About Saha
Good businesses deserve the right successor
Too many successions are decided by who can afford to buy, rather than by who is best able to lead. Saha exists to change that.
The problem we set out to solve
Switzerland's economy is built on small and medium-sized enterprises. Many are profitable, well-managed businesses with loyal teams and strong local reputations. They form the backbone of communities across the country.
Every year, thousands of these businesses change hands. Too often, the outcome rests on the wrong considerations: the successor is chosen by birth or by availability, or the person best able to lead, frequently a manager who has helped build the company for years, cannot secure the means to acquire it.
Saha was created to offer something better. We believe that strong, well-run businesses should pass to the people best equipped to carry them forward, and that personal wealth should not determine who that is.
Why these successions need a different kind of partner
Companies with 10 to 100 employees occupy a structural gap. They are too small for most institutional investors, and too large for most successors to acquire on their own. Banks will finance part of the price, but rarely all of it.
What this segment requires is not a buyer who removes the company from the people who lead it, but a partner who provides the financing, the structure and the support that allow the right successor to become its owner.
How we think about ownership
We invest alongside the successor, at the same price per share, and remain for the long term. Depending on the successor's investment, Saha holds between 20% and 80%. As the company repays its loans, the successor may progressively acquire a larger share, while Saha retains a lasting stake of at least 20%.
We provide each company with a careful transition, sound financial reporting, and the stability that comes from belonging to something larger. In return, each company strengthens the whole: through shared knowledge, operating discipline, and the experience of a growing community of owner-managers.
What we believe
Continuity over disruption
Good businesses should be preserved and strengthened, not dismantled for parts.
Capability over wealth
Those best able to lead should be able to own. Personal means should not be the deciding factor.
Patience over urgency
Lasting value is built slowly. We resist the pressure to optimise for short-term results.
Clarity over complexity
One clear structure, applied to every transaction. Complexity should serve the business, not the business model.
Where we are today
We are building with determination: the founding team is in place, the financing structure is being finalised with a Swiss bank, and the first conversations with owners are underway. This is deliberate. We believe the first successions define the company, and we intend to get them right.
Every decision we make is guided by a simple question: will this still make sense in twenty years?
Saha is being built as a long-term model for small-business succession in Switzerland. We believe this segment is underserved not for lack of good businesses or capable people, but for lack of a financing route that brings them together. That route rests on four elements: one structure applied to every transaction, successors chosen on capability, flexible ownership with a lasting stake, and AI that supports the transition before closing and the company thereafter. It is designed to improve with every succession we complete.
We would be glad to hear from you
Whether you are an owner considering the future, a successor preparing to take over, an investor exploring the model, or someone who shares our vision, you are welcome to reach out.