Equity & Debt Financing

Valstar Simonis is an independent Dutch bureau of engineers specialising in technological building services. Valstar Simonis is headquartered in Rijswijk, with offices in Apeldoorn, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Groningen.

Chestnut acted as financial advisor to the management of Valstar Simonis during the refinancing process.

Smallsteps provides childcare services and is with over 250 childcare centres, one of the biggest childcare providers in the Netherlands. The Works Council of Smallsteps is (legally) tasked with providing advice to the company, for a.o. strategic decisions with a material impact on the employees of Smallsteps

Chestnut acted as exclusive financial advisor to the Works Council of Partou Kinderopvang & Smallsteps / KidsFoundation.

Payaut is an Amsterdam based start-up company focused on simplifying payment infrastructure on online platforms. The company automates the payment & onboarding processes, thereby unburdening platforms with a time consuming task. In addition to automatizing the onboarding and payment processes Payaut ensures full compliance with PSD2 regulation. Payaut is compatible with all payment service providers.

Chestnut acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of Payaut, resulting in the raising of €2.7m growth capital from a consortium of private investors.

Bonarius is specialised in the instellation and maintenance of CV – instelletations. Currently the company is employed to maintain over 200,000 central heating systems from housing corporations and commercial real estate companies. In addition, the company acts as sustainability advisor in the field of energy instellations.

Chestnut acted as advisor to Bonarius in the transfer of company shares, which included a detailed valuation analysis.

Jellow is a fast growing online platform that matches companies (employers) with freelancers particularly in Business Services. The company was founded in 2012 and has offices in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Chestnut acted as exclusive financial advisor to the founders of Jellow resulting in among others the raising of growth capital from Mediahuis NV, the Belgian giant media company that owns among others the Dutch NRC and Telegraaf.

StuDocu is a crowdsourced online study platform offering access to shared materials (e.g. book summaries, past exams and lecture notes) to students from all over the world. Quality of content is ensured through user ratings and automated quality control.

Chestnut acted as exclusive financial advisor to StuDocu and its shareholders, resulting in the raising of growth capital from Piton Capital (a venture capital firm based in London).

Siilo is an online secure messaging platform tailored to the needs of healthcare professionals.

Chestnut acted as exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders and management of Siilo, resulting in the raising of growth capital of EUR 4.5m provided by EQT Ventures and existing shareholders for the purpose of foreign expansion of the business.

GoodFuels aims to be a one-stop shop for sustainable biofuel. The company is currently active in two markets, the marine industry and the road & rail industry. In addition, GoodFuels is also actively involved in the development of new types of sustainable biofuels.

Chestnut acted as exclusive financial advisor to GoodFuels and its shareholders resulting in the raising and structuring of additional growth capital for the purpose of further development of the business.

Roger Bacon is a young company that focuses on ‘mass customization’ in the optical industry. By combining proprietary software – that can merge 3D biometric scans and eyewear designs – with 3D printing Roger Bacon produces affordable, high quality, custom-made frames with short delivery times.

Chestnut acted as exclusive financial advisor to Roger Bacon and its shareholders resulting in the raise of additional growth capital.

Multi Pilot Simulations develops, manufactures and sells fixed-base, type-specific flight simulators (B737, A320) for airliners (such as Ryanair, WizzAir and El-Al), type-rating training organizations (TRTOs) and flight schools (FTOs).

Acting from its role as minority shareholder, Chestnut professionalized MPS’ finance organization, initiated the transaction with H2 and assisted the shareholders of MPS as principal in this transaction.