
Waterland buys Coeo Inkasso
Waterland Private Equity has acquired Dormagen-based debt collection service Coeo Inkasso for an undisclosed sum.
Co-owner and managing director Tom Haverkamp will remain in his position and retains a minority stake in the company.
Coeo Inkasso generates revenues of €50m from its activities in telecommunications, e-commerce and retail debt collection, processing 850,000 receivables per year.
Since 2010 the company has grown organically and by acquisitions, and will be supported in continuing this strategy by Waterland, which will use the investment as the platform for a new buy-and-build strategy.
Company
Coeo Inkasso was established in 2010 and took over the operations of debt collection service provider Forum Inkasso in 2011. In 2012, the company acquired the business operations of Acoreus Collection Services. Coeo Inkasso currently employs around 180 staff and assumes responsibility for 850,000 new receivables each year.
People
Coeo Inkasso – Tom Haverkamp (managing director).
Advisers
Company – Metzler Corporate Finance (corporate finance).
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