ERP and CRM specialist Dynamic People is entering its next phase of growth with Gate Invest to realize its ambition: to be the best strategic partner for end-to-end business solutions based on Microsoft technology. Hogenhouck M&A advised the owners of Dynamic People on this transaction.
Continuing the Success Story
As a strategic Microsoft Gold Partner, Dynamic People advises, designs, delivers, implements, and manages cloud solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure. Dynamic People was founded in 2006 and has grown into a mature organization with approximately 70 professionals. Together with Gate—the Vermaat family’s investment fund—Dynamic People aims to continue its success story as a provider of business applications based on Microsoft technology. With this new phase, the company aims to realize its mission on a larger scale: to grow together with customers, partners, and employees both at home and abroad.
Management with Growth Ambitions
The founders and current management team—Jeroen Bunck (CEO), Mike van Ophem (Co-Founder), and Michel Lecluse (Managing Partner)—continue to expand the organization. Dynamic People is anything but a traditional IT firm and aims to develop into the premier strategic partner for Microsoft applications. To that end, the company focuses on sectors such as commodities and trading, professional services, finance, and retail in the Netherlands and abroad, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. In addition to standard Microsoft products, the company also deploys a number of proprietary solutions, such as Cloud4Commodities and Configure Price Quote (CPQ). These products will be further developed and expanded in the coming years.
Multiple disciplines for further development
Jeroen Bunck, co-founder and CEO of Dynamic People: “The market is evolving at breakneck speed, which requires extra attention across multiple disciplines. That’s why we set out to find a strategic partner who can support us in our next step. This is necessary to remain at the forefront as experts in both Microsoft and our own products. It also allows us to continue offering our people professional challenges and opportunities for growth. Our independence, as well as preserving and strengthening our culture, are essential to this. In Gate, we have found a partner that fully shares our vision on this.”
Maintaining a Strong Corporate Culture
Co-founder Mike van Olphen: “Our organization is built by our people. ‘People First’ has always been our promise. With Gate Invest, we’ve brought on a growth partner that recognizes and prioritizes what makes us successful. Our culture is what makes our company strong. It’s a pleasant and safe place to work, and we want to keep it that way. The new partnership offers many opportunities for our people; it allows us to focus even more on personal development. This way, over time, we’ll be able to offer our people an even broader range of assignments and challenges.”
Entrepreneurs at the Helm
The Gate Invest team is also proud of this new partnership. Paul Vermaat: “We deliberately choose companies with a healthy culture and strong entrepreneurs at the helm. The fit with Dynamic People feels right: we share a strong ambition to grow, both as a company and as people. With our entrepreneurial experience, expertise, and knowledge, we can add significant value. We look forward to the future.”
