software entrepreneurs backed by a world class team of software operators and investors.

Continued legacy

We will focus on the long-term growth and success of the business and take care of your team, partners and customers, while preserving the company's legacy.

WHY US?

INVESTMENT CRITERIA

We are actively looking for a software or tech-enabled managed services company that serves a distinct market and fits the following criteria:

Company

Primarily recurring or contracted revenues

B2B software or tech-enabled managed services

Founder looking for a flexible and smoothened transition

Financials

From €3m to €30m in annual recurring revenues

At least 4 years of trading history

Cash flow and EBITDA positive

Industry

Distinct niche

Growing with favorable tailwinds

Favorable tech and market outlook

Product

High retention, low cohort churn, sticky customer base

Minimal technical debt that can scale

Solving a mission-critical customer challenge

WHO WE ARE

Davide Kotlar

Founder & Managing Partner

Davide Kotlar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Galileo Capital.

Before establishing Galileo, he led the growth and international expansion of enterprise SaaS companies in the UK and Germany.

Davide began his career in investment banking in London, working in the Credit Trading divisions of Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley. He then transitioned into leadership roles at two VC-backed enterprise SaaS companies, each with ARR of £10-20 million.

Based in London and Berlin, these companies served Fortune 500 clients and employed teams of 40 to 100 people. In his roles, Davide was responsible for driving the companies' international expansion into Europe and the United States, reporting directly to their CEOs and Boards of Directors.

Passionate about entrepreneurship, Davide also co-founded a B2B SaaS company in London, and worked at a leading family office with committed capital of $500 million based in London and Luxembourg.

OUR INVESTORS

We have partnered with a world-class team of entrepreneurs, operators and investors with an outstanding track record in growing technology businesses.

Jurgen Rilling

CEO of Mirablau and Grundig Business Systems.

Alex Kirn

CEO of Invers, a global leader

in vehicle sharing technology.

Till Bossert

CEO of Herchenbach, acquired through the first DACH-based Search Fund.

Herbert Doleisch

Co-Head of Industrials Tech at

Triton Partners, a leading global Private Equity firm

Simon Webster

Founder of the first Search Fund in the UK and Europe. Lecturer at London Business School.

Will Thorndike

Founder of Housatonic Partners. Author of the best-selling book

"The Outsiders".

Kirk Riedinger

Co-Founder of the first

US-based Search Fund.

Jamie Turner

Co-Founder of the first

US-based Search Fund.

Marc Bartomeus

Former CEO of Repli, acquired through the first Search

Fund in Spain.

Kieron Chalder

CEO of CarPro Systems, a leading fleet management software company.

OUR INVESTORS' TRACK RECORD

Our Limited Partners bring a wealth of experience in building, leading and investing in B2B software and managed services companies across the United States and Europe.