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Capitalmind Investec

We are one European Team. As ambitious minds we share one culture, common values and an entrepreneurial spirit. We invest significantly to thoroughly understand your business and are determined to lead our clients deals to great success – no matter what!

Who we are

In the Netherlands, the team consists of 15 people. Entrepreneurship, a hands-on approach, responsibility and involvement in every layer in the organization, team spirit and conviviality are high on Capitalmind Investec’s list. There is an informal corporate culture with short lines of communication. In order to properly train our people, we have our own Capitalmind Investec Academy with a training program that combines external training and courses and where there is room for further substantive development and to get to know international colleagues better through social activities. 

As an intern at Capitalmind Investec I find the atmosphere very pleasant. I have already learned a lot and I believe that with this team, I will be able to learn much more.
Lynouk van HasselIntern / Benelux

Capitalmind Investec is an international M&A firm where you work on many cross-border deals in the mid-market and can learn a lot with a close-knit team of professionals who see each other not only as colleagues but also as friends
Sayed DeliriAnalyst / Benelux

A truly international M&A boutique with an entrepreneurial environment, we all work together like a big family. Compared to the Big 4, you are working closely with management teams and private equity firms right from the start.
Stefano Buratta Associate / Benelux

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Our office

We work from a stylish, modern, homely interior, spaciously set up, where everyone has their own professional workplace and there is the possibility to withdraw to separate rooms for consultations in both formal and informal settings. We work in an open office environment with short lines and transparency. We have a separate lunch facility with a football table and lounge area to relax in between. Our location is very easily accessible, located along the highway with ample parkingspace.

Happiness

Our Happiness Team provides social activities and surprises and therefore creates a lot of connection among the team. With our Benelux team we regularly have drinks on Friday afternoons. In addition to cozy dinners with the whole team, we also periodically have fun trips, such as our recent trip to Iceland.

Every year we also organize our international summit, a combination of a substantive and fun program, such as sports, cooking workshops, evening outings, going to clubs, etc. In addition, we offer the possibility of international exchanges where desired to experience what it is like to live and work in one of our other offices in Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Zurich and Copenhagen and visit our global partners in the UK and US.

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What I like about Capitalmind Investec is the high deal flow and that you get a lot of responsibility from day 1 in a fun, respectful and cooperative working environment.
Florian IsmerManager / Germany

At Capitalmind Investec, everyone has a role to play and is right away given the chance to prove their worth. The latter, combined with an outstanding team spirit and interesting deals make for an ideal work environment.
Mirko NikkelsAnalyst / Germany

What I particularly appreciate about Capitalmind Investec is the varied work, the fact that we work in a young and dynamic team and that you are given responsibility.
Julius KreutzAnalyst / Germany

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What do we offer

Corporate Finance is a people’s business, and we care for our people! The German team currently consists of 20 professionals with an average age of 34 years, who share a passion for successfully shaping the future of our clients’ businesses and building strong relationships, Beyond Transactions. At Capitalmind Investec you’ll find a job shaped by a high level of responsibility and involvement in interesting international projects with an entrepreneurial and hands-on approach in a respectful working environment with a great team spirit. Come work with us!

Our office

We work in a modern office, spaciously set up, where everyone has their own professional workplace and there is the possibility to withdraw to separate rooms for consultations in both formal and informal settings. The open office environment ensures short lines of communication and transparency.

Happiness Team

Our Happiness Team organizes regular social activities and team events as we don’t live to work but work to live. With our German team we often have spontaneous barbecues after work on our terrace along with some drinks. In addition to relaxing dinners with the team, we also periodically have fun trips, such as our paddling trip.

Every year we also organize our international summit, a combination of a substantive and fun program, such as sports, cooking workshops, evening outings, going to clubs, etc. In addition we offer the possibility of international exchanges to experience what it is like to live and work in one of our other offices in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam (Den Bosch), Zurich and Copenhagen.

