De Hoge Dennen Capital

De Hoge Dennen Capital is a private equity firm based in Laren, Netherlands, founded in 2002. The firm specializes in management buyouts, buyins, expansion capital, restructuring, and succession cases, as well as private equity and venture capital fund of funds investing. De Hoge Dennen Capital primarily targets mid-size companies across various sectors, including retail, industrials, business products, consumer services, information technology, manufacturing, and real estate technology. Its investment strategy encompasses both minority and majority interests in companies headquartered in the Netherlands. Additionally, the firm has interests in the information, communication, technology, and biotechnology sectors through its fund of funds investments.

Marius Coebergh

Director, Private Equity

Pieter van der Meijden

Company Secretary

30 past transactions

PlantLab

Private Equity Round in 2022
PlantLab is a company focused on revolutionizing food production through innovative indoor farming techniques. It operates custom-built indoor farms designed to create an alternative food system by growing plants in controlled environments, such as underground boxes. The company specializes in large-scale vegetable production without the use of chemical crop protection agents, ensuring that clients have access to fresh and healthy produce. This approach not only promotes self-sufficiency but also enables the cultivation of crops in locations where traditional farming is typically impractical.

Felyx

Series A in 2021
Felyx is a Dutch company that operates a shared electric scooter service in urban areas. It offers a convenient, sustainable, and affordable mobility solution, with users able to rent e-scooters via a mobile app for short trips. The company currently operates over 600 e-scooters in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague, with plans to expand to Brussels. Felyx's e-scooters are available for one-way trips and can be parked anywhere within designated areas, promoting flexibility and ease of use.

PlantLab

Series A in 2020
PlantLab is a company focused on revolutionizing food production through innovative indoor farming techniques. It operates custom-built indoor farms designed to create an alternative food system by growing plants in controlled environments, such as underground boxes. The company specializes in large-scale vegetable production without the use of chemical crop protection agents, ensuring that clients have access to fresh and healthy produce. This approach not only promotes self-sufficiency but also enables the cultivation of crops in locations where traditional farming is typically impractical.

Picnic

Series C in 2019
Picnic is a rapidly expanding technology company that operates as an online supermarket, offering a modern home delivery system for fast-moving consumer goods. The company focuses on providing grocery shopping services at competitive prices without delivery costs. Through its platform, users can place orders for a wide range of products sourced from local bakers, greengrocers, and other suppliers. Picnic utilizes electric vehicles for deliveries, ensuring that customers receive their groceries conveniently at their doorsteps while promoting environmentally friendly practices.

QWIC

Series A in 2019
QWIC is a pioneering manufacturer of light electric bicycles, focused on promoting sustainable mobility solutions. The company designs and produces high-performance, innovative e-bikes that are lightweight and energy-efficient, catering to the needs of modern commuters. By offering products that facilitate a shift towards car-free urban environments, QWIC aims to address pressing issues such as pollution and congestion. The company's commitment to sustainability is reflected in its mission to empower individuals to lead more active and healthy lifestyles through the use of its e-bikes, positioning itself as a global premium brand in the growing e-bike industry.

Eszet Electro Harderwijk

Acquisition in 2018
ESZET Electro is a wholesaler and supplier of high-quality wires, cables and cables in all shapes and sizes that are conceivable. With our good stock position, we can deliver a large part of the cables to you within 24 hours with our own transport. ESZET Data offers a wide range of products for applications in telecommunication and telematics, not only for cables but also for housings. The high-quality cables are used in various open architectures.

SHI Non-food Concepts

Acquisition in 2018
SHI Non-food Concepts specializes in providing essential products for home improvement, catering to both domestic and commercial environments. The company operates across several categories, including electronics, hardware, painting tools, sanitary products, and multimedia supplies. SHI delivers a comprehensive range of solutions to wholesalers, retailers, and e-tailers within the professional and do-it-yourself sectors. By collaborating with customers, SHI curates an optimal mix of its own concepts and brands, alongside private label and non-branded products. The company also manages all aspects of sourcing, assortment management, and logistics, ensuring a streamlined experience for its clients.

