Waterland Targets Almost $500m for Fund to Retain Top Assets

Waterland Private Equity is targeting roughly $493.7m for its first vehicle dedicated to reinvesting in assets sold by its own funds, according to documents prepared for a New Mexico State Investment Council investment committee meeting.

The Netherlands-based private-equity firm, which invests in smaller and midsize businesses across Europe, is raising its first Partnership fund to take follow-on stakes in its “best performing investments,” which are likely to continue expanding after Waterland’s older funds exit their.

Waterland acts as an active shareholder in its portfolio companies, playing a key role in their strategic and operational development, growth and performance. With its experienced, entrepreneurial investment team, Waterland aims to help ambitious entrepreneurs obtain a strong market position in today’s increasingly competitive business environment. To date, Waterland has made investments in over 900 companies.

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Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions.

Waterland has offices in Belgium (Antwerp), the Netherlands (Bussum), UK (Manchester and London), Germany (Munich and Hamburg), Switzerland (Zurich), Denmark (Copenhagen), Ireland (Dublin), France (Paris), Spain (Barcelona) and Poland (Warsaw) and currently manages over €10 billion of investor commitments.

Source: Wall Street Journal

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