Aquius supports innovative ideas and business opportunities in the field of sustainable water management and technology.
Financing focusses on ready-to-scale companies based in the Benelux, the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and Finland with a technology that is at Technology Readiness Level 7 or higher.
Aquius works with academic spin-offs and start-ups that are at least in their 2nd business year as well as growth phase companies, structured as a corporation or partnership and generating a turnover of ~0,5 million euros/year.
Equity and debt investments (usually in the form of convertible loans) typically range from €500,000.- to €5,000,000.- though bigger tickets can often be facilitated by pooling resources with other Private Equity Investors.
Should you be interested to discuss funding options, please feel free to submit a deck or teaser for our information. We can then schedule a meeting to learn more about you and your proposition and give you an indication of the possibilities and conditions for financing.
Partnership with Invesdor
Aquius works in partnership with the European crowdfinancing platform Invesdor in funding rounds that are open to both private and institutional investors.
After an assessment of the technical and economic feasibility, the investments structured by Aquius are handled by Invesdor, one of Europe's largest impact investment and financing platforms with over €800 million of intermediated funding volume.
Invesdor operates under the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation (ECSP), under the supervision of AFM and in strong partnerships with Dutch banks, such as Rabobank, Triodos Bank and ASN Bank, while being supported by a large and diverse group of dedicated impact investors.