DEMETER PARTNERS, which headquarter is located in Paris specializes in the financing of companies expanding in the Cleantech sector and currently manages € 300M within the scope of two funds, DEMETER and DEMETER 2 which final closing is envisaged in November 2009. The portfolio gathers 22 companies in which DEMETER has in invested since 2005, in France, Spain and Germany. The objective of DEMETER 2 is to invest € 40M in Germany over the next three years which will be used to foster the development of companies of the eco-industries (water, waste and air treatment, site remediation) and eco-energies (renewable energies, energy efficiency, green transportation) sectors.
The Berlin office is managed by two investment directors:
Detlef Steinmann who brings more than 10 years of experience in executive postions in the industry (particularly at e.on and Bilfinger Berger AG) as well as 9 years of experience in Private Equity: since 2000, he was the investment director at Capital Stage AG in Hamburg where he proved to be a driving force to invest in the renewable energies sector, particularly in the solar industry.
Michel Leistenschneider has a broad directorship experience within the ELF Company (today known as TOTAL) as well as within the group METAL GESELLSCHAFT for which he managed a subsidiary Company in the Untied States. Michel Leistenschneider is an energy and biomass specialist. He joined the Demeter partners team in 2008.