Industri Kapital

IK Investment Partners

Type	Private Ownership, Limited liability partnership
Industry	Private Equity
Predecessor	Industri Kapital
Founded	1989; 29 years ago (1989)
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Products	Investments, private equity funds
Total assets	€ 5.7 billion
Number of employees	70+
Website	www.ikinvest.com

IK Investment Partners (formerly known as Industri Kapital) is a leading European private equity firm, focusing on investments in the Nordic region, Benelux, France and Germany. Since inception, the firm has raised a total of €5.7 billion in investor commitments. The firm invests primarily in middle market companies.

The firm, which is headquartered at Brettenham House in London has offices in Hamburg, Paris and . IK operates through six investment teams covering Benelux, Denmark, Norway, Finland, France, Germany/CEE and Sweden.

IK Investment Partners was founded under the name Industri Kapital by Björn Savén and Kim Wahl. The firm’s origins lie in Enskilda Ventures which in 1989 sponsored Björn Savén in raising the Scandinavian Acquisition Capital Fund (SAC) and established the London office. SAC closed with approximately €108 million in commitments mainly from Scandinavian investors.

In the year 1993 Industri Kapital became independent through the management buyout of SAC’s assets and activities from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, the parent of Enskilda Ventures. SAC’s was renamed the Industri Kapital 1989 fund. In the same year the company established offices in Stockholm and Oslo.

In 2011 Industri Kapital suffered major losses in the bankruptcy and sale of Moventas Oy, a Finnish maker of wind turbines.

Industri Kapital’s second fund, IK 1994, held its final closing with commitments totaling €250 million, broadening the investor base to include European and North American investors.