De Menken Keuken

Acquisition in 2018
De Menken Keuken is a family-owned business based in Sassenheim, the Netherlands, currently managed by the second generation of the Menken family. With four decades of experience, the company specializes in producing a diverse range of Mediterranean food products, including salads, sauces, and meats, primarily for the retail, hospitality, and catering sectors. De Menken Keuken focuses on private-label products, collaborating closely with clients to meet their specific needs. The company is known for its commitment to high-quality standards and innovation, ensuring that its refrigerated offerings deliver both exceptional taste and optimal quality at competitive prices. This dedication to product excellence and responsiveness to market demands has established De Menken Keuken as a leading supplier in the private-label segment.

Probo

Private Equity Round in 2017
Probo Sign B.V., founded in 2001 and based in Dokkum, the Netherlands, specializes in digital printing services exclusively for resellers. The company offers a comprehensive range of products, including canvases, panels, posters, textiles, stickers, labels, and various large format prints. Probo operates a fully automated production process that emphasizes efficiency and modern techniques, enabling resellers to provide diverse services to their customers. By focusing solely on the reseller market, Probo distinguishes itself as a unique player in the digital print industry, continually innovating and adapting to market changes to support its clients' sustainable growth.

Picnic

Series B in 2017
Picnic is a rapidly expanding technology company that operates as an online supermarket, offering a modern home delivery system for fast-moving consumer goods. The company focuses on providing grocery shopping services at competitive prices without delivery costs. Through its platform, users can place orders for a wide range of products sourced from local bakers, greengrocers, and other suppliers. Picnic utilizes electric vehicles for deliveries, ensuring that customers receive their groceries conveniently at their doorsteps while promoting environmentally friendly practices.

Viacryp

Private Equity Round in 2016
Viacryp provides Privacy Enhancing Technologies to pseudonymize data and acts as a trusted third party to enable organizations to analyze behavior and create profiles with privacy safeguards. Its externally validated methods ensure that individual customer data cannot be recovered from processed data, supporting pseudonymised and anonymous processing in compliance with the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the General Data Protection Regulation. Viacryp serves clients across private and public sectors and offers privacy protection advisory services to support analytics within GDPR, describing a process where personal data is transformed into an unreadable code at the source and then into a pseudonym to enable analysis while protecting privacy.

Hot ITem

Acquisition in 2016
Hot ITem B.V. is a management consulting firm based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that specializes in enhancing the performance of individuals, departments, and organizations. The company offers a diverse range of services, including marketing, sales, finance, business intelligence, project management, and operational management. Hot ITem focuses on business intelligence and analytics, helping clients leverage data to improve decision-making and operational efficiency. Additionally, the firm provides expertise in managing hybrid data environments and developing competencies for data-driven organizations, thereby enabling clients to effectively integrate data and information across various functions.

Andus Group

Private Equity Round in 2015
Andus Group operates in process equipment manufacturing, refractory linings, and offshore/maritime businesses. It produces stainless steel process equipment and beer systems, designs and manufactures refractory linings, and creates high alloyed industrial castings.

myBrand

Acquisition in 2015
MyBrand, based in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, specializes in SAP consultancy services. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including advice, implementation, project management, support, and operational optimization, aimed at enhancing organizational efficiency. MyBrand's approach is shaped by the practical experiences of its senior consultants, who are also key shareholders, ensuring a strong commitment to the company's goals. As a subsidiary of Xtensional B.V. since August 2019, MyBrand leverages the expertise of its employees to tailor solutions that meet the specific needs of its clients.

Cassini Technologies

Venture Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, Cassini Technologies is a Dutch medical device company specializing in developing innovative corneal diagnostic solutions. It pioneers smart and superior eye diagnosis tools like the Cassini Corneal Shape Analyzer and EasyScan retinal imaging system, empowering care providers worldwide to serve their patients better.

