The Food & Agri sector

Food & Agri

The Food & Agri sector

Fund start
Early 2021

Fund volume
approx. € 30 mio

 

Anders Invest Food & Agri Fonds

Portfolio Portfolio Involved Yield

The Food & Agri sector is facing a significant challenge: providing a growing world population with reliable, affordable and honest food.

 

This challenge requires the Food & Agri sector to transition. Anders Invest contributes to this transition by long-term investing in companies that aim to make a difference in the Food & Agri sector. An attractive financial return is important, but we also aim for a “sustainability impact” return.

Portfolio

The Anders Invest Food & Agri fund has raised approximately € 30 million to date. The fund aims to make investments in companies across the total Food & Agri value chain; “from farm to fork”. The focus will be on companies in the middle of the chain; that work in processing, trade and sales of products. This focus across the value chain means we will look for opportunities in the Netherlands and across borders. Fund management significantly co-invests with their own equity in the fund.

Involved

Anders Invest Fund Management adds value to the portfolio companies by taking a hands-on approach. Moreover, involve our broad investor network to contribute with their knowledge and network to the portfolio companies. 

Yield

The fund will diversify across healthy and growing businesses. As a result, we expect to realize healthy financial returns against manageable risks. We will create value for our portfolio companies by taking a hands-on approach and realizing synergies between the different portfolio companies. 

A key aspect of the Food & Agri fund is that we do not solely focus on financial return. Together with our portfolio companies, we will also set goals to realize a sustainability impact. Here we aim to align this impact with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

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21/12/2021

Investment in Geraedts Ijzergieterij

On December 30, 2021, Anders Invest realized a 60% participation in Geraedts IJzergieterij from Baarlo. The company manufactures castings from lamellar and nodular cast iron. Geraedts employs approximately 20 permanent employees. It is Anders Invest's 26th participation in its industrial fund. Geraedts, a North Limburg family business founded in 1935, produces castings from lamellar and nodular cast iron for the mechanical engineering, automotive and maritime industries. The company is a hand-moulded foundry specializing in small series up to 16 tons. In the factory in Baarlo, melting is done by means of electro-induction furnaces, which leads to a process with a significantly lower CO2 footprint than using traditional gas cupola furnaces. Geraedts serves customers in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium from Baarlo. By supplying high-quality products, a diversified customer base and by being a reliable and flexible partner for its customers, Geraedts has proven to be very stable and profitable. The Geraedts family will continue to play a key role within the company. Jan Geraedts, former chairman of the trade association and icon in the sector, will retire from the company in view of his age. He conducted the management together with his son Bart, who will remain as general manager. His cousin Mike Geraedts will join the board. Anders Invest, as a partner with a long-term focus, will continue to build the future of Geraedts IJzergieterij together with the family. The trend of local sourcing, demand for increasingly high-quality products and focus on product and customer diversification lead to attractive growth prospects.

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31/12/2021

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26/01/2022

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14/02/2022

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16/02/2022

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17/02/2022

Start Roderik as investment manager Food & Agri

As of March 1st, Roderik Bronkhorst (1987) has joined the Anders Invest Food & Agri team as an Investment Manager. He has 10 years of experience in international M&A and corporate finance at Rabobank and Chestnut Corporate Finance. During this time, he was predominantly focused on advising companies in the Food & Agriculture sector. Roderik holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics & Business Economics from Utrecht University and a master’s degree in Financial Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Together with Evert Hein Schuiteman, Theo van Stuijvenberg and Jurjen van der Werf, Roderik will continue building the Anders Invest Food & Agri Fund

