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Friends for more than 30 years, João von Funcke and Thomas Schlingensiepen bring highly complementary backgrounds, skills, and perspectives to their partnership. Together, they have launched Continuum Capital, a Lisbon-based search fund, with the goal of acquiring a B2B technical services company in Portugal. They have raised more than €600k and are backed by leading institutional investors, entrepreneurs, and former SF founders with deep industry expertise and a strong alignment with entrepreneur-led successions, including Alza Capital Partners, Inseta Partners, JB46, Linta Partners, Gallium Growth, Search Fund Pioneers, Legacy, Valmaris Private Investors, and Relay Investments.
Thomas brings a combination of strategy consulting experience, operational exposure, and an engineering background. Over the past decade, he has advised leading companies in the energy, industrials, and transportation sectors as a Principal at Roland Berger, where he managed large-scale transformation programs in Portugal and internationally. Prior to consulting, Thomas gained three years of hands-on operational experience working on offshore oil rigs in Brazil, leading drilling crews in high-pressure environments and developing the resilience and leadership style that define his professional approach. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
João, a lawyer and Senior Associate at the Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas, brings 12 years of transactional experience in M&A and private equity to the partnership. At Cuatrecasas, he has led and completed numerous transactions, advising national and international industrial companies, family offices, and private equity funds, including PSG on its strategic growth investment in Emotion Mobility in 2025, on fast-paced domestic and cross-border deals across a range of sectors. He also serves as lead associate of the Cuatrecasas German Desk project in Portugal, where he has been responsible for driving the development and expansion of the initiative and generating new business opportunities across the DACH region. He holds a law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and an LL.M. from IE Law School, together with an accompanying MBA certificate.
They are looking for businesses with predictable cash flows and stable, foreseeable revenue streams that can reliably support ongoing operations. Equally important is the presence of strong, committed teams, with talented employees and leadership capable of sustaining an enduring culture. They are primarily focused on companies in the B2B technical services space, particularly in sectors that are well established in Portugal, such as maintenance, engineering, technical inspection, and technical installation. At the same time, they remain sector-agnostic and will consider other opportunities that meet their SF criteria. As a duo, they are particularly interested in companies with a solid financial profile, typically in the €3–5M EBITDA range, while remaining open to smaller businesses where a clear buy-and-build opportunity exists.
