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Convent Capital successfully sells CROWD to Tikehau

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 [...]

20
Jul

Convent Capital AgriFood Growth Fund reaches EUR 100m in commitments

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 [...]

25
Apr

CROWD proudly announces the complete acquisition of LUMIGUIDE Smart Mobility Solutions

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 [...]

01
Apr

SafeSize raises €14M Series B funding round to fuel its international growth & tech innovation

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 [...]

28
Mar

Convertus wins 20-yr and C$ 490m contract to build a bio-fuel facility for the Region of York (CA)

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 [...]

30
Jan

New underwater cycling storage facility at Amsterdam Central with the latest solutions by CROWD

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. [...]

28
Jan

New step in our software-driven engineering services play

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, [...]

21
Dec

Convent Capital leads $42m investment round in BeeHero

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 [...]

01
Dec

Convertus makes a big step with the acquisition of Envirem Organics

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 [...]

17
Nov

Convent leads €11m investment round in circular scale-up ChainCraft

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 [...]

06
Sep

CROWD takes another big step in its vision to become the leading player in Europe

Our portfolio company CROWD takes another big step in its vision to become the leading player in Europe in Cycliug Infra & Street Furniture solutions through the acquisition of the [...]

05
Sep

Convent Capital introduces Agri Food Growth Fund

Convent Capital is proud to announce today the launch of the Agri Food Growth Fund. The second investment fund in Convent’s 11-year history provides growth capital to innovative and sustainable [...]

12
Apr

CROWD strengthens position in UK market through purchase of Bailey Group

Since its foundation in 2014, Creators of the Outside World (CROWD) have had the ambition to make a significant impact on the outside public living environment. A young and innovative group of [...]

11
Feb

Convertus started on the renovation of its Vancouver Island organic waste facility

Convertus has four facilities across Canada where it handles more than 300,000 tonnes of organic waste each year. The company wants to increase capacity from about 20,000 metric tonnes at [...]

15
Apr

Convertus directors Mike Leopold and Jeroen van der Mark to speak at Canada-EU workshop on CETA Opportunities for the Cleantech sector

Environment and Climate Change Canada, in collaboration with the European Union, is pleased to invite you to join us on March 29-31, 2021 from 8:00 am – 11:45 pm PST/ [...]

22
Mar

Successful first year of operation for Convertus

Convertus celebrated its first year, following the merger of Renewi Canada (formerly Orgaworld) and Waste Treatment Technologies (WTT). In its first year of operation, Convertus made strong progress with post-merger [...]

22
Feb

Dumaco Varsseveld on television program “Doe Maar Duurzaam” (RTLZ)

Dumaco not only stands for quality, but also for sustainable entrepreneurship. Martijn Bol, director of Dumaco Varsseveld, spoke on this topic with RTLZ. For the video with the report, please [...]

16
Jan

Convertus talks on being a member of the Green Economy London, Canada

CFO of the Convertus group, Jamie Jongsma, talks on the Convertus group taking part in the Green Economy London initative in Canada – please see the video in the following [...]

13
Jan

CROWD group wins major tender for ProRail for bicycle parking solutions again

Velopa, part of the CROWD group, has once again won the tender from ProRail for 2-tier bicycle parking solutions. For the third time in a row, Velopa is allowed to [...]

05
Jan

CROWD purchases German market leader Ziegler Metall GmbH

Since its inception, Creators of the Outside World (CROWD), has strived to make a conscious contribution to the outside public living environment. Thourgh it’s mission, to encourage people to go [...]

29
Oct

CCC (Poland) reaches 1 million consumer foot scans via the SafeSize solutions

Over a million users have already used the innovative size.me scanners available in CCC and eobuwie.pl stores and in the eobuwie application to scan their feet! Thanks to the esize.me [...]

09
Jul

SafeSize and Xebio Japan start a partnership

For a couple of months, the SafeSize team has been working on a pilot project with Xebio, one of the largest sports retailers in Japan. End of November 15 SC7s [...]

10
Mar

Purchase of Renewi Canada

Renewi plc (LSE: RWI) is pleased to announce that it has reached a binding agreement to sell its Canadian operations (“Renewi Canada”) to Convent Capital (“Convent”), an independent, sustainability-focused, Dutch [...]

14
Oct

Dumaco acquires another metal company: Blokland from Hardinxveld-Giessendam

The Dutch Manufacturing Company (Dumaco) takes over a metal company for the fourth time in a short time. This time it concerns Blokland Metaalbewerking in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, a company with just [...]

15
May

SafeSize raises €10 million for its 3D tech

Amsterdam-based ‘footwear recommendation technology’ (I too had to do a double take) startup SafeSize has raised €10 million in a Series B round of funding. The fresh cash comes from [...]

26
Feb

Convent sells CIREX: Twente foundry with dozens of robots comes into foreign hands

Cirex, a company from Twente that supplies steel components to car manufacturers such as BMW and Mercedes, has been taken over by a foreign strategic party. The American Form Technologies [...]

15
Feb

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