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Food & Agri

07/03/2022

Anders Invest seeks € 100 million capital round

Anders Invest is growing rapidly: with 25 employees, 18 transactions have been completed in 2021 and a large number of investments are still in the pipeline. Major capital rounds will start in April at the corporate funds in industry and food & agri and the property fund for rental properties. The recruitment target amounts to a total of approximately €100 million in new capital. Value development in the two large, longer-established industrial and rental housing funds is good and the dividend paid has also increased. The 25 companies in the industrial fund have been hit by the commodities crisis, parts shortages and inflation, but are showing resilience. Despite the turbulence, 2021 was closed with a total performance of 13.9%. The expected effects of the Ukraine war have been included in the valuation in individual cases. Since its inception at the end of 2015, the fund has achieved an average return of over 15% per year. The portfolio companies paid more dividends to the fund, which allowed the dividend to be increased to investors. The industry fund will then have realized an average payment of 8% per year over a period of 7 years. The unique approach and network in the manufacturing industry provide access to new investment opportunities, increasingly as an addition to existing companies. Multiple opportunities are at an advanced stage, kicking off the 9th capital round with a recruitment target of €35 to €40 million. One of these projects is the acquisition of a well-known Dutch consumer products manufacturing company with a turnover of more than €100 million. This will lead to the establishment of a 3rd co-investment fund, for which recruitment has also started. The rental housing fund, the second largest fund of Anders Invest, also developed well. Satisfied tenants and low vacancy rates ensure good operational results. The fund's total performance in 2021 is over 17%. This brings the average performance since the start of the rental housing fund in autumn 2017 to more than 12% per year. Here too, a significantly higher dividend is paid, bringing the average dividend since the start to more than 3.3% per year. The fund recently invested in more than 600 largely new homes in Groningen and Harderwijk that will be built in 2022 and 2023. The purchase price and the expected return on these new projects are good, which means that an investment in the 6th capital round that has now started has an attractive return/risk profile. The recruitment target is between €25 and €30 million. The food&agri fund, which was launched in 2021, has so far made five acquisitions, mostly in the field of healthy and sustainably produced food and animal feed. The most recent investment by this corporate fund concerns Service2Fruit, an online platform for the auction of fruit and vegetables. It offers complete transparency for top fruit online, making it easier for supply and demand to find each other. The fund, which is less than 1 year old, realized a value increase of almost 5%. The team has been expanded with two colleagues so that we can work together with the companies on growth and returns, both financially and in the field of sustainability and social impact. There are currently two promising propositions in the due diligence phase. Further acquisitions are expected in the course of the year and therefore the fund is starting to raise for the 2nd capital round of €15-20 million. Registrations for these 3 capital rounds and the co-investment opportunity close at the end of April. Another round of capital is expected to be launched at the healthcare real estate fund around the summer.

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industry

06/04/2022

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Food & Agri

15/04/2022

Directors‘ Day 2022

On Wednesday 11 May 2022, the annual Directors' Day of the Anders Invest Industriefonds took place again. An extraordinarily inspiring and energetic day in Maarsbergen where all directors / MTs of the portfolio companies were invited. There were approximately 70 participants. We talked about sustainability, employee development and diversity. Especially themes related to people and planet. Companies shared challenges and solutions with each other. Despite (or perhaps thanks to) the different end markets in which the companies are active, challenges are very similar and a lot is learned from each other. 

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industry

17/05/2022

Anders Invest signs 100% participation Royal Leerdam - Crisal

Anders Invest has signed an agreement to purchase a 100% participation in Royal Leerdam and its affiliated company Crisal – Cristalaria Automática S.A.  The companies manufacture table glass for the European market from the Netherlands and Portugal( under the Royal Leerdam and Crisal Glass brands, has a turnover of approximately € 120 million and employs more than 600 employees in the Netherlands and Portugal.   Glass has been produced in Leerdam since 1765. With the arrival of the glass factory in 1878, Royal Leerdam was founded.  With the Crisal factory in Portugal, founded in 1944, Royal Leerdam has grown into a strong player in the European market of table glass.  The company operates from the production site in Leerdam in the Netherlands and Marinha Grande in Portugal.  In addition, the distribution center is located in Gorinchem. Royal Leerdam and Crisal serve customers in retail, wholesale and hospitality throughout Europe, Australia, India, New Zealand and the Middle East.   Anders Invest has acquired its interest from Libbey Glass LLC.  Libbey has decided to divest its European activities in order to strategically prioritize and expand its business within its core markets, especially the Americas. The closing of this transaction is anticipated to occur at the end of this month. Following the close of the transaction, Libbey and Anders Invest will maintain an ongoing commercial relationship, including uninterrupted access to products and other support.  

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industry

18/05/2022

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Food & Agri

09/06/2022

Participation Arte

Last week Anders Invest realized a 70% participation in Arte Holding from Helmond. Arte is a top player in the production of sustainable worktops in granite, composite, Dekton and ceramics. Arte has a turnover of approximately € 15-20 million and offers employment to 65 employees. Arte started in 1995 in Deurne and since the move to Helmond in 2001, production has been carried out with high-quality machinery and advanced automation. Arte produces kitchen worktops and stone applications for interior projects. Sale is to a wide circle of kitchen specialists, interior designers and architects in the middle and high segment. Arte has a modern and highly automated production facility with CNC machines, polishing machines, water jets and robotized transport and storage systems. The company has a strong eye for sustainability and CSR and has been nominated for the Koning Willem I prize for this. In addition to an independent foundation, Arte has set up a project: 'Arte Right To Education' (A.R.T.E.) with the aim of creating a child labor free zone around the quarries where Arte purchases its granite. Anders Invest acquires its interest from founder and general manager Hugo van Osch. Niels van den Beucken will retain an interest in the company and will manage the company together with new shareholder Froukje van Osch. Anders Invest will continue to work actively with the current management to continue growth and further professionalize the organization.

