Gimv
Major Belgian investment company with EUR 2B+ AUM, active across tech, healthcare, and consumer sectors.
Gimv is one of Belgium's largest and oldest investment companies, founded in 1980. With over EUR 2 billion in assets under management, it operates across four platforms: Smart Industries, Sustainable Cities, Health & Care, and Consumer.
The firm invests across Europe at growth and buyout stage. Its long history makes it one of the most prominent institutional investors in the Belgian market.
Stated facts & numbers
- 75% of Gimv's realized value comes from growth of its portfolio companies. (0:03:08, De CFO Podcast 2026-03-30)
- Gimv's portfolio of invested companies grew from €1 billion to more than €2 billion in 5 years. (0:03:08, De CFO Podcast 2026-03-30)
- Gimv has approximately 60 companies in its portfolio. (0:09:17, De CFO Podcast 2025-11-17)
- Gimv's balance sheet total exceeds €2 billion, with roughly 90 employees, of which about 50 in the CFO's department. (0:07:14, De CFO Podcast 2025-11-17)
- Vande Capelle joined Gimv in 2007 and became CFO at the end of 2012, hired by predecessor Marc Vercruysse. (0:03:37, De CFO Podcast 2025-11-17)
- Worxinvest took over the Flemish government's stake in Gimv in 2023, fully privatizing the company. (0:05:08, De CFO Podcast 2025-11-17)
- Gimv operates from four offices: Antwerp (Belgium), the Netherlands, Germany and Paris, with finance managed centrally. (0:07:44, De CFO Podcast 2025-11-17)
- Gimv did its first-ever capital increase in early 2025, having been listed since 1997. (0:17:57, De CFO Podcast 2025-11-17)