Explore Equity offers partnership investment solutions to existing owners and management teams, focusing on value creation through support and improvement of the companies they invest in. This is done without the use of leverage and through a hands-on industrial approach.

Explore Equity

Explore Equity | 1,157 followers on LinkedIn. ExploreEquity seeks to offer partnership investment solutions to existing owners, founders and management teams through our partnership investing approach. We seek companies whose owners do not wish to cede control, but rather are looking for a high value-add partner who can support them on their journey to the next phase of value-based growth.
 
Supported by Explore’s flexible capital approach, 60+ years experience from active ownership, company building and change, deep networks in and knowledge of the Nordic market, and the team’s passion for developing companies alongside existing strong and experienced owners, founders and management teams, we believe our intensive operational approach allows to deliver significant value to our portfolio companies, co-owners, and investors.

Investment Manager at Explore Equity

Daniel Andersson

CFO at Explore Equity

Kristin Aukrust Solbu

Partner i Explore Equity Partners

Henrik Lisaeth

M.Sc. Industrial Economics and Technology Management

Oscar Roos

Paritee acquires German LHLK Group We are pleased to announce that our portfolio company Paritee has acquired a significant majority stake in LHLK , one of Germany’s leading communications agencies. 🏦 Founded in 2004, LHLK has approximately 100 employees across its Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich offices. ⭐ The acquisition is in line with Paritee’s strategy to acquire and develop “National Champion” agencies in key markets, with LHLK adding a strategically important foothold in Germany. 💹 Combined, the platform now generates annual net sales in excess of €60 million, with more than 400 employees across 10 locations. 🎉 Welcome LHLK to Paritee! 🎉 Geelmuyden Kiese , Brands2Life Jonas Palmqvist , Dirk Loesch , Lars Erik Grønntun Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gqKcRAaW

Join our investment team as intern during 2025. We offer full-time internships in our Oslo and Stockholm offices throughout the whole year. Duration varies from 2-6 months depending on availability. As an intern, you will be an integral part of our investment team with responsibility for tasks throughout the investment cycle; sourcing of new investment opportunities, analysis of potential investments, financial modelling, transaction processes, and close collaboration with our existing portfolio companies. Read more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/dYw_4Ssn

Growing through acquisitions is easy. Balancing acquisitions with high organic growth and increasing margins is hard. In this article in Finansavisen , you can read about VIEW Group Norge which is on track to becoming the leading accountech company in the Nordics and the UK. Since partnering with Explore in 2019, View has achieved: * 6x revenue growth * 10%+ annual organic sales growth * Stable and increasing EBITDA margin * Successful expansion to Sweden, Finland and the UK The journey continues as the accounting industry still has ample room for innovation, simplification and consolidation. You can read the full interview with Simen Vier Simensen and John Hugosson below.

We are pleased to announce that Explore Equity is partnering with Paritee to establish a new European communications agency platform. 🏦 Paritee ( https://www.paritee.com/ ) operates at the intersection of marketing, communications and corporate advisory, with its initial investment in Geelmuyden Kiese ( https://www.gknordic.com/ ), Scandinavia’s largest full-service communications agency with 140 employees across offices in Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen. 💹 In connection with Explore’s investment, Paritee will embark on its international growth journey through its acquisition today of Brands2Life ( https://brands2life.com/ ), a leading tech-focused strategic communications agency with ca. 200 employees across offices in London, New York, Minneapolis, and San Francisco. 👉🏻 Founded in 2021 by Chairman Lars Erik Grønntun , previously Global President Hill & Knowlton, Paritee is run by a handful industry veterans, all active and reinvested in the business. 🎉 Welcome Paritee and Brands2Life! 🎉 Jonas Palmqvist , Sarah S. , Giles Fraser , Lars Erik Grønntun ---- Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gKyvZDu3

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