24/01/2023at 14:16

Dutch-founded Waterland targets foothold in Norway's private equity market

Private equity firm Waterland is banking on gaining Norwegian market share by opening new office now employing three personnel.

Managing Director and Partner Kaspar Kristiansen (right) is leading Waterland's Oslo office from Nordic office based in Copenhagen. Caspar Seip Blakstad (left) and Martin Sette Jessen (middle) are the first ones hired at the Oslo office. | Photo: Ivan Boll | Photo: Ivan Boll

BY MARTIN FUGLSETH KOLDEN, TRANSLATED BY KATRINE GØTHLER

Waterland Private Equity Investments, a European private equity firm founded in the Netherlands in 1999, has since inception expanded by setting up divisions in ten different countries. Waterland invests in medium-sized companies using a strategy of ”buy-and-build”.

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