About blueanima

blueanima advises borrowers and sponsors on their financing, grounded in rigorous analysis.

Four things define us: rigour in the analysis, excellence in execution, a focused path to a decision, and independence of judgement.

Founder

Mathias Übler

I have advised corporates, sponsors and project developers on debt and capital structure matters for more than ten years. My track record spans financings from EUR 5m to over EUR 1bn, across corporate, leveraged and infrastructure transactions.

Before founding blueanima, I led financings across all asset classes as a director in Deloitte’s Debt & Capital Advisory practice, advised German Mittelstand and deeptech companies at FCF Fox Corporate Finance, structured leveraged and infrastructure financings for private equity firms at DC Advisory, and began my career in UniCredit’s Corporate Structured Finance. With blueanima I do the same work independently and exclusively for the borrower side.

Outside of work, I enjoy playing the piano, dancing salsa, reading and staying active through sports. I also love traveling to explore new cultures and languages whenever possible.

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Education
M.Sc. Management, University of Mannheim & UC BerkeleyB.Sc., University of Passau & Moscow State University
Languages
German · English (fluent) · Italian, Spanish, Russian (advanced) · Portuguese (basic)
Mathias Übler, founder of blueanima

Track record

The boutique is new. The experience is not.

blueanima was founded in 2026. The track record behind it was built over more than ten years in debt & capital advisory, from mid-market tickets to structures above EUR 1bn.

Representative transaction types

Infrastructure Project finance

EUR 100m - non-recourse structure for a greenfield generation asset

Private equity Acquisition finance

EUR 100m - leveraged financing for a leading German private equity firm, unitranche & super senior RCF

Corporates Refinancing

EUR 1bn - refinancing of various instruments (bilateral, syndicated, SSD, real estate loans) as part of a carve-out

Mittelstand Growth financing

EUR 200m - refinancing of a syndicated loan plus capex facility for the German Mittelstand

Deeptech Venture debt

EUR 10-20m - venture debt and EIB financings for innovative deeptech technology start-ups

Large cap Structured finance

EUR 100m to multi-billion financings for multinationals as lead bank or underwriter

All transaction types listed stem from the founder’s previous positions.

Network

Access across the full capital provider spectrum

Several hundred active capital provider relationships, German, European and international. Direct to the decision-makers.

  • Commercial & regional banks

    Debt

    Savings banks, cooperative banks and international banks.

  • Private debt & debt funds

    Debt

    Unitranche, direct lending and mezzanine.

  • Infrastructure & energy funds

    Both sides

    Debt and equity for renewables, storage and grids.

  • Private equity

    Equity

    Sponsors as clients and as co-investors.

  • Asset-based lenders

    Debt

    Leasing, ABL and factoring.

  • Promotional banks & public institutions

    Debt

    KfW, LfA, EIB and export credit guarantees.

  • Institutional investors

    Both sides

    Insurers and pension funds, mostly via private placements.

  • Family offices & co-investors

    Equity

    Equity-linked tranches and club structures.

The name

blue

The depth of the sea, the reach of the horizon.

Depth and reach

Substance sits below the surface, possibility sits on the horizon. Financing that holds needs both: an understanding of what a company is at its core, and a clear view of a capital market that reaches far beyond the nearest door.

Focus

Many things converge. What decides it is the few at the centre: the critical points, and the goal behind them.

anima

Latin for soul and drive, for what keeps things moving.

Character and responsibility

Financing is, in the end, a question of trust. Anyone who puts their own name on a piece of advice stands behind what they promise, and holds to their assessment even when it becomes inconvenient.

Understanding a capital structure down to its foundations, and personally answering for its outcome.

Next Services Situations Clients

Speak to the founder directly.

A financing question is settled fastest in a direct exchange. Call, or write a few lines about what is on the table. Confidential and with no strings attached.

Arrange a conversation

Direct mathias@blueanima.de +49 89 25552704