Simpel BV

Private Equity Round in 2014
Simpel.nl B.V. is an independent telecom provider based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, established in 2007. The company specializes in mobile services, offering SIM-only communication subscriptions that include calling, texting, and internet services. Simpel.nl focuses on providing affordable internet data plans that are compatible with various devices, catering to users in the Dutch market. Initially a subsidiary of T-Mobile Netherlands B.V., Simpel.nl has since operated independently, delivering cost-effective mobile solutions to its customers.

Tentoo

Acquisition in 2014
Founded over two decades ago, Tentoo is a prominent payroll service provider in the Netherlands and Belgium. It specializes in serving freelancers and their employers, offering high-quality payroll administration that liberates both parties from complex processes. Tentoo's comprehensive services ensure legal compliance and strategic HR advice, allowing employers to concentrate on business growth while minimizing administrative risks.

Avantium

Series G in 2014
Avantium is a Dutch technology company specializing in advanced high-throughput research and development for energy, chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in Amsterdam with state-of-the-art laboratories, Avantium's proprietary technology accelerates product and process innovation while reducing costs. With over 70 global clients, including industry leaders, Avantium has proven its technology's validity and commercial viability. The company focuses on developing new biofuels, bio-based chemicals, and novel crystal forms of marketed drugs under patent. Its team comprises highly educated professionals in catalysis, crystallography, organic chemistry, engineering, statistics, cheminformatics, and software development, collaborating closely with partner R&D organizations to drive innovation.

Eyefreight

Private Equity Round in 2014
Eyefreight is a prominent provider of Transportation Management System (TMS) technology, specializing in web-based freight management applications. Founded in 2009 by industry veterans, the company offers a global solution that supports the key processes of multi-modal, multi-leg, international transportation management, including planning, execution, follow-up, and analytics. Eyefreight's cloud-based SaaS platform is designed for flexibility and scalability, allowing for easy configuration to meet the specific needs of each client's transportation network. The application enhances operational efficiency by reducing costs, improving timeliness, increasing service levels, and ensuring sustainability. Additionally, Eyefreight focuses on integration with existing platforms and data security, maximizing resource value while minimizing disruptions to supply chain velocity. Headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Eyefreight also maintains an office in Chicago and serves a diverse client roster across multiple verticals worldwide.

Intergas

Venture Round in 2013
Intergas specializes in the production of high-efficiency heating boilers for residential use. The company is recognized for its innovative Combi Compact HRE boiler, which features a pioneering 'Double High Efficiency' heat exchanger. This design separates the central heating and hot water circuits, eliminating the need for a diverter valve and secondary domestic hot water plate heat exchanger, which are common sources of component failures. By not using a pump during hot water usage, Intergas enhances the longevity of this critical component. The company's focus on refining heating boilers and heat exchangers allows customers to benefit from increased energy efficiency and reduced risk of component failure.

Talent&Pro

Acquisition in 2012
Talent & Pro is the market-leading total partner in the Netherlands in the field of secondment, projects and advice in financial services. Talent & Pro is active in banking and insurance, the actuarial market and the pension & life market. Within these market sectors more than 800 highly skilled talents and top professionals work actively supporting the work processes of our clients. The head office is in Utrecht.

Wiefferink

Acquisition in 2011
Wiefferink designs, manufactures, and installs flexible covering systems using synthetic materials. Their products include biogas covers, silos, and manholes; air-blown covers and silo covers; flexitanks for water storage; manure bags; and specialized foils with properties like gas-tightness or permeability, bacteria resistance, and fireproofing.

