Axcel

Axcel
Type	Private Ownership
Industry	Private Equity
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Products	Private equity funds, Leveraged buyouts
Total assets	DKK 10 billion
Website	axcel.dk

Axcel is a Danish private equity investment company that focuses on medium-sized companies and has a wide range of Nordic and international investors. It was founded in 1994 by and a small group of investors from Denmark's largest financial companies.^[1] It has a total of DKK 10 billion under management.^[2] Christian Schmidt-Jacobsen succeeded Frigast as CEO of the company in 2016.

In July 2019 Axcel has acquired SteelSeries, the leading gaming platform, from private equity firms L Catterton and ClearVue Partners.^[3]

Organisation[]

Christian Schmidt-Jacobsen, managing partner
Christian Bamberger Bro, partner
Thomas Blomqvist, partner
Lars Cordt, partner
Asbjørn Hyldgaard
Björn Larsson, partner
Christoffer Müller, partner

Investments[]

Axcel has invested in the following companies:^[4]

(da)
- Danish ventilation systems equipment manufacturer
IDdesign
LGT
(da)
Noa Noa (da)
Pandora
Phase One
SteelSeries
SuperOffice^[5]^[6]
Websupport

References[]

^ "Den opkøbsivrige kapitalist" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
^ "Om Axcel" (in Danish). Axcel. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
^ "Axcel buys SteelSeries from L Catterton | Unquote". Unquote. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
^ "Companies". Axcel. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
^ Dorbian, Iris (2020-04-14). "Axcel to invest in SuperOffice". PE Hub. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^ "Axcel acquires Norwegian company SuperOffice".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Den opkøbsivrige kapitalist" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

[2] "Om Axcel" (in Danish). Axcel. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

[3] "Axcel buys SteelSeries from L Catterton | Unquote". Unquote. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-08-28.

[4] "Companies". Axcel. Retrieved 2020-08-09.

[5] Dorbian, Iris (2020-04-14). "Axcel to invest in SuperOffice". PE Hub. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[6] "Axcel acquires Norwegian company SuperOffice".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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