Avedon’s investment in Kinly wins Deal of the Year at the 2018 ACG Holland Growth Awards

Last night ACG Holland, the Dutch arm of the global organization focused on driving middle-market growth, held its third annual Growth Awards Ceremony at Strand Zuid in Amsterdam.

The Growth Awards recognize the achievements and contribution of member companies and individuals who have demonstrated leadership in their field.

Nominations for the awards were submitted by the ACG Holland members and the winners were selected by a panel represented by the event sponsors; Valery Capital, Orange Clover, RSM Due Diligence and the event organisers.

The nominees and winners of the awards were:

Best PE Exit Award: recognises the PE firm who has achieved the best exit on an M&A transaction in the Netherlands.

• Waterland (Sale of Attero) - WINNER
• Holland Venture (Sale of Esdec)
• Bencis (Sale of Curaeos)
   

Best PE Entry Award: recognises the PE firm who has achieved the best entry on an M&A transaction in the Netherlands.

• ABN AMRO Participaties (Merlin Technology) - WINNER
• Active Capital (Lumat)
• HB Capital (Hurks Group)
   

Best Advisor Award: recognises the adviser who has achieved significant success on M&A transactions in the Netherlands.

• Leontine Koens-Betz (Accuracy) - WINNER
• Danny Bosker (KPMG)
• Bart Jonkman (Capitalmind)

Innovation Award: recognises the company showing exceptional creativity and talent while having a significant positive impact on their region, community or a sustainable development goal.

• Connected Capital (Speakap) - WINNER
• Waterland (Jibes data analytics)
• ABN AMRO Participaties (Lyanthe)  
   

Deal of the Year Award: recognises the most impressive corporate middle market deal in the Netherlands.

• Avedon (Investment in Visions Connected and Viju, now known as Kinly) - WINNER
• Blokker (Sale of Intertoys)
• Dechra (Acquisition of AST Farma & Le Vet)

ACG Holland President: Bas van Helden; "This was our third ACG Holland Awards and we were very positively surprised by the number and quality of the nominations that we received. They represent the full breadth of the Dutch mid-market and the winners are stand out examples of remarkable success and growth.

“Special for this year was that the Awards evening was also attended by participants at ACG’s EuroGrowth. This brought a real international feel to the event and presented a great opportunity for us to showcase Dutch excellence with dealmakers from across Europe and North America.

“I would like to congratulate all the 2018 winners!"

Pictured: The ACG Holland Growth Award Winners 2018