Investment Summary

Sofindev Invests In Hillewaer

On April 3, 2024, private equity firm Sofindev invested in machinery company Hillewaer

Investment Highlights
  • This is Sofindev’s 2nd transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Sofindev’s 20th transaction in Belgium.

Investment Summary
Date 2024-04-03
Target Hillewaer
Sector Machinery
Investor(s) Sofindev
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Hillewaer

Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Hillewaer has specialized in coffee machines under the management. Hillewaert also distributes coffee systems where the design and technology are unique in the coffee world. Hillewaer was founded in 1997 and is based in Knokke-Heist, Belgium.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Sofindev

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 600M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sofindev Private Equity is a private equity firm focused on providing equity and subordinated debt to fund company expansions as well as buyouts of Belgian based companies. The Firm will consider both majority or minority positions and targets profitable companies with at least €10 million of revenue. Sofindev does not have any stated sector preferences and generally seeks companies exhibiting growth potential, with strong management, and potential to add value. Sofindev was established in 1991 and is based in Diegem, Belgium.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 23
Sector (Machinery) 2 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 11 of 11
Country (Belgium) 20 of 21
Year (2024) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-22 Merkator

Zellik, Belgium

Merkator specialises in providing geospatial solutions to make networks and infrastructure of utilities, telecom companies and grid operators better and smarter. Merkator has developed its own software (Marlin) to create a digital twin of networks and combine them with geographical data, so that its customers can manage their networks more intelligently. Merkator was founded in 2008 and is based in Zellik, Belgium.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-16 Christiaens

Zonnebeke, Belgium

Christiaens has more than 40 years of experience with implementations of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and self-developed apps - including 'BoCount' Dynamics - at more than 600 customers, in various sectors. In addition to financial and ERP solutions, Christiaens also offers IT infrastructure solutions, including hardware, system software, backup, cloud, virtualization, networking, IT security and related managed services. Christiaens is based in Zonnebeke, Belgium

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