Our mission
Our mission is to support families, entrepreneurs and management teams, in need of a hands-on financial partner, to grow their companies to the next phase of development.
Targets are typically family-owned and/or founder-led businesses with untapped potential. ~90% of our portfolio companies are deals where historical shareholders reinvested alongside KeBeK.
Every deal with KeBeK is structured as a partnership with management and co-shareholders supporting a shared vision and strategy for each target company to unlock its full potential.
In addition, transactions with KeBeK are often a solution for a transition of capital and management, and an attractive alternative to selling to an industrial player – keeping independence, teams and corporate culture in place.
Our strategy
Control positions,
mainly in healthy buyouts
Target profile
Profitable companies with sustainable business model and defendable market position
Significant potential for value enhancement (organic growth, reinforcement, and buy-and build / consolidation plays)
Transactions
Majority or 'majority-like' positions
Influence on strategy, management and exit
Mainly buyouts (LBO, OBO, MBO, MBI), but also growth equity
5-7 years investment horizon
Transparency as key value
Benelux-based (niche) SMEs
across sectors
Preferred sectors
Companies active in attractive (niche) segments of proven industries
Target size
€1.5-10m EBITDA
€10-50m Revenue
€10-50m Enterprise Value
€3-10m Equity Tickets and potential for co-investors
As partner of families,
founders and management
Ownership profile
Typically family-owned and founder-led businesses looking for a partner for the next step
Current shareholder structure often prevents fully realising opportunities
Often solution for transition in capital and management
Management profile
Committed and result-driven management teams
Incentive packages to fully align interests with other shareholders
KeBeK as sounding board
Our strategy
Control positions,
mainly in healthy buyouts
Target profile
Profitable companies with sustainable business model and defendable market position
Significant potential for value enhancement (organic growth, reinforcement, and buy-and build / consolidation plays)
Transactions
Majority or 'majority-like' positions
Influence on strategy, management and exit
Mainly buyouts (LBO, OBO, MBO, MBI), but also growth equity
5-7 years investment horizon
Transparency as key value
Benelux-based (niche) SMEs
across sectors
Preferred sectors
Companies active in attractive (niche) segments of proven industries
Target size
€1.5-10m EBITDA
€10-50m Revenue
€10-50m Enterprise Value
€3-10m Equity Tickets and potential for co-investors
As partner of families,
founders and management
Ownership profile
Typically family-owned and founder-led businesses looking for a partner for the next step
Current shareholder structure often prevents fully realising opportunities
Often solution for transition in capital and management
Management profile
Committed and result-driven management teams
Incentive packages to fully align interests with other shareholders
KeBeK as sounding board
Our approach
Every deal is approached with an entrepreneurial mind-set, and a no-nonsense, fair and sustainable approach. KeBeK also adopts a responsible investor approach including ESG criteria in its investment process and the monitoring of its investments.
Before investing, we perform in-depth due diligence of each company’s market, business model, operations and value creation levers. This process ensures that we identify actionable opportunities, define priorities and agree with management on a strategy and business plan.
Once invested, we remain closely involved, providing focused support and advice in specific areas and acting as sounding board / sparring partner to management teams. Management teams remain in the “driving seat” and fully aligned with shareholders.
When supporting companies, we focus on value creation strategies combining:
(i) organic growth via continued roll-ot, commercial push, penetration of new markets, channels and geographies, and expansion of offerings
(ii) reinforcement / professionalisation of organizations, processes , systems, and reportings
(iii) M&A / buy-and-build or consolidation plays
Our team
KeBeK’s team comprises 5 complementary professionals, of which 4 Partners working together for 20+ years since their time at the captive private equity arm of a large Belgian bank. They have a unique experience in Benelux SMEs private equity, investments, funds and value creation strategies.
With around 30 acquisitions executed and over 30 add-ons realised since 2012, KeBeK has a demonstrated track-record of investing and creating (operational) value for its portfolio companies.