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industry

27/06/2022

Anders Invest buys NNDI

Anders Invest has today completed a 100% participation in the Noord Nederlandse Draadindustrie (NNDI) from Dokkum. NNDI specializes in the production of wire for a wide range of industrial applications, including reinforcing steel. NNDI has a turnover of approximately €50-55 million and employs more than 55 employees. NNDI is a continuation of the Leeuwarden Wire Industry, which was founded in 1928. The company has developed into a specialized production company for the production of drawn bare wire and reinforcing steel on coils and bars. The company also produces wire nails. Bare wire is used, for example, in hinge pins, car seats, wire baskets, nails, suspension brackets and shopping trolleys. NNDI has a spacious and modern production facility in Dokkum. Due to the variety of finishing operations, flexibility in the machinery and qualified employees, NNDI is able to quickly serve customers with deviating wishes regarding finishing, dimensions and order size. Customers throughout Europe are served from Dokkum. Anders Invest has acquired its interest from the current owners of NNDI and will continue to work actively with the current management to continue the growth and further professionalize the organization.

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industry

04/07/2022

Christian Haket partner at Anders Invest

Due to the strong growth of Anders Invest's industrial activities, it was decided to let Christian Haket join the partner group. Christian has been employed by Anders Invest since April 2019. He studied mechanical engineering at Delft University of Technology, supplemented by a part-time master's degree in business administration at Nyenrode. After his studies, he worked for Van Dorp, one of the largest installation companies in the Netherlands, for 7 years as board secretary, sales & marketing manager and board member. Gert-Jan Huisman, managing partner at Anders Invest: ”Three years ago, Christian took a significant risk by entering the new world of the manufacturing industry from a director role at Van Dorp. With his technical background, intellectual sharpness and social qualities, he has made a major contribution to the growth of the Industry Fund. We are pleased with his knowledge and his enthusiasm for a sustainable and circular future. We are confident that, together with the current partners, he will help build Anders Invest and the impact we would like to have by showing that things can be done differently.”

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04/07/2022

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real estate

08/09/2022

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13/09/2022

Rien Wisse starting at Anders Invest

As of January 1, 2023, Rien Wisse will start as Investment Director at Anders Invest Industrial Fund. He has 20 years of experience as CEO of BUVA, an innovative company in the field of hinges and locks for doors and windows, home ventilation and sustainable heating concepts. Due to the transition from product sales to sales of energy concepts, BUVA grew in its time from € 25 to almost € 70 million in turnover per year. Rien brings relevant operational experience from the results achieved at BUVA: Digitization: strong transition to digital processes, for example EDI with customers and suppliers, ERP implementation, controlling machines at another location, remote working for everyone, etc. Production automation: converted to 24/6, of which manned 8 hours a day. Rest of the day BUVA is a “dark factory”. Logistics concept: at BUVA everything is delivered on trolleys. Pallets, cardboard, plastic have been abolished as much as possible. Before that, Rien worked for more than 10 years at Alcoa Bouw Groep in management positions of companies that supplied the construction industry. His background is in HTS Architecture and Business Administration. Within the Industry Fund he will be responsible for companies from the construction cluster: Bincx (including Hutten Metaal), Bos Machines, Topvorm and VIOS. Together with the other 12 industry professionals, Rien will further expand the Anders Invest Industrial Fund. We look forward to his arrival.

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Horizon Natuurvoeding

Producer of organic nut butters, consumer packaged nuts & dried fruits and (maple) syrups.

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Interest
85%

Since
June 2022

Producer of organic nut butters, consumer packaged nuts & dried fruits and (maple) syrups.

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We are always looking for new investments and investors.

Investors can subscribe to the fund during new fundraising rounds. Depending on deal flow, we organize one to two fundraising rounds per year, in which both new and existing investors can participate with a minimal initial investment of € 100.000. 

 

As investor, you will be part of a fund cooperation, which is a typical and fiscally attractive structure for private equity funds. This means that it is possible to take advantage of the participation exemption, also for smaller investments. It is possible to exit the fund by selling fund participation shares to other investors. Anders Invest facilitates this process so that it does not have to sell companies or real estate. 

 

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