Main Capital Partners has appointed Jorn de Ruijter and Daan Visscher as Partners, expanding the firm’s leadership team as it continues to scale internationally and further professionalize its organization.
De Ruijter joined Main in 2016 and has led the firm’s fund structuring and investor relations efforts, including helping raise more than €5.5 billion in recent years and building an investor relations team of five professionals, according to the firm. Alongside those responsibilities, he has been active in Main’s Benelux investment work, most recently serving as Investment Director, and has been involved in investments and exits, including LOCATIQS, which was acquired by Sogelink in 2022.
Main also said de Ruijter helped establish its Antwerp office and currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RiskConcile, which has recently completed cross-border add-on acquisitions, including Fitz Partners and B4Finance.
Visscher began at Main in 2017 in the Benelux investment team and later played a role in expanding the firm’s footprint in the Nordics by helping open the Stockholm office in 2019. In January 2023, he co led the launch of Main’s affiliated office in Boston, and the firm said the Boston team now has eight professionals and has completed five platform investments. Main added that Visscher most recently led the investment in TrustArc, and that he currently serves as co head of North America and Investment Director, with board roles across several Main portfolio companies including Cloud Coach and LuxSci.
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“Jorn and Daan have demonstrated exceptional track records and have been instrumental in driving Main’s success, professionalization, and international expansion over the past years. Talent development is critical for a firm like Main with significant traction in terms of international expansion, a growing portfolio, and global LP base. Jorn and Daan have demonstrated exceptional track records and have been instrumental in driving Main’s success, professionalization, and international expansion over the past years. We congratulate them on this well-deserved achievement and look forward to their continued contributions.”
Charly Zwemstra, Managing Partner And CIO Of Main Capital Partners
