Private Equity Cycle 2025-2026

About
Are you curious about the world of Private Equity and eager to gain insight into a high-level combination of strategy and finance? The Private Equity Cycle is the largest Private Equity event in the Netherlands, connecting top students with the industry’s leading firms. The event consists of five in-house days and three Private Equity Dinners with three firms present at each dinner.  Are you interested in experiencing what it is like to work in the dynamic field of Private Equity?  Don’t miss this unique opportunity and apply now!

Program
May 7th – Gimv
May 8th – Torqx
May 11th – Holland Capital
May 12th – Mentha
May 13th – PE Dinner: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, CVC DIF & Main Capital Partners
May 19th – PE Dinner: Gilde Healthcare, IceLake & Lexar
May 20th – HAL Investments
May 21st – PE Dinner: Egeria, Rivean Capital & 3i

In-house days will start at 13:00 and end around 18:00 with drinks. The PE Dinners will start at 17:30 and end around 23:00. Please be aware that fluency in Dutch is required for each day.

Who are we looking for?
This event is designed for students from all backgrounds in the final stage of their Bachelor or Master’s study. An economics-related study background is not a requirement for participation in the event. Therefore, we welcome students from all fields of study who have an affinity with finance.

How to apply?
To apply successfully, please submit a single PDF file containing your CV + University Grades + High School Grades in the following format: CV&Grades_firstname_lastname. After applying, you will receive an additional application form through e-mail that MUST be completed to finalize your application. In this form you will have the opportunity to select a maximum of 5 days for which you would like to apply. Without completing this last step, your application will not be considered.

After the application deadline, all applications will be sent to the participating companies. They will make a selection of the students that will be invited for the event. As you apply for each day individually, you will only particpate on a specific day of the Cycle if you get selected by the specific company of that day. This means you might not be selected for all the days you applied for. If selected by the participating firm(s), you will receive more information in the week of April 20th.

Participating Companies

Gimv 
Gimv is a leading European investment company with over 45 years of experience in Private Equity. Listed on Euronext Brussels, Gimv currently manages around €2 billion in assets and holds stakes in more than 60 portfolio companies, together employing over 20,000 people and generating a combined turnover of €4.5 billion. We partner with entrepreneurial and innovative companies that show strong growth potential and a clear vision for the future. Beyond providing capital, we bring strategic and operational expertise, financial know-how, and access to our extensive international network to drive long-term growth for our portfolio companies.

Our investments are organized across four platforms: Consumer, Healthcare, Smart Industries, and Sustainable Cities – each driven by dedicated, multidisciplinary teams based in Antwerp, The Hague, Munich, and Paris. Within our investments, we focus on structural trends such as the ageing population and the increasing need of digitalization across society, which underline long-term growth. In addition, we regard ESG as a key principle in value creation, and this is one of the reasons Gimv is proud to be part of the BEL ESG Index. Due to our evergreen structure, we have a flexible approach which is based on a solid balance sheet, patient capital and a long-term view. Our focus is on companies that are headquartered in the Benelux, France or DACH led by a strong management team with a clear corporate vision of social added value. The Dutch office is continuously hiring interns, with positions available starting from July 2026.

Torqx
Torqx is a leading investment firm managing over €350m of committed capital that makes investments in leading companies headquartered in the Netherlands and Belgium. We invest in companies across many different industries, but mostly in situations where we can partner with founders and management team members to drive significant growth and profit improvement by implementing focused operational and strategic initiatives. Our fund is backed by highly reputable, international, institutional investors and the Torqx team itself (as second largest investor).  

Our team consists of 12 investment professionals with world-class business backgrounds, a down-to-earth approach, and complementary skills and expertise. We distinguish ourselves through a no-nonsense approach to create more momentum (“torque”) in our portfolio companies by assisting management teams in fine-tuning plans and realizing key initiatives. Not spreadsheets, but entrepreneurship and building even stronger companies are central to us. We like to form close partnerships with entrepreneurs and management teams to accelerate profitable growth and to realize an even better result from joint ownership. For more information about Torqx, please refer to www.torqxcapital.com.

Holland Capital
Holland Capital is one of the longest standing Private Equity firms in the Netherlands. They have been successfully and responsibly investing in promising small and medium-sized Dutch and German businesses with growth ambitions for more than 40 years. With a clear investment strategy, they anticipate long-term trends in attractive growth markets, focusing on Healthcare, and Technology. In recent years they have invested in more than 200 companies. Currently they have EUR 500m under management. Their funds come primarily from experienced entrepreneurs from the Healthcare and Technology sectors, as well as family offices and institutional investors. The culture at Holland Capital is ambitious, entrepreneurial and open. ”Our close-knit team consists of about 35+ young, proactive and motivating professionals who work hard, but also regularly have fun together. We have the option to work out at the gym just around the corner, take a boat ride on the Holland Capital boat during the summer months, and we regularly end the week at our local pub, NAP”.