Capitalmind Investec strengthens its Debt Advisory practice

Torsten Aul joins Capitalmind Investec to expand its successful debt advisory practice in Germany. He focusses on debt financing solutions for the German Medium-Sized businesses across all sectors with particular focus on asset heavy industries such as real estate, solar and wind. Acquisition financings and re-financings round up his profile.

For 20 years Torsten has acted as a trusted advisor to the boards and owners of mid-cap and large-cap but also to private equity companies. He has completed a variety of complex financings in the form of syndicated loans, mezzanine, Schuldscheindarlehen, private placements, bonds and acquisition financings but also hybrid- and equity raisings. With his truly outstanding investor network he specializes on capital markets focused financing solutions.

Before joining Capitalmind Investec in June 2021, Torsten held several senior positions at leading investment banks such as ODDO BHF Corporates & Markets as Head of Corporate Finance, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, Head of Syndicate as well as Sal. Oppenheim, HVB/UniCredit and the consultancy firm McKinsey.

His experience in the corporate world will be a great asset to us as we move forward with him as part of our core debt advisory and financing team.

Contact: Torsten Aul

Investec and Capitalmind Investec are delighted to announce that they have entered into a strategic transaction which will see Investec acquire a significant minority stake in Capitalmind Investec, to strengthen international and sector M&A capabilities.

Investec and Capitalmind Investec first established an international advisory partnership in 2018. The two firms’ advisory operations are characterised by outstanding geographic complementarity: Investec provides Capitalmind Investec with connectivity to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Asia and Africa, while Capitalmind Investec joins Investec’s advisory business to most of Western Europe, and in particular to Germany, France, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia and Switzerland.

From the perspective of business sectors, Investec’s areas of focus with respect to advisory largely mirror those of Capitalmind Investec. These include, inter alia, industrials, technology, media & telecommunications, business services, consumer, food & agriculture, healthcare, energy, financial services, and infrastructure.

Investec and Capitalmind Investec share an entrepreneurial DNA, similar values and strategic alignment to each other, being focused on providing service excellence to growth-orientated companies. Following the transaction, the respective advisory teams will become more closely integrated, sharing knowledge, expertise and client coverage. In addition, Capitalmind Investec will be able to leverage Investec’s broader range of client solutions such as acquisition finance, equity capital markets and debt capital markets into its Continental European client base.

Click here to download our press release for more information.

Capitalmind Investec expands its presence into the Swiss market

The Zurich-based M&A advisory business will be led by Markus Decker and Thomas Ellenberger together with their team of corporate finance specialists.

Capitalmind Investec’s operations in the Swiss market will build on the successful mid-market corporate finance business which Markus Decker has acquired from Affentranger Associates SA. Following his 10-year Managing Partner role at Affentranger Associates, he will continue to successfully develop the M&A activities with his team and with the same commitment to the highest professional standards. In addition, the team will be reinforced by Thomas Ellenberger who will contribute his strong experience as entrepreneur in providing business development and strategic advice to corporate clients from a range of different industries. Based on its international deal experience in various sectors, specifically Healthcare, Industrials, Business Services and TMT, the Swiss team will strongly contribute to Capitalmind Investec’s growth in Europe.

The partnership between Capitalmind Investec and its new team in Switzerland provides continuity to the previous international collaboration which started more than 10 years ago.

“We look forward to the intensive international collaboration with our new colleagues, sharing Capitalmind Investec’s commitment to outstanding advice and entrepreneurial spirit” say Markus Decker and Thomas Ellenberger, Managing Partners of Capitalmind Investec AG, Zürich.

Capitalmind Investec’s Managing Partners Michel Degryck, Jan Willem Jonkman and Ervin Schellenberg comment “We are very pleased to extend our presence in the attractive Swiss M&A market and welcome Markus, Thomas and their team in our closely integrated European organization”.

