Investing to solve
global challenges

Why Summa?

As the population and economy are growing and technology transforms society, we face with increasing challenges. However, these challenges provide tremendous opportunities as making the world more future-proof require us to adopt new and innovative solutions.

Summa seeks to invest in and develop companies that provide these solutions. These companies aim to reduce climate change, mitigate resource scarcity, improve education, health, and well-being or provide sustainable energy sources through their products and services.

About Summa

Summa at a glance

Sector

Private Equity

Established

2016

Market Position

Mid Cap

Funds

Assets under mgmt

c. 40 SEKbn

Portfolio companies

Investment Strategy

Thematic

Employees

~70

Recent highlights

#add-on, fund 3

TBAuctions and Swedish Klaravik to join forces to meet demand in the European online auction space

TBAuctions, a Summa Equity portfolio company and the parent company of multiple online auction platforms, including Troostwijk Auctions (B2B) and BVA Auctions (B2C), is joining forces with Klaravik AB, based in Karlstad, Sweden.

#exit, fund 2

Summa Equity Fund II to sell its shares in EcoOnline to APAX Partners LLP

A company owned by funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”), has reached an agreement with EcoOnline Holding AS (“EcoOnline”), the European EHS SaaS company listed on Euronext Growth (OSE ticker: ECO), to launch a recommended cash tender offer (the “Offer”) for all the issued and outstanding shares of EcoOnline. Summa Equity Fund II, through a wholly owned subsidiary, (“Summa”) has signed a pre-acceptance undertaking to sell its shares in EcoOnline.

#awards

Summa Equity is a double winner at the Private Equity Awards 2022

Summa Equity (“Summa”) won the award for Nordic Deal of the Year for Sortera as well as Continental Regional House of the Year.

#awards, fund 2

Summa Equity Fund II awarded as Best Buyout Manager (fund size up to $2.5bn)

Summa Equity Fund II (“Summa”) has been awarded as the Best Buyout Manager (fund size up to $2.5bn).

#acquisition, fund 3

Summa Equity joins as a shareholder in online auction platform TBAuctions to accelerate growth

Summa Equity partners with European private equity firm Castik Capital as co-investors in the Dutch online auction platform TBAuctions to accelerate its ambitions of becoming the leading European online auction platform to increase the reuse of goods.

#acquisition, fund 2

Axion BioSystems Acquires Live-Cell Imaging Innovator CytoSMART Technologies

Axion BioSystems, a leading life sciences tools company focused on advanced live-cell assay systems, announces the acquisition of the Netherlands-based CytoSMART Technologies—an innovator in kinetic live-cell imaging analysis.

#investment, fund 3

Summa Equity backs smart energy player Tibber in $100M Series C round

Summa Equity Fund III has invested in Tibber, a Norwegian smart energy provider focused on empowering consumers to be more conscious and efficient about their electricity consumption.

#acquisition, fund 3

Summa Equity acquires Intix, a Belgium fintech company to accelerate smart and real-time compliance and transaction monitoring

Summa Equity Fund III has made its first investment with the acquisition of the Belgium fintech company, Intix.

#fund 3

Summa Equity raises the largest European impact fund to date – announcing final close of c. EUR 2.3 billion for third fund

Summa Equity is expanding to support its mission of investing to solve global challenges in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

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Investing to solve global challenges