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Skanska

Warfvinges väg 25, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, 112 74, Sweden

Overview

Skanska is a project development and construction group, concentrated on selected home markets in the Nordic countries, other European countries, and in North America. The group operates in four business streams: construction, residential development, commercial property development, and infrastructure development. Skanska is involved in the construction and renovation of buildings, infrastructure, and residences. It also executes service-related assignments in areas such as construction services and facility operation and maintenance. It offers single-family as well as multi-family housing. It develops residential areas all the way from choosing the location to planning, designing, marketing, and sales. The group purchases, plans, develops, manages, leases, and divests property projects, with a focus on office buildings, shopping centers, and logistics properties. Skanska’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) division provides communities with roads, railways, and bridges; renewable energy; and social infrastructure such as hospitals and schools. It operates in four sectors: education, healthcare, transportation, and utilities. Skanska was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Construction
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Investment portfolio

  • Leasi

    Led · Seed · Jul 2024

    Leasi offers a control-center platform that lets contractors and equipment rental companies monitor, coordinate and maintain their machine fleets in real time. The company has expanded to nearly 1,000 users across three countries and serves customers such as Skanska and NRC Group. Originating from NTNU's entrepreneurship school, Leasi previously participated in ESA's BIC incubator and has raised NOK 12.6 million in an earlier investment round featuring Startuplab, Skanska and Gnist Capital. With the new ESA ARTES 4.0 grant, Leasi plans to enhance its data-capture and standardization capabilities to ingest more diverse data sources and enable cross-organization sharing. Leadership is headed by CEO and co-founder Scott A. Bekke, and the company is pursuing European scaling supported by the ESA funding.

Team

  • Lew Guerrette

    Executive Vice President and General Manager

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  • Kerry Christelow

    Business Process Technical Manager

  • Helen Rule

    Personal Assistant

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  • Sverker Martin

    Chairman