Verdane

Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with sustainable, tech-enabled businesses based out of Northern Europe to help them reach the next stage of international growth. Verdane’s over 85 employees, based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, are dedicated to being the preferred 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. Verdane companies have exclusive access to Elevate, our in-house operational expert team. Elevate provides strategic and operational support on high-priority projects to elevate performance and support growth, covering both go-to-market and operations. 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 growing digital consumer, software, and energy & resource efficiency businesses. Our eight funds hold over €3bn in total commitments and have made over 135 investments through portfolio and direct transactions since 2003. Past and present category leaders backed by us include asgoodasnew, Boozt, CAIA Cosmetics, CRF Health, Desenio, Danelec Marine, EasyPark, Farmasiet, FiksuRuoka, Forsta, Hornetsecurity, InRiver, Maingate, MatHem, Meister, momox, octoshape, Polytech, smava, Scanmarket, and Youty Group. www.verdane.com