EQT AB

EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization founded in 1994. Its funds invest in private equity, infrastructure, real estate, growth equity, and venture capital in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific.

, EQT's assets under management are €210 billion / US$227 billion. It is ranked the third largest private equity firm worldwide based on funds raised according to the 2024 edition of Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking.

Organization
The company was founded in 1994 by SEB, AEA Investors, and Investor AB. It established venture capital business, EQT Ventures in 2016, and went public in 2019 by IPO.

The firm and its associates have offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Guernsey, Helsinki, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Warsaw and Zurich.

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 Pritzker Group for US$250 million
 * 2019, SUSE 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 Nestlé Skin Health
 * 2019, Acumatica
 * 2019, German fiber-optic network provider Inexio for $1.1 billion
 * 2020, Spanish real estate website Idealista for €1.3 billion
 * 2020, Datacenter Provider Edge Connex was bought for $2.7 billion
 * 2021, Announced plans to acquire solar and storage developer Cypress Creek Renewables
 * 2021, purchased American subsidiaries First Student and First Transit from British First Group
 * 2023, Announced plans to acquire Zeus Company, a global leader in advanced polymer components used in life-saving medical procedures for $3.4 billion.