European Private Equity

European private equity partnerships and co-investments

Objective

We aim to achieve attractive capital returns over the long term by managing a diversified portfolio of European private equity partnerships and co-investments.

Philosophy

In our view, small is beautiful and the small and lower mid-market segment of the European buy-out space offers compelling risk-return characteristics. What we observe here is:

less competing capital translating into better entry pricing;
less leveraged companies and thus healthier balance sheets;
more room for business growth and incorporating sustainability ambitions; and
more co-investment opportunities at a smaller scale.

Approach

Our experienced team follows a disciplined, structured process designed to:

provide access at negotiated fees to institutional-quality private equity opportunities in our segment;
generate an attractive long-term return through a diversified portfolio that combines investments in partnerships and direct co-investments; and
help professionalise and internationalise companies with the aim of realising long- term growth potential.

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Fund library

Please visit our fund library for detailed information on our funds. For more sustainability-related information, please refer to the sustainability-related information section of the fund library

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There’s a saying in Dutch, Kom verder, it means many things and it’s our business philosophy. It captures the way we work with clients but also the way we steer our investee companies to deliver shareholder value through active engagement.

Capital at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise, and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. Past performance provides no guarantee for the future.

Our team

Richard Jacobs

Sven Smeets

Bram Bikker

Jorrit Willigers

Tim van den Pol

Alice Macneil

Jet Vollers

Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management (UK) Limited is registered in England & Wales with registration number 02833264. Registered office at 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG Tel: +44 (0)20 3636 9400. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management (UK) Ltd, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with reference number 166063.