Asetek is a private limited company. The stocks are held by a group of private investors, VCs and members of the management and staff.

Key shareholders of the company are: 

André S. Eriksen (Founder)

Northzone Ventures
Sunstone Capital

KT Venture Group (KLA-Tencor)                     
Zoar Invest

Northzone Ventures has to date raised five funds totalling € 345 Million. They have managed to consistently deliver top tier returns to their Limited Partners thanks to a consistent and focused investment strategy and a hands-on operating modus when supporting their portfolio companies. They have over the years built a strong line-up of well known LPs in our funds as well as a strong roster of co-investment partners for their portfolio companies. 

”The only subsystem of a personal computer that has increased in price since the inception is the cooling system. The traditional technology trends behind such as power dissipation and hotspots will continue. A few new trends are creating further acceleration, namely the need to cool the whole system consisting of CPU, GPU and hard drive, smaller from factors and living room applications making noise an issue. At the same time air flow cooling is approaching retirement from a performance point of view." 

“Based on world class thermal knowledge and practical experience from the extreme high end segment Asetek has invented a competitive liquid cooling that does not make it more difficult than it need be. The solution clearly beats competition on price/performance and is well-protected by IP to make this an interesting investment opportunity.”

                       [Gregers Kronborg, General Partner at Northzone]

Founded by an international team with more than 200 years of combined entrepreneurial, operational and financial experience, Sunstone Capital A/S is a Nordic venture capital investor based in Copenhagen, Denmark. With approximately 400 million Euro under management, Sunstone Capital focuses on developing and expanding early-stage Technology and Life Science companies with strong potential to achieve global success in their markets.

"The trend is your friend – as they say. In Sunstone Caital we are convinced that it is a trend that CPU and GPU manufacturers will face increasing thermal challenges in the years to come, and that a noisy fan-cooling solution is not the answer." 

                         [Jimmy Fussing Nielsen, Managing Partner at Sunstone Capital]

Throughout its history, KLA-Tencor, our sole corporate partner, has maintained its leadership position in process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries through aggressive investments in R&D. To accelerate the development of new and emerging technologies, KT Venture Group, LLC was formed to identify and capture new opportunities by leveraging KLA-Tencor's semiconductor market leadership and technology expertise. 

“As an investor, engineer and consumer I have always been puzzled by the very poor thermal and acoustic design of today’s computers. I was actively looking for the right investment opportunity in that space and when I was introduced to Asetek I knew I found it. I was very impressed by the quality and performance of the products they had on the market, the relentless focus on meeting the needs of the user and the technical depth of the team. I felt that these people “got it” and that they were willing to re-engineer the company to succeed."

"We did invest in early 2006. Since then I have been very pleased with the progress made building a world-class team that is poised for success. The first OEM product is a winner! Said Stefano Concina, General Partner at KT Venture Group in San Jose, CA.”

             [Stefano Concina, General Partner at KT Venture Group]