The firm was founded in 1985 and operated under the Schroder Ventures brand. After raising its first pan-European fund in 1997, the firm became Permira following a rebrand in 2001. Today we are an international investment firm with more than 450 people in 15 offices globally spanning Europe, North America and Asia.

HealthCap is a family of venture capital funds investing globally in life sciences. With more than EUR 1 billion raised since the start in 1996, HealthCap is one of the largest specialized providers of venture capital within life sciences in Europe.

Cevian Capital is an international investment firm acquiring significant ownership positions in publicly-listed European companies, where long-term value can be enhanced through active ownership.Cevian was founded by Lars Förberg and Christer Gardell in 2002 to continue the active ownership investment strategy they initiated and have executed since 1996.