For and by entrepreneurs
As an entrepreneur, you want to keep moving. You want to grow, you want to move forward and you’re always focused on the future, what you leave behind and how you profit. You want to invest in a stable future because this is what gives you long-term security. Marktlink Capital gives entrepreneurs and private investors access to the strongest private equity and venture capital funds.
The private equity investment class is growing
More and more entrepreneurs choose to invest in private equity. This makes sense: because of high inflation, holding on to your equity costs money, the stock market is too volatile and investing in real estate yields less and less. Private equity, however, offers long-term security and delivers high expected returns.
With private equity, you invest in what you know: entrepreneurship and leading companies that operate in fast-growing sectors. Together with other entrepreneurs, you invest in the future and in durable growth. Private equity has outperformed the stock market for over 20 consecutive years.
Learn moreThe advantages of our fund-of-funds
A fund-of-funds allows you to invest in about ten international funds. This means that your portfolio consists of about 150 different companies. A diversified portfolio like this is important for achieving stable returns. At Marktlink Capital, we tend to choose funds that are structured as a Dutch legal form called ‘cooperative’. This means that entrepreneurs investing through their holdings (for example a private or public limited company) will not have to pay corporation tax over their returns. That saves up to 25% in income tax. You invest in sustainable growth for yourself and for the coming generation.
We offer three investment categories. Per category, you can check out the expected returns, the investment strategies and how it all works.
Our private equity funds give you investors access to the best funds in Europe and North America.
Invest in fast-growing technology companies, start-ups and scale-ups in Europe through our venture capital and growth equity funds.
Feeder funds are for those investors who prefer to set their own priorities in their portfolios.
Why Marktlink Capital?
Private equity used to be solely accessible to large institutional investors like pension funds and insurance companies but, through Marktlink Capital, private investors can gain access to the private market as well. Marktlink Capital is part of Marktlink: one of the largest M&A advisory firms for the upper SME segment in Northwestern Europe. Marktlink’s knowledge, experience and capital and that of its contacts are all joined under Marktlink Capital, which ensures our access to the best-performing funds in Europe and North America.
Marius Nijland, entrepreneur Sevenstars
Noud Jacobs, one of the former CEOs of ITrainee
Fred Lammers, former CEO CurTec
The Investor Community
Our active Investor Community consists of both investors and the investment firms we work with. Together, we inspire, connect and reinforce each other. For the most part, our investors are entrepreneurs with specific sector knowledge and experience. And this ‘smart capital’ in particular is attracting the interest of private equity and venture capital firms: it means a unique source of potential targets, knowledge and networks.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions
At Marktlink Capital, we always look for the best fund managers and make sure that the selected funds complement each other well. This is how we create the right balance when it comes to geography, sectors and different strategies for value creation. A good distribution and high expected returns are leading, but we also thoroughly assess the durability of a fund. If a fund manager does not perform well in this area, they are eliminated from our selection process. We always look for managers with a proven track record who can create a lot of value for all stakeholders.
We invest the money in funds managed by investment firms. We invest in about ten different funds. These funds, in turn, invest the money in different SMEs over a period of two to four years. About fifteen companies per fund are acquired. This means you invest in a total of 150 companies. The investment firms try to achieve growth within the acquired companies, for example, through small acquisitions in other countries. This way, the value of these companies increases and they can be sold at a profit after five to seven years.
Each investment firm has its own strategy. There are funds that are focused on acquiring SMEs in the Netherlands to help them grow internationally. Other funds focus on sector consolidation by acquiring and merging companies in the same sector, known as a buy-and-build strategy. Funds help companies with their long-term strategies, to invest in their organisations or to strengthen management. Each strategy has the same goal: to make the acquired company stronger, larger and more robust to ultimately sell it at a profit.
Do you want to know more?
Our team consists of professionals with years of experience at home and abroad. We know the sector like no other and our investors reap the benefits.
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