Straco

Overview

Straco is a family-owned investment firm based in Sint-Martens-Latem near Ghent, with an office in Amsterdam; its own news posts describe it as the holding company of the De Raedt laboratory family. Its activities are organised in three pillars: Straco Private Equity (buy-ins and buy-outs of European companies), Straco Real Estate (development and investment in Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Poland and Spain, plus over 120 properties managed in Belgium) and Straco Investments (global equities, private equity funds and co-investments). Its real estate arm, formerly the developer Odebrecht, has been active since 1983 and was renamed Straco Real Estate in 2024.

Investment thesis

Invests in European companies with EBITDA of €5M–€50M and equity tickets up to €250M, taking majority or influential minority stakes, mainly in industrials, business services, healthcare and technology; long-term, independent approach in understandable businesses and real assets.

Holdings & investments (12)

INVESTMENT ARMS & VEHICLES

• Straco Private Equity
  Buy-in and buy-out investments in European companies
• Straco Real Estate
  Develops and invests in residential, office, retail and semi-industrial projects
• Straco Investments
  Indirect and minority exposures: global equities, PE funds and co-investments

HOLDINGS & INVESTMENTS · MOST RECENT FIRST

• Speedwell
  Real Estate & PropTech · since 2024
• Life Stay Iberia
  Real Estate & PropTech · since 2024
• Downtown
  Real Estate & PropTech · since 2023
• LPC
  since 2022
• Welten
  Fintech · since 2022
• Incendin
  Industrial & Manufacturing · since 2022 · Exited
• Cedo
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Agaris Myco
  Food & Agriculture
• Forum Jobs
• Agaris Horti
  Food & Agriculture · Exited
• Biogroup
  HealthTech
• Cooper Consumer Health
  HealthTech

People

• Maarten Peers
  Managing Partner Private Equity · source
• Jonas Desomer
  Head of Investments · source
• Nicolas De Quinnemar
  Director Investments · source
• Nicolas Groenen
  Investment Manager, Private Equity · source
• David de Klerk
  Senior Investment Associate, Private Equity · source
• Lieven Van Himme
  Senior Associate, Private Equity · source
• Lode Nolmans
  Senior Associate, Private Equity · source
• Louis Faveere
  Senior Associate, Private Equity · source
• Erik Van Den Eynden
  CEO · source
• Ann De Raedt
  Director · source
• Ignace Bogaert
  Group CFO · source
• Carl-Philip de Villegas
  Managing Partner Real Estate · source
• Arne Frederix
  Managing Partner Iberia (Real Estate) · source
• Juan A. Laiseca Segura
  Managing Partner Iberia (Real Estate) · source
• Stefan Franck
  Director Development (Real Estate) · source
• Nick Van Meirvenne
  Business Development Director (Real Estate) · source
• Lauren Willen
  Head of Legal · source
• Elien Verhelst
  Group Finance Director · source
• Vicky Ferket
  Group Controlling Director · source

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