Corporate investments • ING

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Corporate investments

To help you stay a step ahead in business, ING’s Corporate Investments team provides a full range of tailor-made minority equity, preference shares and subordinated debt solutions to help you grow and reach your strategic objectives. We are optimistic and entrepreneurial, and will work with you to find the best solution for your capital needs, with a ‘glass half full’, can-do mentality. Over the past 10 years, we have invested over €1.5 billion in equity and subordinated debt products, in both the Benelux and internationally.

We specialise in providing risk-bearing capital in situations where a company’s capital requirements are beyond the limits of regular senior (bank) financing. Largely event-driven, we can add value at decisive moments in your company’s life cycle. With a product-neutral view, we go the extra mile in finding you a tailor-made, structured solution that can help you realise your strategic goals.

Graph of structured solution that can help tp realize strategic goals

Financing growth plans and acquisitions:

Acquisition financing
Organic growth strategy financing
Co-investments.

Facilitating changes in shareholder ownership/composition:

Management buy-out
Enabling shareholder/management succession (i.e. in family-owned companies)
Enabling shareholder exit
Co-investments
(Partial) monetisation of a shareholder.

Balance sheet strengthening/restructuring:

Optimising your company’s capital structure
Reduce leverage / improve covenant headroom
Financial restructuring.

We have an experienced team that differentiates us from most risk-bearing capital providers (such as typical Private Equity investors) thanks to a different focus on control, exit and products offered. At the same time, we can provide access to the full range of ING products and our vast network.

Sustainable investments

Also, an integral part of Corporate Investments is the Sustainable Investments fund, which focuses on smaller companies which have a business model that contributes to a more sustainable future, such as within the circular economy, energy transition and/or water management.

Added value of ING Corporate Investments:

Seasoned team of investment professionals
No active management involvement, i.e. no loss of control
No fixed exit horizon, meaning flexibility to accommodate a variety of exit scenarios.
Easy access to our network, financial products and sector expertise
International presence and global reach (not only Benelux)
Flexible approach towards governance and investment structure
One-stop-shop solution offering the entire range of risk-bearing capital
Product neutral, with unique and tailor-made solutions.

Investment criteria:

Strong and sustainable market position with clear strategy
Motivated and capable/experienced management team
EBITDA > €1.5m
Investment size depends on the risk profile, sweet spot €2.5m - €10m for minority equity and €7.5m - €50m for subordinated debt.

Why partner with us

Our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. So whatever your financial needs, whether you are looking to expand and want strategic advice, or just want to make your day-to-day banking more efficient, we are here to support your business ambitions.

Serving corporate clients and financial institutions in over 35 countries.

We pair local and global insight with sector knowledge with financial expertise.

We are ranked as a leader in sustainability and we are included in the FTSE4Good Index.