Investors in Netherlands

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M80 is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, later stage, mature, buyout, and growth capital investments. The firm primarily invests in the consumer, healthcare, business services and manufacturing sector. It does not invest in real estate, R&D based life sciences, and pre-commercial technology companies. It typically invests in companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France. The firm makes equity investments between €10 million ($12.05 million) and €60 million ($72.28 million) in companies with sales values between €25 million ($30.12 million) and €300 million ($361.4 million), an EBITDA between €5 million ($6.02 million) and €30 million ($36.14 million) and an enterprise value between €25 million ($30.12 million) and €250 million ($301.17 million). The firm prefers to have a majority stake in portfolio companies. M80 was founded in 2018 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.

MGF, previously known as MBO & Groei Fonds B.V., is the private equity arm of Rabobank. The firm specializes in middle market, later stage, mature, management buyouts and growth capital. It prefers not to invest in startups. The firm typically invests in family owned companies and not project-driven companies. It does not invest in sectors such as commercial real estate, retail and catering. The firm prefers to invest in companies in the Netherlands. The firm primarily invests between €0.5 million ($0.55 million) and €5 million ($5.56 million) with exceptions to provide more in certain cases. It invests in companies with sales values between €2 million ($2.37 million) and €100 million ($118.32 million). It takes only minority stakes. It prefers to exit its investments through a sale to the entrepreneur, and not to a third party. MGF was founded in 2012 and it is based in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

PPF Group is a web of teams and thousands of people contributing unique experience and expertise from an array of disciplines. Every day, they work with phenomena, facts and events that not only help to shape the world we share today, but also mould the future of markets and services.Insights is a platform where PPF drops and shares selected topics and projects from its operations that can inspire and help many others to find a way forward.Facts and StrategiesPPF Group is an international investment group founded in the Czech Republic in 1991. It has grown to manage operations in 25 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia with financial services, telecommunications, media, real estate, mechanical engineering, and biotechnology as its core lines of business. Our priority is to create value by developing innovations, implementing new technologies, and improving the quality of management.PPF’s thirty-year history, its present-day standing, and its vision tell the story of the drive, work ethic, and professionalism of the many people who work to fulfill the vision and courage of Petr Kellner, PPF’s founder.PPF Group’s values and business strategies have remained constant in the areas that matter since its inception. We believe that growth and success are nurtured by developing long-term investment projects in both traditional and new sectors and by building modern infrastructure within a digital world. Our solid foundations were built by welding Czech talent and capabilities with global opportunities.Investments into innovation and advanced technologies combined with efficient management and operations enable PFF Group companies to offer highly competitive services that are constantly honed and updated to deliver value to our customers while also often inspiring others and facilitating a maturing of the market as a whole.We are also keenly aware of the broader social responsibility we shoulder. We go out of our way in our business to support talent and unlock opportunities for those who have the courage to follow their own path, change the world for the better, and inspire others to do the same.Our StrategyWe seek out possibilities and opportunities to develop companies, commerce, and services not only in fast-developing and high-potential fields, but also in areas that may be overlooked or perceived as too risky. Our priority is to create value at the companies in which we invest. We remain undaunted by the prospect of entering new markets and new – often synergetic – fields. When considering new business, we primarily target markets with high retail potential and those with rapidly developing infrastructure, and we focus on transactions where our contribution exceeds €100 million. We prefer to act as the majority owner, but we are also keen to work with partners espousing a business philosophy that dovetails with our own. We have built and will continue to shape PPF Group as a portfolio of companies where sectoral and geographical diversification offers stability and opportunities for vertical integration.We scout companies that need to restructure as we can provide them with strong financial backing, implement strict financial and corporate discipline, introduce promising business models, and improve the quality of management. The rate of returns on our investments relies on the professionalism and knowledge of our people and on the experience and expertise we have gained in the formation and restructuring of numerous companies in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. Our teams, which through their efforts feed PPF’s success, share a common vision, as well as a high level of commitment, loyalty, and professionalism.No matter where we are, we strive to nurture and grow the values that underpin our approach to business. Our watchwords are readiness, responsibility, and creativity. We bring with us a spirit of enterprise, a global perspective, and the ability to spot and embrace new business opportunities. We are sensitive to and actively promote the need for sustainability and corporate social responsibility, and we respect the cultural and political differences of the markets where we operate. We foster relationships with the public sector and help build communities in all the countries where we do business.

