Vendis Capital

Founded in 2009, Vendis Capital Management is an independent private equity firm dedicated to the European consumer space. In partnership with experienced entrepreneurs and managers, Vendis is focused on investing in and building small to medium-sized consumer companies that are well positioned for value-creating growth or transformation ("building brands together"). Vendis provides growth capital as well as buyout capital, and takes majority as well as minority stakes. Vendis currently has €370 million in assets under management. Its team operates out of 3 offices located in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. Current portfolio companies are:• X²O / Overstock (B): Specialized retail concepts in bathrooms, garden furniture and interior furniture and accessories, in Belgium and the Netherlands;• Noppies (NL): Maternity wear and baby clothing brand;• ferm LIVING (DK): Danish brand of design accessories and furniture;• Petrol (NL): denim-inspired fashion brand for men and kids;• HUMANOID (NL): Women fashion brand positioned in the affordable luxury segment;• Victoria (B): direct sales of jewelry in Belgium, France and Germany;• Mazarine (FR): communication agency focusing on luxury and premium consumer brands;• Hypo Group (NL): equestrian equipment and lifestyle product brands sold in specialist stores in Europe;• Pranarôm/HerbalGem (B): aromatherapy and gemmotherapy product brands sold in pharmacies and health stores, mainly in France, Belgium and Spain;• eyes+more (D/NL): value-for-money optical retail chain with >140 stores in Germany, Austria and Benelux;Past investments include:• Yarrah (NL): 100% organic cat and dog food brand distributed via health stores (investment exited in 2016);• Alexandre de Paris (FR): luxury hair accessories brand (investment exited in 2016);• ZEB (B): chain of multi-brand fashion stores in Belgium (investment exited in 2014).