Auctus Capital Partners, a German mid-market private equity firm H2 Equity Partners, a leading hands-on mid-market private equity firm focused on the UK, Ireland and the Benelux and Sherpa Capital, a leading private equity firm in Spain enter a joint venture named Optimum Alliance. The objective of the Optimum Alliance is to create a platform of independent – high performing - firms that can share best-practices, investment experiences, cooperate on deal situations as and when appropriate and allow co-investment. Portfolio companies of Optimum Alliance members benefit from “local access” to the extensive networks of the Alliance’ members. Many of our portfolio companies have extensive export operations or are looking to expand cross-border. Facilitating this and supporting our management teams has been one of the key drivers for the establishment of the Optimum Alliance.