Click here to download our press release for more information

We are proud to have been ranked #7 in the M&A league table from Fusions & Acquisitions magazine with 34 France related deals advised accross our European offices in 2020. We would like to thank our clients for their trust and our teams for the incredible job they’ve done throughout this year that was challenging in so many ways…

To find out more on DealFlow data by F&A

To check out our latest deals click here

We are proud to announce together with Investec Bank, Regions Securities & its M&A arm BlackArch Partners our partnership for a new Global Financial Advisory.

On a combined basis the new partnership created can rely on more than 300 investment banking professionals and our clients will benefit from knowledge, deal intelligence and execution capabilities across a global network of offices in Western Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Benelux and Scandinavia), the United States of America, Africa, and Asia Pacific (Australia, Hong Kong and India).

Our combined sector expertise covers : Aviation; Building Products; Business Services; Consumer & Retail; Food & Agriculture; Defense & Government Services; Energy & Natural Resources; Financial Services; Healthcare; Industrials; Infrastructure; Real Estate; Transportation, Logistics & Distribution; Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

With relationships across such a diverse range of sectors and geographies, the partnership will provide selling companies access to the widest range of buyers and, for clients looking to expand by acquisition internationally, a broad range of investment opportunities across the globe.

“We are very pleased to be able to expand our offering to our clients through the partnership with Investec and Regions/BlackArch. Our partners are market leaders across their respective regions and offer world class services to their clients. Middle market companies and transactions occur on a global scale today. Our European clients expect their advisor to be familiar with a multinational environment and to have access to buyers and targets and equity & debt financing across the world’s largest economic zones” said Ervin Schellenberg, Michel Degryck and Jan Willem Jonkman, Managing Partners of Capitalmind Investec.

“This partnership is an important part of our strategy of being globally relevant to our client base.  Having worked with Capitalmind Investec in Continental Europe since 2018, we are delighted now to be partnering also with Regions/BlackArch in the USA, thus creating a powerful global network well positioned to transact for our clients internationally” said Charles Barlow, who leads Investec’s cross border corporate finance business.  “In Capitalmind Investec and Regions/BlackArch, we have found partners who are culturally aligned to us and share our vision of client centricity in everything we do.”

“The professionals within BlackArch Partners work closely with clients to provide tailored M&A advisory services in an increasingly networked world” said Rit N. Amin, managing director and group head of Corporate & Institutional Markets for Regions Securities LLC. “Both Investec and Capitalmind Investec share our commitment to outstanding service, advice and guidance. By joining forces, we will expand our reach and offerings to provide more solutions for corporate and financial sponsor clients. We also look forward to growing and diversifying our M&A advisory efforts at BlackArch along with our industry investment banking capabilities within Regions Securities.”

For more information the press release can be downloaded here.

The Rheingau Music Festival, in cooperation with MagentaMusik 360, is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and hosts over 170 concerts every year in the entire region from Frankfurt via Wiesbaden to the Middle Rhine Valley. Capitalmind Investec has been supporting this great Festival since more than 10 years.

Every summer, unique cultural monuments such as Eberbach Monastery, Johannisberg Castle, Vollrads Castle or the Wiesbaden Kurhaus as well as picturesque wineries are transformed into concert stages for stars of the international classical music scene and interesting up-and-coming artists from classical music and jazz to cabaret and world music.

For over 30 years, the Rheingau and its festival have been an attraction for music lovers from all over the world, with their unique interplay of culture and nature, music, enjoyment and joie de vivre.

Capitalmind Investec is proud once again to be the Concert Partner of the Rheingau Musik Festival Digital 2020 and invites everyone to be part of the event!

The streaming starts on August 15th with the concert “All about Mozart” and is followed by the concert with Cameron Carpenter on August 16th.

Both the concerts can be viewed on the following website:

https://www.rheingau-musik-festival.de/festival/live/

Availability: from 15.08.2020 at 19:00 hrs. As it is not a live broadcast but a production with moderation, it can be accessed at any time for a year starting from 19:00 hrs.

