Reiten & Co

Reiten & Co is a Norway-based investment firm that specializes in developing small and medium-sized Nordic companies. With over 20 years of experience, the company focuses on enhancing the strength and international potential of its portfolio companies through strategic partnerships with their management teams. Reiten & Co aims to deliver world-class returns while maintaining an acceptable risk profile. The firm has successfully realized 16 portfolio investments, resulting in a tripling of both turnover and value for these companies. In addition to its investment activities, Reiten & Co offers a variety of services related to strategic and financial transactions.

Kathryn Baker

Partner

Terje Bakken

Partner

John M. Bjerkan

Partner & Chief Financial Officer

Bard Ingero

Managing Partner

Narve Reiten

Founding Partner

Mari Danielsen Stamsø

CFO

Line Tønnessen

Investment Director

Harald Tøsti

Investment director

Morten Viksøy

Partner

22 past transactions

Scanship Holding

Private Equity Round in 2017
Scanship Holding design, engineer, and produce solutions for waste management and wastewater purification to markets worldwide. Our systems meet the highest environmental standards. Our core market is the cruise industry where we deliver our systems to the yards for their newbuild constructions and to ship-owners for their fleet upgrades. In recent years, we have entered landbased applications and the aquaculture industry. Scanship is a cruise industry leader in advanced wastewater purification, and every second cruise ship delivered to the market in the period between 2014 and 2020 is equipped with Scanship AWP. Scanship AWP has been and will be installed on 42 of total 75 newbuilds during this 7-year period.

Questback

Series B in 2015
Questback is the technology leader for Experience Management that helps organizations capture critical insights from their employees, customers, and the market with an Enterprise and DIY offering. Using experience data and cutting-edge AI technology, Questback helps foster high-performing employees, convert leads, create high-value customers, build brands and increase profitability. Questback’s flexible cloud offering allows organizations to easily integrate real-time experience data and social listening into their existing software solutions, including systems like Salesforce and Microsoft Teams. Founded in 2000, Questback’s worldwide offices offer a breadth of expertise to customers across the globe, including complex privacy, compliance security, and modern cloud-based architecture. For more information, please visit www.questback.com

Totalreform

Private Equity Round in 2015
Totalreform AS provides tenant consulting and relocation management services. It specializes in the provision of mapping and quality assuring a project, construction consulting for tenants, interior design and office layout, project management, purchase management, commercial rentals, and renegotiations, as well as assisting to search for new locations. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Oslo, Norway. As of June 30, 2018, Totalreform AS operates as a subsidiary of Relokator AS.

Competentia

Acquisition in 2012
Competentia supplies technical and engineering professionals to stakeholders in the entire asset lifecycle of oil and gas extraction. It also offers high-end project and operations personnel, mobility services, and training to clients in the global energy industry who are developing complex, large scale projects both onshore and offshore in multiple geographic regions. Competentia provides strategic staffing solutions ranging from recruitment and onboarding to training, payrolling and mobilizing your human capital. Competentia was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.

Con-Form

Acquisition in 2012
Con-Form Norge AS, based in Oslo, Norway, specializes in manufacturing and supplying concrete building envelopes for the apartment and office building markets. Founded in 1982, the company focuses on providing prefabricated concrete materials and construction services tailored to individual projects. Its innovative building system includes formwork elements such as walls, decks, stairs, girders, columns, and balconies, all designed to enhance the efficiency of the construction process. Con-Form combines on-site casting with pre-cast frames produced in factories, offering a comprehensive solution for contractors and builders in Norway.

StormGeo

Acquisition in 2011
StormGeo is a provider of data science and weather intelligence for a worldwide customer base with advanced solutions through our global 24/7 forecasting desks and R&D team. The company also provides operations in shipping, renewable energy, aviation, oil & gas, media, and cross-industry. Their customers operate in changing environments onshore, offshore, in the air and at sea. They staff eight forecast centers worldwide and have earned a reputation in the industry for high-quality forecasts, commitment to innovation through extensive research and development, and exceptional customer service. StormGeo was founded in 1998 and is based in Bergen, Norway.

Webstep

Private Equity Round in 2011
Webstep have expertise in high-end system development, integration, architecture and development of effective administrative management tools for medium and large businesses that use IT to achieve their goals. Webstep also has extensive competence in developing and delivering data warehouse and business intelligence solutions. They provide exclusively senior IT expertise through their consultants to their client's projects and IT organisations. Their range of services also include project management, process- and test management.

Basefarm

Acquisition in 2009
Basefarm is a European managed service provider of business-critical IT solutions and operational and IT-related services on the net. It also provides services in cloud computing, digital transformation, information security, IT operations, colocation, and big data for the competitive edge. Basefarm delivers operational services to business and organisations that use the Internet as an important customer channel. We direct our services towards customers who have high-quality demands, anticipate growth, and aim for a steady rate of development. They specialize in the effective operation of services with high traffic and complexity, such as portals, online publications, streaming services, search engines, and e-commerce solutions. Basefarm was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Data Respons

Private Equity Round in 2009
Data Respons ASA is an independent technology company based in Høvik, Norway, specializing in research and development services and smart embedded solutions. The company operates in two main segments: R&D Services and Solutions. The R&D Services segment offers a wide range of consultancy services, including engineering consultancy, project management, software development, IoT application development, and quality testing. The Solutions segment focuses on developing and delivering custom solutions that integrate engineering services with standard embedded products. Data Respons serves a diverse array of markets, including transport, automotive, industrial automation, telecommunications, media, defense, medical technology, energy, and finance. Founded in 1986, the company emphasizes a customer-focused approach, aiming to meet the needs of clients across various sectors, including those with complex technological requirements and stringent regulatory standards. Data Respons ASA is a subsidiary of AKKA Technologies SE.

