Our Investments
Supported by world leading medical experts and engineers, Triomed develops a portable dialysis system intended to improve the lives for patients with kidney failure. With its innovative Steady Concentration Peritoneal Dialysis (SCPD), Triomed aims to ensure that peritoneal dialysis becomes the preferred alternative, enabling patients to get improved treatment at reduced costs.
With an innovative, multi-pronged approach TriSalus seeks to extend and improve the lives of patients with liver and pancreatic tumors. By aiming to address both immunosuppression and intratumoral pressure within the tumor microenvironment the TriSalus approach has the potential to overcome two of the most significant barriers that limit treatment success for liver and pancreatic tumors. TriSalus is a publicly traded company whose shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol "TLSI".
Since its start in 1997, Gina Tricot has grown into a strong omnichannel fashion destination in the Nordics for women 16–39 years. Through e-commerce and B2B partners the brand is sold all over Europe and in several Asian destinations. Gina Tricot focuses on delivering fashionable news with high CSR targets set to reach UNs sustainability goals of 2028.
With 30 years on top of alpine ski fashion, 8848 Altitude is a premium brand known for high quality and unique style. Its initial challenge was to design adequate gear for Sweden’s first successful Mount Everest expedition, reaching the world's highest mountain at 8848 meters altitude. Since then, 8848 Altitude has continued to design and create technically advanced gear for skiers and outdoor enthusiasts.
Depeche Mode, Bon Iver and Hans Zimmer are among the many famous musicians who have turned to Teenage Engineering for electronic music-making gear. Following up on their breakthrough pocket synthesizer OP-1 and the portable hi-fi loudspeaker OB-4, the recently launched PO-80 Record Factory is a beautiful gadget that allows both geeks and ordinary folks to produce vinyl records at home.
Initiator and driving force behind the project, Pär Frankenius ensured Frankenius Equity were among the founders of C4 Shopping, southeast Sweden’s premier lifestyle and shopping destination with 80 shops and restaurants right next to the major E22 freeway. After divesting some of the C4 projects in 2016 we jointly own two “big boxes” of totally 20,000 square meters, including Hornbach, Dollarstore, Leos Lekland and Jumpyard.
The company buys, develops, and sells residential real estate in Palma's picturesque Old Town where traditional old buildings are turned into modern and unique homes. Our first completed project is a townhouse with several apartments on Plaça de Cort, soon to be followed by a magnificent palace with origins from the 17th century in the heart of Old Town in Palma.
Happy Toscana is a real estate developer specialising in the region of Tuscany in Italy. The company has carefully restored and successfully sold four properties in the coastal Forte dei Marmi region. The holding portfolio also includes inner-city properties in Florence, among them the ancient villa Porta Nera, tastefully converted to a private living destination and designed to be your home during a visit in Tuscany.
EYTYS (pronounced “Eighties”) was founded in 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. It all started with the desire to create plimsoll sneakers with bold proportions, something not offered in the market at the time. The desire to break boundaries in footwear design later grew to also include a full ready-to-wear collection launched at Paris Fashion Week in 2019. EYTYS believes in refining and elevating classics to fit a contemporary context.
Welcome to Vässla, a pioneering force in the micro-mobility sector with the purpose of revolutionizing urban transportation by saving customers valuable time. They achieve this through crafting and delivering light electric vehicles tailored for short-distance travel, prioritizing environmental sustainability and efficiency. By choosing Vässla you're joining a movement to reshape urban mobility and reduce reliance on conventional cars, thereby alleviating traffic congestion and fostering a cleaner, more sustainable future.
Polar Structure is a purpose-driven investor, and founder of new companies, that develops and owns infrastructure for tomorrow. They have a holistic investment approach where they select investments based on how they add value and their potential to enable the transition to a sustainable society. Their focus areas are sustainable transport, green energy, and digital solutions, where they enable the transformation of harbours, railways, logistics, land, charging infrastructure, energy, and digital solutions.
Finance
Private Equity Funds
Founded in 1989, Nordic Capital is a private equity firm headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The firm seeks to invest in Northern Europe and North America with a focus on healthcare, technology, payments, financial services, business services, and industrial sectors.
Founded in 2010, Fidelio Capital is a private equity firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, with the aim to add a more flexible and entrepreneurial approach to the professional and active ownership model found within traditional private equity.
Publicly Traded Shares
Vimian is a global animal health company covering four essential and rapidly evolving areas: Specialty Pharma, MedTech, Veterinary Services, and Diagnostics. They bring pioneering businesses together to make the market’s most innovative offerings accessible to more animal health professionals and pet owners.
Catena develops and manages long-term efficient logistics facilities that supply metropolitan regions in Scandinavia. They link Scandinavia’s cargo flows, sustainably and through cooperation.
Flat Capital is an investment company that focuses on entrepreneur-led and unlisted growth companies. Investments are primarily made through its network consisting of global Venture Capital actors and entrepreneurs. The company aims to provide long-term capital and is fundamentally a passive minority shareholder.