Mentha
Mentha is a Private Equity firm focusing on profitable SMEs headquartered in the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark characterised by sustainable growth opportunities, both organically and through buy-and-build and internationalisation. More specifically, partnerships are entered into with inspired management teams of companies with an EBITDA of €3m to €18m, mostly within the focus areas of technology, business services, consumer, health & wellbeing and advanced manufacturing. With 22 portfolio companies and about 25 (add-on) acquisitions per year, Mentha has built a strong track record and also launched its first Impact Fund in 2024. Mentha’s corporate culture can best be described as authentic, down-to-earth and human. The entrepreneurial team – residing in Amsterdam-North, Antwerp and Copenhagen – consists of over 40 professionals with diverse personalities and backgrounds.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Building value that matters Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. To date, CIP has developed and constructed more than +50 greenfield renewable projects around the world. CIP is developing a greenfield project portfolio of ~160GW totally, and ~16 GW is in operation or under construction. CIP manages 13 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR ~35 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 200 leading institutional investors. CIP has built a prominent investment team capable of originating proprietary investment opportunities and executing projects and investments based on the team’s industrial background, large industrial network, and extensive experience in structuring, executing, and managing investments within energy infrastructure. Headquartered in Copenhagen, CIP also operates from key locations across the globe, including offices in Hamburg, Munich, London, Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Singapore. In addition, CIP has 17 local project offices globally. For more information, visit www.cip.com.

CVC DIF
CVC DIF is a leading global infrastructure-focused Private Equity firm headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. As of July 1, 2024, CVC DIF is the infrastructure business line of CVC Capital Partners, a global leader within private markets, managing over €200 billion in assets. CVC DIF currently has more than €19 billion in assets under management, which it manages on behalf of institutional investors from across the globe. These funds invest globally in high-quality infrastructure businesses, with a focus on energy transition, sustainable transportation, utilities and digitalisation. Our mission is to deliver high-quality infrastructure investments that create sustainable long-term value for our stakeholders. Our team across 12 offices worldwide consists of more than 260 professionals working in a variety of disciplines. At the PE dinner, representatives from both the Dutch investment and investor relations team will be present. The Dutch Investment team consists of 13 investment professionals and covers investments from deal sourcing to execution, portfolio management and exit in the Benelux and wider Europe across industries. The Investor Relations consists of 15 members in Amsterdam, London, New York, Toronto and Sydney, and is responsible for realizing capital growth by forming strategic capital partnerships with investors, structuring and managing investor syndication-and co-invest processes and developing fund strategies to align capital allocation with objectives of investors.

Main Capital Partners
Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor with more than €6 billion in assets under management and more than 20 years of experience in helping software companies grow. The firm works closely with management teams as a strategic partner and has 85 employees across offices in The Hague, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris, and an allied office in Boston. In this dynamic environment, you will have the opportunity to gain international experience and be part of a fast-growing team. Main manages a portfolio of approximately 50 software companies, employing over 15,000 people. By working closely with the management teams in its portfolio as a strategic partner, Main helps these companies achieve profitable growth and helps create larger outstanding software groups.  

Main provides Enterprise Software companies with the right knowledge and guidance along their profitable growth journeys. Main’s mission is to drive innovation, increase value, and contribute positively to the entire software ecosystem. It is Main’s belief that in doing so, they will lay the foundation for a better future for the software industry and society at large. At Main we are always seeking new ambitious talent to strengthen our young, dynamic, and fast-growing organization. Together, we work hard to achieve excellence and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone has the equal opportunity to reach their potential. Aside from that, we also know how to have fun and often come together to bond over some drinks and team-building activities.

Gilde Healthcare
Gilde Healthcare is a specialized healthcare investor managing over €2.6 billion across two fund strategies: Private Equity and Venture & Growth. The Private Equity franchise of Gilde Healthcare invests in profitable healthcare companies in North-Western Europe, with the aim of growing the business to the next level with our active support and buy & build strategies. The Private Equity investment focus covers a broad range of healthcare companies, such as CROs & CDMOs, specialized medical product businesses, Healthcare IT, specialty pharma, outsourcing services and healthcare clinics. Our mission is to invest in companies that enable better care at lower cost. The Private Equity team has offices in Utrecht, The Netherlands and Frankfurt, Germany.

IceLake
IceLake is a Private Equity firm investing in business services companies with an experienced and entrepreneurial management team. These companies have a size of €5 – €30m+ EBITDA at entry with strong market positions and that benefit from our support in executing their growth strategies, such as buy & builds and international expansion. After investing in a company, IceLake works together with management to create strategic and operational plans and provide the support necessary to realize these plans. We have an outstanding track record of successfully partnering with business owners and management teams in a collaborative setting, thereby creating significant added value. IceLake is a fast-growing firm with offices in Amsterdam (HQ), Munich and Brussels.

Lexar
Lexar is a young and ambitious investment firm focused on investing in promising B2B SaaS companies and IT services. We support entrepreneurs not only with capital, but also by actively contributing on a strategic, commercial, and operational level to help companies scale faster and further professionalize. Through two funds, we currently invest in 10 portfolio companies. We operate from our modern office in Laren, where a close-knit and young team of 16 colleagues works every day to build strong software businesses. We believe in entrepreneurship with impact: companies that contribute to a better world, create good workplaces, and show respect for their environment. Guided by the conviction that enjoyment and ambition go hand in hand, we actively encourage entrepreneurship and employee participation. Our philosophy is simple: working hard to build great companies, with great people.

