Adelis closes fund and acquires Logent

Adelis Equity Partners Fund I held a final close on its hard-cap of €420m on 18 October 2013.

The vendors are the company's two founders, Lars-Göran Ahlberger and Peter Fräjdin, as well as Inter Ikea Investments.

Following the transaction, which is expected to be completed at the end of November 2013, Mats Jönsson will assume the position of chairman of the board of directors. Jönsson was previously the CEO of Coor Service Management.

The company has experienced a sales growth of close to 60% during the last five years through organic growth and strategic acquisitions.

Founded in Stockholm in 2012, Adelis is a lower mid-market Nordic investment firm with SEK 3.7bn under management.

Company
Founded in Stockholm in 2006 through the merger of two logistics consulting organisations, Logent offers services to logistics-intensive companies.

Logent operates within five business areas and offers services such as staffing and site solutions, logistics consulting, freight management, customs services and port and terminal services.

The company has an estimated turnover of SEK 1.3bn for 2013 and employs 3,500 staff.

People
Jan Åkesson is co-managing partner at Adelis. Lars-Göran Ahlberger and Peter Fräjdin are the founders of Logent. Michael Arvidsson is the CEO of Logent.

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