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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 […]

We are proud to announce that SafeSize has completed a successful new funding round raising €14m for further international expansion and innovation! For the full press release, please refer to the SafeSize site – click here  

Convertus Group was recently awarded a 20-year, C$490m contract by the York Region (The Regional Municipality of York) to process the Region’s curbside household green bin waste. Convertus plans to design and build a state-of-the-art biofuel facility in York Region by March 2027 that will convert York Region’s green bin waste into fertilizer and renewable […]

At Convent we think that cycling is one of the best ways of transportation, especially in a city environment. From an environmental perspective as well as from a health perspective. To get more and more people on their bike, and out of the car, we need to make the cycling experience as smooth as possible. […]

With the purchase of Dijkstra Group, we are taking a new step in building out the Innovus Group. DIJKSTRA GROUP IN NEW HANDS AFTER 138 YEARS As of January 1, 2023, Dijkstra Group will be transferred to new hands. The company was taken over by management and investor Convent Capital, who joined last year. This […]

Convent Capital is proud to announce its latest investment out of its Agri Food Gowth Fund into BeeHero. Please see the full press release below. BEEHERO RAISES $42 MILLION SERIES B TO ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT OF ITS DATA-DRIVEN PRECISION POLLINATION PLATFORM BeeHero is now the largest pollination provider in the world, with more than 100K acres […]

In partnership with Convertus, we are pleased to announce the successful acquisition of Envirem Organics (“Envirem”). The acquisition of Envirem will be a key factor in the long-term growth of the Convertus platform, a full-service provider for the treatment and recycling of organic waste and largest processer of organic waste in Canada.     Envirem […]

Through our Agri Food Growth Fund we led a €11m investment round in ChainCraft, please see the press release below:   Circular chemicals scale-up ChainCraft raised growth capital ChainCraft, a Dutch scale-up active in circular chemical production is proud to announce it closed a EUR 11m funding round and secured the upcoming equity funding for […]