Waterland is an independent private equity investment group
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 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 950 companies.
Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. is registered as a fund manager in the register maintained by the Dutch regulator, the AFM (Autoriteit Financiële Markten).
Waterland announces closing of two new funds with €4.0 billion in capital raised in four months
Waterland Private Equity Investments (“Waterland”) is pleased to announce the closing of its ninth institutional flagship fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund IX (“WPEF IX”) at € 3.5 billion, alongside Waterland Partnership Fund I (“WPF I”) at € 500 million. The funds closed at their respective hard caps four months after initial launch. The fundraise attracted commitments from world-class institutional investors globally. The investor base for both funds is well diversified by geography, consisting of investors across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. By investor type[...]
Waterland Private Equity’s UK team invests in marketing agency network Markettiers4DC
Waterland Private Equity (“Waterland”) today announced its majority investment in Markettiers4DC (“M4DC”), a London-headquartered network of tech-enabled, data-driven, broadcast activated, strategic communications agencies. Financial details have not been disclosed. Founded by CEO Howard Kosky in 1994, M4DC works with large national and international corporations including Rolls-Royce, Linkedin and Unilever. Today, the business employs a team of 150 people in the UK and UAE, providing services across its three key pillars of strategic communications: data and insight, broadcast and virtual /[...]
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Dublin
1st Floor
Carmichael House
60 Lower Baggot Street
Dublin 2
D02 KP79
Ireland
+353 (0)86 1643697
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Waterland Private Equity GmbH
An der Alster 9
20099 Hamburg
Germany
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Wilmslow, SK9 1BU
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ContactInteresting links
- Austrian Private Equity & Venture Capital Organisation (AVCO)
- Belgian Venturing Association (BVA)
- British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
- Bundesverband deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften (BVK)
- Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA)
- Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (NVP)
- Polskie Stowarzyszenie Inwestorow Kapitalowych (PSIK)
- Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA)