Damgaard Company is engaged in a number of well-established growth companies and a few start-up companies.
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Too Good To Go
B Corp certified social impact marketplace fighting food waste and pushing for change in a world where food waste accounts for 10% of all GHG emissions. The world's largest B2C marketplace for surplus food.
Investment year: 2016
Syndication partners: Volt Investment Holding, Blisce
Roles: Preben Damgaard was Chairman of the Board 2017-2022. Today, Damgaard Company is actively involved in the company and represented by a member of the board.
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Templafy
Danish-born B2B SaaS content enablement platform that aligns workforces and enables employees to effortlessly create on-brand, high-performing business content faster.
Investment year: 2015
Syndication partners: Seed Capital Denmark III, Dawn Capital II LP, Insight Venture Partners X LP, Blue Cloud Venture
Roles: Preben Damgaard was Chairman of the Board 2017-2022. Today, Damgaard Company is actively involved in the company and represented by a member of the board.
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Dixa
Customer service platform that generates value for brands and customers through better conversations across 20+ countries.
Investment year: 2017
Syndication partners: Seed Capital Denmark III, General Atlantic B.V., Notion Capital IV LP, Project A Ventures II GmbH & Co. KG
Roles: Preben Damgaard was Chairman of the Board 2019-2022. Today, Damgaard Company is active in the company through dialogue.
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OrderYOYO
Leading European online ordering, payment, and marketing software solution provider enabling local, independent takeaway restaurants to have their own-branded online presence direct to consumers and win back their customers. OrderYOYO went public in July 2021 when it was introduced on Nasdaq First North.
Investment year: 2016
Syndication partners: Seed Capital Denmark III, Vækstfonden
Roles: Preben Damgaard was member of the board 2016-2021 and Chairman of the Board 2021-2022.
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Configit
Configuration solutions helping manufacturing companies master the challenges of getting configurable products and services to market faster, and to sell, manufacture and service them more effectively.
Investment year: 2016
Syndication partner: Polaris Private Equity IV
Roles: Preben Damgaard was member of the Board. Today, Damgaard Company is actively involved in the company and represented by a member of the board.
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KOBAJ.com
A smarter way to buy wine. Through an online marketplace, individuals can co-buy wine directly from the winemaker in partnership with others, thereby gaining access to prices that have previously been reserved for importers and wine merchants.
Investment year: 2021
Syndication partner: Heartcore Capital Fund IV
Roles: Preben Damgaard was member of the Board. Today, Damgaard Company is actively involved in the company and represented by a member of the board.
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Saxo Bank
Leading fintech and regtech specialists, connecting traders, investors and partners – across all asset classes – from a single account.
Investment year: 2018
Roles: Preben Damgaard was member of the Board. Damgaard Company is no longer actively involved in the company..
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Nordic Cloud Technologies
Creators of Skolebordet, a learning tool for students and teachers built on Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Azure. NCT creates a user interface that makes it easier to produce, share and collaborate on learning material.
Investment year: 2013
Roles: Damgaard Company has a seat in the board of directors.
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Fellowmind
One of Europe's leading Microsoft-related services platforms. Fellowmind helps accelerate the digital readiness of their customers by using Microsoft cloud solutions, encouraging agile development, implementing integrated platforms, and helping end-users learn and adopt.
Investment year: 2020
Syndication partner: FSN Capital Partners
Roles: Preben Damgaard is a member of the board.
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Exited investments
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Paperflow
Enabled by a powerful AI-engine, Paperflow helps companies get rid of manual data entry by providing a solution that digitizes data from physical documents and turns the information into usable computerized data. The company was acquired in 2022 by Boyum IT Solutions.
Investment year: 2015
Exit: 2022
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Formuepleje
Denmark’s largest privately held, independent asset management firm. In 2018, Formuepleje acquired Wealth Management, a competing player co-founded by Preben Damgaard. Damgaard Company continued the engagement as shareholder and client with Formuepleje. Damgaard Company exited in 2021 when Lars Larsen Group acquired 41% of the company.
Investment year: 2020
Exit: 2021
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ProActive
ProActive was a Danish IT consultancy with deep expertise in digital workplace technology and managed cloud services using Microsoft technology. In 2020, one of Europe’s leading Microsoft-related services platforms, Fellowmind, acquired ProActive.
Investment year: 2005
Exit: 2020
Roles: Chairman of the Board -
Plenti
A new mobile company that had only been in the market for one year when Damgaard Company invested in March 2017. Six months later, the company was acquired by leading telecom player TDC in September 2017.
Investment year: 2017
Exit: 2017
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Cirque
A frontrunner cloud telecom company and the leading Microsoft Skype for Business cloud provider in the Nordics. In 2016, Cirque was acquired by leading telecom player TDC.
Investment year: 2014
Exit: 2016
Roles: Chairman of the Board -
Endomondo
Sports tracker company that created a wildly popular app used by millions of users around the world. Seven years after the founding of the company, Endomondo was one of Denmark’s most successful stars-ups ever. In early 2015, it was sold to the American company Under Armour.
Investment year: 2013
Exit: 2015
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Secunia
A leading supplier of IT security solutions for business and private individuals across the world. In 2013, Damgaard Company and DKA II A/S acquired 100% of the company’s shares and replaced the management team, making a turnaround before Secunia was acquired by Flexera Software in 2015.
Investment year: 2010
Exit: 2015
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Omni Asset Management
One of the few truly independent advisers within the asset management and investment banking industry. The company delivered substantial returns with low volatility. In 2015, Omni Asset Management transferred all its investment advice agreements to Maj Invest.
Investment year: 2008
Exit: 2015
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Axcess
IT consultancy that specialized in delivering network and communication solutions ranging from hardware and software to advice and support, for both public and private clients.
Investment year: 2007
Exit: 2014
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Responsfabrikken
Online marketing specialist with strong offerings on both web, mobile, tablets and social media. Responsfabrikken developed communication and response strategies for a wide range of companies within retail, FMCG, telecommunications, finance and media.
Investment year: 2005
Exit: 2008