Seal Rock Partners

What is Seal Rock Partners?

Seal Rock Partners, known as Gimv on its website, is a private equity fund with headquarters at WTC The Hague in the Netherlands. They are dedicated to building leading companies across different sectors and have a strong investment thesis focused on forward-looking investment platforms including Consumer, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Smart Industries, and Sustainable Cities. Gimv is a European investment company listed on Euronext Brussels, with a history spanning over four decades of investing in innovation and entrepreneurship.

They manage a dynamic portfolio of approximately 60 companies, which have a combined turnover of around EUR 4.0 billion and employ more than 20,000 professionals. Gimv is recognized in the market for its partnership with entrepreneurial and innovative companies, and they bring growth into the DNA of these enterprises.

Their CEO, Koen Dejonckheere, emphasizes their focus and commitment towards sustainable growth and value creation by successfully joining managerial talent with skilled investment teams.

Their investment criteria are centered on ambitious, innovative companies that have a solid market position and strong growth potential, typically small to medium-sized firms, with capital requirements of up to EUR 150 million, and preferably headquartered in the Benelux region, France, or DACH countries.

These companies must also have strong management and a clear corporate vision with social added value.

As an active shareholder, Gimv prides itself on being a flexible partner with a solid balance sheet and patient capital, which supports a long-term investment view. Gimv's team consists of engaged, specialized, and experienced investment professionals who are committed to ethical standards and work collaboratively to drive success within their portfolio companies while continuously prioritizing sustainability.

Their expertise ranges from equity and mezzanine investments to specializations in seed, startup, early stage, expansion, later stage, management buy-out/leveraged buy-out (MBO/LBO), and spinout phases within the aforementioned investment areas.