Accent Equity Partners’ 2017 Together Scholarships awarded
Stockholm, 22 December 2017
Accent Equity Partners has for the sixth consecutive year awarded its Together Scholarship. This year’s scholarship recipients, who all will receive a sum of money in support of their non-profit activities, are:
Williams syndromförening i Sverige
BSAFE Nattvandrarna in Björklinge
Unite People in Varberg
FTS Säkra Varje Unge
Sävsjö IBK floorball club
Skånela IF handball club
School’s Out in Söderhamn
The Scholarship is awarded to persons or non-profit organisations in the Nordic countries that have made achievements that bring people together. This includes all good forces in the Nordics who realise the importance of cooperation to create sustainable change within society, the school system, sports and other non-profit organisations. Portfolio companies owned by Accent Equity funds nominate the candidates for the Scholarship.
All recipients are fine examples of strong local initiatives working for better social environment, and it is Accent Equity Partners’ great pleasure to be able to support these associations. Including this year’s recipients, a total of 24 organisations have by now been awarded Accent Equity Partners’ Together Scholarship.
For additional information, please contact: www.accentequitypartners.se/about-us/together-scholarship Niklas Sloutski, CEO Accent Equity Partners, +46 70 300 99 59 niklas.sloutski@accentequity.se About Accent Equity: Founded in 1994, Accent Equity is one of the buy-out investment pioneers in the Nordic region. Since then, Accent Equity funds have invested in 83 companies, of which 64 investments have been realised. Accent Equity’s ambition is to develop the portfolio companies to be Nordic, European or Global leaders through sustainable improvements of their operations as well as by their strategic positioning. Accent Equity Partners is the investment advisor to all Accent Equity funds. www.accentequity.se