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Private Equity
Our Criteria

Ticket size

EUR 2-50mln equity investment per company

Stage

Established Companies

Products

Majority/minority equity and junior capital

Sector

Food & Agri, Healthcare, and Sustainability

Our portfolio

ResQtec

Resqtec designs, develops and sells a wide selection of high-quality equipment for accident salvaging and the removal of aircraft.

Year of Investment

2012

Divitel

Divitel is active in software development for the video industry. The company is particularly active in integrating various software providers for interactive television and offers managed services, providing the entire technical support for smaller telecom providers.

Year of Investment

2013

Bax Shop

Bax is the largest online music store in the Benelux. With millions of unique visitors per year, Bax Music is the market leader in light, sound, musical instruments, production and DJ gear with a wide range of around 600 top brands. Bax also has music stores in Amsterdam, Goes, Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Year of Investment

2013

Kompak

Kompak mixes and packs home and personal care products up to the highest standards in terms of commitment, quality and innovation. Due to its advanced machinery and our vast experience in handling A-brands, producers and brand owners throughout Europe find their way to our ultramodern production plant in Etten-Leur.

Year of Investment

2012

V&S Foodspecialist

V&S is a leading frozen snack specialist in the production of multi-ethnic snacks, on trend meat substitutes, finger food and appetizers, which is largely manually produced

Year of Investment

2018

JOZ

Company that develops F&A robots driving automation in livestock stables

Year of Investment

2019

Q-Doc

Q-doc is a full-service and brand-independent provider of multifunctionals/printers with associated software solutions. The company has a focus on SMEs and relieves its customers in the areas of printing, scanning, copying, document management and advice.

Website

Year of Investment

2018

ATS Global

ATS Global provides consultancy, implementation and 24/7 support services in the field of digital transformation of production processes of global enterprises and SME’s worldwide. Customers benefit from reduced costs, quality and productivity improvements as well as increased sales through optimized IT/OT processes.

Year of Investment

2020

IGS Gebolagema

IGS GeboJagema develops, manufactures and validates high-end, multiple injection moulds for the production of high-precision applications such as contact lenses, asthma inhalers, insulin pens, and blood-diagnostic devices.

Year of Investment

2021

Kingfish Zeeland

Sustainable producer of Yellowtail Kingfish, a premium and versatile fish species. Its proprietary recirculating aquaculture system allows for the local, sustainable, ASC/BAP certified and year round farming of the species in land based basins. Kingfish Zeeland is a first mover engaged in commercialising this species across its target markets in Europe and the United States.

Year of Investment

2019

Protix

Producer of insect protein and fats from the Black Soldier Fly. These insect ingredients are very nutritious solutions for pet food and animal feed. In this way, non-sustainable sources such as fishmeal and soy, can be replaced by a sustainable alternative.

Year of Investment

2019

Koppert Cress

Koppert Cress is constantly looking for natural, innovative ingredients that chefs can use to intensify the taste, aroma and presentation of their dishes. Products that meet the increasingly stringent requirements of restaurants worldwide. Cresses are freshly sprouted plants of 100% natural, aromatic plants. These plants offer a freshness and intensity in
taste and smell only found in young plants.

Year of Investment

2022

Zorgdomein

ZorgDomein is a digital platform for healthcare referrals. It allows healthcare professional to digitally refer clients to another healthcare professional.

Year of Investment

2020

Viscon

Year of Investment

2021

Havatec

Havatec is manufacturer of turn-key mechanical solutions for (semi) automated grading, bunching, handling and packaging of cut flowers and bulbs. Hardware and software are developed in-house by extensive R&D and Engineering teams. Recent innovations are the automatic bulb planter and Twister bouquet machine. The machines are efficient solutions to reduce manual labor and increase quality & consistency.

Website

Year of Investment

2021

SAA

Year of Investment

2021

Lans

Year of Investment

2021

Esro


Year of Investment

2022

Recent Exits

Bakon Food Equipment

Bakon is a producer of a wide range of cutting, spraying and dosing machines for industrial confectioners and traditional bakeries worldwide.

