EQT AB Group is a global investment organization founded in 1994. Its funds invest in

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, infrastructure,

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, and

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, North America, and

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. , EQT's assets under management are €90 billion / US$100 billion. It is ranked the third largest private equity firm worldwide based on funds raised.

History

The company was founded in 1994 by SEB, AEA Investors, and

Investor AB Investor AB is a Swedish investment and ''de facto'' conglomerate holding company. It was founded in 1916 and is still controlled by the Wallenberg family through their Foundation Asset Management company FAM. The company owns a controlling s ...

. It established

business, EQT Ventures in 2016 and went

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in 2019 by IPO. In 2021, EQT acquired Life Sciences Partners, a European venture capital firm with approximately €2.2 billion of assets under management followed in 2022, by Baring Private Equity Asia managing funds of S$20.0 billion.

Fund investments

* 2017, Medical device company Clinical Innovations from the

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for US$250 millionJonathan D. Rockoff
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'', October 18, 2017. * 2019,

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for US$2.5 billion * 2019, Zayo Group Holding Inc from Digital Colony Partners for US$14.3 billion * 2019, Part of a consortium with ADIA to acquire

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Skin Health * 2019,

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* 2019, German

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provider Inexio for $1.1 billion * 2020, Spanish

website Idealista for €1.3 billion * 2021, Announced plans to acquire

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and

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developer Cypress Creek Renewables

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* {{Largest private equity firms Companies based in Stockholm Companies related to the Wallenberg family Financial services companies established in 1994 Private equity firms of Sweden Swedish companies established in 1994