HAL Investments
HAL Investments will give selected students a behind-the-scenes opportunity to be introduced to the challenging world of HAL Investments and Private Equity. HAL Investments is a listed, long-term investment company with a net asset value of €14,99 billion and holds significant positions in a number of listed and non-listed companies in a wide range of industries such as Boskalis (100%), Coolblue (56%), FD Mediagroep (100%), Prodrive Technologies (47%). HAL’s strategy focuses on increasing value through long-term involvement in these companies. During the inhouse event on May 20th 2026 you will be given an insight into various aspects of Private Equity and long term investing. Members of the HAL Investments team will take you on an interesting journey to give you a sneak-peak at what is part of their day-to-day business.

Egeria
Egeria has been investing for more than twenty years in healthy, well-managed Dutch companies or companies with a Dutch connection. In addition to its investments through the Egeria Private Equity Funds, Egeria manages an Evergreen portfolio (Egeria Evergreens) as well as several investments in listed companies (Egeria Listed Investments). Its real estate activities are consolidated under Egeria Real Estate Investments and Egeria Real Estate Development. Egeria is independent, invests with a long-term perspective, and works continuously – together with management teams and partners – to build and develop its investments.

Egeria believes in building boldly together. Together with our own people, together with the management of our portfolio companies, and together with our network of industry experts, we aim to achieve growth and sustainable value creation. We translate ambitious goals into concrete actions, make decisions as quickly as possible, and lay the first stone today – not tomorrow. Egeria Private Equity Funds invests in companies with an enterprise value between €50 million and €350 million, with the principle that the management of a portfolio company is also a co-owner. Target companies must have growth potential and operate in markets with attractive prospects.

The management teams of the portfolio companies are responsible for entrepreneurship and day-to-day operations. Egeria acts as an active partner, enabling acceleration together with a Supervisory Board that brings specific industry expertise. Mutual respect and trust are a given. Egeria’s professionals support the management teams of portfolio companies across a wide range of areas, including: Acting as a sounding board in defining strategic direction and priorities; Providing hands-on support in scaling and further professionalizing the organization; Executing (international) acquisitions and large-scale investments; Making additional capital available and arranging financing to support further growth; Sharing best practices in human capital, commercial, operational, legal, tax, and financial matters.

Rivean Capital
Rivean Capital has been on the frontier of mid-market Private Equity in Europe since 1982, having supported more than 250 companies in realizing their growth ambitions. With assets under management of €5bn, Rivean is amongst the largest and most active dedicated mid-market funds in Europe today. With our team of 40+ investment professionals, we invest in mid-market leading companies (sweet spot Enterprise Value of €100 – €500m) along our 3 investment themes: Internationalization, Digitization and Sustainability. We are active in all major industries, including manufacturing, pharma, consumer goods, food & beverages, IT and engineering. We focus on value creation through our in-house Portfolio Enhancement Program, helping successful companies to achieve accelerated growth, a.o. through buy-and-build, international expansion and large-scale capex investment projects. Rivean operates on global scale through platform investment operations and international add-on M&A activity but is firmly rooted in local culture through our pan-European set-up. Our offices are in the Netherlands (HQ: Amsterdam), Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.

3i
3i is a publicly listed (FTSE 100) investment company with complementary businesses, Private Equity and Infrastructure, specialising in core investment markets in northern Europe and North America with over 75 years’ experience. As proprietary capital investors we have a long-term, responsible approach. We create value through thoughtful origination, disciplined investment and active management of our assets, driving sustainable growth in our investee companies. Through our Private Equity business comprised of c.60 investment professionals across offices in 7 countries we invest in mid-market companies with an enterprise value between €100m – €500m by taking a majority stake. Our current Private Equity portfolio of c.€33bn AUM consists of 26 companies present in over 70 countries.

Access to both 3i’s balance sheet and external capital allows us significant flexibility in how we finance deals and the length of our investment hold period. Our typical investment holding period is 3-5 years, although we may hold investments for longer depending on the strategy for the investment. We focus on four core sectors: Consumer & Private Label, Healthcare, Industrial and Services & Software. In each we have a proven track record and a deep international network of contacts. In the Benelux, we operate with a team of 10 investment professionals together managing a portfolio of 8 companies including Action, Royal Sanders, BoConcept and Basic-Fit. In the past years we completed the acquisitions of European Bakery Group, Mepal, Yanga, Konges Slojd and VakantieDiscounter as well as the divestment of Nexeye (Hans Anders). 

Event details:  

• Date: May 7th until May 21st, 2026.
• Target Group: This event is designed for students from all backgrounds in the final stage of their Bachelor or Master’s study. An economics-related study background is not a requirement for participation in the event. Therefore, we welcome students from all fields of study who have an affinity with finance.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in Dutch is required. 
• Application Deadline: April 3rd, 2026, 23:59.
• Selection Process: CV-selection.