Ledstiernan in brief

Ledstiernan is a listed private equity company that invests in growth companies with the potential to become global or regional market leaders. The portfolio consists of 4 core holdings. Ledstiernan’s strategy is to play an active role and to be proactively engaged in the development of these companies, add value and generate growth, with the aim of exiting when the time is ripe.

Ledstiernan, having been founded as long ago as 1994, has long experience of the venture capital industry. Its shares have been listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange since 2000.

With the object of actively adding value to its portfolio companies, Ledstiernan has put in place an organisation consisting of experienced personnel possessing broad technical, strategic and financial competence. Ledstiernan can also draw on the strong networks of its board members and its own extensive network of industrial and financial contacts to add value to its portfolio companies.

Although venture capitalists are by definition exposed to high risks, they also have the potential to earn high returns. The challenge is to pick the right portfolio companies and develop them into real winners. Failures occur, and this is a normal feature of the business.

Ledstiernan is an active owner; this means that we work in very close co-operation with the founders of and other shareholders in our portfolio companies in order to develop them to their best advantage. Ledstiernan’s competence in such areas as technology, finance, strategy and recruitment, combined with our very strong networks in Sweden and abroad, make us well placed to complement the portfolio companies’ resources in several key areas.