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VP Capital publishes Progress Report 2022

July 3, 2023
Today, we are releasing our Progress Report for 2022. While the first report in 2019 primarily focused on the methodology employed, this fourth report provides more transparency regarding the sustainability results of our family office and our portfolio. Additionally, this report includes our initial assessment of how we will integrate the CSRD and our preliminary thoughts on the impact/risk/return model and how we will incorporate impact into our processes.

Read the press release here and view the report here.

Press release VP Capital Progress Report 2022

A new direct investment in our portfolio: the innovative textile company BYBORRE

February 6, 2023
BYBORRE, a platform for responsible bespoke textile creation, raised €16.9 million in a series B funding round to accelerate growth and positive impact through technology and innovation. With VP Capital, we led the funding round together with Invest-NL, and joined forces with current investors SHIFT Invest and Amsterdams Klimaat en Energiefonds(“AKEF”) as well as a group of industry expert angel investors.
Read the press release here.
Press release investment in BYBORRE

VP Capital publishes Progress Report 2021

June 28, 2022
Today we release our annual Progress Report: total score of our investment portfolio for ESG and Impact rises to 7.1
With our Progress Report, we share our Sustainable Progress and insights from the past year within the field of impact investing, donations, and the further sustainable transformation of our direct investments.
Read the press release here.

Press release VP Capital Progress Report 2021

VP Capital, together with Korys and SET Ventures, invests in Trunkrs

June 9, 2022
Trunkrs, specialist in Same Day & Next Day delivery for the e-commerce sector, has successfully raised EUR 15 million in a Series B funding round. This funding round was led by Korys, the Belgian investment company of the Colruyt family. Aside from Korys, the other participants were VP Capital and the Amsterdam-based SET Ventures, that has invested in Trunkrs previously. IMPROVED Corporate Finance advised and supported Trunkrs in raising the financing.

Read the press release here.

Press release investment in Trunkrs

VP Capital one of the first family offices in Europe to earn a B Corp label

May 24. 2022
As VP Capital, we have become part of the B Corp community. The label combines social and ecological objectives with transparency and legal liability. With this approach, B Corp aims to transform the traditional notion of successful business practices and shift the focus to an inclusive and sustainable economy. Business as a force for good.

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Press release VP Capital B Corp certified

VP Capital is the first family office in the Benelux to obtain validation from the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for its ambitious climate goals

April 25, 2022
At VP Capital, we have definitively established our climate targets based on the scientific reduction targets needed to achieve the Paris climate agreement, and we want to achieve them before 2030 at the latest. This makes us the first (family) investor in the Benelux, and one of the first in Europe, to receive the approved validation from the SBTi.

Read the press release here.

Press Release validation Science Based Targets VP Capital

New Progress report

June 9, 2021
Today we are releasing our new Progress Report. As an family office, we have adopted (since 2018) a sustainability strategy whereby our entire portfolio is screened for Sustainable Progress. Whereas the first report for 2019 mainly focused on the methodology we used, this second report goes deeper into a number of sustainability projects and provides more transparency towards the individual scores of portfolio companies, funds, charities and our social contribution.

Read the rapport here.

Progress Report