Standard Investment

About Standard Investment

Standard Investment is a Dutch private equity firm headquartered in Amsterdam, founded in 2004 as a hands-on private equity firm focused on structurally improving small and medium-sized Dutch businesses. The firm operates with approximately 20 years of operating history and partner-owned independent structure. The current portfolio represents more than €1 billion of aggregate revenue across 22 companies and 4,500+ employees, reflecting the platform's buy-and-build orientation and long-duration holding periods.

Investment thesis

Standard Investment deploys capital through an evergreen and committed-capital structure rather than traditional vintage fund series, with focus on buy-and-build and hands-on operational private equity targeting majority investments in established mid-market companies across services, distribution, production, industrials, business services and specialty manufacturing. Geographic deployment spans the Netherlands plus five additional European countries, with focus on pan-Benelux and DACH markets. The platform combines investor, entrepreneur and operating-manager perspectives, supporting long-term hold buy-and-build trajectories in SME industrials and services with patient capital structure unconstrained by typical fund duration.

Recent activity

Standard Investment maintains active deployment across the Dutch and broader European mid-market, with portfolio activity focused on structurally improving SME industrials and services businesses through hands-on operational support and selective bolt-on M&A. The firm's evergreen structure enables long-duration partnerships with portfolio company management teams across multi-year ownership periods. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €49/month.