Nordic Capital

Nordic Capital is a private equity firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, specializing in buyouts and growth investments primarily in the healthcare, technology, financial services, industrial goods, consumer retail, life sciences, and business services sectors. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has established a strong reputation in Nordic private equity, focusing on medium to large companies, particularly within Europe, including Germany, Scandinavia, and the DACH region. Nordic Capital typically invests between $53 million and $3668.97 million in companies with annual sales ranging from $165.78 million to $796 million, aiming for majority ownership but also considering minority stakes. The firm engages in responsible investing, emphasizing long-term collaboration and operational excellence to create value in its portfolio companies. Investments are held for three to seven years, with an average duration of 4.6 years, and exits are executed through various strategies, including strategic sales and public offerings. Nordic Capital's team combines extensive experience in private equity with a network of industry specialists to support its investment strategy.

Mohit Agnihotri

Partner

Vincent Aldevinge

Investment Manager

Emil Anderson

Partner

Joakim Andreasson

Principal

Robert Andreen

Co-Founder & Senior Partner

Martin Bengtson

Investment Manager

Daniel Berglund

Partner

Pål Billington

Investment Manager

Felix Björklund

Special Partner

Maximilian Buchner

Investment Manager

Mark Bulmer

Partner and Head of Capital Markets and Investment Relation

Linn Nærup Børke

Investment Associate

Alfa Chan

Partner

Joel Davidkin

Principal

Tobias Dehlen

Investment Manager

Aditya Desaraju

Director

Nicholas Dixon-Clegg

Investment Manager

Carl-Henrik Einar

Investment Controller

Christopher Ekdahl

Managing Director

Niklas Fredriksson

Investment Manager

Robert Furuhjelm

Partner, Head of Exit Office & Head of Finland

Tiemo Grimm

Principal

Christian Gylling

Partner

Michael Haaning

Partner and Co-Head of Consumer and Retail

Magnus Hammarström

Director

Christian Hedegaard

Investment Manager

Christian Holländer

Investment Manager

Erik Holm

Investment Associate

Anders Hultin

Partner

Mark Johnston

Investment Manager

Maija Joutsenkoski

Investment Manager

Joakim Karlsson

Partner

Ged Kelly

Managing Director - Nordic Capital Limited

Carl Robin Kirchmann

Investment Manager

Lutz Kregel

Principal

Maria Kulju

Investment Director

Rainer Lenhard

Partner

Casper Lerche

Managing Director

Elin Ljung

Managing Director & Head of Communications & Sustainability

Linus Lund

Fund Controller

Joakim Lundvall

Partner and Head of Nordic Capital Evolution

Thomas Mejdell

Investment Manager

Kristoffer Melinder

Managing Partner

Louise Nabseth

Investment Associate

Andreas Nasvik

Partner, Head of Industrial & Business Services & Head of Sweden

Philippe Neuschäfer

Partner

Pär Norberg

Partner and Head of Investor Relations

Erik Nyborg

Managing Director

Morgan Olsson

Co-Founder

Janine Peake

Head of Investor Relations

Karl Petersson

Investment Manager

Richard Riboe

Investment Manager

Fori Ronnqvist

Investor Relations Associate

Tapani Salonen

Director

David Samuelson

Principal

Raj Shah

Partner

Jesper Söderberg

Head of Controlling and Valuation

Tom Thambert

Investment Manager

Klas Tikkanen

Chief Financial Officer

Rickard Torell

Director

Rolf Torsøe

Managing Director & Country Coverage Manager for Norway

Jess Tropp

Managing Director

Fredrik Uggla

Investment Manager

Thomas Vetander

Partner

Toni Weitzberg

Senior Partner

Sebastian Wohlgschaft

Director

Isabelle Zhang

Investor Relations Manager

Past deals in Denmark

Qred

Private Equity Round in 2022
Qred Holding Ab provides small business loans tailored for SMEs in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholm, the company offers a streamlined online application process, enabling quick access to funds. Qred is dedicated to addressing the financial challenges faced by small businesses, ensuring that loan applications are processed efficiently, often within 24 hours. The company's commitment is to support the growth of small enterprises by providing fast and secure financing solutions.

