Operating Partners for Investor-Backed Tech Companies
Let's build the future!
We help mgmt teams & investors to build tech companies that solve today's pressing issues
Commercial strategy
Commercial strategies for highly technical products on a global scale. Our track record ranges from semi-conductors to cyber security, from robotics to waste treaments.
Exit readiness
We realized successful exits ourselves and know what it takes.
We help you in the year prior to exit by bringing the company in excellent shape, defining the strategy for the next 5 years and striking partnerships with strategic buyers before you start your M&A process.
Scaling the organisation
We know first-hand what it takes to grow an organisation to 300+ FTE under PE ownership.
Companies & investors we partnered with
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Selection of our projects
Breaking through the revenue plateau
A maritime tech company that robotically cleans the biggest ship hulls on earth. Their investor introduced us to solve the root cause of their revenue plateau. Within several months, we helped to reset the sales organisation so everyone could play to their strengths again. Revenue growth restored!
Buy & build in the IT sector
At Vortex Capital, Matti van der Gronde led a buy & build of IT companies under the brand Hallo. It started as a local 10-person voice-over-IP vendor and transformed into a €70m+ IT managed service provider, headquartered in Amsterdam with 300+ employees after 12+ acquisitions. It was an incredible ride together with founder Marc and co-CEO Barry, and we still keep in touch!
Expanding to Asia?
Anvil Industries develops high-end metal components for a.o. the lithography machines of ASML. Global semi-conductor supply chains are moving to Asia and Anvil needed to formulate its own Asia expansion strategy. Together with the management and PE we created the clarity to move forward.
Technology + design
At Invesdor, Matti van der Gronde helped Taco Carlier, founder & CEO Vanmoof, to raise €2.5m in convertible loans. It was crucial to convey the fine balance between their complex technology and their appealing design. Matti was the first to put in his own money. This funding round bridged Vanmoof to a series B round of €128m led by Balderton Capital.
From investment to strategic exit
At Vortex Capital Partners, Matti van der Gronde invested in a startup cyber security company and helped it grow through ups & downs, ultimately realizing a great exit to Darktrace (UK stock-listed; €0.5bn turnover) at a great valuation of 12x annual recurring revenues (ARR). The journey with founders Pieter & Maarten was intense and fun!
Semi-conductor innovation
This carve-out from Philips has developed a nano-imprint lithography machine that outperforms ASML's lithography machines in certain niches. With several millions in revenues, it needed to make the next step commercially. We analyzed the needs of the complex value chain and presented a clear plan forward to the supervisory board.
Chief of everything
Aiden faced a challenging financial situation combined with a managerial issue, just after fully leveraging the company for two recent acquisitions. Matti van der Gronde, in his role as chief of staff, had to fix the internal issues while communicating transparently to its PE shareholders and banks to maintain their trust.
About us
About us
Entrepreneurial professionals who worked on both sides of the table to build €100m+ companies.
Operating Partners with skin in the game
We're entrepreneurial professionals with a track record of investing our money in the companies we work at. We always start off working on a project-basis for the first months. If there is a mutual fit, we partner with great investors for the long term to bring their companies to the next level.
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Let's talk about the future.
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Operating Partners for investor-backed tech companies.