Waterland is an independent private equity investment group

Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions.

Waterland acts as an active shareholder in its portfolio companies, playing a key role in their strategic and operational development, growth and performance. With its experienced, entrepreneurial investment team, Waterland aims to help ambitious entrepreneurs obtain a strong market position in today’s increasingly competitive business environment. To date, Waterland has made investments in over 1000 companies.

Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. is registered as a fund manager in the register maintained by the Dutch regulator, the AFM (Autoriteit Financiële Markten).

Waterland and Shape enter partnership and focus on international expansion

Waterland acquires a majority stake in Shape, Denmark's largest independent developer of native apps for Apple and Google operating systems. The company employs more than 100 people, primarily designers and developers, and has offices in Copenhagen and Zurich, Switzerland. Among its clients are international heavyweights such as IKEA, Red Bull and Credit Suisse, as well as a range of Danish companies including Fitness World, Bang & Olufsen, OK a.m.b.a., Solar, Aller Media and Novo Nordisk. The company was founded in 2010 by Christian Risom, Nicolas Linde, Ole Gammelgaard Poulsen and[...]

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Waterland portfolio company mrge expands North American footprint

Leading international commerce advertising platform mrge has expanded its product and customer portfolio by acquiring Canadian performance advertising platform SourceKnowledge. mrge was supported in this deal by its majority investor Waterland Private Equity. The acquisition marks an important milestone in the company’s history – following digidip, shopping24 and Yieldkit, SourceKnowledge is the first non-European firm to join the group, strengthening the company’s competitive position in North America. Founded in 2009 in Montreal, Canada, SourceKnowledge offers performance marketing[...]

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