Qred

Private Equity Round in 2021
Qred Holding Ab provides small business loans tailored for SMEs in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholm, the company offers a streamlined online application process, enabling quick access to funds. Qred is dedicated to addressing the financial challenges faced by small businesses, ensuring that loan applications are processed efficiently, often within 24 hours. The company's commitment is to support the growth of small enterprises by providing fast and secure financing solutions.

Siteimprove

Acquisition in 2020
Siteimprove offers the world's most comprehensive cloud-based Digital Presence Optimization (DPO) software. The Siteimprove Intelligence Platform provides eye-opening insights that empower you and your team to create higher quality content, drive better traffic, measure digital performance, and work towards regulatory compliance—all from one place. Siteimprove is also proud to offer best-in-class technical support, academy courses, services, and technology integrations. Find out why more than 7,000 organizations around the world practice DPO using the Siteimprove Intelligence Platform at siteimprove.com.

Signicat

Acquisition in 2019
Signicat is a digital identity service provider based in Europe, specializing in electronic identity and signature solutions. The company offers cloud-based services that facilitate user identification and electronic signing for both public and private sector clients. Signicat's solutions are designed to meet international standards and regulatory requirements, including privacy, anti-money laundering, and know your customer regulations. By providing advanced security technologies, Signicat helps organizations enhance their operational efficiency and deliver improved user experiences while mitigating risks associated with identity verification. Its clientele includes banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies, and businesses of all sizes. Founded in 2006 as Kantega Secure Identity, the company has grown to establish a presence in multiple countries, including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Signicat is committed to providing reliable services with banking-grade service level agreements to ensure scalability and trust.

Conscia A/S

Acquisition in 2019
Conscia A/S is supplies IT infrastructure solutions and 24/7 network, data centre and mobility support.Headquartered in Denmark, the company has also moved into Sweden this year through the acquisition of Netsafe International AB. Conscia builds it infrastructure and offers 24/7 services for Network, Data Center, Security and Mobility. In close cooperation with their customers they focus on getting the biggest benefits from the newest technologies. They strive to be the highest skilled within their area of expertise, and they combine deep professional knowledge with an attitude centered on completing every project successfully and maintaining fast and efficient task completion. Conscia’s expertise and unique service offering ensure continuous development and stable operations for their customers. They are ambitious and hold high standards, and they actively work on creating the best possible work environment for their employees.

Ole & Steen

Private Equity Round in 2017
Ole & Steen is a premium bakery and food-service chain in Denmark with 70 stores and a growing presence in the UK.

NOBA Bank Group

Post in 2017
NOBA Bank Group, operating under the name Nordax Bank AB, is a financial institution based in Stockholm, Sweden, that specializes in providing banking products and services to private individuals across Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Germany. Established in 2003, the bank offers a range of services including savings accounts, personal loans, and mortgage loans. With a workforce of approximately 200 employees, Nordax Bank serves around 100,000 customers in the Nordic region. The bank operates under the regulatory oversight of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is backed by the state deposit guarantee, ensuring the security of deposits for its clients.

Lagkagehuset

Acquisition in 2017
Lagkagehuset A/S operates a chain of bakery and cafe stores in Denmark. The company offers breakfast and lunch services. Its menu includes bread and rye bread, donuts, cakes and celebration cakes, pastries, sandwiches, layer cakes, sausage rolls, fresh juices, and coffee and hot drinks. The company also offers its services through application. Lagkagehuset A/S was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark with store locations in Denmark and the United Kingdom.

Nordnet

Acquisition in 2017
Nordnet AB operates a digital platform for savings and investments across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. The platform allows customers to save and invest in various financial products, including stocks, mutual funds, and other securities, accessible via the website and mobile applications. In addition to investment services, Nordnet offers loans such as margin lending, residential mortgages, and personal loans. The company provides products for private pension savings in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, as well as endowment insurance and occupational pension solutions. It also features Shareville, a social investment network that connects approximately 250,000 users, allowing them to follow other investors and view their portfolios. Founded in 1996, Nordnet is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and operates in a market traditionally dominated by conventional banks and pension companies.

