Karmijn Kapitaal backs Picturae

Karmijn invests in Dutch SMEs, providing equity tickets of €2-12.5m to businesses with a minimum of €5m in turnover. Backed companies need to be managed by a balanced team of men and women.

Company
Founded in 1997 and based in Heiloo, Picturae specialises in the digitisation, management and storage of cultural heritage and historical materials, such as herbaria, manuscripts, photographs, film and audio.

The business has a branch in New York and a production site in Montpellier. Some of the firms' clients include Amsterdam City Archives, MoMa, Unesco, the Smithsonian Institution, the Frick Collection and the Van Gogh Museum.

Picturae currently employs around 195 people. The business expects revenues to grow to €100m in eight years' time.

People
Karmijn Kapitaal  – Cilian Jansen Verplanke , Hadewych Cels Désirée van Boxtel (partners).
Picturae – Mark Lindeman, Walter Tromp, Carolijn van Boetzelaer (founders).  

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