{"id":2379,"date":"2026-03-23T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:15:30","slug":"freshstream-raises-over-e760-million-in-first-independent-fundraise-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/freshstream-raises-over-e760-million-in-first-independent-fundraise-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshstream raises over \u20ac760 million in first independent fundraise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block block-image-text has-background-color background-color-dark-blue\" data-name=\"Image &#038; Text\" id=\"block_4a4e57507df7825428c1366947917d49\">\n    <div class=\"image-text trigger-in-view-later\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"image fade\">\n                            <picture>\n            <source media=\"(max-width:600px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beach-800x449.webp\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beach-1200x674.webp\"\n                width=\"800\"\n                height=\"449\"\n                alt=\"beach\"\n                class=\"\"\n            \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                        <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                <div class=\"text block-text-content fade\">\n                    <p class=\"p1\">Freshstream is pleased to announce the closing of its first independent fund, raising \u20ac762 million. The new fund attracted a range of global investors including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and institutions, as well as a strong contingent of high-net-worth individuals, family offices and private wealth managers, reflecting Freshstream\u2019s investment strategy of partnering with entrepreneurial and founder-led businesses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Fund will build on the investment strategy Freshstream developed in its predecessor entity, Bregal Freshstream. It will prioritise its core markets of the Benelux and the UK with a typical investment between \u20ac30 million and \u20ac100 million, taking controlling stakes in founder-led enterprises and buy-and-build platforms to support these businesses in their value creation objectives. The strategy allows for significant potential co-investments and additional support across the capital structure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-text-between\" data-name=\"Text columns\">\n    <div class=\"text-between\">\n        <div class=\"container flex\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                                                    <div class=\"text block-text-content\">\n                        <p>The deployment of the Fund is already well advanced across four portfolio companies: DeterTech, Bella Figura Music, Big Motoring World and Nafinco. Freshstream employs 26 people across its offices in London and Amsterdam, with new hires planned this year across both the origination and operations teams.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                                    <div class=\"text block-text-content\">\n                        <p><b>Patrick Smulders, Managing Partner, said: <\/b><i>\u201cWe are delighted with the interest we have received from a broad range of investors to support our first independent fund. Our strategy and unique approach have helped us to consistently identify the most exciting emerging management teams who have been able to accelerate the growth of their businesses with Freshstream\u2019s support. The entrepreneurial mindset runs through both our investor base and our portfolio and is a standout feature of our culture and success.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-text-between has-background-color background-color-yellow\" data-name=\"Text columns\">\n    <div class=\"text-between\">\n        <div class=\"container flex\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                                    <h3 class=\"title h2\">\n                        &#8220;We look forward to forging a long-lasting partnership with all our investors in the days ahead and thank them for their support.\u201d                    <\/h3>\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                                    <div class=\"text block-text-content\">\n                        <p class=\"p1\"><b>Rayhan Davis, Chief Investment Officer, said: <\/b><i>\u201cOur strategy has proven itself to be resilient and effective during turbulent periods with an uncertain macro-economic climate. We are grateful to our investors for the faith they have placed in us and to our team for their support and hard work in achieving this goal. With our new fund in place, we are looking forward to continuing to build on our partnerships with entrepreneurs to turbocharge their businesses.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Jolie von Arnim, Head of Investor Relations, said: \u201c<\/b><i>It has been a pleasure to establish and foster so many new relationships during our fundraise. We are proud of the fund\u2019s diversified, strategic and high calibre investor base.<\/i><b> <\/b><i>We look forward to forging a long-lasting partnership with all our investors in the days ahead and thank them for their support.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"class_list":["post-2379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geen-onderdeel-van-een-categorie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstream.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}