Convent Capital participates in Tidal Visions $140M Series B round to Scale Chitosan Technologies Globally
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 [...]
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Convent Capital investment in Harbro
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, [...]
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Convent Capital investment in FarmDroid
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 [...]
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Convertus Group celebrated the groundbreaking of the Convertus York Biofuel Facility in East Gwillimbury
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 [...]
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Convent Capital is very proud to announce its support for BE WTR in the latest CHF 39m Series C funding round!
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 [...]
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InvestEU: Convent Capital agriFood growth fund receives €35m European backing for sustainable investments
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 [...]
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Engineering firms Movares and Innovus Smart Engineering join forces
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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/ [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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