Azura Partners

Bang & Olufsen was founded in 1925 in Struer, a small town in the north western part of Denmark, by two enterprising young engineers, Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen. They created the business that was to become an international design icon and a global symbol of audio-visual excellence. Today Bang & Olufsen a/s is world renowned for its distinctive range of quality televisions, music systems and high-performance loudspeakers; products that combine technological excellence with emotional appeal in a sensational design language. Bang & Olufsen products are sold mainly by an extensive, independent retail network across more than 100 countries. The majority of these retailers are concept stores, which exclusively sell Bang & Olufsen products. Besides entertainment products for the home environment, Bang & Olufsen applies it acoustic skills and design competences in creating high-performance sound systems for the high-end car industry, bringing the entertainment experience to a new level.

Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is a cloud storage provider that specializes in offering affordable and straightforward hot storage solutions for businesses globally. Founded in 2016 and based in Boston, the company enables organizations to store and instantly access large volumes of data at a fraction of the cost of traditional providers, without the complexities of tiered pricing or unpredictable egress fees. Wasabi’s platform is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs and includes features such as unalterable storage buckets, rapid data retrieval with average time-to-first-byte speeds of less than 15 ms, and active integrity checking. Its services are utilized across various sectors, including media and entertainment, education, healthcare, and scientific research, for applications such as archiving, backup, content delivery, and data analytics. The company has garnered significant recognition in the tech industry and has raised substantial funding to support its growth.