Verdane Portfolio Companies

Active Brands is a fast-growing house of premium sports apparel and equipment brands. Through its brands, Active Brands inspires an active lifestyle in the outdoors for professional and everyday athletes. The brand portfolio consists currently of Kari Traa, Dæhlie, Sweet Protection, Johaug, Bula, Åsnes and Vossatassar. Founded in 2009, Active Brands has evolved from a Norwegian brand incubation platform to a global brand accelerator with a strong international footprint.

Allgon is a world-leading player in industrial radio control. We develop, manufacture and supply solutions in industrial radio control to customers around the world. In recent years we have focused our business in the market for industrial radio control, a market in which we are one of the five largest players globally. Our solutions often have a central and business critical role in our customers’ production and the safety of their employees. We employ about 350 employees in 16 countries.

Apoteka operates an end-to-end digital pharmacy platform enabling efficient and safe online pharmacy services. Apoteka’s services comprise all functionalities related to the pharmacy operation, including customer-friendly prescription medicine selection and pharmacy e-commerce, pharmacists’ decision and customer guidance support, and advisory and fulfillment of ultra-fast deliveries to the customers.

ams makes sensor solutions that make devices smarter, safer, convenient and more environment-friendly. ams’ sensor solutions are at the heart of the products and technologies that define our world today – from smartphones and mobile devices to smart homes and buildings, industrial automation, medical technology, and connected vehicles. Our products drive applications requiring small form factor, low power, highest sensitivity and multi-sensor integration. We offer sensors (including optical sensors), interfaces and related software for consumer, communications, industrial, medical, and automotive markets.

AquaGen is a breeding company which develops, produces and delivers genetic material to the global aquaculture farming industry. Through a market-oriented research and development AquaGen has achieved a leading position as a provider of fertilized eggs of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout.

AquaGen owns and preserves the world’s most refined genetic material from Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. Since the 1970’s, when collection of these fish species began, a continual research and development program has been carried out in cooperation with commercial operators and research institutions. Based on a long-term and systematic breeding work combined with the use of modern breeding technologies, AquaGen offers an unique product mix adapted to the customers needs.

asgoodasnew is the European circular economy pioneer for premium consumer electronics products such as smartphones, tablets, MacBooks & iMacs, cameras & lenses, smartwatches and other valuable gadgets.

Auntie offers hassle-free online services that support the mental well-being of employees before problems such as stress, overachieving, or finding motivation become overwhelming. Measurable results are achieved with structured packages that focus on finding concrete solutions for everyday problems such as stress, lack of motivation together with a mental well-being professional. Auntie was founded in 2015. The service is already available in 20 different languages.

Babyshop.se was founded in 2006, and we are proud to be the leading online destination for high-end children fashion in Europe. Our goal is to inspire through a first class shopping experience, and the best customer service. We offer a qualitative mix of well-recognised, local and international designer brands.

Banqsoft is a leading provider of financial software in the Nordics, offering solutions to retail banks, consumer finance providers and asset finance companies.

Founded in Copenhagen in 1999, Baum und Pferdgarten is one of Denmark's leading Danish fashion houses.

Bellman Group is a construction group that operates in rock blasting, excavation, transport, and handling of masses in Sweden, primarily in the Stockholm and Gothenburg regions. The group consists of VSM which performs excavation work with larger machines, Bellmans which is a transport and machine brokerage company, Uppländska which performs blasting work, Samgräv which is active in transport, mass handling and operation of own landfills in the Gothenburg region, SÅCAB which is a transport and machine brokerage company with own landfill in southern Stockholm and Ivarssons, which performs all types of ground and construction work in the Gothenburg region.

Bemz creates custom sewn design covers for IKEA furniture in hundreds of high end fabrics.

BEWiSynbra Group AB is one of the leading producers of expandable polystyrene (EPS) in Europe. The Group is strategically integrated throughout the value chain with an annual production capacity of 185,000 tonnes of the raw material EPS beads and with market leadership positions for its solutions for Packaging & Components and Insulation in several European countries. EPS, also called cellular plastic foam, is among others used for packaging of food, pharmaceuticals and technical components, as well as insulation of buildings and infrastructure.

Bildeler.no has imported and sold car parts for 29 years. We have always focused on quality items at the lowest possible price. Our story began with VW and Audi, but the offering has kept growing and today we cover a total of 22 car brands and 85% of the aftermarket for cars older than 5 years. Our goal is for all our parts to be of the same quality as the original, and always to have the best prices on the market.

Blinto was founded in 2018 and has quickly become one of Europe’s fastest-growing online auction platforms, with hundreds of thousands of visitors weekly. Blinto offers a complete online auction service built on modern digital technology and the highest personal service. The products primarily auctioned at Blinto.se & Blinto.de are construction machines, utility vehicles and tools.

Boozt.com is an online shop with clothes, shoes and accessories for the entire family. Our store opened in 2009 and offers the best shopping experience with daily new arrivals, a wide selection, and last but not least good offers.

Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.

Bythjul is a Stockholm-based online rims and tyres retailer founded in 2002.

Verdane invested in Bythjul in 2006. At the time, the company had revenues of 30 MSEK. Following expansion into Denmark, Finland and Norway, sixfold revenue growth and the implementation of improved financial and operational control systems, we sold the company to an international trade buyer, Mobivia Groupe, in 2014.