Investment Summary

Vectis Private Equity and Down 2 Earth Capital Invest In Water Is Life Group

On December 23, 2022, private equity firms Vectis Private Equity and Down 2 Earth Capital invested in distribution company Water Is Life Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is Vectis Private Equity’s 3rd and Down 2 Earth Capital’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Vectis Private Equity’s 11th and Down 2 Earth Capital’s 19th transaction in Belgium.

Investment Summary

Date 2022-12-23
Target Water Is Life Group
Sector Distribution
Investor(s) Vectis Private Equity
Down 2 Earth Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Water Is Life Group

Pelt, Belgium
Water Is Life Group engages in the production, distribution and sale of pumping and irrigation systems and piping infrastructure products. Water Is Life Group was founded in 1988 and is based in Pelt, Belgium.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Vectis Private Equity

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 125M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vectis Private Equity is a private equity firm focused on investment opportunities small to mid-sized companies throughout Belgium. The Firm will consider buyouts and growth capital situations and generally prefers profitable businesses (€1 to €8 million) operating in B2B verticals. Vectis Private Equity was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Aalter.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 11
Sector: Distribution M&A 3 of 3
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: Belgium M&A 11 of 11
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-29 Salubris

Aalter, Belgium

Salubris specializes in everything related to professional cleaning and not only offers a complete range of cleaning products, but also effective solutions that always put the needs and wishes of the customers first. Salubris was founded in 1980 and is based in Aalter, Belgium.

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DESCRIPTION

Down 2 Earth Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing in and acquiring profitable (€2 to €10 million of EBITDA) Belgium-based companies. D2E does not have any stated sector preferences and will consider a variety of transaction situations including family successions, buyouts/buy-ins, non-core divestitures, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations. Down 2 Earth Capital was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 26
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 3
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Belgium M&A 19 of 25
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-01 Sisu Group

Antwerpen, Belgium

Sisu Group is specialized in staffing, advisory and training of specialized profiles in pharma, engineering, project management, Digital Marketing, HR, finance and supply chain. Sisu Group is based in Antwerpen, Belgium.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-21 VK architects+engineers

Ghent, Belgium

VK architects+engineers is a multidisciplinary design agency in the architecture & engineering sector, specializing in healthcare design and building engineering in both the public and private sectors. VK architects+engineers was established in 1952 and is based in Ghent, Belgium.

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