Simon A. Schmidt
Founder & CEO
Our expertise
& mission
More than 20 years of experience as a reliable partner in the value-added implementation of business and organizational development projects in the focus industries Industry & Technology, Aviation, Mobility, Digital Economy and Private Equity.
As a team of entrepreneurs, specialized consultants, experienced managers, founders and investors, united by a vision, by the same goals, the matching spirit and complementary competencies, we at LUCIA are familiar with the typical challenges and growth areas of mid-sized companies and digital start-ups & scale-ups.
Together with the shareholders and the management of the investments associated with LUCIA, we define the corporate goals, take responsibility for results and help to achieve them.
What we do
As passionate entrepreneurs and reliable partners before, during and after the transaction, we at LUCIA develop professional investments with personal and operational responsibility.
In doing so, we make business models fit for the future, improve digital strength, leverage growth potential and increase profitability for asset maximization and value-enhancing exits of our clients’ investments.
Sustainable +
profitable growth
We CREATE and OPTIMIZE existing business and operating models, develop STRATEGIES for them, implement them and OPERATIONALIZE new business ideas for sustainable and profitable growth.
Cost efficiency – Free Cash Flow- & EBITDA increase
We TRANSFORM organizations to sustainably anchor the necessary changes in the company and DIGITALIZE business operations along the core business processes (value chain) for sustainable cost efficiency.
Successful M&A and transformation projects
We MANAGE complex M&A projects and transformation projects, set up Post Merger Integration (PMI), Digital Transformation and Project Management Offices (PMO) and LEAD them with responsibility for results.
For whom we work
As specialized business and organization developers based in the heart of Munich, we at LUCIA support entrepreneurial families who know what matters to SMEs and who can provide us with valuable know-how in addition to their capital, leading SME investment companies as well as technology investors with direct SME investments and founders of digital start-ups & scale-ups headquartered in Germany, Switzerland, Austria or neighboring countries.
Contact us to learn more about how we can help you.
