Summa Equity

How do you lead when the ground keeps shifting? 💡

Summa’s portfolio CEOs spent three days at INSEAD in Fontainebleau working on exactly that – building the strategic and personal capabilities needed to lead through disruption, not just respond to it.

The program covered strategic agility, geopolitics, scenario planning, paradox leadership, organizational architecture, sustainable performance, and AI-enabled transformation, led by INSEAD faculty and followed by a dedicated Summa Day with Summa Advisors.

📃 Get the key takeaways from the event here: https://lnkd.in/dr7iYdgB

Thank you to INSEAD Professors Loïc Sadoulet, Antonio Fatas, Antoine (Tony) Duvauchelle, Ella Miron-Spektor, Kaisa Snellman and Summa Advisor Professor George Serafeim.

Today we're proudly wearing our football jerseys to the office ⚽️

Summa Equity and the Summa Foundation are supporting Fotballtrøyefredag ("Football Jersey Friday") – the annual fundraiser organized by the Norwegian Childhood Cancer Society (Barnekreftforeningen) for children and young people affected by cancer. The initiative also runs in Sweden through Barncancerfonden as Fotbollströjefredag.

The Summa Foundation will match every contribution made by our team, doubling the impact for an incredibly important cause.

Learn more and donate:
🇳🇴 https://www.barnekreftforeningen.no/fotballtroyefredag
🇸🇪 https://www.barncancerfonden.se/fotbollstrojefredag/

10 years. One mission. Investing to solve global challenges.

Our 2025 Portfolio Report is live – see how our companies are turning global challenges into resilient businesses.

Read it here 👉 https://summaequity.com/insights/portfolio-reports/

On International Women’s Day, we stand with Right To Play to support girls’ right to learn, play, and lead.

119 million girls are out of school. Nearly 1 in 3 women have experienced physical or sexual violence. Too many girls are left behind due to a lack of safe, inclusive spaces.

Through play-based learning, Right To Play helps girls build confidence, resilience, and leadership — empowering them to shape their own futures.

Gender equality requires action and collaboration.

We are proud to support the work for a more just and equal world.

Summa Equity acquires Dignio, a Norwegian specialist in remote care

“Dignio’s innovative healthcare solutions are revolutionizing the healthcare industry, and it is exactly the type of leading company Summa are excited to back. It’s already one of Norway’s 50 fastest growing tech companies, and together we will accelerate this growth further, ensuring more patients across the world get access to remote care.” – Christian Melby, Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Summa

🔗 Read the press release here: https://summaequity.com/summa-equity-acquires-dignio/

Deal team: Christian Melby, Mehdi Lahlou, Tuva Greaker, Justus Krisch

Happy New Year from Summa Equity! 💚

In 2025, we focused on what matters most: buy and build resilient companies that solve global challenges and perform through cycles. We’re proud to have advanced Fund I toward full realization with the successful exits of Documaster and Milarex, and to have completed a full exit of Infobric Group in Fund II.

Beyond transactions, we continued to deepen our thematic work, publishing our annual Portfolio Report along with new insights on cybersecurity, food and agriculture, and the Planetary Boundaries framework.

A big thank you to our LPs, advisors, portfolio management teams, and the entire Summa community for your continued trust and partnership. We look forward to continuing the journey in 2026, with Summa’s 10-year anniversary ahead.

🌍 Summa Foundation is hiring a Manager

We are looking for a highly motivated and strategic Manager with a strong passion for societal and environmental impact. This is a unique opportunity to help build a modern philanthropic platform closely connected to one of Europe’s leading impact investors.

In this role, you will:
✨ Work on global challenges
📝 Contribute to high-profile thought leadership
🤝 Shape initiatives that improve lives and protect the planet

About Summa Foundation:
Summa Foundation is an independent charitable foundation advancing thriving societies and nature. As the owner of 10% of Summa Equity and its funds, the Foundation acts as an impact multiplier, deploying catalytic capital to address global challenges that markets alone cannot solve.

🔗 If you’re driven by purpose and eager to help scale meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you through this link: https://lnkd.in/eucC9PqG

🌱 Helping families access essential food while fighting food waste

Holdbart and Summa Foundation are donating NOK 2 million in groceries and financial support to Matsentralen and seven regional centers — strengthening food assistance at a time when more families are feeling the pressure of rising living costs.

This contribution helps expand Matsentralen Norge’s capacity to distribute surplus food to people experiencing food insecurity, while also reducing food waste across Norway.

🤝 Read more here:

Holdbart and Summa Foundation donate NOK 2 million to support food access in Norway Holdbart and Summa Foundation donate NOK 2 million to Matsentralen Norway, boosting food access and reducing waste for families in need.