Investment Summary

eEquity and Verdane Invest In Vaadin

On January 18, 2016, growth capital firms eEquity and Verdane invested in software company Vaadin

Investment Highlights
  • This is eEquity’s 1st and Verdane’s 6th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is eEquity’s 1st and Verdane’s 4th transaction in Finland.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-01-18
Target Vaadin
Sector Software
Investor(s) eEquity
Verdane
Deal Type Venture

Target

Vaadin

Turku, Finland
Vaadin is a provider of web application development tools. Its products enable businesses to replace most of their desktop applications with standard based web applications that run on all major mobile and desktop browsers. Vaadin was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

eEquity

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2010
PE ASSETS 420M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

eEquity is a private equity firm focused on investing in Nordic internet and e-commerce companies. eEquity invests primarily in entrepreneur-led growth companies with potential to become market leaders. eEquity was formed in 2010 and is headquartered in Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 31
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Finland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-22 Kids Brand Store

Vasteras, Sweden

Kids Brand Store is an online retailer selling quality clothing, shoes, and accessories for children and young people. Kids Brand Store offers a unique and fashionable range. Kids Brand Store was founded in 2011 and is based in Vasteras, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-26 Swiss Clinic

Stockholm, Sweden

Swiss Clinic is an online player in skincare and cosmetics. Swiss Clinic’s vision is to deliver high technological beauty products and treatments online. Swiss Clinic was founded in 2011 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Investor

Verdane

Oslo, Norway

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Verdane is a Norwegian private investment focused on acquiring portfolios of investments. In addition to secondary investing, Verdane also invests in co-investment pools as well as makes direct investments in individual growth companies. Sectors of interest include consumer products/services, software, energy, technology, and communications. Verdane provides support to portfolio owners to reduce exposure to private equity risk, achieve liquidity and free owners from the burden of managing direct investments. The majority of Verdane's investments are growth stage, however, the Firm can invest at any stage of development. Verdane was formerly known as Four Seasons Venture AS and was established in 1985. Verdane is based in Oslo, with additional offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 85
Sector: Software M&A 6 of 15
Type: Venture M&A Deals 23 of 23
Country: Finland M&A 4 of 9
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-20 Banqsoft AS

Oslo, Norway

Banqsoft AS developer of software for the financial sector.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-19 Polytech

Bramming, Denmark

Polytech provides rotor-blade technical solutions for wind turbines. Polytech was founded in 1994 and is based in Bramming, Denmark.

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