Year of Investment

2016

Vivera

Vivera develops, produces, markets and sells plant-based meat alternatives. The company builds on an established European retail network with its products being available in more than 27,000 supermarkets in 25 European countries.

Year of Investment

2020

Bloomon

Bloomon is a subscription based flower delivery service with a unique supply chain. They stand out for their modern design, longer vase life and high quality home delivery

Year of Investment

2018

DC Klinieken

DC Klinieken operates 14 locations across the Netherlands, each of which offers its own diagnostics, consultations and treatments. Their vision is based on client-oriented and cost-price-reducing non-hospital medical care.

Year of Investment

2012

Hofmeester Dental

Hofmeester Dental is a specialized supplier for the dental market, where the current owners and directors have allowed the company to grow on its own into one of the important suppliers in the dental sector in the Netherlands.

Year of Investment

2017

Tony’s Chocolonely

Tony's Chocoloney is an innovative chocolate brand that drives sustainable growth in the chocolate sector

Year of Investment

2018

Team
Thijs Friederich

Head of Direct Investments

Thijs Friederich

Head of Direct Investments

Thijs has been working at Rabo Investments since June 2015. He focusses on equity participations and is responsible for 5 portfolio companies. He fulfils an active role as a sparring partner for management and adds value through his personal network and experience in supporting growth companies.

Thijs has been working for Rabobank since 2009, where he has been active for 6 years as an advisor for companies at events such as refinancing, acquisitions and capital market transactions. Before that, Thijs worked for ABN AMRO for 10 years with positions within M&A, acquisition financing and commodity financing (last in Chicago). Thijs graduated in financial economics at VU University Amsterdam.

Aukje Wolbert

Executive Director

Aukje Wolbert

Executive Director

Aukje joined Rabo Investments in 2021, focusing on the junior capital proposition of RI. She has several years of experience as an investment banker and manager in both the international wholesale and mid-market domain. In her current role, she focuses on risk-bearing capital solutions for fast growing companies in the mid-market domain.
Aukje started her career as equity research analyst with SocGen and Credit Lyonnais.

After her position as credit analyst with Lloyds, she joined Rabobank in 2005 and fulfilled various positions in Acquistion Finance, Portfolio Management, Sustainability and FR&R Restructuring NL. Aukje holds an MBA from the University of Durham, UK.

Roelant Mantel

Executive Director

Roelant Mantel

Executive Director

Roelant joined RI in December 2015, where he focuses on ambitious Dutch companies that want to grow further. Prior thereto he was active in the fields of capital structuring and acquisition finance at Rabobank, where he was involved with various management and leveraged buy-outs as well as strategic acquisitions. Realising growth and improvements together with management teams is what drives Roelant. He started his career at Rabobank as a management trainee in 2006. Roelant studied Business Administration at the VU Amsterdam and Law at the University of Amsterdam.

Arjan van der Hout

Director

Arjan van der Hout

Director

Arjan is principally focused on working with young, fast growing scale-up companies and more mature mid-market companies.
With experience in debt, equity and hybrid solutions, Arjan is adept to structure tailored solutions for growth companies in whatever lifecycle phase they may be.

Arjan started his career as a management trainee at Rabobank, during which he worked for Global Client Solutions, the Financial Institutions Group and the Mergers & Acquisitions department. He followed his traineeship with a two year tenor at Global Client Solutions, the wholesale unit dedicated to structured and subordinated finance solutions. Since joining Rabo Investments he has been working on risk-bearing debt and equity transactions.

Arjan graduated with a double bachelor's degree, a double master's degree, and a post-grad in business, economics, international relations and diplomacy from Leiden University, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Australian National University and the Clingendael Institute of International Relations. He currently reads for a degree in Laws at Queen Mary, University of London.

Elena Makina

Director

Elena Makina

Director

Elena joined Rabo Investments in May 2022. She has over 10 years of investment banking experience and has been involved in various M&A transactions in the Netherlands and Belgium. With her broad background working with both large corporates and mid-market companies at Lazard, Alantra and ING, she will support our management teams in their growth ambitions. Elena holds a master degree in Finance & Investments from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Jorn van der Poel

Executive Director

Jorn van der Poel

Executive Director

Jorn has been working for RI since Juni 2018. He focuses on Direct Investments and high risk financing solutions for Dutch SMEs and Scale-ups. Before, Jorn worked in Structured Finance where he was involved in the structuring and origination of tailor-made financial solutions including subordinated debt, scale-up debt and cumprefs for Dutch mid and large corporates.

