Verdane is a European growth equity investment firm that specializes in technology businesses. The firm focuses on creating category leaders in two structural growth trends: digitalization and decarbonization.

Verdane

Verdane is a specialist growth investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable European businesses. Verdane can invest as a minority or majority investor, either in single companies or through portfolios of companies, and looks to deploy inside two core growth themes; digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Verdane funds hold over €6 billion in total commitments and have made over 300 investments in fast-growing businesses since 2003. Verdane’s team of over 140 investment professionals and operating experts, based out of Berlin, Munich, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, is dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled and sustainable businesses in Europe.

Verdane is also a certified B Corporation, the most ambitious sustainability accreditation globally. The firm only backs businesses that pass its 2040 test, which indicates whether the company can thrive in a more sustainable future economy. Verdane is partly owned by the Verdane Foundation, which is focused on focused on two areas: climate change and more equitable and inclusive local communities.

Further information: www.verdane.com

whiteaway

Aptomar

Scanmarket

Boozt

Colibria

Industrial Internet Of X AB

Troux Technologies

Searchmetrics

inRiver

Mantacore

MM Sports

Momox

Movimento Group

Desenio

navabi

Netadmin Systems

Brightpearl

Porterbuddy

Honoured to see our very own Dominik Schwarz named a Top Dealmaker by FINANCE Magazin - the Verdane team is proud to have you onboard with us to lead our DACH operations! 

Verdane is on an exciting journey toward becoming the preferred growth partner to ambitious European companies that will thrive in a sustainable future, and we've successfully closed two new funds tallying EUR 2.2 billion to keep investing in the digitalisation and decarbonisation megatrends with ticket sizes of EUR 20-250m. 

#talent #privateequity #technology #growth

Thank you to everyone who attended Verdane Leadership Day 2024! 75 CEOs and Chairpersons came together under the theme of "Resilient Leadership" for 13 sessions, including keynotes from Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the “Business Model Canvas” and one of the world's most influential strategy and innovation experts, and Laura Penn, Ph.D., master teacher in the speaking arts and an international authority on business communication. 

Congratulations to our 2024 Verdane Award winners Danelec, Hive Streaming, Voyado and Wunderflats - we're so proud of your respective teams' accomplishments! An amazing update to come from the day was the fact that Wunderflats has helped find housing for 27 000 Ukrainian refugees, with 70% of that having been provided for free. Truly impressive!

Lastly, thank you to our organising committee and events team Ellen Marie Nyhus Niklas Savander Nina Myhre Bjarne Kveim Lie Maria Neuman and Jonathan Bui for an outstanding job putting the day together. We're already looking forward to next year!

#talent #leadership #privateequity #technology #growth

The Verdane team is looking forward to meeting the Benelux software ecosystem in Amsterdam on October 1 and 2 as part of our longstanding partnership with SaaSiest, the European software community! 

For two full days, SaaSiest will gather 600+ B2B SaaS Founders, CEOs, executives, and investors under one roof to share experiences and best practices. Read more and check out the speakers & agenda here: https://lnkd.in/evwA9kZh

We'll see you there!

#saas #software #privateequity #growth

Daniel Nackovski Thomas Sjöberg

Are you a DACH software or tech CEO? Don’t miss Verdane’s networking dinner for software and tech CEOs in Munich on July 17th together with CTG Consulting GmbH and TCG Corporate Finance! 

You’ll get to meet hand-picked peers from Munich-region based growth companies together with members of our organising teams - sign up via the link below. 

 #talent #software #saas #technology #DACH

What are the best investment strategies in a dynamic environment? Henrik Aspen joined the stage at Private Equity Insights' Zurich conference, Switzerland's largest PE conference, earlier this month to share his take alongside Eric Trueeb (eevolve), Sergey Sheshuryak (Adams Street Partners) and Giovanna Maag (Altor Equity Partners) with 500+ GPs and LPs. Many thanks to the organisers for a great event!

#privateequity #technology #growth

Our 2023 Sustainability Report is out: https://lnkd.in/d5eKuqFt

We are proud to share progress and stories from our mission to be the preferred growth partner to ambitious companies that will thrive in a sustainable world, including:

Our 2030 commitments
- GHG emission intensity reduction
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Cybersecurity and governance

Highlights include a concerted effort across the portfolio to measure and reduce GHG emissions, continued work toward our goal of 40% underrepresented groups in our portfolio’s management teams and boards and that our average eNPS across the portfolio is upper quartile.

Permanent, engineered carbon removal

Njord Carbon, our joint venture initiative with Södra that by 2030 will remove and permanently store 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually, using trees as CO2 sponges and empty reservoirs for permanent carbon storage – thereby creating truly affordable, scalable and world-class quality carbon removal credits available to all

Investments in decarbonisation

Over 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided through the 11 businesses we have invested in via our fund Idun I

Portfolio updates, including:
- Jupiter Bach’s carbon reduction strategy to boost its wind industry leadership further
- NORNORM’s reduction of furniture waste in workplaces by increasing product lifetimes from an average of 7 to 20-30 years
- Spond, the platform to help fund and organise group activities, enhancing its cybersecurity by 80% in the space of a year
- Urban Sports Club’s contributions to optimising employee health, fitness and well-being across Europe

We are proud to share these stories of how our portfolio company teams contribute to making the world more sustainable. Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone involved in the production of this year’s report, and we invite you to delve into this report, which we hope will inspire accountability and action.

 #sustainability #privateequity #technology #growth
 
Stine Bruaas Jørgensen Lisa Belvén Iben Jørgensen Christina Levin-Rylander♦️ Hampus Bergqvist James Cook Frida Einarson Bjarne Kveim Lie Christian Melgaard

COM:VERDANE

Verdane

Analysis Not Available