Alex Behaeghe

Alex Behaeghe is a Belgian private-equity investor who joined Gimv's Healthcare team as a Partner in 2023. Gimv is a Brussels-listed European investment company (Euronext Brussels: GIMB) that invests across several platforms, with Healthcare among its core areas. Behaeghe is based in Antwerp and focuses on healthcare investments across Gimv's Benelux, French, and DACH footprint.

Before Gimv, Behaeghe spent roughly 2015–2023 at Gilde Buy Out Partners (renamed Rivean Capital in February 2022), where he built his private-equity experience working on healthcare deals. Notably, he joined the Executive Committee of one of the firm's Belgian portfolio companies, Corilus — a leading provider of software for first-line healthcare providers (GPs, dentists, pharmacies, physiotherapists, nursing and elderly care) — where he focused on business development and value creation rather than pure deal execution, giving him hands-on operating experience inside a healthcare software platform.

Earlier in his career, Behaeghe worked at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Brussels, where he was involved in due diligence, post-merger integration, and business transformation. He started out in ING Corporate Finance, gaining buy- and sell-side M&A advisory experience.

On the academic side, he holds a Master's in (Civil) Engineering from KU Leuven and a Master in General Management from Vlerick Business School, both in Belgium. He was awarded the CFA charter in 2012.

• Invests through Gimv's Healthcare platform, backing small and medium-sized companies with capital requirements up to ~€150 million, typically via growth capital, buyouts, and buy-and-build strategies.
• Targets three healthcare sub-segments: (1) care providers and patient services (clinics, diagnostics, nursing, homecare, pharmacies); (2) healthcare products (pharma, medical devices, functional nutrition); and (3) healthcare B2B services and software (CROs/CDMOs, regulatory services, digital health).
• Geographic mandate spans the Benelux, France, and DACH regions.
• Looks for "ambitious and innovative companies with a solid market position and strong growth potential," paired with "strong management and a clear corporate vision of social added value."
• Emphasizes active, operational value creation beyond capital — management strengthening, buy-and-build M&A, digitalization, operational excellence, and sustainability — a thesis consistent with his own operating role on the Corilus Executive Committee.