IPSA is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, early-stage, mid venture, later stage, growth capital, and pre-IPO investments. The firm prefers to invest in life sciences, Internet, telecommunications, biotechnology, medical, energy, chemistry, information and communications technology, water purification, natural resources, cleantech, capital goods, and distribution sectors. In life science sector it further invests in clinical-stage drug development, medical devices, drug delivery, and development services. In information and communications technology sector the firm invests with a focus in content, software, enabling technology, and infrastructure. In natural resources sector it invests further in exploration and production and renewable energy and clean technology. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in European Union with a focus on France, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark and it also invest occasionally in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest in the first instance between €1 million ($1.33 million) and €5 million ($6.68 million) for a minority stake in the company. It seeks to invest in companies with revenues between €10 million ($13.37 million) and €100 million ($133.73 million). The firm prefers to be the lead or a co-lead investor in its portfolio companies. It seeks to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm exits from its portfolio companies through an IPO or trade sale within five years. The firm was formerly known as Innoven Partenaires S.A. IPSA was founded in 1997 and is based in Paris, France.

XSML is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and funds of funds investments. Within the direct investments, it specializes in seed, start up, SMEs, early venture, emerging growth, growth capital, mid venture, later stage, buyout, and mezzanine investments in small and medium-sized companies. The firm also specializes in venture debt investments and offers loans. For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in mezzanine funds. It primarily invests in agribusiness, electronic/ electrical equipment, education, healthcare, financial services, information communications and technology (ICT), transportation, hospitality, warehousing, tourism, and retail & wholesale, manufacturing, business support service sector. The firm seeks to invest in emerging markets with a focus on Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central and East African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm invest between $0.3 million and $10 million. It prefers to make equity investment between $0.1 million and $7.5 million and debt investments between $0.2 million to $5 million with sales range between $1 million to $25 million. For fund of fund investments, it typically invests between $5 and $25 million. The firm prefer to take a majority stake. XSML was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with additional offices in Kampala, Uganda; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Launda, Angola; and Nairobi, Kenya.

Apheon is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, International expansion, add-on acquisitions, carve-out and industry consolidation investments in lower middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in niche industrials, healthcare, consumer, services and media. It seeks to invest in Europe, Andorra, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Iberia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and France. It typically invests between €10 million ($11.71 million) and €75 million ($87.86 million) in companies having EBITDA between €10 million ($11.71 million) and €60 million ($70.28 million), Enterprise Value upto €300 million ($351.44 million) and turnover between €20 million ($23.42 million) and €100 million ($117.14 million). The firm prefers to take majority stake in portfolio companies. Apheon was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, with additional offices in Europe.

Investment company Egeria has been investing in healthy, well-managed Dutch companies or companies with a Dutch connection for more than two decades. Apart from its holdings in Egeria Private Equity Funds, Egeria has an Evergreen portfolio (Egeria Evergreen) and a number of holdings in listed companies (Egeria Listed Investments). The real estate activities have been brought together under Egeria Real Estate Investments and Egeria Real Estate Development. Egeria is independent, invests for the long term and, together with the management teams and partners, keeps building on its investments. Egeria believes in resolutely building together: together with our own people, together with the management of our portfolio businesses and together with our network of industry experts, to achieve growth and a sustainable increase in value. We turn ambitious targets into reality, making decisions at the earliest opportunity and therefore laying the first stone today rather than tomorrow.

Walvis Participaties is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-ups, early stage, and series A funding in Fintech companies. It typically invests in internet technology companies with focus on sectors such as consumer web/internet, e-commerce, business to business, m-commerce, market places, enterprise software and cloud-services (enterprise), financial technology (fintech), digital health (health), internet of things, software, Big Data, video, and social cloud computing and mobility and also considers investments in sectors including travel, entertainment, and digital media. The firm seeks to invest in Dutch companies. The firm considers equity investments between €1.5 million ($1.68 million) and €5 million ($5.92 million) with annual revenue above €1 million ($1.14 million) or MRR is above €0.08 million ($0.09 million) in a first round in exchange for a minority share in its portfolio companies. The firm also takes majority in travel related companies. Walvis Participaties was founded in 2012 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with an additional office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

4impact is a venture capital fund investing in European digital tech ventures that make a positive impact on planet and people combined with strong financial returns.

