Gilde Equity Management Benelux B.V.

Gilde Equity Management Benelux B.V. is a private equity firm specializing in management buy-outs, expansion capital and growth capital investments in large and medium-sized mid-market companies. The firm considers investing in all industries, with particular experience in the food, services, and manufacturing sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in the Benelux region, which includes Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and considers investments in the United States. The firm invests between €20 million ($24.85 million) and €200 million ($248.54 million) per transaction in companies with operating results greater than €2 million ($2.16 million) and with enterprise values between €15 million ($16.20 million) and €150 million ($162.02 million). Besides equity investments, the firm also specializes in debt financing. It seeks to take a supervisory board position in its portfolio companies. Gilde Equity Management Benelux B.V. was founded in 1996 and is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with additional offices in Antwerp, Belgium and Lohmar, Germany.