Verlinvest is an investment company that focuses on partnering with and investing in businesses in the food, beverage, FMCG, health, consumer technology, and lifestyle sectors.

Verlinvest

Verlinvest is an international, family-backed evergreen investment company. We partner with visionary entrepreneurs who are driving consumer revolutions and building the next generation of category-defining brands that will positively impact the consumer sector for years to come. Established in 1995, with offices in New York, Brussels, London, Mumbai, and Singapore, Verlinvest focuses on growth-stage companies in FMCG, healthcare, and digital retail, who are restless to accelerate growth. The firm has over €2bn in AuM and counts brands such as Oatly, Vita Coco, Tony's Chocolonely, BYJU’s, Purplle.com, Mutti and Pedego among our portfolio, alongside alumni Chewy.com, Vitaminwater and Remy Cointreau.

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We're thrilled to announce that Verlinvest has officially acquired an interest in Insomnia Cookies from Krispy Kreme, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNUT) in partnership with Mistral Equity Partners to support the company's CEO Seth Berkowitz and his team on their exciting journey to deliver delicious cookies and desserts across the globe. 🚀

Since its founding in 2003, Insomnia Cookies has rapidly grown to operate in three countries with nearly 300 bakeries. This partnership will leverage Verlinvest's expertise to fuel Insomnia Cookies' growth across the US and internationally. 🌎 

Congratulations to Seth Berkowitz, Clément Pointillart, Andy Heyer, Alexander Rosenthal, Rachel Citera and the rest of the teams at Insomnia Cookies, Verlinvest, and Mistral Equity Partners. We look forward to seeing Insomnia Cookies sweeten the lives of many more Insomniacs. 🍨 

Read the full article here: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eHqXZH4y

#consumer #investing #international #growth

Congratulations to Christian Gaiser and the whole of Numa's team for the acquisition of Native Places in the UK!
This acquisition will considerably strengthen Numa's footprint in the attractive UK travel market. 🛍 

#growth #travel #consumer

🎉 Congratulations to Thierry le Grelle, Sven De Waele, Valerie Vanderlinden and the teams at Tom&Co and PharmaPets on this partnership.

This partnership will accelerate growth across Europe and elevate the business into an integrated, omnichannel specialised pet retail chain 🐾 

#Petcare #investing #consumer #retail #ecommerce

Last week, The Verlinvest EU team attended the Petcare Innovation conference in Berlin which gathers #veterinary #medicine #CPG #tech and #retail brands across the European pet industry to discuss the humanisation of pets, the health and wellness revolution, particularly in supplements, and the growth opportunities for this fast-growing, animal-loving sector.

It was a nice op-paw-tunity to connect with some of Verlinvest's petcare community of founders, CEOs and partners, including our portfolio brand KatKin (via our Ventures arm, V3 Ventures).

Tracy-Ann Lee summarised a few of our key takeaways and we've included some of the most purrfect pictures of furry friends in the article below 👇🐾

What's your favourite trend?

Gilles Vanhouwe

A&O Shearman Italy ha assistito Verlinvest, in qualità di azionista di maggioranza della catena di cliniche di medicina estetica Faceland Clinic, nell’acquisizione di una partecipazione di maggioranza in JUNECO, network italiano di centri specializzati in chirurgia e medicina estetica. Con questa operazione, Faceland entra nel mercato italiano: insieme, le due catene arriveranno a superare le 50 cliniche in tutta Europa entro la fine di quest’anno.

Il team di A&O Shearman al fianco di Verlinvest è stato guidato dal partner Paolo Nastasi con il counsel Antonio Ferri (nella foto a sinistra), supportati dall’associate Davide Biasotti (nella foto a destra) e dalla trainee Chiara Basile Baldassarre. Il counsel Luca Amicarelli e l’associate Arianna Fletcher hanno prestato assistenza in relazione ai profili di foreign direct invetmsnt (fdi).

Andersen in Italy ha assistito gli azionisti di Juneco nel processo di vendita in relazione agli aspetti legali con un team diretto dal partner Gherardo Cadore (coordinatore della practice M&A) con Roberta Grienti.

Inexo ha agito quale sell-side M&A advisor.

Leggi l'articolo completo >> https://lnkd.in/dr8rp34Z

#Legalcommunityit #assistenzalegale #acquisizione

🐱 Meet our Director, Gilles Vanhouwe at the Petcare Innovation Europe Conference in Berlin 4-5 June 2024 🐶 

Gilles will be speaking on a panel, joined by seasoned investors, to discuss the evolution of Europe's petcare industry and themes such as innovation in premium vs. mass market, omnichannel models and sustainability in supply chains 🌍  

🐾 It's an exciting op-paw-tunity to learn more about the 350 billion-dollar petcare industry. Register for your ticket now! 👇 

https://lnkd.in/emeEv7Pf

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#Petindustry #Investing #consumer #petretail

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