A meeting place for the industry since 1985
1973 Sweden’s first private equity company Företagskapital was founded.
1981 Several venture capital firms were founded, including Wermia, Svecia Invest, VenCap, Ven-Tech, Four Seasons Venture Capital, Svenskt Tillväxtkapital and Improvator.
1985 The Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, SVCA, was founded.
1986 Sweden’s first buyout company, Procuritas, was founded.
1988 SVCA conducted the first lobbying campaign to inform politicians about the importance of a well-functioning private equity market. The report “Transfer the risk to the market” was released.
1989 Industri Kapital and Nordic Capital were founded.
1989 SVCA organised a venture capital field trip to the US with visits to venture funds and portfolio companies.
1994 EQT and InnovationsKapital were founded.
1996 Industrifonden started to provide equity capital and launched a regional investment.
1998 SVCA employed an executive member on a part-time basis.
2002 SVCA opened its own office on Grev Turegatan, Stockholm
2005 SVCA launched an extensive communications project and employed a Head of Communications for the first time. A three-year business angel project was also started at the same time.
2006 The Alliance included private equity deductions in the government declaration.
2007 Mats Odell, Minister for Financial Markets, promised to work for the abolishment of permanent establishments.
2010 SVCA celebrated its 25-year anniversary and had five full-time employees. Opinion building, industry research and events are three of the cornerstones in the operations.