PlantLab
Private Equity Round in 2022
PlantLab specializes in innovative methods for cultivating plants in custom-built indoor farms and underground boxes. The company aims to provide an alternative food system by producing vegetables on a large scale, without the use of chemical crop protection agents. This approach enables clients to achieve self-sufficiency and access affordable, fresh, and healthy produce in locations where traditional agricultural production is typically unfeasible.
Felyx is a Dutch company that operates a shared electric scooter service, aiming to provide a sustainable and convenient urban mobility solution. It offers e-scooters for rent via a mobile app, enabling users to make one-way trips and park the vehicles anywhere within designated areas. Felyx currently operates in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague, with plans to expand to Brussels. The company's e-scooters are a fast, affordable, and eco-friendly alternative to public transport and cars, contributing to reduced traffic congestion and emissions in urban areas.
PlantLab specializes in innovative methods for cultivating plants in custom-built indoor farms and underground boxes. The company aims to provide an alternative food system by producing vegetables on a large scale, without the use of chemical crop protection agents. This approach enables clients to achieve self-sufficiency and access affordable, fresh, and healthy produce in locations where traditional agricultural production is typically unfeasible.
Picnic is an innovative online supermarket that focuses on delivering groceries directly to consumers' homes at competitive prices without any delivery fees. The company's platform enables users to conveniently place orders for fast-moving consumer goods, sourcing products from local suppliers such as bakers and greengrocers. Picnic utilizes electric vehicles for its delivery operations, ensuring an environmentally friendly approach to grocery shopping. By combining technology with a modern take on traditional home delivery services, Picnic aims to provide a seamless and cost-effective shopping experience for its customers.
QWIC is a leading manufacturer of light electric bicycles focused on promoting sustainable mobility. The company aims to contribute to a future with car-free cities by producing high-performance and innovative e-bikes that are lightweight and energy-efficient. QWIC's products are designed to empower individuals to lead more active and healthy lifestyles while effectively addressing contemporary issues such as pollution and traffic congestion. Through its commitment to sustainability, QWIC seeks to establish itself as a global premium brand in the 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, focusing on finishing and upgrading both residential and commercial environments. The company operates across various categories, including electronics, hardware, painting tools, sanitary items, and multimedia. SHI offers a diverse array of products, combining its own concepts and brands with private labels and non-branded options. Serving wholesalers, retailers, and e-tailers in the professional and do-it-yourself markets, SHI handles all aspects of sourcing, assortment management, and logistics to deliver end-to-end solutions tailored to customer needs.
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. For over four decades, the company has supplied a diverse range of Mediterranean food products, including bread and toast salads, sauces, and packaged meats, primarily under private label arrangements. Serving a broad client base that includes large retail and catering companies, De Menken Keuken emphasizes quality and innovation in its operations. The company maintains stringent quality standards for its refrigerated products while focusing on cost and innovation leadership to enhance its market position. This commitment to excellence results in a variety of delicious products that differentiate themselves within the competitive food market.
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 is an innovative online supermarket that focuses on delivering groceries directly to consumers' homes at competitive prices without any delivery fees. The company's platform enables users to conveniently place orders for fast-moving consumer goods, sourcing products from local suppliers such as bakers and greengrocers. Picnic utilizes electric vehicles for its delivery operations, ensuring an environmentally friendly approach to grocery shopping. By combining technology with a modern take on traditional home delivery services, Picnic aims to provide a seamless and cost-effective shopping experience for its customers.
Viacryp
Private Equity Round in 2016
Viacryp specializes in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) that enable organizations to pseudonymize and securely process data while adhering to privacy regulations. Acting as a Trusted Third Party, Viacryp assists clients in analyzing behavior and creating profiles without compromising individual privacy. The company's validated techniques ensure that personal data is transformed into an unreadable code at the source, which is then converted into a pseudonym, allowing for data analysis in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and guidelines set by the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Viacryp serves a diverse range of clients across both the private and public sectors, providing software solutions and expert advice on data protection and security.
Hot ITem
Acquisition in 2016
Hot ITem B.V., based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializes in management consulting and business intelligence services. The company focuses on enhancing the performance of individuals, departments, and organizations through a range of offerings that include marketing, sales, finance, project management, and operational management. Hot ITem is particularly adept in business analytics and data management, providing expertise in managing hybrid data environments and supporting pension funds. By emphasizing competence development for data-driven organizations, the company helps clients effectively connect various departments and leverage data and information to drive improvement and facilitate change management.
