Rockstart is an accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bogotá, Colombia. The firm specializes in supporting early-stage startups across four primary sectors: Energy, Health, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. Rockstart offers intensive programs that provide startups with access to capital, office space, and a network of mentors, partners, and investors. Its initiatives include customized programs that foster collaboration between startups and established companies, driving opportunities for co-creation and investment. Since its inception, Rockstart has invested in over 230 startups, helping them raise more than €90 million and create over 700 jobs. The firm emphasizes a structured six-month program that includes workshops on various business topics, culminating in a Demo Day where entrepreneurs present their ventures to potential investors and partners. Additionally, Rockstart has developed specialized programs such as Rockstart AI and Rockstart Impact Nepal to cater to specific markets and entrepreneurial needs.
Parcom Capital is a private equity firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in midmarket investments across various sectors including technology, trade and services, production, oil and gas, industrials, and distribution. Founded in 1982, the firm focuses on management buyouts, succession situations, public to private transactions, and complex carve-outs. Parcom typically invests in mid-sized companies headquartered in Europe, particularly in the Benelux region, France, England, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Its investment strategy targets transactions with enterprise values between €20 million and €200 million and revenues ranging from €20 million to €500 million. The firm generally seeks to acquire a majority stake in its portfolio companies but is open to minority investments when pursuing growth capital or buy-and-build strategies. Parcom Capital is supported by over €1.5 billion in capital, allowing for a longer-term investment approach aimed at assisting management teams in achieving their growth objectives.
Value Creation Capital is a private equity firm based in Bilthoven, Netherlands, founded in 2005 by Aldebert Wiersinga, Jos Bourgonje, and Wilfried van Haeren. The firm specializes in investing in growth companies, management buyouts, and management buy-ins, specifically within the information technology sector and high-tech companies. Its investment focus includes software as a service (SaaS), managed services, web services, nanotechnology, cybersecurity software, managed security services, safety management, data analytics, data visualization, and the Internet of Things. Value Creation Capital typically invests between $200,000 and $2 million, primarily in the Benelux region. In addition to financial investments, the firm offers services in development and operations, finance and planning, and management and governance, and also engages in co-investments.
Bridgepoint is an international private equity firm headquartered in London, specializing in medium to large buyouts, growth capital, and public-to-private transactions across various sectors. With over 25 years of experience, Bridgepoint focuses on long-term growth by partnering with management teams in industries such as business services, consumer goods, digital media, technology, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing. The firm operates in key European markets and has additional offices in New York and Shanghai. It typically invests in middle-market companies, with equity investments ranging from €150 million to €1 billion, while also considering early-stage opportunities. Bridgepoint emphasizes acquiring a controlling stake in its portfolio companies and prefers to take board seats to actively support their development. The firm’s investment strategy targets companies with enterprise values between €200 million and €1.5 billion, aiming to drive growth and enhance value over a multi-year period.
Andlinger and Company is a private investment and management firm that finances companies and technologies that benefit the global environment. It provides operational and management support if needed and works with management teams constructively as active board members. Andlinger and Company’s client base includes B2B or industrial clients. It also helps companies grow from local or regional producers to national and worldwide companies through establishment of agent networks, distributor networks, add-on acquisitions, or other. Andlinger and Company was founded in 1976 by Gerhard Andlinger. The company is based in the United States, Austria, and Belgium.
Bencis Capital Partners is an independent investment firm founded in 1999 by Zoran van Gessel and Jeroen Pit. With offices in Amsterdam, Brussels/Diegem, and Düsseldorf, Bencis specializes in mid-market investments in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. They support business owners and management teams in achieving growth ambitions, focusing on sectors like Industry & Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Business & Consumer Services, Healthcare & Leisure, and Wholesale & Retail. With 26 staff members, they are currently investing in 21 businesses with a combined turnover of approximately 1.6 billion euros and employing a total of 10,000 people. Bencis prefers to invest in businesses with an operating result of up to 50 million euros, aiming to add value and provide support to the people driving the businesses forward.
Holland Capital, established in 1981 and based in Amsterdam, is a prominent private equity and venture capital firm in the Netherlands. It specializes in both direct and fund of fund investments, focusing primarily on early-stage opportunities in the healthcare and technology sectors. The firm engages in a variety of investment strategies, including emerging growth, growth capital, management buyouts, and restructuring, targeting small and medium-sized enterprises. Holland Capital typically invests between €0.25 million and €10 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from €5 million to €50 million. It seeks to maintain a minimum equity stake of 20 percent in its portfolio companies, with an exit strategy that includes trade sales or initial public offerings. The firm primarily concentrates its investments within the Benelux region, encompassing the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and has successfully completed over 115 investments to date.
Stichting Doen, based in Amsterdam, is a Dutch foundation dedicated to fostering initiatives that promote cultural cohesion and a sustainable economy. Its investment arm, DOEN Participaties, specializes in making fund-of-fund investments in innovative, early-stage companies oriented towards generating social and environmental impact. Founded in 1996, DOEN Participaties emphasizes sustainable development and may engage in co-investment for larger transactions, although it does not pursue individual equity investments. The foundation's overarching mission encompasses supporting cultural, social, and ecological innovation, striving to create a more inclusive and sustainable society.
BOM Capital, formerly known as Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij Participaties, is a principal investment firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. For direct investments, the firm invests in risk capital, seed/start-ups, incubation, mezzanine, early venture, mid venture, late venture, expansion or growth financing, buyout, emerging growth, subordinated loans, and successions. The firm does not have any sector preference but prefers to invest in trade and services, information technology, communications, life sciences, and production sectors. It invests in mid-size companies based in the region of Brabant, Netherlands. It typically invests up to €2 million for a minority stake between 15 percent and 49 percent. The firm prefers to take a seat on the supervisory board of its portfolio companies. Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij Participaties was founded in 1983 and is based in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Innovation Industries is a venture capital firm based in the Netherlands, established in 2017, that focuses on investing in early-stage high-tech, medtech, and agri-foodtech companies. The firm adopts a hands-on management approach, offering entrepreneurs not only financial backing but also strategic support, industry knowledge, and valuable connections. By actively engaging with portfolio companies, Innovation Industries aims to enhance their value propositions, accelerate time-to-market, and facilitate global partnerships while helping them navigate common startup challenges. Although the primary focus is on startups, the firm is also open to investing in scale-ups. This flexible funding strategy allows Innovation Industries to support promising innovations emerging from Dutch universities and research centers, ensuring that breakthrough technologies receive the necessary venture capital to thrive and achieve success in the market.