Acquiring and building exceptional businesses.

Belle Haven Capital partners with founders and business owners to acquire established companies and build them into their next chapter, combining hands-on leadership with AI-driven value creation.

Our approach

We look for businesses with strong fundamentals, loyal customers, and an owner ready for the next chapter. We invest our own capital, take an active role in operations, and apply modern technology to unlock growth that wasn't accessible before.

Acquire

We acquire established SME businesses in the Netherlands and broader Europe. We focus on companies with €2–20M in revenue, proven profitability, and a clear succession need or growth ambition.

Operate

We take an active ownership role. Hidde joins as CEO or executive chairman, working alongside the existing team to stabilise, strengthen, and grow the business from the inside.

Accelerate

Through our partnership with Waimakers, we implement AI solutions tailored to each business, from automating operations to enhancing customer experience, creating value that compounds over time.

Why Belle Haven

A different kind of buyer.

Aligned incentives

We invest our own capital. There is no fund, no LP pressure, no artificial exit timeline. We succeed only when the business succeeds, which means our interests are fully aligned with yours.

Operational depth

We don't manage from a distance. Hidde brings direct experience across M&A execution, commercial growth, and AI implementation, and takes an active role in every business we acquire.

AI as a genuine capability

Through our partnership with Waimakers, we bring real AI implementation expertise, not a slide deck. We've helped organisations across private equity and SME deploy AI that creates measurable results.

Long-term thinking

We are not looking for a quick flip. We acquire businesses to build them. Whether that means a 5-year hold or a 15-year hold, we make decisions accordingly.

Background

Built on experience across strategy, M&A, and AI.

SparkOptimus

Strategy & AI consulting for leading European companies

Waimakers

Associate Partner, AI transformation for PE portfolio companies and SMEs

Leads.io

Expansion Manager, 9 acquisitions across Spain, France, and the UK

For business owners

Thinking about the next chapter?

If you are considering succession, a partial exit, or simply want a growth partner who is genuinely invested in your business. We would like to have a conversation. All discussions are completely confidential and without obligation.

Confidential

Every conversation is fully confidential. We never share information about businesses we've spoken with.

No obligation

An initial conversation is just that: a conversation. There is no pressure and no commitment on either side.

Your legacy protected

We care about what makes your business special: the people, the culture, the customer relationships you've built.

Let's have a conversation.

Whether you are a business owner, an intermediary, or simply curious about what we do. We are always open to an introduction.