Jan P. Hatje

Managing Partner

Jan is a managing partner at Oaklins Germany and serves on Oaklins’ executive committee. With more than 20 years of M&A experience, he specializes in the TMT (software and services), business support services and financial services sectors. Jan leads Oaklins’ internet of things team and the German technology team. He is an expert in evaluating rapidly scalable business models, and guides owners of medium-sized companies, corporations, and financial and venture capital investors as well as founders of rapidly growing startups in all matters related to M&A and corporate finance services. Notable transactions he has advised on include the sale of Hidoc Technologies (Cara Care), a DiGA provider, to Mahana Therapeutics Inc.; the sale of Seniovo GmbH, a provider of digital solutions for barrier-free bathroom conversions, to Hornbach Baumarkt AG; the sale of Forliance GmbH, a project developer of climate protection projects, to Macquarie Asset Management; the acquisition of Optano, a leading provider of AI-based operational solutions, by A.T. Kearney; and the sale of IT-Seal GmbH, a provider of cybersecurity solutions, to Hornetsecurity GmbH.

After working as a researcher and analyst, Jan joined Oaklins Germany in 2005. He studied business administration at the University of Hamburg.