Drake Star welcomes Julian Riedlbauer & expands Berlin presence

Drake Star is pleased to announce that highly experienced tech investment banker Julian Riedlbauer joins as a Partner as of January 1, 2024. Julian brings broad expertise in M&A advisory and an excellent track record, having guided more than 60 transactions for leading companies around the world. He will focus on international tech growth transactions and will run and expand Drake Star’s office in Berlin.

Julian Ostertag, Julian Riedlbauer & Ralf Philipp Hofmann (from left to right). Copyright: Drake Star. 

Ralf Philipp Hofmann, Managing Partner, Member of the Global Executive Committee and Co-Founder of Drake Star said: „We are delighted to welcome such an experienced and successful tech investment banker as part of the Drake Star team. Julian Riedlbauer will help us extend our presence in Berlin and the whole DACH region with his valuable network and M&A expertise.“

„We are very excited to have Julian Riedlbauer join the firm to further boost our success in the German market and on cross-border transactions globally. The whole team looks forward to collaborating on transactions in the future,“ added Julian Ostertag, Managing Partner, Member of the Global Executive Committee and Co-Founder of Drake Star.

Julian Riedlbauer stressed: „Drake Star has a unique and singular focus on tech companies and founders and a very strong track record of over 500 completed transactions. I’m convinced that the combination of strong local expertise and deeply integrated international offices will also lead many future mandates to success. I look forward to becoming part of this ambitious team – in Germany and globally.“

Highly experienced tech investment banker to join Drake Star
Julian started his career in tech M&A in 2008 at Corporate Finance Partners. He then spent 11 years building and leading GP Bullhound’s presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was responsible for the M&A advisory in the region. Before that, he was a successful tech entrepreneur and digital manager.

He has led more than 60 mandates for well-known companies, including the financing rounds of Signavio by Summit and the late growth round of USD 177 million round by Apax Digital, the growth financing round of Mambu by Bessemer Ventures, and the exit of Infinigate to the PE Fund H.I.G, the sale of TLGG to Omnicom, the sale of Elbkind to Reply IT, the EUR 100 million sale of Astragon to Team17, the USD 68 million financing round of Lingoda by Summit, the sale of InnoGames to MTG with a valuation of EUR 260 million, the exit of Factor Eleven to Armira Private Equity and the EUR 50 million capital increase of Neura Robotics. He is a proven expert in growth equity financing rounds and company sales to strategic buyers and private equity investors.

Gregory Bedrosian, Managing Partner & CEO of Drake Star commented: „It’s exciting to have Julian join us and Drake Star taking a further step in the dynamic growth of our Central European business. Julian brings a fantastic track record and enthusiasm to our shared mission to deliver great outcomes for our clients.

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