Kellve

Private Equity Round in 2008
Kellve Group AB, founded in 1890 and headquartered in Kvanum, Sweden, specializes in the manufacture and marketing of belt conveyors and related equipment for bulk material handling. The company’s product range includes belt conveyors, process carriers, vertical conveyors, screw conveyors, chain conveyors, and various components and spare parts. In addition to its manufacturing capabilities, Kellve provides consultancy services encompassing technical investigations, design work, planning, and training. The company serves diverse industries such as agriculture, waste management, mining, steel, bioenergy, and forestry, offering tailored solutions to meet specific operational needs.

Brubakken

Acquisition in 2008
Brubakken AS is a machine and logistics partner that specializes in the sale, service, and rental of lift trucks, material handling equipment, and aerial platforms. The company offers fork lifts, vertical lifts, scissor lifts, warehouse trucks, electric boom lifts, reach stackers, truck mounted lifts, terminal tractors, and trailer lifts, as well as a range of used machines. It also provides services, support, and spare parts. The company provides aerial platforms to rental, building services, industrial, and utility companies; and material handling equipment to ports and terminals, warehouses, industrial companies, transport and logistics companies, and industrial services companies.

Ellipse-Klinikken

Acquisition in 2006
Ellipse-Klinikken operates as a non-invasive beauty clinic chain.Ellipsen Klinikken operates through seven clinics, providing cosmetic treatments such as hair removal, Botox, chemical peels and teeth whitening.

Malthus

Acquisition in 2006
Malthus AS constructs commercial and office spaces. It also manufactures, distributes, and rents modular buildings, formwork, lift/access equipment, and weather protection products in Norway. The company provides modular buildings for kindergartens, schools, offices, accommodation camps, temporary buildings, quartering, commercial kitchens and staff restaurants, flats, hotel, and halls. It also offers aerial work platforms, including vertical lifts, scissor platforms, compact lifts, trailer-mounted lifts, telescopic material handlers, boom lifts/telescopic lifts, crawlers, truck-mounted lifts, mini-dumpers, and used lifts.

Blueway AS

Acquisition in 2006
Blueway AS is a helicopter operator that provides helicopter services worldwide. It offers a shuttle, flare tips replacement, and modification services. The company also involved in helicopter-related infrastructure projects in Norway. In addition, it offers wetlands liming, forest areas fertilization, and specialized logistical services. Further, the company provides search and rescue, medical evacuation, and emergency medical services. Blueway AS was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Notabene

Acquisition in 2006
Nye Notabene AS operates a chain of book stores. The company was formerly known as Notabene AS. Nye Notabene AS was founded in 1985 and is based in Solbergelva, Norway.

Saferoad

Acquisition in 2005
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.

Heimstaden

Acquisition in 2003
HHeimstaden is a residential property company that owns, refines, develops, and manages houses or properties in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. The company’s portfolio primarily consists of multifamily residential buildings with minor commercial areas on the ground floors. It has about 35,500 apartments and a property value of approximately SEK 66.5 billion value. Heimstaden was founded in 1998 and was acquired by Fredensborg AS in 2005 and is headquartered in Malmo, Sweden.
Plugging Specialists International (“PSI”) is a provider of pipeline maintenance technology and services.

EuroProcessing International

Acquisition in 2003
EuroProcessing International ASA, is a Norwegian company in the card processing industry. The company's main focus is to own, develop and operate card processing infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe. EuroProcessing International is currently present in Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Serbia & Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, Macedonia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The company also has a fully owned subsidiary in Russia.

Zalaris

Acquisition in 2000
Zalaris ASA specializes in providing comprehensive outsourced personnel and payroll services, operating through two main segments: Managed Services and Professional Services. Its Managed Services encompass payroll processing, time and attendance tracking, and travel expense management, alongside cloud-based human resource functionalities such as talent management and HR analytics. The Professional Services segment focuses on consulting and implementing customer-specific solutions, particularly involving SAP HR systems. Zalaris serves various industries, including retail, banking, energy, transportation, and healthcare, with a presence in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, the United Kingdom, and other international markets. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Zalaris was previously known as Zalaris HR Services AS until its name change in May 2014.

Moss Maritime

Acquisition in 2000
Moss Maritime designs, develops, and engineers gas carriers, offshore platforms, special purpose offshore vessels for the maritime industry. It works internationally with clients in Europe including Russia, Australia, Far East, South America, and the USA. Moss Maritime business developments are directed towards the maritime and offshore industries providing technical and commercial know-how and special expertise on floating designs and constructions. Moss Maritime provides technology, experience and expert engineering services for offshore oil & gas developments, renewable energy projects and coastal projects and offers a wide variety of design, engineering, and technical services to owners, operators, fabricators and other engineering companies. Moss Maritime was founded in 1971 and is based in Lysaker, Norway.

Grilstad

Acquisition in 1998
SPIS Grilstad is a private marketplace that produces and distributes meat products. The Company offers sausages, cured, smoked, canned, turkey breast, hamburger, beef roll, lamb, gold salami, tronder sheep, bacon in cubes, chorizo, phalanx, pepperoni, salchicha, pinch, roasted beef meat, and etc. SPIS Grilstad was founded in 1957 and is based in Ranheim, Norway.