Private Company Shares
Klarna was founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden with the aim of making it easier for people to shop online. In the last 18 years, technology has evolved, excited, and transformed the world around us, yet their mission remains as relevant as ever, to make paying as simple, safe, and above all, smooth as possible.
Prosero Security Group gathers market leaders in security with a passion for providing and developing the very best solutions for their customers. As brand-independent suppliers, Prosero branches provide cutting-edge security solutions for customers throughout northern Europe.
This is Frankenius Equity
Frankenius Equity is a family office focusing mainly on investments in life science, real estate, retail, e-commerce and finance. Based in western Sweden we engage in both domestic and international ventures, building strong partnerships by sharing our knowledge and commitment.
The company invests mainly together with operating partners and larger investment companies and currently has around a dozen investments including fashion chain Gina Tricot, logistics property developer Bockasjö, life science innovators Triomed and Trisalus, and makers of high-end gear for creative musicians Teenage Engineering.
Our investment strategy is an ownership between 10–50%. We always strive to generate added value and never hesitate to walk the extra mile.
Ulrika is the CEO of Frankenius Equity. With solid experience from both owner-managed and private equity companies within the textile industry, she originally joined as Head of Finance. Ulrika holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Karlstad. Before joining Frankenius Equity, Ulrika was part of both finance and HR departments at Hultafors Group. Her board engagements include acting as chairman for 8848 Altitude. Among her top strengths are structure, order, and providing solid basis for decision-making.
The founder and owner of Frankenius Equity, Paul’s career started in 1982 when he was the first trainee ever in the teenage fashion pioneer JC. Seventeen years later he was appointed vice president of the entire chain, before moving on to the same position in KappAhl. Paul was a co-founder of Bockasjö AB, a company focusing on logistic properties. He is the chairman of Gina Tricot, as well as board member at University of Borås and Sparbanksstiftelsen Sjuhärad. Paul is also dedicated to several charities and community development projects.
Prior to joining Frankenius Equity as Investment Manager, Niklas has experience working with international and domestic M&A transactions. Having worked on M&A projects, both in-house at Thevea Brands Group and as a consultant at PwC and EY for corporates and private equity firms, he has gained experienced from multiple industries and sectors. Niklas holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. During his studies he also completed two internships within M&A in London and Hong Kong respectively.
With11 years in accounting and a degree from private business university Affärshögskolan,Jasmina brought tons of expericence when she joined Frankenius Equity. In previous positions she has helped small and medium-sized companies with bookkeeping, accounting, and financial statements. With a helpful and positive personality, Jasmina is as an appreciated advisor to many clients.
The chairman of Frankenius Equity, Ulf is a lawyer and partner at Wesslau Söderqvist. Since the start of our company, Ulf has secured the adequate legal structures in a variety of business transactions. Ulf also holds several board positions including medical engineering company Triomed and Gekås Ullared, Sweden’s most popular shopping attraction with close to 5 million visitors per year.
Hans is a skilled veteran with four decades of experience from high-level positions within Scandinavia's largest bank Nordea, including head of retail banking and executive vice president. In his role as board member of Frankenius Equity, his deep knowledge of financing, business development and leadership are highly valuable assets. In addition to his commitment with us, Hans is chairman of the board at Rydgruppen Sverige.
Bengt is experienced in turnaround management. After five years as country manager for Sweden at Flügger he was appointed managing director in the Nordics for Germany based paint company DAW, globally acclaimed for its Caparol paint brand. The last two decades he has worked internationally. Bengt oversees our Happy Palma venture.
In 1999 Anders founded home electronics retailer NetOnNet, soon to become one of Sweden’s top e-commerce companies. Today he is an entrepreneur, investor, and board member in several companies. Anders is partner in one of Frankenius Equity’s investments, Teenage Engineering. He is also chairman of the board in Sparbanken Sjuhärad and majority shareholder in the tech retailer Scandinavian Photo.
Fredrik is a project manager and works with residential properties (Frankenius Förvaltning AB) and the investment Vässla/Ever Engineering. As head of buying control at JC, he worked for many years together with Paul. Fredrik has spent the past 17 years at Monki within the H&M sphere working with e-commerce and project lead business development. Highly skilled in e-commerce and logistics, Fredrik is a doer and problem solver.
Our Story
When Paul Frankenius was a young intern for a Swedish company in Hong Kong, he learned the expression ”Happy landing!” which is commonly used in Asia when wishing someone a safe trip. Years later he used the phrase as the first name of his first investment company.
Today we are Frankenius Equity, a family office with successful divestments such as Kappahl, Ellos and Scorett, as well as innovators like Star Republic, MoneyGo and Vivoline. Over the years we’ve conducted a string of lucrative transactions in respectful collaboration with likeminded partners. We always strive for win win.
The elephant in our logo is carefully chosen because it symbolises strength, loyalty, patience, and experience – the very values we aim to represent.
