- Business
- Gimv NV (GIMB.BR) is a Belgium-based investment company that partners with entrepreneurial management teams of innovative mid-market companies to drive sustainable growth and value creation through private equity and venture capital investments across five strategic platforms: Consumer, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Smart Industries, and Sustainable Cities; it deploys capital via its balance sheet and managed funds into buyouts, growth capital, minority stakes, debt, shareholder loans, and venture opportunities targeting firms with enterprise values suited to investments from EUR 5 million to EUR 150 million, focusing on sectors addressing digitalization, electrification, sustainable food, healthcare demographics, and energy transition. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, with offices across the Benelux, France, DACH region, and further international presence including the UK, Czech Republic, and Poland, Gimv manages a portfolio of approximately 60 companies generating combined turnover exceeding EUR 4.5 billion and employing over 20,000 professionals, primarily serving business customers in Europe while emphasizing ESG integration, operational excellence, international expansion, innovation, and buy-and-build strategies. Recent developments include investments in the first half of fiscal year 2025 totaling over EUR 300 million across Ambulantis (Healthcare, Germany), Alpine (Consumer, Netherlands), Hemink (Sustainable Cities, Netherlands), and Novicare (Healthcare, Netherlands); a reinvestment in the Bugaboo-Joolz stroller combination post their merger to accelerate global growth; additional capital in Spineart to advance its innovation pipeline and global spine surgery footprint; a strategic partnership with WorxInvest to form Gimv Anchor for long-term anchor investments, starting with Cegeka; a November 2025 minority stake in Equine Care Group alongside CNP and Bencis to fuel international expansion of equine veterinary services; bolt-on acquisitions at portfolio firms like Fronnt, Picot, and EGruppe; and support for TINC's capital increase via Infravest collaboration with Belfius, alongside a net profit of EUR 126.9 million for the first half of FY2025 reflecting solid growth performance.