Unifeeder A/S

Acquisition in 2013
Unifeeder A/S operates as a logistics company, which provides freight transportation solutions in Northern Europe. It offers shortsea services combining seaborne transportation with road and rail for multimodal flexible door-to-door solutions, as well as feeder services. The company was founded in 1977 and is based in Aarhus, Denmark. Unifeeder A/S operates as a subsidiary of DP World PLC.

Resurs Bank

Acquisition in 2012
Resurs Bank AB (publ) provides payment and financing solutions to the retail industry in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It operates in two segments, payment solutions and consumer loans. The payment solutions segment offers finance, payment, and loyalty solutions for chain stores and ecommerce companies. This segment also provides credit cards to the public; and factoring services. The consumer loans segment provides unsecured loans to finance purchases. It also offers savings and other deposit products. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Helsingborg, Sweden. Resurs Bank AB (publ) operates as a subsidiary of Resurs Holding AB.

Sportmaster

Acquisition in 2012
Sportmaster is Denmark's largest sports chain with more than 110 stores and more than 1,000 employees spread across the country.

Bladt Industries

Acquisition in 2012
Bladt Industries is an international steel contractor specializing in large-scale and highly complex steel structures. Bladt Industries serves three distinct markets, providing steel solutions for the wind and renewable energy sector, the oil and gas industry, and infrastructural projects. Its main focus is on foundations and substations for the fast-growing offshore wind energy market.

Handicare

Acquisition in 2010
Handicare was founded in 1986 and supplies technical aids for the elderly and physically disabled. Its products include stairlifts, transfer and lifting products, automobile adaptation solutions and homecare products. Handicare's brand products are distributed through a comprehensive network of professional dealers and distributors in 30 countries around the world. Through its subsidiary Puls, the group is also a market leader in the sale of capital goods and consumables to hospitals and institutions in Norway. Handicare has 950 employees and its headquarters in Kista, Sweden, and has subsidiaries in Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Belgium, France, and the US.

Saferoad

Acquisition in 2008
Saferoad Holding AS specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling road safety and infrastructure products across Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe. The company's extensive product range includes road restraint systems such as guardrails and pedestrian guardrails, as well as traffic signs, lighting columns, road markings, and noise protection solutions. In addition to these, Saferoad offers various infrastructure solutions like soil steel bridges, pipes, culverts, geosynthetics, and water and sewage systems. Established in 1947 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Saferoad has expanded its operations with offices in several countries, including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Cidron Triangle AS before rebranding in May 2017.

EG A/S

Acquisition in 2008
EG A/S is a provider of IT solutions based in Denmark, offering services both domestically and internationally. The company specializes in consultancy and programming, as well as the development of knowledge-based solutions, particularly for Danish local authorities. It delivers a range of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including popular platforms such as Dynamics AX, Dynamics NAV, and SAP. Additionally, EG A/S offers comprehensive business consulting services that encompass business intelligence, budgeting, CRM, and process optimization. The company also focuses on public administration and citizen service solutions, developing subscription-based, industry-specific cloud services to support customers across various sectors, including manufacturing, construction, retail, and public services.

Kompan A/S

Acquisition in 2005
Kompan designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells playground equipment.

Cloetta

Private Equity Round in 2005
Cloetta AB is a confectionery company based in Solna, Sweden, with a strong presence in Northern Europe, the Netherlands, and Italy. Founded in 1862, Cloetta manufactures and markets a diverse range of confectionery products, including chocolate items like pralines and wafers, as well as sugar confections such as foams, liquorice, and hard candies. The company also produces pastilles and chewing gum, with a wide brand portfolio that includes Kexchoklad, Polly, Läkerol, and Jenkki. Cloetta's products are distributed through various sales channels and are available in over 50 markets globally, with significant sales in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. The company operates approximately seven production units across five countries.