2. Round-up of Nordic private equity in 2021
VC/Growth
Aggregate value invested in Nordic venture & growth companies in 2021. This corresponds to a 212 % increase.
Number of Nordic venture & growth deals in 2021. This is a new record.
Increase in the number of venture deals involving Nordic consumer companies.
Four out of ten investors in Nordic venture companies were from outside the region. An all-time high.
Buyout
Aggregate value invested in Nordic buyout companies in 2021. This corresponds to a 124 % increase.
Number of Nordic buyout deals in 2021. This is a new record.
Increase in the number of buyout deals involving Nordic industrial companies. The number of deals in the sector has never been higher in a year, 72 in total.
The number of investments is increasing in all four large sectors in the buyout segment.
Fundraising
Compared to our estimates at the beginning of the year, Nordic VC & Growth funds raised €400m more than expected in 2021.
Fundraising among Nordic VC & Growth funds was 33 % above the average.
Fundraising by Nordic buyout funds in 2021, which was far from the €26.5 bn raised in the banner-year 2020.
There is an astonishing amount of capital in the pipeline for 2022.
Exits
The combined number of exits in the venture and buyout segments. In the buyout segment alone, 124 companies were divested, equal to the total number of exits in 2020.
The number of VC-backed exits was 83, marginally better than the average. Compared to 2020, there was a 30 % increase.
The number of exits backed by buyout funds compared to the average. Compared to 2020, there was a 97 % increase.
2021 was a pivotal year for public listings of Nordic companies backed by PE funds.