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Tidal Vision, a biotechnology company transforming critical industries with chitosan-based chemistries, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $140M Series B financing round. The round exceeded its original target due to demand from strategically aligned investors including Cambridge Companies SPG, Eni Next (the corporate venture arm of Eni S.p.A), Milliken & Company, KIRKBI Climate, Convent Capital, SWEN Capital […]

Convent is proud to announce its recent investment in Harbro from our Agri-Food impact fund. Harbro is the leading animal feed supplier in Scotland. With nearly 50 years of experience, Harbro is renowned for its expertise in precision nutrition and specialty feed solutions. The company sees significant growth opportunities in the evolving livestock feed sector […]

The Convent team is delighted to announce its latest investment in FarmDroid from our Agri-Food impact fund. We teamed up with Navus Ventures B.V. and Danmarks Eksport- og Investeringsfond to support the FarmDroid team in the further expansion of its autonomous, solar-powered agricultural robot fleet – a powerful tool for organic farmers, and with the […]

Last Friday, Convertus Group, together with York Region (The Regional Municipality of York) celebrated the groundbreaking of the Convertus York Biofuel Facility in East Gwillimbury. This state-of-the-art facility is a significant step in our commitment to closing the loop for a better future by transforming organic waste into renewable energy. The Convertus York facility will […]

We partnered with BE WTR as lead investor in this round, together with PeakBridge, Edmond de Rothschild and HHT. We are excited to start our journey together and looking forward to helping BE WTR achieve its goals of creating a cleaner future through better drinking water. We’d like to extend a big thank you to […]

PRESS RELEASE                               Luxembourg/Brussels/Amsterdam, 22 December 2023      With a financial injection from the European Investment Fund, Dutch AgriFood growth fund Convent Capital reaches third close of €138 million only 18 months after its first close. The EIF’s commitment is backed by the European Commission under its InvestEU initiative. This is the first time […]

Utrecht, 24 October 2023 – Consultancy and engineering firm Movares, specialist in solutions for rail, mobility, energy and infrastructure issues, today announces that it has reached an agreement with Innovus Smart Engineering to jointly form one of the largest independent engineering firms in the Netherlands. This new group of companies has the ambition to provide […]

After more than 10 years, we are very proud to announce we sold CROWD to Tikehau, leading to the 3rd successful exit from our evergreen fund. Please see the official press release here below: Tikehau Capital signs agreement to acquire a majority stake in CROWD to support its growth Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, 20 July 2023 […]

New commitments are driven by growing demand for the innovative and sustainable food and agriculture proposition of the fund. Amsterdam-based investment firm Convent Capital has invested in circularity since 2011 and launched its article 9 sustainable AgriFood Growth Fund in April 2022. Convent is proud to announce the successful second close of its AgriFood Growth […]

Since its foundation in 2014, Creators of the outside world (CROWD) have always had the ambition to have a significant impact on the outside public living environment. As a young and innovative group of established companies, we are involved in and contribute to designing and furnishing public spaces with products which enable modal transport, socialisation […]