Bolster Investment Partners B.V. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in mature, later stage, expansion, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, growth capital, takeovers, management buyout, and management buy-ins in middle market companies. The firm is industry agnostic. It seeks to invest in the Dutch . The firm seeks to invest between €7.5 million (USD 8.71 million) and €50 million (USD 54.50 million) in companies and EBITDA more than €3 million ($2.99 million). It prefers to take a minority and Majority with equity stake of no less than between 20%. The firm makes balance sheet investments. The company was formerly known as Van Lanschot Participaties B.V. and changed its name to Bolster Investment Partners B.V. in January 2018. Bolster Investment Partners B.V. was founded in 1982 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands along with additional office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Boralis BV is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in venture debt, incubation, middle market, seed/startup and growth capital. The firm prefers to invest in internet sites, mobile and healthcare. It seeks to invest in Europe and United States of America. It typically invests between $25,000 and $100000. It invests through its personal capital. Boralis BV was founded in 2007 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Forbion is a global venture capital firm dedicated to advancing groundbreaking biotech innovations and sustainable solutions in human health and the bioeconomy, managing over €5bn across 11 funds.

Venture Philanthropy and Social Venturing Services for Funds, Families and Foundations.Venture philanthropy is a type of philanthropy in which methods and techniques from the world of venture capitalism are applied, for example, long-term investment and the provision of non-financial support. Organisations that are supported in this manner vary from traditional charities, to charitable organisations whose activities also generate a small turnover, to commercial ventures that strive towards particular social objectives. The organisations are often structured and shaped in accordance with how the country and culture in question dictate. The most important aspects of venture philanthropy are: * Commitment * Made-to-measure financing * Long-term support * Non-financial support * Attention to organisational development * Formulation of objectives and management of resultsVenture philanthropists focus on a broad spectrum of organisations. They are not only involved with charities whose existence depends on donations and subsidies, and they are not only involved with non-profit organisations. They also invest in organisations that generate turnover.Social venturing is using expertise, vision and financial resources to invest in projects that are inaccessible to commercial investors and ineligible for government subsidies.

5Square BV is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in restructuring, buy-out of mature companies, early and next-stage, emerging growth, mid venture, growth capital, turnaround, and seed investments. The firm does not invest in healthcare, real estate, biotechnology, and it does not make fund of fund investments. It seeks to invest in the trade and services, information and communication technology, production, software, information technology, financial services, education, aviation and mobility sectors. The firm seeks to invest in European companies with international ambitions or positions with a focus on Benelux and Netherlands. It typically invest equity between €1 million ($1.16 million) and €15 million ($17.48 million) equity stakes in companies with enterprise value between €5 million ($5.82 million) and €40 million ($46.63 million). It may consider larger investments with co-investors. It seeks taking minority and majority stakes in its portfolio companies and also takes a board seat. The firm seeks to exit its investment after three to five years. 5Square BV was founded at the beginning of 2004 and is based in Laren, the Netherlands and an additional office in Laren, Netherlands.

Maven 11 is a European investment firm solely focused on DLT / blockchain tech related ventures, tokens, digital currencies and digital assets. We are a diverse team of serial entrepreneurs and traditional finance professionals and above all passionate believers that blockchain technology will fundamentally change economic and social structures.We contribute to the rapidly evolving blockchain industry by actively sharing our in-depth research and insights with all stakeholders and support entrepreneurial teams by leveraging our network and access to capital.As a result of our experience and prominent position in this industry, we are able to invest in promising ventures that play a key role in this evolving ecosystem and which offer asymmetric returns.

Ox. B.V. is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, turnaround, growth capital, management buy- ins, management buyouts, carve-outs and mezzanine investments in medium-sized companies. The firm does not restrict its investments to any single industry or sector. It prefers to invest in companies based in the Netherlands. The firm prefers to make equity investments up to a maximum of €3 million ($3.44 million), but is willing to consider co-investment when this amount is higher. It seeks to make investment in companies with a minimal sales value of €5 million ($5.73 million). The firm prefers to take minority and majority stake. Besides equity investments, the firm also offers restructuring services, investment management, interim management and transaction services. Ox. B.V. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Founded in 1994, Pymwymic is the “Put Your Money Where Your Meaning Is Community”, a co-owned organisation of European wealth holders who take a frontrunner role in the transition towards investing with care for people and planet. A community that consists of over 150 individuals, families, entrepreneurs and angel investors of different backgrounds, ages and nationalities. We currently invest through the Pymwymic Healthy Ecosystems Impact Fund, a venture capital fund for companies that seek to conserve and restore our ecosystems, with a specific focus on sustainable food systems. By combining our knowledge, passion and money, we bring credibility to the impact investing industry and continuously push for higher standards until investing with care for people and planet is is the new norm.

