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Team Private Equity

Havatec

Year of investment: 2021

Food & Agri

Minority investment

Private Equity

Active

Nieuw-Vennep, the Netherlands

Havatec develops and manufactures automated equipment for grading, bunching, handling and packaging flowers and flower bulbs. Its solutions help horticultural businesses automate labour intensive processes, improve efficiency and preserve the quality of flowers.

A partnership built for impact

Rabo Investments supports Havatec by contributing horticultural sector knowledge and access to its network. By improving project based accountancy standards, working capital is managed and accurately forecasted. This supports the company’s growth and continued development of automation solutions for flower and bulb processors facing increasingly scarce and costly labour.

“As labour availability continues to be one of the key challenges facing the horticultural sector, Havatec plays an important role in enabling growers and processors to remain competitive through automation. We are proud to partner with a company that combines technological innovation with deep industry knowledge, helping customers improve productivity while maintaining the high quality standards for which the Dutch horticultural sector is known.”

— Arjan van der Hout