FIELDS Group

Founder René van der Velden leads the firm. He is a former Bain & Company management team member and Monitor Group associate partner. The team includes deal leads such as Joris van Gils and Fabianne Onderwater, but FIELDS does not disclose a formal investment committee structure. Day-to-day execution appears to draw on the full Amsterdam and Munich team.

FIELDS invests with its own capital — the firm describes itself as investing 'with our own means' and deploys an operational task force inside portfolio companies. It does not publicly raise blind-pool funds from institutional limited partners. This principal-investor structure distinguishes it from a conventional institutional fund.

The firm targets companies with revenues typically between €15M and €150M in the Benelux and DACH markets. It pursues majority stakes, corporate carve-outs, and entrepreneur-led successions. Its website emphasizes relationships with entrepreneurs and management teams, and the team’s prior consulting and banking networks likely form a core sourcing channel.

FIELDS executes buy-and-build strategies, expansion and late-stage investments, and corporate spin-offs. Equity tickets range from €5M to €24M, and the firm seeks majority ownership. The approach is sector-agnostic, targeting industrial and service businesses where operational transformation can unlock value.

No. FIELDS Group has not published an AUM figure, and no regulatory filing or media report provides an aggregate number. Because the firm invests its own capital rather than managing third-party funds, the concept of AUM in the traditional LP-reported sense does not apply neatly.

The firm does not publish a formal exclusion list. Its stated interest centers on 'attractive markets like business services, IT services, pharma services and trade.' Consumer-facing technology, real estate, and financial institutions do not appear in its public portfolio or investment criteria.

FIELDS operates from Amsterdam and Munich. Fourteen professionals are named on the website, covering deal execution, fund controlling, compliance, investor relations, and operations. Laura Paanakker runs fund control and compliance, while dealmakers Joris van Gils and Fabianne Onderwater operate out of the Amsterdam base; the Munich office supplies additional DACH coverage.