About
Joakim Karlsson is a partner and co-founder at Helix Kapital, a Stockholm-based private equity firm focused on small-cap companies in the Nordic region. The firm partners with profitable SME companies to pursue organic and inorganic growth opportunities while maintaining active ownership and collaboration with management teams and founders.
Experience
- Helix KapitalCo-Founder, Partnercurrent2017 — presentStockholm, Sweden
- Circular Alliance ABBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentStockholm
- XameraBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentLinköping, Ostergotland County, Sweden
- Trinax ABChairpersoncurrent2023 — presentTrollhättan
- L5 Navigation Systems ABBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentLuleå, Sweden
- Visy OyNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — presentTampere, Finland
- VisionSense TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- StyrelsepoolenMembercurrent2019 — presentStockholm County, Sweden
- FishYourDreamCo-Ownercurrent2023 — presentSweden
- Pan VisionCo-Ownercurrent2018 — presentSweden
- Heda Security ABBoard Member2018 — 2023Nykoping, Sweden
- Holms Attachments ABBoard Member2018 — 2023Motala, Sweden
- A.T. KearneySenior Partner2001 — 2017Stockholm, Sweden
- Ernst & Young Management ConsultingManager1998 — 2001Stockholm, Sweden
- American Management SystemsConsultant1997 — 1998London, United Kingdom
Education
- Uppsala UniversityComputer Science1995 — 1997
- Uppsala UniversityBSc, Finance and Management accounting1992 — 1996
Skills & more
Management Consulting20Mergers6Due Diligence16Mergers & Acquisitions31Private Equity20Capital Markets13Corporate Development9Acquisition Integration4Venture Capital5Restructuring7M&A experience2Strategic Consulting2
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Business TransformationBusiness StrategyCorporate FinanceBankingValuationFinancial ModelingBoard of DirectorsNon-Executive DirectorStrategyManagementESGLanguages English
- Sommelier — Court of Master Sommeliers Europe
- Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) — Society of Wine Educators
- WSET Level 3 — WSET — Wine & Spirit Education Trust
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Colleagues at Helix Kapital 3.0
Alexander Ribrant
Manager at Helix Kapital 3.0
Alexander Wallenberg
Director at Helix Kapital 3.0
Amanda Hellström
Manager at Helix Kapital 3.0
Dante Haqués
Associate at Helix Kapital 3.0
Johan Bagger-Jörgensen
Analyst at Helix Kapital 3.0
Mattias Ericsson
Partner at Helix Kapital 3.0
Stefan Lambert
Partner at Helix Kapital 3.0
Victor Björk
Director at Helix Kapital 3.0
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Joakim Karlsson work?
- Joakim Karlsson is Partner at Helix Kapital 3.0.
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