Verdane

Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with ambitious Northern European tech-enabled businesses to help them reach the next stage of their international growth. Verdane’s over 60 employees, based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, are dedicated to being the best growth partner in Northern Europe.We offer Northern European category leaders looking for international growth a unique combination of local market support, through teams based in six countries, as well as growth experience on par with the best global sector specialists. We engage with management to unlock growth; using our rigorous data-driven VIBE approach (Verdane: Immerse, Benchmark, Elevate) to establish best practice and benchmarks from more than 50 current holdings; while providing access to dedicated and hands-on operational experts. We seek to partner with businesses supported by secular growth trends and we consider stakeholder alignment of crucial importance to achieving optimal outcomes. We pioneered portfolio acquisitions in Northern Europe in 2003, and debuted a complementary direct investment strategy in 2018. We specialise in digital consumer, energy & resource efficiency and software. Our eight funds hold €2bn in total commitments and have made over 120 investments through portfolio and direct transactions since 2003. Past and present category leaders backed by us include BEWiSynbra Group, Boozt, CRF Health, Desenio, EasyPark, Eniram, Freespee, HappyOrNot, InRiver, JSB, Maingate, MatHem, momox, Mustad, octoshape, smava and Scanmarket. www.verdane.com