Barings Supports DBAG Fund VIII’s Investment in Hipp Technology Group
Barings, one of the world’s leading alternative investment managers, announced its role as lead lender of senior secured credit facilities to support DBAG Fund VIII (managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (“DBAG”)) in their recent investment in Hipp Technology Group (“HTG”). This transaction marks another successful collaboration between Barings and DBAG and the start of a partnership to support HTG’s continued growth and development.
Founded in 1993, HTG is a contract development and manufacturing organisation focused primarily on orthopaedic solutions. HTG designs and manufactures high‑precision surgical instruments, orthopaedic implants and complex components such as titanium fasteners for leading OEMs. Today, the Group supports customers across the full value chain from development and prototyping to serial production and sterile packaging.
About Barings
Barings is a $481 billion* global alternative asset manager that partners with institutional, insurance, and wealth clients, and supports leading businesses with flexible financing solutions. The firm, which is owned by insurance companies MassMutual and MS&AD, seeks to deliver excess returns by leveraging its global scale and capabilities across credit, real assets, capital solutions and emerging markets.
*As of March 31, 2026
About DBAG
Founded in 1965, DBAG is a Frankfurt‑based private equity firm managing ~€3bn of AuM with a focus on mid-sized companies in the DACH region as well as Northern Italy. The firm has longstanding expertise in a number of sectors including IT services and healthcare.
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