Buyer landscape

Likely buyers · in Netherlands.

Prepared 2026-08-28 with GP Intel · deterministic scoring, published weights: gp-intel.com/methodology/league-tables

How companies like this sold · 142 verified exits: 42% to sponsors, 48% to corporates and platforms, 6% via IPO, 4% other routes. Route shift since 2020: sponsors 39% (was 47%), corporates and platforms 54% (was 40%), IPO 1% (was 12%).

The list: 19 Tier 1 · 6 Tier 2 of 120 matched buyers. A first round of the Tier 1 names plus the expansion buyers covers the demonstrated demand.

Financial buyers · 25

Tier 1 · Very High · score 70+

1. IK Partners SponsorVery High73

22 in Netherlands · 52 deals 2024–26

AUM €13.8B · IK Partnership Fund III · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €10-75M

18 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 13 per fund.

Bought Domek Group from Capital A Investment Partners, 2026 · Financials, Netherlands

2. Waterland Private Equity SponsorVery High73

56 in Netherlands · 39 deals 2024–26

Waterland Private Equity Fund IX (WPEF IX) · 2023 vintage · deploying · check €70-525M

48 platform investments since the 2023 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 19 per fund.

Backed Cooper Turner Beck, 2026 · Industrials, UK

3. Capital A Investment Partners SponsorVery High72

41 in Netherlands · 5 deals 2024–26

AUM €515M · Capital A Fund V · 2023 vintage · deploying · check €10-77M

12 platform investments since the 2023 vintage · mid-deployment vs its usual 22 per fund.

Backed Fortezza, 2025 · IT Services, Netherlands

4. Trill Impact SponsorVery High72

3 in Netherlands · 8 deals 2024–26

AUM €1.4B · Trill Impact Fund II · 2024 vintage · deploying

7 platform investments since the 2024 vintage · mid-deployment vs its usual 8 per fund.

Backed Noova Energy Systems, 2025 · Energy, Norway

5. IK Partners (IK Small Cap III) SponsorVery High71

22 in Netherlands · 39 deals 2024–26

AUM €13.8B · IK Partnership Fund III · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €10-75M

18 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 13 per fund.

Backed Domek Group, 2026 · Financials, Netherlands

6. IK Partners / GIC / Keensight / Parquest / management SponsorVery High71

21 in Netherlands · 38 deals 2024–26

AUM €13.8B · IK Partnership Fund III · 2025 vintage · deploying · check €10-75M

18 platform investments since the 2025 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 13 per fund.

Backed Domek Group, 2026 · Financials, Netherlands

7. Orlando Management SponsorVery High71

2 in Netherlands · 10 deals 2024–26

AUM €800M · Orlando Capital V · 2024 vintage · deploying · check €5-38M

Accelerating: 6 deals in the last 2 years vs 1.8/yr before.

Backed Kwantum, 2026 · Consumer, Netherlands

8. EQT SponsorVery High70

9 in Netherlands · 51 deals 2024–26

AUM €291.0B · EQT X · 2023 vintage · deploying · check €440M-3.3B

53 platform investments since the 2023 vintage · largely deployed vs its usual 11 per fund.

Backed Arium Networks, 2026 · Telecom, US

9. Bridgepoint SponsorVery High70

8 in Netherlands · 43 deals 2024–26