The fund primarily invest in unlisted Scandinavian entrepreneurial companies. They typically invest at an early stage.

Experience

The fund is fully owned and managed by the Tilander family.

How much do they invest?

Apart from capital, Backstage create value by contributing with knowledge and contacts in areas such as business development, strategy, financing, marketing and international expansion. They support their portfolio companies as active owners. Owner shares can vary from a few percent to a hundred percent.

How do they work?

Basic conditions for investment are high profitability potential and the scalability of the business concept.

This makes a difference to them

The business concept of Backstage is to invest money and time in ventures with exceptional growth potential. They require an exit opportunity within five to seven years such as an IPO or trade sale. However, some of their investments are made for a longer term.

Key People

Jörgen Tilander - Chairman
Jörgen Tilander has focused on building his own investment portfolio since the mid-1990’s. He was the Co-Founder of Nordia Fondkommission and he has headed the real estate portfolio at Säfveån.

Fredrik Tilander - Managing Director
Frederik has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from School of Business Economics and Commercial Law at Gothenburg University. He has previous experience as a management consultant with Ernst & Young as a co-founder of the consulting firm Poolingpartner.
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Startups they funded

ETNetwork, Innovation 360 Group, Varenne, and Zound Industries.