Green Park Investment Partners

What Green Park Investment Partners does

Green Park Investment Partners is a private investment partnership founded in 2009, headquartered in Ghent, Belgium with a second office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm invests its own capital rather than operating through a traditional fund structure, which it leverages as a competitive differentiator: no fund lifespan constraints, flexible deal structures spanning majority buyouts to minority growth equity, and full alignment as co-shareholders alongside portfolio management. Green Park targets small to mid-cap companies headquartered in Belgium or the Netherlands with €1–5m EBITDA, providing growth capital, M&A execution support, and operational expertise to enable buy-and-build strategies.

The firm's portfolio spans engineering services (Engius, Newfora, Enspire), enterprise software and BIM/simulation (Miryen/Construsoft+EDRMedeso, Dynapps as the world's leading Odoo Gold partner), hospitality and food (Hawaiian poke restaurants, Barouche Mediterranean bowls, La Patate frituur), travel (Arcadia Group Travel), HR and consulting (Effectis, Beanmachine), and selected digital scale-ups. Green Park typically partners with founders who reinvest at entry and remain operationally engaged, and it executes follow-on acquisitions within platforms (Engius from 30 to 275+ employees, Hawaiian from 8 to 50+ restaurants, Dynapps from 35 to 300+ FTEs across five countries, Miryen to 4,000+ customers across 35 countries).

Green Park generates returns through investment appreciation, exits, and operational value creation rather than through management fees. Deal flow is sourced primarily through referral networks and co-investor relationships, with selective bolt-on investments in digital scale-ups (Showpad, Techwolf.ai, Polysense.ai) maintained to track market trends. The firm's lean team of 1–10 oversees a portfolio collectively employing 500+ people across multiple sectors and geographies.

Name

Green Park Investment Partners

Legal name

Green Park Investment Partners

Website

https://greenparkinvest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Green Park Investment Partners is a privately-held investment partnership founded in 2009, headquartered in Ghent, Belgium with offices in Amsterdam. The firm invests its own capital in small to mid-cap companies (€1–5m EBITDA) in Belgium and the Netherlands, providing growth capital, M&A support, and operational expertise for buy-and-build strategies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity and Growth Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAAALAG

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure)

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Asset Management — ESG/Sustainable & Impact Investing

Keywords

• Private equity investing
• Growth capital
• Buy-and-build strategy
• Mid-market investments
• Operational support

Headquarters

HQ city

Gent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Investment returns and carried interest: Green Park generates returns through investment appreciation, M&A support, and operational value creation in portfolio companies. They operate without rigid fund structures, investing their own capital alongside management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Green Park Investment Partners is a private investment firm that deploys its own capital into small to mid-cap companies headquartered in Belgium or the Netherlands with €1-5m EBITDA. The firm provides hands-on growth capital, M&A advisory, buy-and-build execution support, and operational scaling expertise, taking majority or minority equity positions as flexible co-shareholders rather than operating as a traditional fund.

Product overview

Green Park Investment Partners is a private investment firm headquartered in Ghent, Belgium and Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm does not offer its own technology products; rather, it provides investment capital and operational support services to portfolio companies. Green Park's portfolio includes various businesses across sectors including construction software (Miryen/Construsoft, KPD), ERP implementation (Dynapps), digital agency services (Perplex/Frontis), engineering services (Engius, Enspire, Newfora), hospitality and food (Hawaiian, Barouche, La Patate), travel (Arcadia Group Travel), HR services (Effectis), and other sectors. The firm's offering to portfolio companies consists of growth capital, M&A support, and operational expertise rather than a unified software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Growth capital investments Equity capital deployed into small to mid-cap companies with €1-5m EBITDA headquartered in Belgium or the Netherlands, in the form of majority buyouts or minority growth equity stakes.
• M&A and buy-and-build advisory Support for portfolio companies in identifying, executing and integrating strategic acquisitions, leveraging Green Park's deal-by-deal investor base to fund follow-on buy-and-build at scale.
• Operational scaling and value creation support Hands-on operational guidance, management team professionalization, digital leadership, and HR solutions provided to portfolio companies to drive organizational growth.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hawaiian grew from 8 restaurants and €9m turnover to 50+ restaurants and ~€70m turnover (2021-2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EDRMedesocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025EDRMedeso joined Miryen as natural expansion into engineering simulation, combining with Construsoft to create a 350+ employee organization serving the Ansys simulation ecosystem with strong presence in Scandinavian market.
• Provoost EngineeringminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Provoost Engineering, a structural engineering team from Ghent, joined Enspire in early 2026.
• Hobo ReizencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Green Park started building Arcadia Group Travel in 2024 with the acquisition of Hobo Reizen, a well-established Belgian group travel brand organizing trips for active travellers aged 55+.
• JongerentravelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Jongerentravel joined Arcadia Group Travel, organizing adventurous trips for young travellers aged 12 to 18.
• GrooveXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024GrooveX joined Arcadia, specializing in ski and winter sports group travel for ages 16 to 22.
• Construsoft BV (now Miryen)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 2023Green Park acquired majority stake in Construsoft from Trimble Inc. and its founders. The transaction included reinvestment by the sellers with founders remaining in key roles. Construsoft merged with EDRMedeso in 2025 to form Miryen, building a leading BIM and simulation software platform.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mentha Capital: Dutch private equity manager focused on the Benelux mid-market, taking both majority and minority stakes. Highly comparable to Green Park on target geography, deal size and flexible shareholding approach; Green Park exited Portiva to Mentha-backed Rapid Circle.
• Waterland Private Equity: Benelux-headquartered mid-market private equity firm investing equity tickets in growing profitable companies. Operates in the same Belgian and Dutch SME/mid-cap segment as Green Park with a buy-and-build orientation.
• Holland Capital: Amsterdam-based private equity firm focused on Dutch small-to-mid-cap growth and buy-and-build. Headquartered in Amsterdam like Green Park Netherlands, with overlapping sector preferences in business services and software.
• Gilde Equity Management: Dutch mid-market private equity firm with deep Benelux footprint and a history of buy-and-build platform development, comparable to Green Park's roll-up style investing in the same geography.
• Exponent Private Equity: UK lower-mid-market private equity firm investing in growth and buyout situations alongside management. Directly comparable on deal size and style, and is itself a Green Park exit partner (Sofius, 2023).
• Sofindev Private Equity Partners: Belgian private equity firm investing in small and mid-cap companies, often partnering with management. Green Park itself co-invested alongside Sofindev (Make It Fly / Dynamate, 2025), making Sofindev a directly comparable Benelux lower-mid-market sponsor.
• Bencis Capital Partners: Amsterdam-based private equity firm specialising in Benelux mid-market buyouts, often partnering with management. Directly comparable on geography, ticket size and hands-on style.

Broad incumbents

• Gimv: Larger Belgian-listed European investment company with a broad private equity portfolio. Comparable as a Benelux-rooted mid-market investor but materially larger and more diversified than Green Park.

Regional players

• Cardano (Privé Vermogensfonds): Dutch investment office offering long-term capital via direct investments and co-investments across Benelux. Similar philosophy of patient, deal-by-deal capital rather than traditional fund structures.
• Shore Capital (Bram Ladage / Dutch family acquirers): Family-/entrepreneur-led capital provider active in Dutch small-cap buyouts, often alongside founders — a comparable 'private-capital, not a fund' model to Green Park's own-capital approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments5 records

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