Invest
& Build

Every business we back has a chapter left to write.

EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY  ·  SPECIAL SITUATIONS  ·  MITTELSTAND
WHAT WE DO

Two kinds of situation

Different stages, same question: is this a business where our work and our network change the outcome?

01  EARLY STAGE

Technology

Selective stakes in young companies where our network opens doors before the market notices. We help build the commercial side: first customers, pricing, partnerships. Not only the funding.

02  ESTABLISHED

Companies

Succession, carve-outs and commercial turnarounds across DACH and Northern Europe. Businesses that work technically but have lost ground commercially, or owners looking to hand over to someone who stays.

WHY US

What we bring besides capital

Access is not a by-product. For a house our size it is the actual asset. And it is not tied to one sector.

INDUSTRY

Sector-agnostic by conviction

We come from industry: manufacturing, maritime, oil and gas, trade, logistics. But we are not bound to it. What decides is whether commercial work moves the business, not which sector it sits in.

CORPORATES AND MITTELSTAND

Enterprise partnerships

Years of work between founders and large corporates across EMEA, and direct lines into the German Mittelstand. We know how procurement actually decides, and who to call.

OWNERS AND CAPITAL

Entrepreneurs and co-investors

Relationships in family businesses where succession is discussed long before a process starts. And a circle of entrepreneurs and family offices who co-invest with us on individual transactions.

HOW WE WORK

What happens after we invest

Capital is the easier part. What follows decides whether it worked.

01

We stay

No fixed date by which we have to sell. Holding periods follow the business, not a fund clock.

02

We work in the business

Sales, customers, positioning, structure. Hands on the table, not quarterly board meetings.

03

We change what needs changing

And leave alone what already works. Most of what a good company has built does not need us.

WHO WE ARE

Behind Farda

An owner-operated house with deep roots in the German Mittelstand, and years spent connecting technology companies to large corporates across EMEA. We know what an early-stage company needs on the commercial side, and we know how the other side of the table decides. No committee, no memo travelling through four floors.

Sallar Faridi
MANAGING PARTNER

Sallar Faridi

Over sixteen years of putting commercial structures in place: first in maritime, petrochemical and gas trade, later with Plug and Play, one of the world's most active early-stage investors and corporate innovation platforms, building market entry and enterprise partnerships across EMEA.

GET IN TOUCH

Three ways in

Tell us which one you are. It shapes how quickly we can be useful.

01

Raising a round

Early-stage, with commercial traction or a clear path to it. Tell us what you sell, to whom, and what is in the way.

02

A business at a turning point

Succession, a carve-out, or a business that needs commercial repair. A short description is enough to start.

03

Co-investing on a deal

We invest alongside entrepreneurs and family offices on individual transactions. Tell us where your interest sits.

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Farda stands for tomorrow. For the ideas and businesses that will shape it.