5square
5square.nl Direct investor
5square is a private equity firm based in Laren, Netherlands, that invests in medium-sized Dutch companies with growth or transformation potential. They provide minority and majority equity investments and have been active since 2004.
5square is a private equity firm headquartered in Laren, Netherlands, founded in 2004. It invests directly in companies, from growth to buyout, in medium-sized companies and SMEs. Its stated cheque size is EUR 5-10 million equity tickets. 25 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We don’t invest in projects. We invest in people.”
— 5square, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Headquarters
- Laren, Netherlands
- Invests in
- Netherlands
- Sectors
- medium-sized companies, SMEs
- Cheque size
- EUR 5-10 million equity tickets
- Founded
- 2004
- Portfolio
- 25 companies
Team, as 5square publishes it
- Mark Gitsels Investor
- Hidde Hartelust Investor
- Remco van den Heuvel Investor
- Nick Huurman Investor
Names and roles exactly as listed on 5square.nl. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 5 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Kima Ventures 1 shared company: excellence-ai.com
- Harbourview Equity Partners, LLC 1 shared company: blackbear.global
- No Such Ventures 1 shared company: blackbear.global
- Brightlands Venture Partners 1 shared company: blackbearcarbon.com
- Committed Capital 1 shared company: intersteel.nl
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page 5square publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://5square.nl/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, portfolio_count, status, confidence, stage_min, stage_max
- https://5square.nl/en/enterprising-investors/invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://5square.nl/ons-team/people
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Record 1828 · added 2026-08-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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