Funding associated with investigation or inquiry that may lead to the creation or use of Intellectual Property

Funding associated with the creation of new, breakthrough or disruptive science or technology

Funding that requires collaboration between industrial and academic partners

Funding or support to prove the market value, function or application of a product or service idea

Funding or support related to the design and manufacture of a prototype product or system

Funding or support related to the design processes associated with the product development cycle

Funding or support related to manufacture, supply chain, or design for manufacture , or reducing costs

Funding or support related to the design and development processes, related to product commercialisation

Funding or support associated with "selling" a product or service, or increasing revenues

Funding or support associated with the early stages of company formation and growth

Funding or support associated with skills, training or employee development

Funding or support to assist companies to globalise or internationalise their products or services

IK Investment Partners

 

Majority control in mid-sized companies: IK make equity investments normally in the range of €50-150 million and seek majority control in the businesses they acquire.

Market position: IK seek portfolio companies with the potential to achieve leading and defensible market positions within their respective industry sectors.

Profit improvement potential: The portfolio companies in which IK invest should have strong fundamentals that offer the potential for substantial earnings improvement.

Quality and commitment of the management team: IK aim to invest in companies with experienced and skilled managers, that are expected to invest alongside IK in the business.

Stability: IK invest in companies that can sustain growth through various economic cycles. Strong cash flow: IK invests in established companies with a proven ability to generate significant cash flow.

An important element of IK's strategy is to acquire companies that are well-positioned in their local markets and to transform them into regional or pan-European market leaders through geographic expansion as well as strategic and operational improvement. IK believes that the successful execution of this strategy requires both an intimate knowledge of local markets as well as a pan-regional reach.

IK has raised EUR 5.7 billion in six funds since inception in 1989 and invested in 68 companies. The latest fund being Industri Kapital 2007 which raised EUR 1.675 billion in October 2007.

IK strives to build lasting value in businesses by effecting fundamental performance improvements. Therefore, when evaluating investment opportunities, IK looks for companies which have strong market positions but which are, for clearly identifiable reasons, not performing at their full potential. Before making an investment, IK develops a clear view on both the value creation elements in the business as well as measures needed to close the gap between current and potential performance. During IK's ownership, the company supports portfolio companys management in improving the performance of the business. The operating profit of the portfolio companies IK has exited has more than doubled during IK's ownership, which proves the strength of the IK value creation approach.

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