Investors in Belgium

Parcom Capital is a pan-European investment firm that invests in midmarket private equity situations. Supported by over EUR 1.5 billion of capital Parcom has a longer term investment horizon focussed on helping management teams realize their growth ambitions.

Ergon Capital Partners is a private equity arm of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA specializing in buyout and industry consolidation investments in middle market and mature companies. It seeks to invest in Iberia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and France. Ergon Capital Partners was founded in February 2005 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium with additional offices in Milan, Italy; Madrid, Spain; Munich, Germany; and Paris, France. It operates as a subsidiary of Sienna Capital.

Baltisse is a Belgium-based family office founded in 2006, that focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, asset management, corporate finances and stock markets.

Gemma Frisius Fonds NV is venture capital firm set up as a joint venture between the University of Leuven, KBC Private Equity and Fortis Private Equity. Gemma Frisius Fonds NV is dedicated to aid the creation and growth of university-related spin-off companies at the University of Leuven. The firm focuses mainly on first round financing and providing seed, start-up, and early stage capital. However, in order to support a spin-off company's growth during the initial years, it may also provide second round financing. The firm prefers to invest in the Flanders region. It typically seeks to invest between €125,000 ($163,000) and €1 million ($1.31 million) and the investment period usually ranges from 7 to 10 years. Gemma Frisius Fonds NV was founded in 1997 and is based in Leuven, Belgium.

NV Bekaert SA provides steel wire transformation and coating technologies worldwide. The company offers filter and fiber media products; heating cables and cords; various wires, cords, and strands; control cables; springs for locks and brakes; power springs; stainless steel fiber products; reinforcing canvas for trailers; coatings; and off the road tire and rubber track reinforcement products. It also provides measuring devices for on-site quality control; steel fibers for concrete reinforcement, industrial floors, residential applications, mining industry, civil works, and precast elements; automatic dosing equipment; masonry reinforcement and plastering products; nails, stitches, and galvanized staples; and welded mesh products. In addition, the company offers steel cord reinforced thermoplastic and rubber tapes; reinforcement products for sprinkler hoses; Hexanet, oyster breeding, fencing, Electrix cor, and inkjet filtration products; valves; anti-static, conductive, and EMI shielding fiber products; and heat resistant materials. Further, it engages in the provision of woven steel cord cores; special belt reinforcement and drying solutions; sandless spinpack and coalescing media products; underground mining high performance products; wicking materials; and burners and boilers, as well as in engineering activities. The company serves automotive, construction, energy and utility, agriculture, consumer goods, basic materials, and equipment industries. NV Bekaert SA was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Zwevegem, Belgium.

E-Capital Equity Management scrl is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, mature, management buy-ins, and growth capital investments in medium size companies. It seeks to invest in all industry sectors in Belgium and in neighbouring countries. The firm typically invests between €4 million ($5.3 million) and €12 million ($15.9 million) in companies with revenues between €10 million ($13.09 million) and €100 million ($130.90 million) and with enterprise values between €10 million ($13.54) and €100 million ($135.39 million). The firm prefers to hold a majority interest or a controlling minority interest. E-Capital Equity Management scrl was founded in September 1999 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Founded in 1993, Capricorn Partners is an asset manager based in Belgium. The firm makes investment through technology based growth companies.

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on making control and non-control investments in growing businesses valued at up to US$400 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 480 transactions and has an international portfolio including more than 80 companies.

Bencis is an independent investment company that was founded in 1999 by Zoran van Gessel and Jeroen Pit. Bencis supports business owners and management teams in achieving their growth ambitions. They have been investing in strong, successful businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany for over 20 years. Their experience and expertise in sectors such as Industry & Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Business & Consumer Services, Healthcare & Leisure and Wholesale & Retail enable us to add true value. Moreover, it is not just the business itself that is key to us, but above all the support they can give to the people who have built it and are taking it further. Bencis has 26 staff who operate out of offices in Amsterdam, Brussels/Diegem and Düsseldorf. They are currently investing in 21 businesses with a combined turnover of approximately 1.6 billion euros employing a total of 10,000 people. Bencis prefers to invest in businesses with an operating result of up to 50 million euros.

Bridgepoint is a international private equity firm. For over 25 years they have been ambitious for the companies they have acquired, working with talented management teams across a range of industries to focus on long-term growth and success.