Klättermusen recieved three ISPO Gold Awards and one Sustainability Achievement Award at ISPO 2020.

The board of directors of Artificial Solutions has decided to carry out a rights issue of up to SEK 120 million. The company has obtained subscription commitments and declarations of intent to subscribe of approximately SEK 75 million. The board’s proposal also includes an over-allotment option of up to SEK 30 million. An extra general meeting will be held on 8th of January 2020 to approve the rights issue.

Artificial Solutions announced that Teneo® is powering the voice assistant in the recently launched Swisscom Box. The voice assistant enables customers to control various Swisscom TV functions including switching channels, searching for content or launching a Spotify playlist, as well as controlling smart home devices integrated via the Swisscom Home app, such as a networked light source.

A leading patent valuation firm has attributed a 50% increase in the valuation of the company’s patent portfolio based on substantially increased citations by tech industry giants.

Monalotte Theorell Christofferson was elected new chairman  of the Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (SVCA) at the annual general meeting on June 25 2019. 

The Board of Directors of Artificial Solutions® International AB has resolved on a directed share issue of 2 736 847 new shares at a subscription price of SEK 24.0 per share (the “Directed share issue”), corresponding to proceeds of SEK 65,7m before transaction costs. The subscription price in the Directed share issue has been determined through an accelerated book building procedure.

Miss Mary recruits three new profiles within e-commerce, fashion and consumer-oriented products.

Artificial Solutions and Indentive announce reverse takeover of Indentive for listing on Nasdaq First North, whereby Indentive has entered into an agreement to acquire the shares in Artificial Solutions by an issue in kind (the“Transaction”). The new entity, Artificial Solutions International AB, is expected to have its first day of trading on Nasdaq First North on 12 March 2019.

Mr Törnblom joined Scope as an industrial sustainability advisor to further Scope’s initiative to promote sustainability work as an integral part of creating and building Better Companies.

Scope announced on 18 December a partnership with Miss Mary of Sweden, a leading European underwear brand for women. Miss Mary, founded in Borås, Sweden, has since 1957 provided high quality and functional lingerie to women across Europe and North America. The company is well positioned in the current changes of the retail environment where high-quality inhouse production and design are gaining traction. Partnering with Scope allows the company to build on the heritage and at the same time add competence to create a scalable organization and to further develop the brand.

Artificial Solutions, the leading specialist in enterprise-strength Conversational AI, announced today that in a funding round which was significantly over subscribed, the company has raised a further 13.6m euros in equity capital.

Artificial Solutions  has recently won a number of awards for its innovative and sophisticated natural language technology.  The most recent ones are found here:

Scope’s investment strategy is to build better and sustainable companies that shape the future, together with entrepreneurs.

Johan re-joined Scope after six years of executive positions at Qliro AB and Eniro AB focused on go-to-market execution and strategy development, digital transformation and M&A.

Today, Happy Plugs announced that Christina Tillman, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Mrs Tillman is a brand expert with more than 25 years of experience of fashion retail and consumer goods, with brands such as Odd Molly. She has a proven track record of improving and growing global brands, as well as diverse experience working across multiple distribution channels.    

Happy Plugs®, a global market leader in fashion tech creating consumer electronics accessories, today announces their partnership with Scope, a growth equity fund. Scope will add a scalable platform supporting sustainable brand growth and presence, further enhancing Happy Plugs’ expansion internationally.

Scope Growth III L.P. has agreed to sell its ownership in Happy Socks to Palamon Capital Partners, realising 4.7 times its investment cost.

Scope Growth II L.P. has agreed to sell its ownership in Colosseum Smile, the leading Scandinavian provider of private dental care, to Jacobs Holding AG. Jacobs Holding is a global professional investment firm based in Zurich and founded in 1994 by entrepreneur Klaus J. Jacobs. The transaction is agreed to close in the beginning of 2017.

Artificial Solutions announced as Gamechanger of the Year and Fintech Product Offering of the Year in the 11th Annual ACQ5 Global Awards. The winners of the awards are those companies that have demonstrated the greatest impact to industry during the previous calendar year.

Listen to the seminar on the subject “Sustainability and transparency “ that was held in Almedalen in July where Monalotte Theorell Christofferson explained how Scope works together with its portfolio companies to develop a sustainability culture, which is one of the corner stones in Scope’s strategy to develop better companies.

Scope Growth II LP (Scope) and Accent Equity 2012 LP (Accent) have agreed that Brand Factory and Ineko will join forces and that Scope sells its shareholding in Brand Factory. Accent will be the main owner in the new group and with current management as minority shareholders. Brand Factory and Ineko are both active in the fields of visual communications with combined sales of SEK 1.3 billion in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
The transaction is conditional on approval from relevant competition authorities.

FootBalance, the fast growing Finnish based custom insole brand, is delighted to announce that after an 18-month hiatus, Road Runner Sports, the leading independent running specialty retailer in the US has decided to renew its successful partnership with the company, offering 100% custom insoles to its growing consumer base.

Scope Growth III L.P (“Scope”), together with the founders of Skruvat Reservdelar AB (“Skruvat”), has sold Skruvat to French Mobivia Groupe S.A. (“Mobivia”), the European leader in multi-brand vehicle servicing and spare parts, with brands such as Norauto, Midas, Carter-Cash, Auto 5, Synchro Diffusion and Bythjul.com, that serves over 30 million motorists in 16 countries. Skruvat, an e-commerce company,has,
since Scope’s investment in 2013, grown by more than 30% annually and strengthened its position as the market leader in the Nordic market for online automotive spare parts.

Scope Growth II L.P. sells Infobric AB to Jönköping Business Development AB, a regional investment company with institutional and private investors. The founder and management remain as shareholders in the company. Since Scope invested in the company in 2008, Infobric has become the leading supplier of access control systems for the construction industry.

Happy Socks won Damernas Värld's prize Guldknappen Accessories 2015 that was awarded on the 29th of August. The jury's motivation said:  "...Through the right image, design and packaging, the company has succeeded in becoming the world leader in its segment".

Artificial Solutions has successfully developed and deployed a Natural Language Interaction (NLI) solution that was launched in December for a major US tech company.

FootBalance, an innovator of in-store foot analysis and 100% custom insoles and sandals, has signed a distributor agreement with Hickory Brands, Inc., to further strengthen its presence in the United States of America. Effective 2nd of April 2015, Hickory Brands will represent FootBalance's in-store concepts for 100% custom insoles and sandals as well as off-the-shelf QuickFit insoles.

The growth equity fund Scope and Industrial Advisor Jonas Meerits have become new partners in fast growth company Happy Socks. The founders, Mikael Söderlindh and Viktor Tell, retain ownership and the company targets to double the sales figures in 2015.

The two largest private dental clinic chains in Sweden and Norway are merging to form the largest private chain in the Nordic region. Together Colosseum and Smile own 41 clinics, of which 25 are in Sweden, 13 in Norway and 3 in Denmark. Combined, the entities employ about 800 people and have a turnover of approximately 850 MSEK of which Sweden accounts for 450 MSEK. As a result of the merger, Smile's 15 clinics and Colosseum's 10 clinics in Sweden will come under the same management.

Growth equity company Scope is investing in the Åre-based outdoor company Klättermusen, one of the world’s most highly respected niche brands on the outdoor market. The investment will provide resources for continued international expansion. The investments provides Klättermusen with capital and expertise to, among other things, increase sales and marketing efforts and strengthen the organisation for continued expansion while retaining and refining product quality, both technically and from a sustainability perspective.