# IK Partners

> IK Partners is a VC fund in London backing Consulting and Software. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 62%
- Fund size: $1.4B
- Last fund: Apr 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ik-investment-partners/
- Website: http://www.ikinvest.com

IK Partners is a European private equity firm with Nordic roots, managing €5.7 billion in fund commitments.IK acquires and develops companies with the objective of delivering attractive returns to their investors. They create lasting value by applying a hands-on operating approach in working with their portfolio companies and their managementteams. Together they strive to significantly improve the performance of their businesses and to create strong, focused companies with excellent long-term prospects.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for IK Partners. Shizune tracks 13 team members at IK Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ik-investment-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 5 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 10% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 20 | 69% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Secondary Market | 2 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 12 | 41% |
| The Netherlands | 3 | 10% |
| Sweden | 2 | 7% |
| Belgium | 2 | 7% |
| Finland | 2 | 7% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Dokters | Associate Director | 0 | — |
| Alireza Etemad | Partner | 0 | — |
| Anders Petersson | Partner | 0 | — |
| Bjorn Saven | Founder | 0 | — |
| Christopher Masek | CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kestrel Capital | Kestrel Capital is an investment advisory firm that provides investment management, financial planning, and bespoke solutions. |  | Private Equity | May 29, 2025 |  |
| Sansidor | Sansidor is a TIS company that provides testing, inspection and services for a healthy environment. |  | Private Equity | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Octime | OCTIME is a software company in France in the field of Work Time Planning and Management. The company create innovative packaged HR software solutions for time management and staff scheduling. |  | Private Equity | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Defibrion | Defibrion sells AEDs and safety equipment on the web. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| Crane and Industry Service | KIS's vision clearly communicates KIS objectives to every employee, and KIS do yearly customer surveys that help us understand what our clients are interested in and where KIS still has room for improvement. |  | Private Equity | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| BOMA | BOMA is a company that specializes in the development and distribution of professional cleaning materials. Their product range includes a variety of cleaning and hygiene solutions designed for industrial and manufacturing sectors, as well as facility management. BOMA's offerings are designed to meet the diverse needs of their customers,ensuring cleanliness and hygiene in various settings. Their products are used in a variety of industries, demonstrating their versatility and adaptability. |  | Private Equity | Jul 12, 2024 |  |
| Biobank | BIOBank provides all the activities of a tissue bank provided for by Article L.1243-2 of the Public Health Code (authorization since September 29, 2003), from tissue management (collection) to delivery secure plugins. These steps include, among others, the biological selection of donors and the actual transformation of bone grafts. All theseoperations are done in compliance with the rules of Good Practice of Tissue Banks set by the decision of ANSM (National Agency for the Safety of Medicines) of 27 October 2010 transposing the European Directives into the French regulations.As for any tissue bank, the activities of BIOBank are subject to an authorization issued by the ANSM. Similarly, the bone grafts are grouped by families according to their shapes (anatomical, geometric, granules, powders, platelets) which benefit from a unique marketing authorization issued by the ANSM. BIOBank also has an authorization to export its plugins delivered by the ANSM. |  | Private Equity | May 29, 2024 |  |
| A SAFE | A-SAFE is a reducing risks and costs with their revolutionary collision protection. |  | Private Equity | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| LinXea | LinXea is one of the French leaders in the distribution of life insurance products on the internet. With more than 20,000 customers and over € 800m in outstanding assets, LinXea has experienced steady growth since its inception in 2001, and is experiencing strong growth in its annual collection and number of customers. |  | Private Equity | May 31, 2023 |  |
| Plus Que pro | More than PRO brings together the Best Companies of France in the professions of housing, building and service delivery. All their companies are quality and it is their customers who say it. |  | Private Equity | Oct 27, 2022 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Five Arrows Principal Investments — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does IK Partners invest in?

IK Partners invests primarily in Consulting, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact IK Partners?

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### Who are the partners at IK Partners?

The team at IK Partners includes Alexander Dokters (Associate Director), Alireza Etemad (Partner) and Anders Petersson (Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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