Nord Capital Partners
Private equity and real estate in the Nordics and DACH region.
Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, Nord Capital Partners is a growth-oriented investment firm with it's roots in entrepreneurship.
The Nord Capital Partners’s business is comprised of two business units.
Investment Activities
administers and invests the company’s assets.
Real Estate Business
administers and invests in properties in the Nordics and DACH region.
As an owner, Nord Capital Partners is a long-term and active facilitator for successful business. It provides the companies it owns with expertise, capital and time for the systematic implementation of developmental phases.
Nord Capital Partners allocates experienced professionals from various sectors to the companies’ boards and management. The goal is to create long-term shareholder value. Compliance with the targets set is actively monitored.
"We look for mature, profitable businesses, across several industries."
Investment criteria
Geographically
Nordics, DACH.
Revenue
10-200M€.
EBITDA %
More than 8%.
CAGR
More than 10%.
Industries
Business services, education, transportation & logistics, tech, industrials.
Transaction
Majority recap, Buy-and-builds.
Characteristics
Diverse Customer Base, Growing Trends, Seller Rollover.
Market position
Differentiated within a niche, with competitive advantages and potential to buy and build.
Why Nord Capital Partners?
Deep Domain Expertise
We've developed extensive knowledge, experience and industry networks through 20+ years of successful investing.
Entrepreneurial Roots
Our entrepreneurial roots and firm culture provide us with a differentiated perspective when it comes to our partnerships with founders.
World Class Human Capital
We have a long history of infusing high-caliber executive talent into our portfolio companies, to drive growth and value creation.
Work with us
Organic growth and buy-and-build
We have extensive experience in growing companies profitably both organically and through add-on acquisitions.
Board work
Nord Capital Partners AG has an assigned representative on the board in its portfolio companies to bring diversity and experience to growing businesses profitably.
Financial administration
Outsourced CFO services (e.g. digitalization of financial administration and services related to tendering for purchases).
Financing
We offer financial support for the implementation of additional acquisitions or investments.
Sales development
We offer services related to accelerating sales in our portfolio companies.
HR functions
Through our extensive experience, we can support companies' HR needs.
IT services
A digitalization strategy is drawn up for each porfolio company, for measured, predictable, efficient and scalable operations.
Internationalization
With the help of our partners, we offer services related to the internationalization of our target companies. Our partners have extensive experience in internationalizing the operations of companies in various industries.
Add-on acquisitions
We offer continuous deal sourcing to all our portfolio companies, to have a good market overview and to execute add-on acquisitions.
We act as an active investor in our companies and offer help in the following activities according to the entrepreneurs' wishes.
If you are a business owner looking for a growth partner, feel free to send out information to our office through office@nordcapitalpartners.com
Portfolio
Real estate
The company’s real estate business is comprised of property holdings in prime locations in European urban growth centres as well as holdings in joint investments in the Nordics and DACH.
Investment activities
Nord Capital Partners’s investment activities comprise of strategic, long-term holdings in listed companies as well as other investments in the stock markets, fixed income and alternative investments. In terms of its strategic holdings, Nord Capital Partners is a long-term and active shareholder with the aim of a steady appreciation in value and stable cash returns. Other investments are diversified geographically, by business sector, by asset class and on the basis of liquidity and risk level.
With its broad diversification taking into account Nord Capital Partners’s entire business portfolio, the aim is for strong returns in the long term across business cycles.
We constantly look for new investment opportunities. We primarily seek targets with an established market position, i.e., they generate positive cash flow and in which a substantial ownership is attainable.
If you are an M&A advisor or entrepreneur,feel free to reach out to office@nordcapitalpartners.com
Sustainability
A long-term ambition goes hand in hand with a sustainable perspective and at Nord Capital Partners it starts already in the acquisition process when Nord Capital Partners analyses companies.
A sustainable perspective permeates a number of areas, from efficient resource consumption to creating competitive advantages to safeguarding employees and their skills development.
Responsible business
We have a long-term perspective where sustainability becomes a natural part of decision-making.
We have a strong focus on professionalism and business ethics.
We integrate sustainability into our value chain.
Minimised environmental impact
We act to avoid negative impacts and strive to have a positive impact on the environment.
We use science-based climate targets to contribute toward the Paris climate agreement.
We strive to increase resource efficiency and promote the circular economy.
Sustainable employer
We want to be an attractive employer that offers skill development and career opportunities.
We want to be an equal organisation that promotes diversity.
We work continuously to have safe and healthy workplaces.
We contribute to a thriving local community.
Whistleblowing service
Our whistleblowing service allows you to anonymously sound the alarm if you suspect something that is not in line with our values and ethical principles or that may seriously affect our organisation or the life or health of an individual person. To ensure an anonymous means of communication, our whistleblowing service is administrated by an external service provider, WhistleB. All messages are encrypted.
Contact us
We are actively seeking talent, platform acquisitions and add-on opportunities for our existing portfolio companies.
Nord Capital Partners AG
Phone: +41 79 5584490
Address in Zürich: Buckhauserstrasse 1, 8048 Zürich
Address in Lugano: Riva Paradiso 10/12, 6900 Lugano
Email: office@nordcapitalpartners.com
Feel free to reach out.