Programm of the 1st Streaming: “All about Mozart”

Programm of the 2nd Streaming: “Konzert mit Cameron Carpenter”

Private companies prepared to use modern financing instruments to benefit from opportunities in economic downturn

Companies should proactively reconsider their financing strategies. There is a risk that in the aftermath of the economic downturn, bank loans will become considerably more expensive or will not be renewed particularly for borderline and non-investment-grade borrowers.

Many traditionally financed medium – sized companies not willing to embrace change will be under pressure. They have received unprecedented amounts of bank loans, a considerable proportion which were granted in the form of short-term, supposedly cheap bank loans. Short term bank debt will now put a strain on both profitability and cash flow and expose many to risk due to the short-term nature of the financing commitments.

Proactive private companies across all sectors can shift and consider the liquid “private debt market” to secure longer-term financing solutions with bullet maturities or a low repayment rate. Additionally, raising subordinated capital, preferred capital, preferred equity or mezzanine capital up to minority shareholdings, entrepreneurs can increase their flexibility in different business situations. They will achieve financing security and the flexibility to take advantage of attractive investment and acquisition opportunities.

Please feel free to talk to us, we are constantly in touch with approx. 200 debt and mezzanine capital providers, many of which are currently open for business and remain providing financing to medium – sized companies.

Ervin Schellenberg of Capitalmind Investec explains in an interview why companies should look for alternative financing instruments.

To read the full interview (in German) click here

We look forward to working with you in 2020 !

Capitalmind Investec announces the promotion of Marleen Vermeer and Thibault Laroche-Joubert to Partners.

Marleen Vermeer has been with Capitalmind Investec for ten years, and has 15+ years of international M&A experience. Marleen was awarded number 1 Female Dealmaker by M&A Community in 2017.

The last 10+ years Marleen successfully closed over 50 (crossborder) deals in several sectors including Business Services, TMT and Industrials. Her main responsibilities include advising on sell-side transactions, funding, MBOs and acquisitions.

Marleen holds a Masters in Finance from Tilburg University and graduated on the topic ‘Business Valuation’.

California based
As of beginning 2019 Marleen is temporarily working from the San Francisco / Silicon Valley region in the US. She moved to the US with her family creating career opportunities for both herself and her husband (currently working for ASML in San Jose, California).

Besides working on current Benelux assignments, Marleen is working on further expanding Capitalmind Investec’s network in the US and is actively working on and pursuing US mandates, sell-side and also buy-side for European clients considering acquiring in the US.

“We are very happy to be able to count on Marleen’s talent and expertise to further develop Capitalmind Investec. Her promotion shows we are able to successfully grow and develop new Partners in-house – who share the same DNA, entrepreneurial spirit, and customer service culture that makes Capitalmind Investec so successful.” Jan Willem Jonkman, Managing Partner.

Thibault Laroche-Joubert joined our Parisian team in 2010 and has great experience in finance, M&A and private equity. He’s been involved in many transactions with a focus on Business Services & Food & Agro sectors.

Thibault started his career working as a private equity analyst at XAnge (French Private Equity fund) and within the Investment Banking Department of Société Générale.

He graduated as engineer from EFREI and post-graduated in finance from EM Lyon Business School.

Capitalmind Investec now has four Partners based in Benelux, six Partners based in France and 18 Partners based across Europe.

Capitalmind Investec and HPE Growth Capital joined forces to host the New Year’s networking drinks for members and guests of ACG Holland in Amsterdam on Thursday 9 January 2020.

The evening was well attended by 150+ people, mainly from PE firms and other M&A related professionals. The idea is to do this every year.

Alexandre Ebin, Partner at Capitalmind Investec, opened the 3rd European Symposium of the Sports Economy in Paris on November 20, 2019.

The Rheingau Music Festival is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and hosts over 170 concerts every year in the entire region from Frankfurt via Wiesbaden to the Middle Rhine Valley. Capitalmind Investec supports this great Festival since more than 10 years.

