Scope Capital Advisory AB Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Scope Capital Advisory AB has invested in 1 company.

Scope Capital Advisory AB’s most common sectors for investment areinformation technology (18%) and internet software and services (18%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include stake purchase (42%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (24%). In total, Scope Capital Advisory AB has invested in 1 US state and 7 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2013 when it acquired Klättermusen AB for $4M.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (32%). Scope Capital Advisory AB’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2008 when it sold MySQL AB for $1.0B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity33
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity16
  • Total Sectors Invested 11
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8

Scope Capital Advisory AB

Kungsgatan 30,
Stockholm, 111 35
Sweden
+46 8 50 60 62 00
www.scope.se
contact@scope.se

Scope Capital Advisory AB is a private equity firm that invests in growth-oriented Scandinavian companies. Scope partners with management in targeting businesses with a 'commercially validated and differentiated value proposition'. It looks to invest €4 to €15 million in transactions valued from €4 to €30 million. Scope was formed in 2001 and has offices in Stockholm and Geneva.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Business Services, Consumer Products, E-Commerce, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Internet Software and Services, Marketing, Retail, Semiconductors, Software, Staffing

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe, Scandinavia

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 4 15
Enterprise Value 4 30
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 16 - - 1 - - 17
vol $4M $4M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 16 - - - - - 16
vol $1.1B $1.1B
  33

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Maileg ApS 2023-04-13 - Growth Capital
Herning, Denmark · www.maileg.dk
RichRelevance, Inc. 2019-01-01 - Unknown
San Francisco, California · www.richrelevance.com
Happy Socks AB 2017-01-16 91M SEK Secondary Buyout
Stockholm, Sweden · www.happysocks.com
Colosseum AG (Colosseum Dental Group) 2017-01-13 - Secondary Buyout
Zurich, Switzerland · www.colosseumdental.com
Brand Factory Group AB 2016-02-12 - Merger
Upplands Väsby, Sweden · www.brandfactory.se
AB Skruvat Reservdelar 2015-12-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden · www.skruvat.se
Infobric AB 2015-11-20 - Secondary Buyout
Jonkoping, Sweden · www.infobric.se
Kontanten AB 2014-01-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden · www.kontanten.se
Pocketstallet AB 2014-01-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Taby, Sweden · www.pocketstallet.se
Klättermusen AB 2013-09-20 4M SEK Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
, Sweden · www.klattermusen.se
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Information Technology 2 (33%) - 3 (18%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 3 (18%) -
Consumer Products 2 (33%) - 2 (12%) -
Healthcare Services - - 2 (12%) -
Apparel/Textiles 1 (17%) 4M (100%) 1 (6%) 4M (100%)
E-Commerce - - 1 (6%) -
Education 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Financial Services - - 1 (6%) -
Marketing - - 1 (6%) -
Retail - - 1 (6%) -
Semiconductors - - 1 (6%) -
Total 6 $4M 17 $4M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Sweden 3 (50%) 4M (100%) 11 (65%) 4M (100%)
Denmark 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Finland 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Norway 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
United States - - 1 (6%) -
  California - - 1 (6%) -
United Kingdom - - 1 (6%) -
Switzerland - - 1 (6%) -
Domestic 3 (50%) 4M (100%) 11 (65%) 4M (100%)
Cross-border 3 (50%) - 6 (35%) -
Total 6 $4M 17 $4M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Stake Purchase 2 (33%) - 7 (41%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (17%) 4M (100%) 4 (24%) 4M (100%)
Growth Capital 1 (17%) - 3 (18%) -
Venture 2 (33%) - 3 (18%) -
Total 6 $4M 17 $4M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 4 (25%) 91M (8%)
Trade Sale 4 (25%) -
Sold to Management 3 (19%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 2 (13%) 1.0B (92%)
Merger 2 (13%) -
Unknown 1 (6%) -
Total 16 $1.1B

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $4M
TOTAL $4M
Largest Klättermusen AB
$4M (2013-09-20)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.0B
< $100M 1 $91M
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest MySQL AB
$1.0B (2008-02-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Investor(s)
25%
4 (25%)
Strategic(s)
38%
6 (38%)

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