Recognised Leaders in SME Investment - 2021 Ramphastos Investments
The Netherlands
New Challenges Open Up New Opportunities
Despite the difficulties, the disruption of the status quo has birthed a host of new opportunities as companies seek to fill the newfound needs of consumers by providing novel products and services. For investors, the need to capitalise on rapid market shifts, support portfolio companies in pivoting, and spot new investment opportunities resulting from the current climate, is more acute than ever. The geographic and sectoral diversity of portfolios has placed private equity firms under great strain. However, in addition to investing effort into ensuring the survival of portfolio companies, many private equity firms are actively seeking the great investment opportunities opened by this ‘black swan’ event. Investors with the right industry knowledge, experience, and technological aptitude, have a great advantage in the treasure hunt for new investment opportunities. One such privileged enterprise is Ramphastos Investments.
increased profits from €50 million to €150 million, through stringent cost control and a robust strategy to boost top line figures. Soon after, Telfort was sold to market leader KPN for over €1 billion, with roughly half a billion in profit. Driven by Boekhoorn, Ramphastos Investments continues to expand its investment activities into new industries and geographies. Founder and CEO Marcel Boekhoorn: “We are always on the lookout for new ventures in which we, as investors, can add value and where everyone profits from our involvement - from the portfolio company and the market, to employees and other shareholders. These opportunities are like the toucan - a bird whose beauty expresses the kind of value we aim to deliver to all stakeholders and whose unconventional colors and shape represent the boldness and creativity that we use to catalyze outsized growth. We are excited by the prospects
Ramphastos Investments was founded in 1994 by Marcel Boekhoorn - a passionate entrepreneur well known as an investor for his landmark deal with Telfort, a Dutch mobile telekom provider, in 2005. In just 8 months from the acquisition of Telfort as the majority shareholder, Ramphastos
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Marcel Boekhoorn
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The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has presented the world economy with a hitherto unfamiliar set of trials. Very few certainties exist in the new status quo. Political and industry leaders face challenges of epic proportions as a result of the disruption of, global and national, social and economic systems. To survive, companies have had to adapt their ways of working, secure their supply chains, and find new means of engaging their customers. The burden has largely fallen on enterprises and workers to adjust to this brave new world. As individuals continue to live their daily lives in these extraordinary circumstances, their actions and behaviors define and create the new ‘normal’ - within this new normal lies a plethora of possibility.