Nordic Capital closes €6.1bn Fund X in less than six months in wholly remote capital raise
Nordic Capital closes €6.1bn Fund X in less than six months in wholly remote capital raise
Nordic Capital has announced the successful final close of Nordic Capital Fund X (“Fund X” or “the Fund”), at €6.1 billion (including GP commitment of 6.5%). The Fund, launched in April 2020, was oversubscribed at its hard cap, and was raised in less than 6 months in a groundbreaking remote capital raise without holding any face-to-face meetings. This is the largest fund that Nordic Capital has raised since its inception in 1989 and surpasses its 2018-vintage Nordic Capital Fund IX which raised €4.3 billion (including GP commitment).
Investors were attracted to Nordic Capital’s leadership, proprietary sourcing methods and proven track record of creating value through business transformation and solid earnings growth in its focus sectors of Healthcare, Technology & Payments, Financial Services and its selective investments in Industrial & Business Services. Nordic Capital’s strategy of focusing on non-cyclical, growth businesses was validated by the strong performance of the existing portfolio since the COVID-19 pandemic started. In addition, Nordic Capital recently received the highest ESG rating from the UNPRI.
Fund X attracted investors from across the globe, with investors from every continent including 38% from North America, 27% Europe, 17% from Asia, 15% from the Middle East and 3% from RoW. The new Fund expands Nordic Capital’s blue-chip investor base with 34% of commitments deriving from new investors. The re-up rate by capital of Fund IX LPs in Fund X is c.90%.. The Fund also drew significant support from Nordic Capital’s own team, as well as portfolio company management teams and industrial advisors.
Fund X will be invested across Europe, with a mandate for global investment in Healthcare as in the prior Fund and an emerging smaller global mandate also for Technology & Payments businesses.
Nordic Capital’s proprietary sourcing methods have continued to generate a strong deal pipeline despite the pandemic. In 2020 it has announced two new platform acquisitions: Max Matthiessen in May, a leading financial advisor in the Nordic region and Siteimprove in September, a global leader within website experience and digital marketing optimisation. Furthermore, it has supported several transformative portfolio company add-ons and completed two partial exits. Nordic Capital’s current portfolio companies have on average achieved 10% organic employment growth and an 8% increase in annual sales.
We’re delighted to have acted as global placement advisor for this fundraise.
