Willem Sprokholt
Investment Director at Transformation Capital (NL)- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Transformation Capital (NL)
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Netherlands
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Investment Director
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Feb 2023 - Present
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Quintes Verzekeren en Risicobeheer
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Controller
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Jul 2020 - Feb 2023
Jack of all trades position dealing with all finance workstreams in the company, including: - Business control - Financial control - Corporate finance - M&A - Due diligence - External reporting - Treasury Jack of all trades position dealing with all finance workstreams in the company, including: - Business control - Financial control - Corporate finance - M&A - Due diligence - External reporting - Treasury
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Director Corporate Development
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Jun 2019 - Jun 2020
Responsible for various corporate projects that fall outside of normal line management responsibility, including:- M&A: completed 6 acquisitions and 1 divestment (Total >€100m EV)- Corporate finance: raised finance to fund acquisitions and maintained the equity structure- Corporate/financial restructuring: completed 2- Upgrade of a live datacenter from Tier II to Tier III- Various topics to assist the CEO
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Manager Corporate Development
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Jun 2017 - May 2019
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Finance manager NL a.i.
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Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
Ad interim Finance Manager for Sentia Netherlands. Responsible for a department of 8 people and a €30m revenue P&L.Implemented various system, process and HR improvements related to daily operations, monthly closing and staffing/resourcing.
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Triton Partners
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Luxembourg
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Investment Management
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200 - 300 Employee
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Investment Professional
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Sep 2015 - May 2017
- Head of deal sourcing in the Benelux - Founding member of the Triton Digital Team, which supports portfolio companies in executing their digital strategy and supports deal teams in analysis and valuation of digital drivers - Worked on various deals including in chemicals, automotive, utilities and consumer products - Head of deal sourcing in the Benelux - Founding member of the Triton Digital Team, which supports portfolio companies in executing their digital strategy and supports deal teams in analysis and valuation of digital drivers - Worked on various deals including in chemicals, automotive, utilities and consumer products
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Waterland Private Equity
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Investment Analyst
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Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
At Waterland, I worked on: - Deal origination (closed one platform investment); - Market due diligence (including expert interviews, market structure analyses and competitive strength analyses); and - Portfolio management: refinancing a portfolio company, closed four add-on acquisitions for three platform companies and preparation of an exit process in addition to general support and analyses for strategic and operational issues. At Waterland, I worked on: - Deal origination (closed one platform investment); - Market due diligence (including expert interviews, market structure analyses and competitive strength analyses); and - Portfolio management: refinancing a portfolio company, closed four add-on acquisitions for three platform companies and preparation of an exit process in addition to general support and analyses for strategic and operational issues.
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Vorndran Mannheims Capital
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Zürich Area, Switzerland
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Analyst
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
Part-time analyst position at private equity house Vorndran Mannheims, which specializes in cleantech and high-value added manufacturing growth company buyouts. Together with investment managers I worked on deal origination, the proofing of investment opportunities, acquisitions, and divestment processes. Additionally, I supported in the management of Rioglass as a portfolio company. Part-time analyst position at private equity house Vorndran Mannheims, which specializes in cleantech and high-value added manufacturing growth company buyouts. Together with investment managers I worked on deal origination, the proofing of investment opportunities, acquisitions, and divestment processes. Additionally, I supported in the management of Rioglass as a portfolio company.
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UrbanFutureTec
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Sankt Gallen Area, Switzerland
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Fundraising Consultant
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Apr 2013 - Jan 2014
Urban Future Tec is a startup company active in the production of small vertical axis wind turbines suited for decentral power generation in urban areas. I assisted management in the drafting of investment documents, liaised with potential investors and conducted meetings with banks to secure seed financing. Urban Future Tec is a startup company active in the production of small vertical axis wind turbines suited for decentral power generation in urban areas. I assisted management in the drafting of investment documents, liaised with potential investors and conducted meetings with banks to secure seed financing.
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3i Group plc
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Intern
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Feb 2012 - May 2012
As an intern at 3i, I was active as in portfolio company management and portfolio origination. Within the portfolio management role, I was involved with the expansion strategy, operational improvement initiatives and making company and country market analyses. For my origination role, I completed company profiles, investment theses and top down market analyses to identify investment opportunities. The latter starting from identifying market trends and from there working towards identifying companies who ideally fit these trends in their profile from a self developed framework. Show less
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Roland Berger
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Germany
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Nov 2011 - Jan 2012
Assisted in the formulation of a merger plan for two organizations active in the health sector. This included a detailed analysis of the existing capacity allocation and drafting an optimal allocation plan for the combined entity across several locations taking into account capacity, specializations, rostering and other soft preferences. Also aided in the writing of multiple proposals for both public and private organizations active in telecommuncations and power. Assisted in the formulation of a merger plan for two organizations active in the health sector. This included a detailed analysis of the existing capacity allocation and drafting an optimal allocation plan for the combined entity across several locations taking into account capacity, specializations, rostering and other soft preferences. Also aided in the writing of multiple proposals for both public and private organizations active in telecommuncations and power.
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Nomura
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern Investment Banking
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Aug 2011 - Oct 2011
Joined the Benelux coverage team in based in Amsterdam. Worked together with analysts and associates from the global bank network on several (10+) projects. Responsible for producing trading, operating and transaction multiples, market research and trackers, valuation analysis based on multiples and DCF and presenting these. Also performed study into the Dutch and Belgian legal framework regarding public offers. Joined the Benelux coverage team in based in Amsterdam. Worked together with analysts and associates from the global bank network on several (10+) projects. Responsible for producing trading, operating and transaction multiples, market research and trackers, valuation analysis based on multiples and DCF and presenting these. Also performed study into the Dutch and Belgian legal framework regarding public offers.
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Zanders
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Analyst
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Jun 2009 - Jun 2011
Tasks include, amongst others: producing market information for consultants and clients; product development; benchmark studies; drafting regulatory reports to be handed to Dutch Central Bank; data mining; project planning; asset valuation; working with foreign exchange and credit risk derivatives; auditing internal control processes; assisting managing partner and consultants. Tasks include, amongst others: producing market information for consultants and clients; product development; benchmark studies; drafting regulatory reports to be handed to Dutch Central Bank; data mining; project planning; asset valuation; working with foreign exchange and credit risk derivatives; auditing internal control processes; assisting managing partner and consultants.
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Education
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Universität St.Gallen - Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Master's Degree, Banking and Finance MA HSG -
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Master's degree (RC), Register Controller (RC) -
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Econometrics and Operations Research -
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Open course, Change management -
CAIA Institute
CAIA Level 1 and 2, Alternative Investments -
University of California, Berkeley
Summer Session, Philosophy -
Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum
Gymnasium VWO, General Education