Investments
20Portfolio Exits
7Funds
3Partners & Customers
1Latest Vendis Capital News
Jun 28, 2022
Clearwater International has advised the owners of Mountain Village, a leading European producer and group of disc golf brands, on the sale to private equity funds Equip Capital and Vendis Capital. Mountain Village was founded in 2005 in Skellefteå, Sweden, by four former disc golf professionals and enthusiasts with the idea to actively participate in the development and professionalisation of the global disc golf industry. Over the years, Mountain Village has grown to become the world’s second-largest producer of disc golf discs and today the company produces discs for several leading brands globally, including its own brand Latitude 64°. Mountain Village is praised by both resellers, as well as disc golf professionals and enthusiasts all over the world for the consistently high quality and reliability of the discs the group produces. During a Clearwater International-led process in the spring of 2022, the founders chose to partner with Equip and Vendis who invested alongside the founders to become the majority shareholders of Mountain Village. The founding team will all remain significant shareholders in the partnership and will continue to be operationally engaged. Going forward, the group will combine organic and external growth levers to drive its strategic agenda with the ambition to build the House of Discs, the ultimate disc golf company uniting a number of leading disc golf brands building on strong pillars in branding and marketing, production, and R&D as well as distribution and course building. sold to
Vendis Capital Investments
20 Investments
Vendis Capital has made 20 investments. Their latest investment was in BlueBrixx as part of their Private Equity on September 9, 2021.
Vendis Capital Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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9/17/2021 | Private Equity | BlueBrixx | Yes | 1 | ||
9/17/2021 | Private Equity | Model Car World | Yes | 1 | ||
9/13/2021 | Private Equity | Pink Gellac | Yes | 1 | ||
1/5/2021 | Private Equity | |||||
9/9/2020 | Private Equity |
Date | 9/17/2021 | 9/17/2021 | 9/13/2021 | 1/5/2021 | 9/9/2020 |
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Round | Private Equity | Private Equity | Private Equity | Private Equity | Private Equity |
Company | BlueBrixx | Model Car World | Pink Gellac | ||
Amount | |||||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vendis Capital Portfolio Exits
7 Portfolio Exits
Vendis Capital has 7 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Sylphar on November 23, 2021.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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11/23/2021 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Date | 11/23/2021 | ||||
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Exit | Acquired | ||||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 4 |
Vendis Capital Acquisitions
11 Acquisitions
Vendis Capital acquired 11 companies. Their latest acquisition was Mountain Village on June 02, 2022.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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6/2/2022 | Acq - Fin | 3 | ||||
2/3/2021 | Acq - Fin | 3 | ||||
2/23/2018 | Acq - Fin | 2 | ||||
5/16/2017 | Private Equity | |||||
6/1/2016 |
Date | 6/2/2022 | 2/3/2021 | 2/23/2018 | 5/16/2017 | 6/1/2016 |
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Investment Stage | Private Equity | ||||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | |||||
Note | Acq - Fin | Acq - Fin | Acq - Fin | ||
Sources | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Vendis Capital Fund History
3 Fund Histories
Vendis Capital has 3 funds, including Vendis Capital III.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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7/11/2019 | Vendis Capital III | Buyouts & Acquisitions | Closed | $337.65M | 1 |
5/25/2016 | Vendis Capital European Investment Fund II | ||||
1/10/2011 | Vendis Capital I |
Closing Date | 7/11/2019 | 5/25/2016 | 1/10/2011 |
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Fund | Vendis Capital III | Vendis Capital European Investment Fund II | Vendis Capital I |
Fund Type | Buyouts & Acquisitions | ||
Status | Closed | ||
Amount | $337.65M | ||
Sources | 1 |
Vendis Capital Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Vendis Capital has 1 strategic partners and customers. Vendis Capital recently partnered with Kamera Express on February 2, 2018.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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2/23/2018 | Partner | Netherlands | Vendis Capital supports the growth of Kamera Express He believes that Vendis Capital is the right partner for Kamera Express to continue this success : `` The qualities of Vendis Capital , amongst others their familiarity with the retail industry and experience with expanding leading retail formulas internationally , will add to Kamera Express 's further development '' . | 1 |
Date | 2/23/2018 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | Netherlands |
News Snippet | Vendis Capital supports the growth of Kamera Express He believes that Vendis Capital is the right partner for Kamera Express to continue this success : `` The qualities of Vendis Capital , amongst others their familiarity with the retail industry and experience with expanding leading retail formulas internationally , will add to Kamera Express 's further development '' . |
Sources | 1 |
Vendis Capital Team
2 Team Members
Vendis Capital has 2 team members, including current Managing Director, Willem Van Aelten.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Cedric Olbrechts | Mitiska REIM, Net Fund Europe, Merrill, and Accenture | Founder | Current |
Willem Van Aelten | Managing Director | Current |
Name | Cedric Olbrechts | Willem Van Aelten |
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Work History | Mitiska REIM, Net Fund Europe, Merrill, and Accenture | |
Title | Founder | Managing Director |
Status | Current | Current |
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