ERIC is a professional growth-stage investor and fund manager. We created the ERIC Opportunity Club as a way for private investors to join promising growth-stage deals alongside the General Partners of PT1 – on the same terms, in a highly efficient structure. The club provides access to pre-vetted startups that would otherwise be out of reach for smaller tickets.
Over 8 years we built a network of over 100 industry experts, entrepreneurs and business angels from the world of real assets, ranging from real estate and construction, to infrastructure and energy technologies. By becoming a member of ERIC you get exposure to the top opportunities selected by our investment committee and choose deal by deal where to invest your capital.

Startups with established products (“growth stage”) statistically have a lower risk of default and thus offer a particularly attractive risk/return profile compared to early-stage investments (“pre-seed / seed stage”).

Until now, most private and semi-professional investors could not access growth-stage deals, as these investments are traditionally reserved for institutional investors and large funds who can write bigger cheques. We are changing that.

To reach Europe’s goals for the energy transition and climate resilience, radical changes are required in the built environment. Digital startups in real asset industries provide crucial solutions, with many demonstrating rapid growth. Equity investments in such companies therefore offer attractive return opportunities.
THE ERIC OPPORTUNITY CLUB provides ACCESS TO pre-SELECTED GROWTH-STAGE DEALS

At PT1, a German venture capital fund on the ERIC Group platform, we analyse more than 2,000 companies p.a. and have made more than 25 early-stage investments across Europe in our specialist industry sectors since 2018. We invest where we know we can add high value.

In 2023 we launched the ERIC Opportunity Club to start investing in growth-stage companies on a club deal basis, together with industry experts and private LPs. We cherry-pick promising startups that are either too mature for PT1’s mandate or fall outside PT1’s scope (e.g. companies not located in Europe).

We offer qualified private investors the opportunity to invest deal-by-deal alongside us and other industry experts, with a minimum ticket size of 100k EUR* per investor. We invest in each deal through a separate SPV as one syndicated shareholder.
CLUB DEALS ALREADY CARRIED OUT

Wunderflats, a digital platform for temporary furnished accommodation, has strong growth momentum due to (1) sustainable growth in its core business, (2) its successful market entry in France and (3) a substantial partnership with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. PT1 has been a shareholder since the early stages with corresponding legal insider knowledge, invested up to the allocation limit in the current financing round and was able to pass on exceeding subscription rights to the club.

The multi-award-winning startup ecoworks makes an essential contribution to climate neutrality with the serial refurbishment of existing buildings. We were able to make use of subscription rights not usable through PT1 and thus provide our club investors with access to a EUR 22 million financing round with an international consortium of investors.

„Through the ERIC Opportunity Club, I can join forces with well-known entrepreneurs and conveniently participate in more mature startups that I would otherwise generally not be able to access on my own.“
— Michael Busch, Spokesman of the shareholders and long-time CEO @ Thalia

„From my point of view, an important quality mechanism of the ERIC Opportunity Club is that only investments in which the initiator itself invests are processed here. This avoids conflicts of interest.“
— Marcus Lehmann, Managing Director @ LAVA ENERGY
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* In case of EuVECA registration of the respective club vehicle, otherwise EUR 200k (AIF). The information in connection with the ERIC Opportunity Club is directed exclusively at qualified investors in accordance with German AIF and/or EuVECA regulation.