Altor Equity Partners

Altor Equity Partners
Private
Industry Private equity
Founded 2003
Founder Harald Mix
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Products Leveraged buyout, Growth capital
Total assets €6.2 billion
Number of employees
25+
Website www.altor.com

Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.

The firm, which is based in Stockholm, Sweden, was founded in 2003 by a team led by Harald Mix, formerly a partner at Industri Kapital, another Nordic-focused private equity firm.

The firm has raised approximately €6.2 billion since inception across three funds. [1] The firm completed fundraising for its first investment vehicle, the Altor 2003 Fund in May 2003 with €650 million of investor commitments. Altor Fund II was closed in March 2006 €1.2 billion of capital[2] and Altor Fund III closed in August 2008 with €2.0 billion of commitments.[3][4]

The firm bought the French ski manufacturer Skis Rossignol[5] in July 2013.

References

  1. Ewing, Adam (16 March 2015). "Inflated Markets Cut Investment Pace at $6 Billion Altor Funds". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. Altor closes €1.15bn fund for Nordic region. AltAssets, February 22, 2006
  3. Altor closes third fund on €2bn. AltAssets, August 22, 2008
  4. Altor - Who we are (company website)
  5. Tan, Gillian (18 July 2013). "Macquarie Skis Away From Rossignol". Wall Street Journal Blogs. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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