Value Creation
Investing is a Virtuous Circle
For over 30 years, clients have partnered with us to create long-term value by focusing on what matters most: meaningful growth and lasting performance. Investing in high-potential businesses and assets in important sectors and helping them thrive, we believe is good for investors, the broader economy and society as a whole.
Investing with Intent and Consideration
Our active ownership model and approach to value creation is guided by the Wallenberg family’s industrial legacy and our Nordic mindset. It is grounded in long-term thinking, responsible ownership and the conviction that business and society must grow together.
Nordic Ferry Infrastructure (NFI)
Hand sanitizer and passenger ferries: how private capital creates value.
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New CEO Per Franzén on Value Creation at McKinsey River Capital Management
“At MRC we have kept on investing into our value creation capabilities over the past three decades. Today, we combine a deeply thematic investment approach with a repeatable, systematic sector-based value creation playbook alongside AI, digital, and sustainability expertise. We want to be the best owner of companies and assets, we want to build and develop stronger businesses during our ownership, we want to future-proof them for the long term. Our mindset is that everything can always be improved, we are never standing still and we will continue to strengthen and sharpen our capabilities.”
Taking the Time to Create Lasting Value
Creating lasting value requires commitment, diligence and a never ending will to learn and develop. A structured, repeatable process guides our value creation work. It evolves year after year, enriched by cumulative insights gained across industries, regions and portfolios. Every investment helps us raise the bar for value creation.
Sourcing Opportunity
Investing in what’s right
Value is already within firms and people. Our goal is to draw it out. By staying truly local, our team and a global network of more than 600 industrial advisors in more than 25 countries are well positioned to spot opportunities, talent, ideas and businesses with significant potential to grow and move society forward. This is how we find the right companies and assets to invest in across Private Capital, Infrastructure, and Real Estate.
Planning
Joining forces for growth
Partnering with a company means working closely with its management team and board to make sure all strengths are leveraged and combined. A long-term strategy, we call it a Full Potential Plan, is agreed and articulates clear priorities to drive growth and boost competitiveness.
Active Ownership
Active ownership for long-term growth
You can only become a global leader in active ownership through commitment to consistently delivering true value. A hands-on approach requires trust by every stakeholder, something we build through track record, expertise and an open mind.
Three-Party Governance
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. With full alignment on the long term strategy between the chairperson, portfolio company CEO and an MRC advisory partner, a business is well set up to perform, grow and create gains for all stakeholders. This well established Troika-model means alignment, clear roles, open communication, and regular performance reviews.
Future-proofing
Secular trends drive large systemic shifts, creating both challenges and opportunities. With a firm ambition to be more than capital, we invest behind positive trends with the aim of helping businesses grow with them.
Future-proofing companies is a multidimensional trade, best explained with real world examples, but it centers on positioning them for long-term success. When businesses can attract top talent, embrace digital transformation, advance sustainability, and strengthen their operational foundations, they experience positive momentum and have potential to grow from good to great. And we are present every step of the way.
Exits
Dedicated exit management
Once our goals are met, we step away by finding the right next owner or guiding our companies through a public listing, so they can continue their growth journey.
Long-lasting value
We build companies with a long-term view, one that extends far beyond our ownership. We believe this delivers performance for our clients, while creating gains that move society forward.
Key learnings for the future
Always looking to develop, we relentlessly improve our ability to build better businesses by sharing what we’ve learned and passing that knowledge on. These key insights help us find better ways to create value, time and time again.
Explore our Value Creation Case Studies
How Anticimex became a global pest control leader
In the spring of 2021, global pest control leader Anticimex prepared to list in one of Scandinavia’s most hotly anticipated IPOs. MRC had owned the business since 2012, taking the company from a regional player to a world leader. Anticimex had delivered 19 percent compound annual revenue growth and 29 percent compound annual EBITA growth, a measure of profitability, between 2011 and 2020, with no signs of slowing down. All funds have a lifespan however, and MRC’s sixth flagship fund had already held Anticimex for far longer than typical for private equity.
Key Facts
Sector Services
Country Sweden
Exit 2021
Entry 2012
Portfolio Anticimex
How Nord Anglia became a $14.5bn education powerhouse
With long-term investment, strategic M&A, and operational improvements, MRC helped Nord Anglia grow from six to over 80 top-tier schools. Backed by data-driven decisions, shared resources, and key partnerships (like MIT and UNICEF), Nord Anglia blended organic growth with smart acquisitions to boost enrollment, attract talent, and drive long-term value, becoming a $14.5 billion global leader with strong growth potential.
Key Facts
Sector Services
Country Cross-Border
Fund BPEA Private Equity Fund VII
Entry 2025
Website Nord Anglia Education
A leading pan-Nordic ferry platform
Nordic Ferry Infrastructure is a leading private passenger and freight sea transportation company in the Nordic region, providing essential ferry and express boat infrastructure. It moves over 25 million passengers annually across 60+ routes using a modern, purpose-built fleet. Driving transformation, the company champions digitalization, operational excellence, and an ambitious sustainability agenda, targeting a 40 percent CO₂ reduction by 2030 to lead the maritime green transition.
Key Facts
Sector Transport & Logistics
Country Norway, Denmark & Sweden
Fund MRC Infrastructure V
Entry 2021