Andus Group
Private Equity Round in 2015
Andus Group is a diversified company engaged in the production and construction of equipment for industrial and energy sectors. It specializes in manufacturing stainless steel process equipment and beer systems, as well as high alloyed industrial castings. The company also designs, engineers, and supplies refractory linings, offering installation and maintenance services to ensure optimal performance. Additionally, Andus Group is involved in the construction of complex steel structures and the supply of intractable substances, bricks, and concrete. By providing these essential services and products, the company supports its clients with expertise and reliability in various industrial applications.
myBrand
Acquisition in 2015
MyBrand is a consultancy firm based in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, specializing in SAP consultancy services. The company provides a range of offerings, including advice, implementation, project management, support, and system exploitation, aimed at helping organizations optimize their business operations efficiently. MyBrand's approach is heavily influenced by the practical experiences of its senior consultants, who are also key shareholders, ensuring that the company's goals are aligned with real-world customer needs. As of August 2019, MyBrand operates as a subsidiary of Xtensional B.V.
i-Optics
Venture Round in 2015
i-Optics, established in 2006, is a Dutch medical device company specializing in corneal diagnostic solutions. It offers the Cassini Corneal Shape Analyzer, a pioneering tool using color LED technology to precisely measure corneal astigmatism, enhancing premium IOL planning. Additionally, i-Optics provides the EasyScan, a zero-dilation retinal imaging system for diagnosing retinal diseases. Their suite of examinations, including corneal topography, pupillometry, and full-color photography, empowers cataract surgeons to better understand corneal properties, improve surgical outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction.
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
Tentoo is a prominent payroll service provider based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with over twenty years of experience in supporting freelancers and employers in the Netherlands and Belgium. As the first payroll company established in the Netherlands, Tentoo offers specialized payrolling and payroll administration services, with a focus on the audio-visual industry. The company's aim is to simplify and enhance the payroll process for both individual freelancers and employers, ensuring high-quality service and compliance with relevant regulations.
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 a web-based freight management application designed for large and multinational shippers. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with an office in Chicago, Eyefreight offers a comprehensive solution that supports the key processes of multi-modal, multi-leg, international transportation management. Its platform facilitates shipment planning, transportation execution, and analytics, while also providing visibility and central coordination for complex global transport operations. Eyefreight's SaaS application is flexible and scalable, allowing for easy integration with existing systems and ensuring data security. Additionally, it aids in calculating emissions such as CO2, NOx, and SOx per freight unit shipped, enhancing sustainability in logistics. The company's technology aims to reduce costs, improve service levels, and transform logistics into a profit center for organizations across various industries 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 specializes in the design, production, and installation of flexible synthetic materials, primarily serving the agricultural, biogas, wastewater treatment, and industrial markets. The company manufactures a variety of products, including biogas silos, flexible covers for biogas systems, and specially designed manholes. Additionally, it produces air-blown covers, silo covers, flexitanks for drinking water storage in emergencies, and storage bags for sewage water and various liquids. Their manure bags are specifically designed for efficient manure storage. Wiefferink’s products are made from synthetic materials such as polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, and polyethylene. The company focuses on creating materials with specialized properties, including gas-tight, gas-permeable, bacteria-proof, and fire-proof features, contributing to the reduction of carbon dioxide and methane emissions.
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.
i-Optics, established in 2006, is a Dutch medical device company specializing in corneal diagnostic solutions. It offers the Cassini Corneal Shape Analyzer, a pioneering tool using color LED technology to precisely measure corneal astigmatism, enhancing premium IOL planning. Additionally, i-Optics provides the EasyScan, a zero-dilation retinal imaging system for diagnosing retinal diseases. Their suite of examinations, including corneal topography, pupillometry, and full-color photography, empowers cataract surgeons to better understand corneal properties, improve surgical outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction.
Lightronics
Acquisition in 2008
Lightronics Participaties BV is a manufacturer of lighting equipment that focuses on developing and marketing a variety of lighting solutions. The company produces lighting products designed for diverse applications, including wall and ceiling fixtures, emergency lighting, exterior lighting, underpass and tunnel illumination, modular systems, and street lighting. Lightronics aims to provide clients with durable products that enhance lighting comfort and efficiency.
Mennens Groep
Acquisition in 2008
Mennens is a manufacturer and distributor of hoisting and lifting equipment, specializing in products such as steel wire rope, cranes, and various lifting accessories. The company serves diverse sectors, including construction, logistics, and industry, providing tailored solutions that emphasize safety and efficiency. Mennens also offers testing and certification services for lifting gear, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. In addition to its extensive product range, the company provides expert advice, maintenance, and repair services, reflecting its commitment to quality and safety in all aspects of its operations.
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 provides social security software used in a range of industries. Robidus is a full-service player around sickness and disability and the associated risks and costs affecting employers and insurers. It offers advisory, outsourcing services, and insurance intermediation to corporates and some outsourcing services around claims handling to insurers.