European Equity Partners

European Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in London, with additional offices in Stockholm and Paris. Established in 1998, the firm specializes in investing in early-stage growth companies, particularly within the healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications, and information technology sectors. It focuses on seed and startup investments as well as small to mid-market growth opportunities. In healthcare, the firm emphasizes omic technologies, bioinformatics, and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets. In telecommunications and information technology, it targets areas such as IP-based wireless networks, multimedia services, and communications infrastructure. European Equity Partners typically invests between €500,000 and €3 million initially, with potential follow-on investments up to €10 million. The firm aims to actively collaborate with management teams to leverage its expertise and network, fostering growth and enhancing operational results for its portfolio companies.

Neil Boughton

Partner, CFO and COO

10 past transactions

Azanta

Venture Round in 2015
Azanta A/S is a biopharmaceutical company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 1994. The company specializes in developing and marketing treatments for orphan oncology and women's health conditions, along with offering products related to obstetrics and addiction medicine. Azanta's product portfolio includes several pharmaceuticals such as Nimorazole, a hypoxic radiosensitizer for head and neck cancer, and Angusta, used for labor induction. Other notable products include Amnisure, Cicatridina, Repadina Plus, Cystistat, Flexi-T, Methadone, Oxandrin, and Suplasyn. In February 2010, the company changed its name from IPC International A/S and has since operated as a subsidiary of Norgine B.V. Azanta aims to provide effective healthcare solutions in its specialized areas.

PacketFront Software

Venture Round in 2008
PacketFront Software is a Swedish company that specializes in developing automation solutions for telecom operators. Founded in 2001 in Stockholm, it emerged from the world's first public fiber-optic network build-out. The company's offerings include a multi-vendor network orchestrator and an end-to-end network automation system, which enable features such as zero-touch configuration and automated service provisioning across all IP networks. With a focus on delivering robust and scalable solutions, PacketFront Software helps enhance the agility, competitiveness, and profitability of its clients by facilitating true end-to-end automation in high-volume scenarios. The company's products have evolved over the years, maintaining their effectiveness and reliability in complex multi-vendor environments.

Transmode

Private Equity Round in 2004
Transmode is a provider of optical networking solutions that facilitate the transport of data, voice, and video traffic using Coarse and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM and DWDM) technologies. The company’s innovative Intelligent WDM (iWDM) approach has resulted in the deployment of over 10,000 systems, serving a diverse customer base comprising more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises, and public institutions across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Transmode’s platform addresses the capacity demands driven by the rapid growth in video and data traffic, enabling operators to meet their evolving needs in a cost-effective manner.

PacketFront Software

Series C in 2004
PacketFront Software is a Swedish company that specializes in developing automation solutions for telecom operators. Founded in 2001 in Stockholm, it emerged from the world's first public fiber-optic network build-out. The company's offerings include a multi-vendor network orchestrator and an end-to-end network automation system, which enable features such as zero-touch configuration and automated service provisioning across all IP networks. With a focus on delivering robust and scalable solutions, PacketFront Software helps enhance the agility, competitiveness, and profitability of its clients by facilitating true end-to-end automation in high-volume scenarios. The company's products have evolved over the years, maintaining their effectiveness and reliability in complex multi-vendor environments.

Transmode

Series C in 2003
Transmode is a provider of optical networking solutions that facilitate the transport of data, voice, and video traffic using Coarse and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM and DWDM) technologies. The company’s innovative Intelligent WDM (iWDM) approach has resulted in the deployment of over 10,000 systems, serving a diverse customer base comprising more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises, and public institutions across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Transmode’s platform addresses the capacity demands driven by the rapid growth in video and data traffic, enabling operators to meet their evolving needs in a cost-effective manner.

Transmode

Series C in 2002
Transmode is a provider of optical networking solutions that facilitate the transport of data, voice, and video traffic using Coarse and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM and DWDM) technologies. The company’s innovative Intelligent WDM (iWDM) approach has resulted in the deployment of over 10,000 systems, serving a diverse customer base comprising more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises, and public institutions across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Transmode’s platform addresses the capacity demands driven by the rapid growth in video and data traffic, enabling operators to meet their evolving needs in a cost-effective manner.

CMC Biologics

Venture Round in 2002
CMC Biologics A/S is a Copenhagen-based company that specializes in contract process development and biopharmaceutical manufacturing services globally. Founded in 2001, the company focuses on the scale-up and cGMP manufacture of protein-based therapeutics for pre-clinical, clinical trials, and market supply. Its offerings encompass a range of services including cell line development, bioprocess development, formulation, and analytical testing, utilizing processes based on mammalian cells, bacteria, and yeast. CMC Biologics also provides consultancy in facility design, quality control, and regulatory compliance while supporting various scales of production through its manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe. The company operates as a subsidiary of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and has established a strategic collaboration with IDT Biologika GmbH to enhance its service offerings in the biopharmaceutical sector.

PacketFront Software

Series A in 2001
PacketFront Software is a Swedish company that specializes in developing automation solutions for telecom operators. Founded in 2001 in Stockholm, it emerged from the world's first public fiber-optic network build-out. The company's offerings include a multi-vendor network orchestrator and an end-to-end network automation system, which enable features such as zero-touch configuration and automated service provisioning across all IP networks. With a focus on delivering robust and scalable solutions, PacketFront Software helps enhance the agility, competitiveness, and profitability of its clients by facilitating true end-to-end automation in high-volume scenarios. The company's products have evolved over the years, maintaining their effectiveness and reliability in complex multi-vendor environments.

WhatsonWhen

Series B in 2001
Whatsonwhen Limited provides travel and entertainment content solutions. It offers events guide services covering interests, including clubbing, music, arts, gay and lesbian and sport; and video content used on the Web, interactive television, inflight, 3G, and for promotional/advertising purposes, as well as produces bespoke video guides for tourist offices. The company also provides navigation and functionality, design and interface, profiling and personalization, content management and aggregation, increasing online conversions, and customer acquisition and retention services; supplies business events information across industry sectors; content across Web, mobile, and digital television platforms; and creates tailor-made content for clients, as well as content management solutions. Its customers include airlines, banks and corporates, GDS and booking engines, hotels, portals and Internet service providers, mobile operators, tourist office and public sectors, and travel agents and tour operators. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. As of October 2006, Whatsonwhen Limited was sold to and operated as a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc until it was sold to Google.

Transmode

Series A in 2001
Transmode is a provider of optical networking solutions that facilitate the transport of data, voice, and video traffic using Coarse and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM and DWDM) technologies. The company’s innovative Intelligent WDM (iWDM) approach has resulted in the deployment of over 10,000 systems, serving a diverse customer base comprising more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises, and public institutions across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Transmode’s platform addresses the capacity demands driven by the rapid growth in video and data traffic, enabling operators to meet their evolving needs in a cost-effective manner.
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