About Navius

Navius is an independent M&A and strategy advisory firm focusing on large and mid-sided companies. We started in 2002 and we have been in the lead in more than 100 M&A transactions since. We make a decisive difference for our clients through concise strategy shaping, convincing equity stories, skilled negotiation strategies and tightly managed deal processes. Navius has offices in the Netherlands and Belgium and closed deals around the world. Deal sizes (EV) vary from 10 to 500 million EUR.

Our Philosophy

We foster long term relationships based on the quality of our work. We cherish an open and direct interaction with our customers and constantly look for value maximalisation opportunities. Our actions are based on strong values:

  • Passion for entrepreneurship

  • Collaborative leadership

  • Result orientation

  • Professionalism

  • Hands-on involvement

  • Accountability

  • Discretion

Entrepreneurship

All Navius partners hold active board memberships in several companies and often invested in those companies. We invest our own funds in companies we help grow and scale. As such, we practice what we preach and put our money where our mouth is.

Most of these companies improve the sustainability of the environment and/or the energy transition. Typical area’s where the Navius partners add value are:

  • Definition of strategy and business plan

  • Definition of USP (Unique Selling Proposition) and (value) pricing strategies

  • Recruitment of top people. More often than not, we are involved in describing the job profiles for C-level people and in the interview rounds

  • Counselling on structuring major deals

  • Structuring of any M&A, JV or partnership agreements

We believe that the experience of entrepreneurship makes us better advisers and deal makers and vice versa.

References

Discretion is one of our trademarks. Because we often work in critical or company sensitive situations, we don’t advertise our customers and deals. The following examples give a flavour of the type and size of our projects:

  • o We structured and negotiated the partial sale of a leading technology company in the renewable energy space to a Nasdaq quoted consolidator

    o We sold several staffing companies, in various B2B segments, to various acquirers (often Private Equity)

    o We sold a technology start-up in security software in the logistics sector to a strategic acquirer

    o We led the negotiation to create a JV between a leading European distributor in the technology and communications market with a US based pentacorn.

    o We sold various market leading equipment rental companies to various acquirers (both industrial players and private equity)

    o We structured the creation of a leading JV in the media landscape

    o We assisted a leading Water Company in the creation of a JV to reuse sewage water for industrial purposes

  • o We structured and negotiated a 150m EUR debt package for a service provider in the logistics industry

    o We led several funding rounds for start-ups and scale ups

  • o For one of the largest services companies in the Benelux, we updated the strategy for the digitisation area, defined priorities based on UPS’s and market potential and translated the strategy into a business plan.

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