Private Equity Internship

Waterland Private Equity Investments is a leading investment firm with a distinct approach to partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs. They aim to build companies and improve them, focusing on long-term partnerships and sustainable strategies. Their team has accumulated extensive experience and expertise through involvement in over 1,000 investments spanning almost 25 years.

Their investment approach involves partnering with ambitious business owners to help them continue their entrepreneurial aspirations and reach their full potential. They primarily invest in medium-sized companies in fragmented growth markets that have a strong reputation and high growth potential. Their investment strategy is based on a buy-and-build approach, and they have successfully implemented this strategy with numerous portfolio companies in the Netherlands.

As an intern you are involved in the investment team in the field of private equity and you support this team on the following topics: Helping to map out the private equity universe, drawing up selection criteria and developing investment proposals; Helping to set up reporting systems to properly monitor private equity investments, to assess performance and to report on this to clients. There is also the option of supporting the investment committee in expressing their vision on the financial markets and their investment policy in words and images.

In this private equity internship, you will be an important part of our investment team and be involved in all aspects of a transaction process. Your involvement will range from generating deal flow, conducting market research and business analysis, to providing general team support. Some of the activities you will be responsible for include:

• Being part of deal teams and collaborating with 2-3 team members on live transactions.
• Analyzing and interpreting company information and preparing financial models (balance sheets, P&Ls, cash flow statements, and leveraged buyout models).
• Identifying and analyzing potentially interesting investment proposals for Vortex.
• Preparing investment proposals and other presentations that will be presented internally and externally.
• Supporting portfolio companies with relevant analyses.
• Conducting quantitative and qualitative market research.