
Main Mezzanine Capital holds first close for maiden fund
Main Mezzanine Capital has announced a first close for its maiden mezzanine fund, which has set a target of €100m.
Main Mezzanine Capital is the mezzanine division of Main Capital Partners, whose latest fundrasing effort was Main Capital V, closed in December 2017 on €236.50.
Main Mezzanine has been investing in the past few years from a capital pool of around €50m, made of commitments from Main Capital and a group of LPs.
Investors
The mezzanine fund has received commitments from Main Capital Partners, high-net-worth individuals, family offices and international institutional investors. LPs are mostly based in the Netherlands, Unquote understands.
Investments
The vehicle will provide mezzanine loans to companies in the technology sector with revenues from €3m, located in the Benelux and DACH regions. The loan size ranges between €2-8m. Mezzanine loans are used to finance growth, international expansion, acquisitions and management buyouts.
So far, 18 mezzanine loans have been provided worth €45m in a mix of growth, acquisition and management buyout transactions. In addition, seven exits have already been realised with attractive returns for the investors.
The current mezzanine portfolio currently holds Kairos, a healthcare bio-banking and clinical trial software developer; OnGuard, a credit management software developer; Spotzer, a digital marketing specialist; and Fairbanks, a corporate cloud storage service operator.
Main Mezzanine provided Talkwalker with a €5m loan with an equity kicker in 2016 and made a full exit by January 2018.
People
Main Mezzanine Capital – Lars van 't Hoenderdaal (managing partner).
Latest News
Stonehage Fleming raises USD 130m for largest fund to date, eyes 2024 programme
Multi-family office has seen strong appetite, with investor base growing since 2016 to more than 90 family offices, Meiping Yap told Unquote
Permira to take Ergomed private for GBP 703m
Sponsor deploys Permira VIII to ride new wave of take-privates; Blackstone commits GBP 200m in financing for UK-based CRO
Partners Group to release IMs for Civica sale in mid-September
Sponsor acquired the public software group in July 2017 via the same-year vintage Partners Group Global Value 2017
Change of mind: Sponsors take to de-listing their own assets
EQT and Cinven seen as bellweather for funds to reassess options for listed assets trading underwater