Waterland Private Equity

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bussum, the Netherlands, Waterland is a pan-European private equity investor with advisory offices across Europe. It partners with entrepreneurs and management teams to build larger, more resilient companies over the long term.

Waterland specialises in buy-and-build investing: identifying fragmented markets, backing a platform company, and accelerating growth through organic development and targeted acquisitions. Its largest sector exposures include business services, infrastructure, and technology and communications, alongside investments in areas such as healthcare, consumer goods, food and beverage, and transportation.

The firm is especially associated with an active, operationally engaged investment style. It supports portfolio companies with acquisitions, financing, organisational development, internationalisation, and responsible-investment initiatives rather than acting solely as a financial sponsor.