CapitalT is a Venture Capital firm specializing in seed, startups and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, software technology companies with a primary focus on climatetech and the future of work and building scalable solutions to urgent challenges from decarbonization to the transformation of work. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany. The firm seeks to invest between €0.25 million ($0.28 million) and €3 million ($3.41 million) in companies. CapitalT was founded in2020 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Seeds team invests in early-stage companies, connecting Exor back to its entrepreneurial roots and long history of innovation. The team focuses on discovering exceptional founders who have the ambition to build great companies.

We target Seed and Series A stage Deep Tech B2B start-ups with potential for global expansion, having relevant traction and driven by outstanding teams. In a dynamic and growing start-up ecosystem, we are committed to supporting passionate and thoughtful founders who drive to become global entrepreneurs. Founded by Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs, GapMinder plans to invest and support the most disruptive and bold innovations pushing limits and positively impacting the community and society. Innovation, People, Impact. These are the 3 pillars of our investment vision. We are growing disruptive technologies, daring ideas and strong leaders and we value creativity, value creation and the potential of the businesses to impact markets. We are creating a major hub for innovation and entrepreneurship for Romania which will help us positioning among the leaders in European Innovation. We focus on Seed and Series A stages.

The Netherlands can and will become more sustainable and more innovative. This calls for dedication, patience and capital. But above all, it calls for entrepreneurs. Real entrepreneurs with outstanding plans for the Netherlands of the future. We are here to finance those plans. We are Invest-NL, impact investors. We make tomorrow possible. Pleased to meet you.We are going to make the difference. Impact is our goal, return is our means. We dare to turn opportunity into achievement. To deliver where others falter. How do we do this? By taking responsible risks, waiting that little bit longer for our return, and making judicious use of our access to European funds. But also by being passionate and motivated, professional and reliable, and by firmly believing in our mission.We stimulate and accelerate. We create opportunities and remove obstacles. We generate financial backing for what once seemed unbackable. Not by competing, but by working together. Bringing projects that are beyond individual scope within the realms of possibility. By taking risks ourselves, we reduce the risks for others.We are an open organisation. An organisation that takes a wide perspective and looks beyond the obvious. We look towards 2050 and see an economy that is radically different from today’s. With a greater focus on people, the environment, society and our shared future. This calls for sweeping transitions throughout society, for faith in opportunities, for long-term thinking. Promises you can hold us to.The entrepreneurs with the skills and the vision to create the Netherlands of tomorrow may just be starting out. The technology to make it possible is still in its infancy. This is our area of expertise. The place where we make the difference. We cannot meet these challenges alone. And even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. You are more than welcome to join us, so we can fulfil these promises together. Welcome to the Netherlands of tomorrow.

Investion B.V. is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies in e-commerce and SaaS and specialized services. It typically invests in companies in five metropolitan cities within Europe; Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Madrid, and Istanbul. The firm usually partners with North American, South American, Asian, and African (VC) companies to scale their products and services into Europe. Investion B.V. is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands with an additional office in Groningen, Netherlands.

We invest in European (pre-)seed software startups (i.e., AI/Data, IoT, Blockchain, XR, Digital security) across 4 SDGs verticals: health & wellbeing, education, sustainable cities and communities (a.o., govtech, SSI etc), climatech.

Rockstart is a global accelerator-VC that empowers purpose-driven founders on their way to success across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies.Since its inception in 2011, Rockstart has invested in more than 250 startups and its alumni value to date is €1/2bn. Rockstart is an international team of +35 professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and change the world for the better. Rockstart has notable exits such as Wercker, Bouw7, iClinic and in 2021 3D Hubs and Brincr. The company has offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Copenhagen, Denmark and Bogota, Colombia.