EQT Future

EQT Future is a private equity fund that invests in companies with robust and downside-protected business models in two thematic areas: Climate & Nature and Health & Wellbeing. The fund's innovative approach enables EQT Private Equity to hold companies for longer periods, leveraging EQT's proven active ownership strategy and a tailored impact management and measurement toolbox to drive attractive, downside-protected returns. As an Article 9 fund, EQT Future aligns sustainability with financial returns, including linking carried interest to sustainability targets.

The fund's portfolio includes companies such as Anticimex, a global pest-control service provider offering biocide-free digital solutions; Bloom Fresh International, which develops innovative disease-resistant fruit varieties; and SHL Medical, a developer of autoinjectors for advanced drug self-administration. These investments aim to create long-term value and transform industries by addressing today's challenges and fostering the growth of potential market leaders.

EQT Future held its final close in March 2024, raising EUR 3 billion in total commitments, with total fee-generating commitments for the overall strategy, including co-investments, totaling EUR 3.6 billion. This brings the combined final closes by the EQT Private Equity platform in 2024 to more than EUR 25 billion in total commitments. The fund received commitments from investors across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Nordics, with a diversified investor base, including forward-thinking institutional and private wealth clients, notably family offices.

EQT Future's approach allows EQT Private Equity to own companies for longer periods than traditional funds, fostering the growth of potential market leaders over the long term and potentially transforming entire industries. By leveraging EQT's proven active ownership approach and a tailored impact management and measurement toolbox, the fund aims to drive attractive, downside-protected returns. The fund is Article 9 accredited and has developed ways to align sustainability with financial returns, including linking carried interest to sustainability targets.

EQT Future sets portfolio-wide sustainability targets for its investments to transform how businesses are operated. The targets are supplemented with tailored impact KPIs for each business, designed to accelerate the positive impact of the company's products or services. This approach reflects EQT Future's commitment to creating value that creates more value, focusing on solving today's problems and creating the winners of tomorrow's economy.