Why Riverside Track Record

Track Record

Maximising value through a proven global buy-and-build strategy. Riverside has for more than 20 years resisted the draw of large deals to focus exclusively on the lower end of the middle market.

Independent specialists consider the following to be the key to Riverside’s enduring success:

  • Our dedicated expertise at working with industry leading companies valued between €15 and €200 million
  • Our exceptional team’s years of valuable experience and spirit of effective collaboration
  • Our acknowledged talent to close deals quickly and smoothly
  • Our proven record of working successfully with companies to enhance their value
  • Our unswerving commitment to principles as well as profits

Our team has completed over 260 acquisitions, including more than 120 platforms. In addition, we have exited more than 50 investments. Within this, Riverside's experience includes buying over 40 family-owned companies. We’ve perfected our approach in a way that mitigates risk but delivers excellent results – eight of our nine mature funds are in the top quartile of all funds. Riverside’s approach and consistently superior returns:

  • Attracts some of the world’s most sophisticated investors by providing consistently superior returns
  • Ensures timely feedback to intermediaries and provides a smooth and reliable sale process
  • Ensures a long-term, respectful and mutually beneficial partnership, committed to growth
  • Gives portfolio-company management teams exceptional opportunities for wealth creation

We invite you to review the list of companies that have entrusted their future growth and development to Riverside.