private ownership limited liability partnership industry private equity predecessor industri kapital founded 1989 headquarters london united kingdom stockholm sweden 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 stockholm . ik operates through six investment teams covering benelux denmark norway finland france germany cee and sweden . contents 1 history 1.1 funds 2 references 3 external links history edit ik investment partners was founded under the name industri kapital by bj rn sav n and kim wahl . 1 the firm s origins lie in enskilda ventures which in 1989 sponsored bj rn sav n 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 . 2 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 . 3 funds edit 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 . logo used by the firm prior to its rebranding as ik investment partners in 1997 industri kapital inaugurated its hamburg office and closed its third fund ik 1997 with commitments of 750 million . the year after the firm completed it first investment in germany . the fourth fund ik 2000 closed with 2.2 billion in commitments in the year 2000 . ik 2000 made its first investment in france . three years later in 2003 industri kapital began raising its fifth fund ik 2004 . 4 5 the firm struggled in the fundraising markets requiring over two years to hold a final closing on the fund . 6 ik completed fundraising in 2005 with 825 million in commitments . the firm s paris office was opened the year after . in the year 2007 industri kapital closed its sixth fund ik2007 with commitments of 1.7 billion . 7 the first investment in poland was being made with the ik 2004 fund in year 2008 . the transaction is ik s first direct investment in the region and marks the start of the firm s plans to invest directly in poland czech republic slovakia hungary and the baltic states in addition to its operations in benelux france germany and scandinavia . in september 2013 it was announced that global fuel testing firm dnv petroleum services dnvps would be acquired by private equity firm ik investment partners after it was left out of the recent dnv gl merger . henrik madsen president and ceo of dnv gl group said the sale of dnvps by dnv is based on a review of the dnv foundation s total portfolio of activities following the merger of the two classification societies . 8 in october 2013 ik closed its seventh fund with investor commitments of approximately 1.4 billion . 9 references edit industri kapital appoints successors for chairman . financial news jun 5 2008 industri kapital ab acquires scandinavian acquisition through a leveraged buyout . thomson financial mergers & acquisitions may 19 1993 matti kankare 4.12.2011 . konkurssista tuli 25 vuoden salaisuus . talousel m . check date values in date help pan european buy out firm industri kapital holds first close on e500m . altassets nov 11 2003 ndustri kapital makes first investment out of 2003 fund into swedish housebuilder . altassets dec 22 2004 nordic industri kapital reportedly struggling to raise buy out mega fund . altassets may 30 2003 industri kapital raises 1.68 bn for sixth fund . financial times october 16 2007 http www.seatrade global.com news asia ik investment partners to acquire dnvps.html ik vii fund holds final close at 1.4 bn . unquote . retrieved 24 oct 2013 . external links edit ik investment partners company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth 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