Good to Great

We have been investing for over 75 years and have a proud heritage of providing investment solutions and backing world-class companies.

Internationalisation through acquisition

From a regional leader to a fully integrated global leader of data centre equipment maintenance

From a collection of point solutions to a leading ‘insights to action’ platform for complex ERP environments

From a local Dutch company to a European market leader with 2,750 stores and c.72,000 employees in 12 countries

Transformed from a North American specialist to a market-leading global medical device outsourcing platform

Discover how we help our portfolio companies succeed

Stories

Consumer & Private Label

Strong growth in US

From a strong, growing mid-market pet food player to a global market-leading premium cat food business

Healthcare

3.1x money multiple

Transformational growth to build a prominent European leader in the fragmented natural consumer healthcare market

Industrial

7x money multiple

Transformed from a state-owned business to a ‘best-in-class’ ferry operator connecting Scandinavia with continental Europe

Services & Software

4.4x money multiple

From an owner-managed diversified engineering company to a world-leading testing and inspection specialist for the automotive industry

Industrial

4.1x money multiple

From a UK exporter to a global market leader, renowned for product quality and innovation

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Consumer & Private Label

We invest in winning international growth platforms benefiting from consumer and technology-driven trends.

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Healthcare

Healthcare is a dynamic sector undergoing significant change. We partner with leading businesses to improve patient and consumer outcomes while speeding time to market and managing cost, from innovation to clinical trial to delivery of care.

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Industrial

We look for businesses with international potential that are leaders in their niche and are typically a critical product for their customers.

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Services & Software

Services & Software is a large, diverse, and growing sector with significant opportunities to build market leadings businesses.

Our disciplined investment process underpins our competitive advantage

€3.1bn

Equity invested
€6.3bn

Total realisations
€13.9bn

Debt financings
€1.4bn

Bolt-on acquisitions

Enterprise value
57

Bolt-on acquisitions

Newly added
18

New countries

Entered

Partnering for growth

Sectors

We focus on four core sectors:
consumer & private label, healthcare, industrial, services & software.

In each we have a proven track record and a deep international network of contacts.

Permanent capital

We look for situations where there are structural opportunities to enhance and drive value growth, e.g. expanding sales into new regions, buy-and-build opportunities, offshoring manufacturing and sourcing international suppliers.