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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

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

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

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

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

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

Verdane is proud to announce the latest funding milestone for Njord Carbon, our joint initiative with Södra, that will advance our shared vision of permanently offsetting all our Scope 3 emissions and creating the world’s highest quality Carbon Dioxide Removal credits. This initiative is a game-changer, capturing CO2 from renewable biogenic European pulp and paper industry sources and ensuring its permanent storage. Njord Carbon is poised to become one of the world's few truly carbon negative CCS projects, and we're excited to support their journey towards delivering removal credits by 2028. With the goal of handling 5 million tonnes of biogenic CO2 by 2030, we're not just reducing emissions; we're enabling scalable and affordable carbon removal to make a net negative carbon footprint a reality. Join us in celebrating this leap towards a more sustainable future. Press release: https://lnkd.in/dbyJGybr #carboncapture #CCS #carbonremoval #cleantech #technology #sustainability Jon André Løkke Heinz Felder Benjamin Mowinckel Bjarne Kveim Lie

Today we welcome fiskaly, the leading cloud-based fiscalisation software vendor, into the Verdane portfolio! Together, we will enhance fiskaly’s market position in Germany, Austria and Spain, support its international expansion, and accelerate its goal of becoming Europe’s leading cloud-based fiscalisation provider. Dominik Schwarz, Partner at Verdane, said: “We are very much looking forward to partnering with fiskaly, the founders as well as the entire team and support the next chapter of fiskaly’s growth journey with our in-house functional experts, ecosystem, and hands-on expertise. We strongly believe fiskaly contributes to greater transparency, efficiency and reduces tax evasion, ultimately benefiting society and we want to support the roll-out throughout Europe.” Johannes Ferner, CEO of fiskaly, stated: “This investment is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team. It will enable us to accelerate our growth even further and continue delivering top-notch fiscalization solutions. We are excited to collaborate with Verdane and leverage their expertise as we expand into Spain, and new markets such as Italy and beyond.” Maximilian Kempken, Director at Verdane, said: “We thank the management team for choosing Verdane as their partner and for their confidence in Verdane’s platform, our thematic focus and our proven value creation recipe to support their ambition to future growth.” Simon Tragatschnig Patrick Gaubatz #privateequity #software #saas #technology #growth

SuperReturn 2024 is in full swing! Dominik Schwarz, Frida Einarson, Bjarne Kveim Lie, Staffan Mörndal, Ellinor Fridén Schrewelius and Caroline Jacobs are on-site in Berlin representing Verdane - reach out if you want to catch up! #superreturn #privateequity #technology #growth

Verdane has been named one of the PEI300, Private Equity International's annual list of the 300 largest private equity firms in the world. The ranking measures the five-year fundraising totals of GPs, and this year, firms needed to have raised a minimum $2.3 billion between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 to secure a spot in the ranking. Congratulations to everyone who made the list! #privateequity #PEI300 #technology #growth