Jorn started his career at Rabobank International in 2010 and has a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management from University of Twente. 

Bas Verlee

Executive Director

Bas Verlee

Executive Director

Bas has been working for RI since March 2018 and has years of experience in corporate and investment banking. In his current role, he focuses on risk-bearing capital solutions for fast growing companies in the mid-market segment. Bas joined Rabobank in 2012 as a credit analyst for the mid-market. In 2015 he moved to wholesale banking, specializing in Acquistion Finance and Structured Finance.

In 2006 he started his career at ING in corporate banking. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Avans University of Applied Sciences in Breda.

Jorg Jentjens

Associate Director

Jorg Jentjens

Associate Director

Jorg has been with RI since October 2018. After internships with Porsche China and Avedon Capital Partners in Düsseldorf, he started his career as a trainee at Rabobank. After his traineeship he gained relevant experience within the Rabobank Acquisition Finance Group. Jorg holds a Master’s degree in Management (University College London) and Corporate Law (Maastricht University). At RI, he supports a variety of SME clients with equity and subordinated debt solutions.

Malaya van Ruitenbeek

Associate Director

Malaya van Ruitenbeek

Associate Director

Malaya has joined RI in August 2019, where he helps Dutch entrepreneurs reach their ambitious growth goals. Between his experiences as a small business owner, working in a start-up and being part of a global strategy consulting firm, he got to appreciate the venturous and open way of working of RI when doing Commercial Due Diligence work for them. After having closely supported SME and midmarket companies as a management consultant, he now combines his business sense and inquisitiveness to help entrepreneurs reach their goals with RI’s financial solutions. Malaya holds a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technical University of Delft.

Rosan Jansen

Associate Director

Rosan Jansen

Associate Director

Rosan joined Rabo Investments in 2022. She is part of the private equity team and actively supports Dutch portfolio companies realizing their ambitions. Rosan has an additional focus on data analytics and/or pricing strategies with the portfolio companies.

After having done various internships (NIBC, PWC, Deloitte), she started her career at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she worked as consultant for 4 years. At BCG she advised multinationals across many sectors, focusing on marketing, sales and pricing, corporate strategy and organizational transformations. As part of her development she was on secondment for half a year with Bol.com where she joined the business development department.

Rosan holds a Master’s degree in Econometrics and Management Science from the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam, with a specialization in Quantitative Finance.

Peter Jansen

Analyst

Peter Jansen

Analyst

Peter joined Rabo Investments in January 2023. He is part of the Private Equity team and is committed to helping portfolio companies further accelerate in their various growth phases.

Before joining Rabobank, Peter gained direct private equity experience at Victus Participations, where he focused on established Food & Agri companies in the Benelux. As a student, he completed relevant internships in M&A and Private Equity.
Peter graduated magna cum laude with a Masters in Financial Economics from KU Leuven in Belgium with an extensive specialisation in Global Management at NEOMA Business School in France.

Astrid van der Zanden

Analyst

Astrid van der Zanden

Analyst

Astrid joined Rabo Investments in August 2022. She is part of the Private Equity team and actively supports Dutch entrepreneurs in realising their growth ambition.

Astrid started her career at Rabobank as Global Trainee, during this graduate program she gained experience with the bank’s Sector Banking, Rabo Carbon Bank, Sales & Trading, and Rabo Investments departments. Before joining Rabobank Astrid completed various relevant M&A internships, both at Investment Banks as well as at Corporates. Astrid holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Investments from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Cindy Noordzij

Business Support Officer

Cindy Noordzij

Business Support Officer

Cindy joined Rabo Investments in May 2022 as business support officer for the Equity and Fund & Co team. After a career as management assistant in the IT & Offshore industry she started at Rabobank in 2019 as management assistant in the CIOO Domain.

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