Fund Finance 2022 Sixth Edition - Netherlands

Overview

The Netherlands is widely recognised as a leading international financial centre and has a mature investment funds industry with an attractive investment environment due to, amongst others, flexible corporate legislation, various tax structuring options, and an extensive network of bilateral investment treaties and tax treaties.

In terms of both fundraising and invested capital, 2020 and 2021 have been successful years for market participants in the Netherlands. The most recent research conducted by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (the Dutch Association of Private Equity Firms)¹ shows that in 2020 alone, Dutch private equity firms raised around ?6.8 billion in new funds, of which approximately ?1.6 billion in new funds were raised by Dutch venture capitalists. In 2020, 204 Dutch private equity or venture capital firms managed approximately ?33.8 billion (committed capital) in 454 funds, and over ?7.5 billion was invested by