Avantium

Venture Round in 2011
Avantium is a Dutch technology company specializing in advanced high-throughput research and development for energy, chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in Amsterdam with state-of-the-art laboratories, Avantium's proprietary technology accelerates product and process innovation while reducing costs. With over 70 global clients, including industry leaders, Avantium has proven its technology's validity and commercial viability. The company focuses on developing new biofuels, bio-based chemicals, and novel crystal forms of marketed drugs under patent. Its team comprises highly educated professionals in catalysis, crystallography, organic chemistry, engineering, statistics, cheminformatics, and software development, collaborating closely with partner R&D organizations to drive innovation.

Brand New Day Bank

Private Equity Round in 2011
Brand New Day Bank is a neobank that addresses challenges in the savings and investment sectors by offering a range of financial services. The company specializes in asset management, wealth management, and insurance brokerage, providing customers with online pensions, life insurance products, and investment fund management. Additionally, Brand New Day Bank assists with mortgage repayment and premium pension services, utilizing innovative mechanisms to reduce costs for its clientele. Through its modern approach, the bank aims to enhance the financial well-being of its customers.

Cassini Technologies

Series C in 2010
Founded in 2013, Cassini Technologies is a Dutch medical device company specializing in developing innovative corneal diagnostic solutions. It pioneers smart and superior eye diagnosis tools like the Cassini Corneal Shape Analyzer and EasyScan retinal imaging system, empowering care providers worldwide to serve their patients better.

Lightronics

Acquisition in 2008
Lightronics Participaties BV is a manufacturer specializing in lighting equipment and solutions. The company focuses on developing and marketing a diverse range of lighting products suitable for various applications, including wall and ceiling fixtures, emergency lighting, exterior illumination, underpass and tunnel lighting, as well as modular and street lighting systems. Lightronics aims to provide clients with products that not only enhance lighting comfort but also boast a long lifespan, ensuring reliability and efficiency in various environments.

Mennens Groep

Acquisition in 2008
Mennens Groep is a manufacturer and distributor specializing in hoisting and lifting equipment, catering to various sectors including construction, logistics, and offshore industries. The company offers a comprehensive range of products such as steel wire ropes, cranes, lifting equipment, and accessories, as well as hydraulic solutions. Mennens Groep places a strong emphasis on safety and compliance, providing services that include testing and certifying lifting gear. In addition to its product offerings, the company delivers expert advice, maintenance, and repair services to ensure the safe operation of lifting equipment. With a commitment to quality and efficiency, Mennens Groep aims to meet the diverse needs of its clients while upholding high regulatory standards.

Excent

Private Equity Round in 2008
Excent Tandtechniek is dedicated to supporting dental practitioners in providing their patients with functional, aesthetic, and radiant smiles, thereby enhancing their self-confidence. The company emphasizes high-quality dental restorations through a focus on digital production and exceptional service, backed by a team of highly trained employees. Operating from 28 locations across the Benelux region, Excent collaborates closely with numerous dental specialists to deliver aesthetically pleasing and functional solutions. Their commitment to quality and innovation allows them to meet the diverse needs of both dental professionals and their patients.

STAR Group

Private Equity Round in 2007
STAR Group is a recruiting services firm that specializes in providing highly qualified technical staff for project support in the oil, gas, and power industries. The company collaborates with plant owners, engineering firms, and contractors, offering specialized expertise to meet the demands of various projects. Through its focus on connecting skilled professionals with industry needs, STAR Group has established itself as a market leader in its field.

Robidus

Acquisition in 2007
Robidus Adviesgroep B.V., founded in 2003 and based in Zaandam, Netherlands, specializes in integrated services that bridge finance and human resources, focusing on employee employability. The company provides a range of services including advisory on social security, sickness management, and employee benefits, along with software solutions tailored to various industries such as care, welfare, government, education, services, and retail. Robidus assists both small and large employers in managing costs and risks associated with absenteeism and disability, offering outsourcing services and insurance intermediation. As a full-service provider, Robidus aims to reduce costs and identify savings opportunities for its clients while helping them navigate the complexities of employee-related risks. Since September 2018, Robidus has operated as a subsidiary of Aegon N.V.
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