Every summer, unique cultural monuments such as Eberbach Monastery, Johannisberg Castle, Vollrads Castle or the Wiesbaden Kurhaus as well as picturesque wineries are transformed into concert stages for stars of the international classical music scene and interesting up-and-coming artists from classical music and jazz to cabaret and world music.

For over 30 years, the Rheingau and its festival have been an attraction for music lovers from all over the world, with their unique interplay of culture and nature, music, enjoyment and joie de vivre.

Capitalmind Investec is proud to sponsor once again the Rheingau Musik Festival and this time invites everyone to be part of the event! This year, the festival offers a new innovative possibility for lovers of classical music: with the cooperation of MagentaMusik 360, the music festival will be streamed live and offers its audience the possibility to follow all performances in real-time. Starting from the 15 August 2019 you can access the Livestream under the following link:

https://www.rheingau-musik-festival.de/festival/live/

Highlights of this event:

15.8.2019, 20:30 Uhr

Janine Jansen Violine

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle Leitung

16.8.2019, 20:30 Uhr

Carl Orff: „Carmina Burana“

Anna-Lena Elbert Sopran

Martin Petzold Tenor

Dominik Köninger Bariton

Limburger Domsingknaben

Tschechischer Philharmonic Choir Brno

Philharmonia of Nations

Justus Frantz Conductor

17.8.2019, 20:30 Uhr

Jan Lisiecki Klavier

Australian Youth Orchestra

Krzysztof Urbański Leitung

Together with ZLTO, ABN Amro and PwC, Capitalmind Investec hosted the 9th edition of the inspiring food event: Voedingsbodem voor Groei. For the first time, the event took place at an external location: the Venco Campus of Vencomatic Group in Eersel, The Netherlands.

The event revolved around the trends of healthy and fresh food in combination with convenience for the end-customer. Central themes include product innovation, marketing knowledge and the customer as focal point of attention. The main question was thus: how to innovate?

Several external speakers attended such as:
Lotte van de Ven (CEO Vencomatic), on innovating in a traditional sector;
Jos van Mil (Managing Partner product & market innovation Greenco) about packaging innovations and
Tim Hehenkamp (Executive Dirctor Data & Pesonalisation Jumbo) on individualizing the customer.

After the official program, there were drinks, bites and the possibility to discuss the content and experiences of the day – a nice ending of an inspiring day. If you were not able to join, but are curious to the event, please contact us or send an email to info@voedingsbodemvoorgroei.nl. We would like to get in touch with you! After all, next year is our 10th edition of this event.

Alexandre Ebin, Partner at Capitalmind Investec, was interviewed by LSA (The French Consumer Goods Magazine) to analyse the Sporting Goods Retail sector and our annual worldwide top 50 ranking.

To read the full article (in French) click here

Capitalmind Investec and HPE Growth Capital joined forces to host the New Year’s networking drinks for members and guests of ACG Holland in Amsterdam on Wednesday 9 January 2019.

The evening included a short presentation from our guest speaker, Michiel Frackers. Michiel previously founded Planet Internet, the largest internet company in the Netherlands (acquired by Royal Dutch Telecom KPN), and subsequently invested in technology and media startups such as Flabber (acquired by Vice). He is now co-founder and chairman of Bluenote, the leading blockchain to build a zero emission world.

Valuations in the middle market

Transactions often fail on lack of preparation and unrealistic valuation expectations

“We see many middle market owners and international buyers enter discussions without proper preparation and thus encounter high transaction risk” says Wilhelm Bollmann, Bollmann, Spielmann & Kollegen.

A company sale needs to be well prepared: what am I selling, what is nature of the business I am selling, how does my value expectation compare to prices paid in the market.

“Prices paid in transactions can fluctuate massively even within a sector e.g. we saw bids ranging from 6x EBITDA to 25x EBITDA in a sale in the industrial space” says Ervin Schellenberg, Capitalmind Investec. Download the full interview