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Dutch boutique private equity firm Waterland has topped the third annual HEC-Dow Jones private equity performance ranking compiled by Professor Oliver Gottschalg of HEC Paris business school for Private Equity News.
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Ranger übernimmt niederländische Omnigroup
| 24-10-2011Die Düsseldorfer Ranger Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH befindet sich weiter auf Expansionskurs. Der europäische Marktführer im Direktvertrieb übernimmt die nieder-ländische Omnigroup B.V., die im Nachbarland ebenfalls auf das Geschäft mit der direkten Kundenberatung spezialisiert ist. Ranger sichert sich damit den strategischen Einstieg in den Niederlanden, einem lukrativen Markt mit großem Potential.
Ranger vertreibt im Namen von Unternehmen wie der Deutschen Telekom, RWE und E wie Einfach Produkte und Tarife direkt an Endkunden. Im letzten Jahr hat Waterland Private Equity, eine niederländische Privat Equity Gesellschaft, eine Mehrheitsbeteiligung an Ranger erworben. Eine gemeinsam mit den Gründern und dem Management entwickelte Buy & Build-Strategie sieht als Ziel die europaweite Expansion des 2.500 Mitarbeiter zählenden Unternehmens. Nach Deutschland, Frankreich, der Schweiz, Ungarn, Tschechien und Polen ist nun der Sprung in die Niederlande ein weiterer Schritt auf dem eingeschlagenen Expansionskurs. „Omnigroup passt hervorragend zu Ranger. Wir sind im gleichen Business aktiv und auch mit unserer Firmenphilosophie liegen wir auf einer Wellenlänge", meint Ranger Mitgründer Frank Rittmann und ist sich sicher, den richtigen Partner für den Markteintritt in die Niederlande gefunden zu haben.
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Waterland is Benelux Private Equity Firm of the Year 2011 by Private Equity News / Dow Jones
| 19-09-2011Waterland is Benelux Private Equity Firm of the Year 2011 by Private Equity News / Dow Jones. Private Equity News / Dow Jones commented as follows:
"The Dutch mid-market buyout firm has established a reputation as a strong performer and was ranked third in a study of the best-performing firms by business school HEC Paris. During 2010, Waterland bought direct marketing company Ranger Marketing and acquired the Benelux companies of gym company Fitness First. It also backed Waeyaert-Vermeersch Isolatie group, a Belgian distributor of insulation materials."
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Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. ("Waterland") is pleased to announce the final closing of its fifth institutional fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund V ("WPEF V"), at €1.1 billion, just five months after its initial launch. The support of existing investors combined with significant interest from new investors, caused the fund to be well oversubscribed, surpassing its initial target of €900 million.
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Waterland invests € 100 million in Sarens
| 22-07-2011Sarens, a world leader in the field of crane hire and moving extraordinary loads, has reached agreement with Waterland to invest € 100 million in the capital of Sarens over a period of 3 years. These resources will be used to provide further support to the international expansion plans of Sarens.
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HealthCity and Fitness First announce today that they have come to a proposed agreement for the takeover of all 45 Fitness First clubs in France, Spain and Italy. The clubs are divided between 12 in France, 16 in Spain and 17 in Italy. With this proposed takeover, HealthCity becomes a European market leader within the fitness industry.
Fitness First is shifting its focus to developing countries, particularly in Asia. With that in mind, the sale of the clubs in France, Spain and Italy is a logical continuation of the sale of the Fitness First branches in the Benelux to HealthCity in November last year.
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European policies are driving the growth of biofuels, with biomethanol holding a very competitive position in this space, a cleantech investor said.Hans Scheepers, investment director at growth capital private equity fund Waterland Private Equity Investments, said the second generation biofuel is set to be an industry leader.
In 2009, Waterland made an initial €33m investment into biomethanol technology provider BioMCN (and has since invested more than a further €17m), which is on track to build the world's largest biomass refinery. 'We recognise that the Renewable Energy Directive will lead to a huge market for biofuels in Europe,' Scheepers said.
'There are very few second generation biofuel plants producing at a commercial scale. We liked the company's competitive business and the management team.'Biomethanol is chemically identical to regular methanol and BioMCN uses renewable feedstock that is derived from organic waste materials. Waterland's focus is diverse and spread across sectors that are underpinned by key drivers such as sustainability, the aging population, outsourcing, and luxury and leisure.
'We focus on companies that have a considerable track record and proof of concept. Our capital injection generally goes towards the progression of their business strategy,' Scheepers said.Along this aim, he said he would be open to looking at a corporate partnership for BioMCN moving forward.
'Today, we are selling to both oil majors and manufacturers. We are open to a strategic partnership, if it accelerates the growth of the company.' - 1 2 3 4 Next »