Investment holding

Capital for
founders who
execute.

Schrader Capital invests its own capital in software, AI and hardware companies and works alongside the founders who run them — with operating experience and a shared ambition to lead.

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Who we are

We back companies that intend to lead their market — and founders who measure themselves by what they ship, sell and build. Capital is where our involvement begins, not where it ends.

Schrader Capital is a privately owned investment holding. We acquire stakes in technology companies and invest exclusively our own capital, so decisions are made by the people in the room.

We are an active shareholder. We work on strategy, structure and growth with the founding team — and we hold ourselves to the standard we ask of them.

What we stand for

Five principles. No exceptions.

  1. Ownership

    We think and act as owners. When we invest, we share responsibility for the outcome — in strategy, in management and in the difficult decisions.

  2. Execution

    Ideas are plentiful; delivery is rare. We back teams that ship, sell and improve week after week.

  3. Substance

    Products people use and pay for. Customers and revenue tell us more than any presentation.

  4. Discipline

    Every euro has a job. Clear targets, honest numbers and no tolerance for spending that does not move the company forward.

  5. Discretion

    We do not publish our holdings or speak on behalf of our partners. Results are theirs to show.

Where we invest

Technology with a business behind it.

01

Software & SaaS

Products that become part of how a business runs, with revenue that recurs.

02

Apps

Mobile and consumer products with real, returning users.

03

Applied AI

AI that solves a defined problem measurably better than what came before.

04

Hardware

Connected devices where engineering and software are built as one product.

What we bring

More than capital.

Money alone rarely builds a company. We bring what we have learned building our own.

  1. 01/ 05

    Capital

    Our own funds, committed with conviction. When a case convinces us, we decide fast.

  2. 02/ 05

    Experience

    We know what building a company demands — and where it usually goes wrong.

  3. 03/ 05

    Management

    Hands-on work in leadership, structure and finance, wherever it moves the company forward.

  4. 04/ 05

    Planning

    Clear goals, sober numbers and a plan the whole team can be measured against.

  5. 05/ 05

    Scale

    Hiring, processes and go-to-market: turning a working product into a growing organisation.

What we expect

What we ask in return.

We invest in people who want to be held to a high standard.

  1. 01

    Founders who are all in

    Full-time, fully committed, with their own stake in the outcome.

  2. 02

    A product, not a pitch

    Something built — in customers’ hands, or close to it.

  3. 03

    The ambition to lead

    A market worth winning and the will to win it.

  4. 04

    Openness to be measured

    Transparent numbers, direct conversations, shared targets.

For founders

Ready to build something bigger?

Tell us what you are building and where you want to take it.

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