Our investment teams have distinct strategies and focus on investing in mid-market companies in a variety of sectors in the US and Europe.
Flexible capital and strategic assistance for market-leading companies in high-growth sectors in North America and Europe
Equity capital for mid-sized companies in the DACH region and Italy
Growth capital and strategic assistance to software companies throughout Europe
Impact platform investing in climate and nature-based solutions
Equity capital for founder-owned companies in consumer and multi-unit, food and beverage, and business services.
Private equity primaries, co-investments, and secondaries across North America and Europe
Based in New York, the group will invest globally in both LP and GP-led transactions, leveraging Bregal’s GP relationships and network of eight offices worldwide.
Rupert Brenninkmeijer is an Operating Partner at Bregal Sagemount, where he partners with portfolio company leadership to accelerate growth and build operational scale across five Value Creation pillars: sales acceleration, offer optimization, tech & process, M&A and recruitment. As a Senior Leader in VC-backed tech companies, Rupert helped scale multiple startups to $100M+ ARR and achieve $2B+ valuations. Prior to joining Bregal Sagemount, Rupert was a Director at Contentful ($3B), responsible for the product-led business unit representing 15% of the P&L. Earlier in his career, Rupert operated as a Senior Growth Marketing lead at GoCardless ($2B) scaling the Mid-Market business.
Rupert received a BSc in Mathematics with honors from Oxford Brookes University.
Our experienced global investment team seeks to create long-standing relationships and drive lasting impact within our portfolio companies, which are active across Europe and North America. The firm consists of over 250 professionals, from the investment teams to finance, ESG, investor relations, tax and legal, and marketing and communications. We employ people from diverse backgrounds across the organisation and we believe we are a better firm because of it.[[1]]
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