Hamburg \/ Munich \u2014 Water\u00adland Private Equity has laun\u00adched two new funds \u2014 with capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments tota\u00adling four billion euros. Despite a chal\u00adlen\u00adging econo\u00admic envi\u00adron\u00adment, nume\u00adrous insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors thus provi\u00added Water\u00adland with more fresh capi\u00adtal than ever before. In the DACH region, too, the Euro\u00adpean mid-market inves\u00adtor specia\u00adli\u00adzing in buy & build stra\u00adte\u00adgies can thus conti\u00adnue its success story even stronger.<\/p>\n
Water\u00adlan\u00add\u2019s ninth fund<\/strong> (\u201cWPEF IX\u201d) has a volume of 3.5 billion euros and will invest as usual in medium-sized compa\u00adnies in frag\u00admen\u00adted growth markets. With the \u201cWater\u00adland Part\u00adner\u00adship Fund I\u201d<\/strong>, an addi\u00adtio\u00adnal fund was estab\u00adlished for mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00addings, e.g. in selec\u00adted former port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies of Water\u00adland. Funds amoun\u00adting to 500 million euros are now available here. Fund\u00adrai\u00adsing for both funds was comple\u00adted in just four months and signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly excee\u00added the origi\u00adnal target.<\/p>\n \u201cCapi\u00adtal commit\u00adments from top-class insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors from all over the world are not a matter of course in these tense and cautious times. Howe\u00adver, the commit\u00adment of many exis\u00adting and new inves\u00adtors shows that our invest\u00adment philo\u00adso\u00adphy and the nume\u00adrous success stories are sustain\u00adably convin\u00adcing,\u201d says Dr. Cars\u00adten Rahlfs <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 Water\u00adland), Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at Water\u00adland in Hamburg<\/strong>. In two deca\u00addes, the company has comple\u00adted appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 1,000 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, foun\u00adding and deve\u00adlo\u00adping more than 150 new plat\u00adforms to build successful long-term market leaders. The expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced buy & build inves\u00adtor imple\u00adments an average of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately ten add-on acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons for each of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio companies.<\/p>\n Five new plat\u00adforms in the DACH region in 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n Water\u00adland is active in Bene\u00adlux, DACH, Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advia, Poland, France as well as in the British Isles and recently also in Spain. In the DACH region, Water\u00adland initia\u00adted five strong plat\u00adforms through majo\u00adrity acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons last year: Duven\u00adbeck<\/strong> (a leading Euro\u00adpean logi\u00adstics service provi\u00adder), the Sleepco Group<\/strong> (merger of the premium bed manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders RUF and BRUNO from Germany and the Belgian LS Bedding), Lions\u00adHome<\/strong> (a leading Euro\u00adpean product compa\u00adri\u00adson plat\u00adform), the Swiss commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons consul\u00adtancy Team Farner<\/strong> and the soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons provi\u00adder MT<\/strong>. In addi\u00adtion, more than 20 stra\u00adte\u00adgic acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons were made for the port\u00adfo\u00adlio \u2014 despite a very tense and compe\u00adti\u00adtive situa\u00adtion in nume\u00adrous sectors.<\/p>\n For the new year 2023, Dr. Gregor Hengst, part\u00adner at Water\u00adland in Munich,<\/strong> sees\u00adDe\u00adspite the vola\u00adtile macroe\u00adco\u00adno\u00admic envi\u00adron\u00adment, there are attrac\u00adtive oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in our target region. For exam\u00adple, tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-based services and health\u00adcare remain inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading for us. In addi\u00adtion, we are iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading and moni\u00adto\u00adring other frag\u00admen\u00adted markets where our strong buy & build approach can come into play. In the current envi\u00adron\u00adment of increased vola\u00adti\u00adlity, our close colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies on their resi\u00adli\u00adence and sustainable posi\u00adtio\u00adning remains an important focus \u2014 we are expan\u00adding our team in the 13 Euro\u00adpean offices for this purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n In Germany and Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Water\u00adland is curr\u00adently inves\u00adted in the follo\u00adwing compa\u00adnies in addi\u00adtion to Duven\u00adbeck, Sleepco, Lions\u00adHome, Farner and MT: MEDIAN (reha\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adta\u00adtion clinic opera\u00adtor), Sch\u00f6\u00adnes Leben Group (care faci\u00adli\u00adties), Fit\/One (fitness studios), Hanse\u00adfit (company fitness offe\u00adrings), Athera (physio\u00adthe\u00adrapy), coeo (receiv\u00ada\u00adbles manage\u00adment), Horn & Company (manage\u00adment consul\u00adting), Leupold (pack\u00ada\u00adging), Serrala (payment and finance soft\u00adware), netgo (IT services), Skay\u00adlink (cloud services), enreach (unified commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons), mrge (adtech), Netrics (mana\u00adged cloud services) and GOD (enter\u00adprise software).<\/p>\n About Water\u00adland Water\u00adland has consis\u00adt\u00adently outper\u00adfor\u00admed with its invest\u00adments since its incep\u00adtion in 1999. The firm ranks fifth globally in the 2020 HEC\/Dow Jones Private Equity Perfor\u00admance Rankings and eighth among global private equity firms in the 2020 Preqin Consis\u00adtent Perfor\u00admers in Global Private Equity & Venture Capi\u00adtal Report. In addi\u00adtion, Real Deals awarded Water\u00adland the title of Pan-Euro\u00adpean House of the Year 2020 at the PE Awards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hamburg \/ Munich \u2014 Water\u00adland Private Equity has laun\u00adched two new funds \u2014 with capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments tota\u00adling four billion euros. Despite a chal\u00adlen\u00adging econo\u00admic envi\u00adron\u00adment, nume\u00adrous insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors thus provi\u00added Water\u00adland with more fresh capi\u00adtal than ever before. In the DACH region, too, the Euro\u00adpean mid-market inves\u00adtor specia\u00adli\u00adzing in buy & build stra\u00adte\u00adgies can thus [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-deals-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nWater\u00adland is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent private equity invest\u00adment firm that helps compa\u00adnies realize their growth plans. With substan\u00adtial finan\u00adcial support and indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise, Water\u00adland enables its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies to achieve acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted growth both orga\u00adni\u00adcally and through acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Water\u00adland has offices in the Nether\u00adlands (Bussum), Belgium (Antwerp), France (Paris), Germany (Hamburg, Munich), Poland (Warsaw), the UK (London, Manches\u00adter), Ireland (Dublin), Denmark (Copen\u00adha\u00adgen), Spain (Barce\u00adlona) and Switz\u00ader\u00adland (Zurich). Curr\u00adently, appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately four\u00adteen billion euros in equity funds are managed.<\/p>\n
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