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Percival Participations
Percival helpt bedrijven groeien en biedt groeifinanciering voor innovatieve start- en scale-ups en winstgevende bedrijven met een goede marktpositie.
Percival Participations
Percival helpt bedrijven groeien en biedt groeifinanciering voor innovatieve start- en scale-ups en winstgevende bedrijven met een goede marktpositie. Het richt zich op Nederlandse bedrijven met een beschermbare innovatie of unieke marktpositie in traditionele sectoren. Percival is hands-on venture capital en doet meer dan financieren alleen.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2006
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Netherlands
City
Rotterdam
Corporate office
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Principals
Henk van Groen
Oprichter en Fund Director
Adriaan Wijt
Fund Director
Anne-Marie Hesselink
Operationeel Manager
David Labee
Data & Automation Engineer
Joep Koopmans
Dealmaking, Partnerships, en Business Development
Arjan Witteveen
Finance & Operations
Leo Kruger
Ondernemerschap
Jeffrey van der Meer
Digital Strategy
Kevin Cappon
Human Capital Management
Chris Oudshoorn
Strategic Marketing & Business Development
Maarten Brouwer
Strategic Marketing & Business Development
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What type of companies does Percival Participations invest in?
Percival targets companies with patentable or patented hardware technologies in traditional industrial sectors. The firm’s intake process screens for inventions at a technology readiness level (TRL) compatible with commercial scaling, and it explicitly seeks businesses where intellectual property is a central competitive advantage. Pure software or service companies fall outside its stated focus.
Does Percival Participations invest across all stages?
The firm engages from early-stage seed and start-up rounds through growth-stage investments. Its strategy accommodates co-investments and direct equity across that range, provided the target company aligns with its industrial-hardware and IP-protection criteria.
What is Percival’s approach after investing?
Percival describes a hands-on model where it adds operational expertise as needed, sometimes filling an active interim role within the portfolio company. The firm sees itself as a connector — leveraging its network to link portfolio companies with customers, suppliers, and strategic partners to accelerate commercial traction.
Where does Percival Participations deploy capital geographically?
Percival is headquartered in Rotterdam and its website and intake form are built entirely in Dutch, with a clear focus on the Netherlands. Its investment mandate extends to European companies fitting the industrial-hardware and IP-driven thesis, though specific country concentrations beyond the Netherlands are not publicly detailed.
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