Sven van Velzen

Mergers & Acquisitions | Capital Structuring | Investing

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Growing up in an entrepreneurial family has shaped my ambition to create and further develop strong businesses from a young age. For many years I’ve played a role in our family businesses where I focused on strategy, M&A, financial analysis and operations. These businesses are active in the fields of retail (PLUS Van Velzen Supermarkets), Animal feed (FeedValid), Fertilizers (Triferto), direct co-investments and Real Estate. At Livingstone, I had the opportunity to contribute in the development of a 3-person start-up boutique to a well-known advisory firm in the Netherlands with 20+ people. Here, my various experiences in M&A, Private Equity and corporate banking (Leveraged Finance) helped me to get a broad view on executing deals and understanding interests from different stakeholders. ✉ [email protected] ☎ +31 6 310 413 16

Experience

  • Livingstone (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland)
    • Associate
      Jan 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Analyst
      Feb 2022 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

      Livingstone Partners is an international mid-market M&A and debt advisory firm with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Chicago, Düsseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Madrid and Stockholm. We have deep industry expertise, and extensive global coverage, with dedicated teams across our offices serving five segments: Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial, and Media & Technology.

  • Analyst Leveraged Finance | Origination & Execution at NIBC Bank
    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022 · 10 mos

    Origination and execution of mid-market Leveraged Finance deals in BeNeLux & UK region

  • Investment related projects at Sven van Velzen
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Worked on several projects focused on Investment opportunities, investment portfolios, fundraising and strategy. On consultancy basis Jan'20 - June'20: Several projects in the Poultry industry: Evaluating investment opportunities in machinery for processing plants. Focused mainly on valuation, forecasts of cashflows, financial modelling and key investor ratios to give advice on investment decisions. Jan'20 - June'20: Supported the M&A process of a small company trading in food-service poultry products by a large poultry processing plant Feb’20 – March’20: Supported 2 individuals in the construction of 2 small investment portfolios Mar’21: company analysis, market research and valuation for our family business: Brokking’s Beheer Jan'21 - Apr’21: Supporting East-African SME's with financial management and creating shareholder value for foreign investors

  • Internship Private Equity at Bolster Investment Partners
    Jul 2020 - Dec 2020 · 6 mos

    Long term investor, specialized in minority stakes to create real sustainable value

  • Internship Corporate Finance at IBS Capital Allies
    Oct 2019 - Dec 2019 · 3 mos

    IBS is a Dutch Investment bank focused on Asset Management, Corporate Finance, Fund management and Fiduciary Management. The Corporate Finance team focuses primarily on M&A (mostly sell side), debt advisory, restructuring, refinancing and strategic issues. During my internship, i was responsible for: * Analyzing company and market information * Valuation models and financial analysis * Analyzing company business plans and cashflow projections * Creating investment memorandums and pitches for potential new customers * Study market events to originate potential new customers