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Trustventure’s expertise empowers REHAU New Ventures’ diverse portfolio

REHAU New Ventures is a corporate venture arm of REHAU, dedicated to crafting and investing in business models aligned with the company's objectives. Discover how their partnership with Trustventure was decisive to empower strategic growth and calculated decisions.

12.12.2023
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Introduction to REHAU New Ventures 

Throughout the last two years, the collaboration between Trustventure and REHAU New Ventures has played a pivotal role in facilitating REHAU’s commitment to exploring fresh market opportunities and expanding its portfolio.

This partnership signifies REHAU New Ventures’ dedication to being an influential player in the industry, showcasing its pursuit of innovative growth avenues. New Ventures operates as REHAU’s corporate venture arm, dedicated to crafting and investing in business models aligned with the company’s objectives. This commitment extends to fostering innovations in living, furnishings, and household items, forming the cornerstone of its diverse venture portfolio. This approach emphasizes agility and autonomy, bolstered by REHAU’s extensive global network.

 

Collaboration with REHAU New Ventures

With Trustventure’s and REHAU New Ventures’ collaboration, we embarked on an extensive exploration, involving a deep dive into the intricate landscape of each venture within New Ventures’ diverse global portfolio. Together, we’ve worked closely on various brands, including Wønderwall, which specializes in creating and marketing versatile, modular wall shelving solutions, and Livlig53, which specializes in retailing gardening tools and accessories through online commerce platforms. We facilitated sustainable growth and implementing unified strategies between the parties involved.

Trustventure’s role in this collaboration goes beyond assessments; it’s a strategic tool for ongoing decisions and future plans, aligning with long-standing objectives. We, as advisors, conducted comprehensive assessments of the individual business cases, changes in legal and company structure, and factors relevant to financial capacity.

Furthermore, our team conducted a detailed analysis of the different Ventures past revenues, earnings, assets, and liabilities to accurately advise the brands on future objectives. REHAU’s Julian Kettl and Matthias Hille were actively leading the comprehensive business case analysis and collaboration with Trustventure.

To maximize the potential of this collaboration, Trustventure actively engages REHAU’s team, ensuring a thorough understanding of the processes and perfect alignment with the company’s goals. Upholding stringent ethical standards, we ensure unbiased assessments, emphasizing the critical role of impartiality in delivering reliable insights and trustworthy outcomes. 

With a long-term vision, Trustventure viewed the process not just as assessments but as strategic tools for ongoing decisions and future plans, maintaining alignment with long-standing objectives. 

 

Benefits and added value

For REHAU New Ventures, the ventures gained paramount importance as they became instrumental in shaping the company’s future direction, fostering innovation, and driving strategic growth initiatives across diverse sectors and markets. Trustventure and REHAU New Ventures’ collaboration helped grow these ventures, empowering REHAU to make calculated decisions, optimizing investment strategies and ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives of each individual venture.  

Trustventure, operating as an independent partner, brought essential expertise, credibility, and a personalized approach. This independence guaranteed unbiased and accurate assessments, emphasizing the critical role of impartiality in processes to provide reliable insights into the ventures.

 

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