Spotlight on AI, Technology and Digitalisation | Nordic Capital
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Spotlight on AI, Technology and Digitalisation

Harnessing the power of digital transformation is core to Nordic Capital’s approach to value creation and long-term growth. By embedding digitalisation and advanced technologies into every investment, Nordic Capital accelerates innovation, operational efficiency and customer value across its portfolio.

In close partnership with its portfolio companies, Nordic Capital helps leverage artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and data-driven insights, unlocking new opportunities and ensuring sustainable competitive advantage in an increasingly digital world. Nordic Capital also applies proven frameworks and digital best practices to rapidly assess and enhance portfolio company capabilities across Nordic Capital’s focus sectors. Some examples include:

·       Siteimprove has adopted the latest Agentic AI technology to enhance and automate the digital content analysis, compliance and visibility. Siteimprove advanced agentic solution was selected to be presented at the AWS Reinvent in November 2025.

·       ArisGlobal, a leading global provider of innovative SaaS software solutions for life Science, uses AI and machine learning to streamline processes, enabling pharma companies to realise greater efficiency, while freeing up resources.

·       Boost.ai, an AI native company combining the latest AI technology with proven machine learning models to optimize quality and performance for customer service. Boost.ai was Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Conversational AI Platforms.

·       LEO Pharma has improved their search and development process by applying advanced AI into the scouting and evaluation phase doubling productivity and reducing lead time with 30%.

·       NOBA has automated Customer Operations and Service with AI technology and improved response time and efficiency.

·       Foxway The 2nd generation of Foxway’s circular platform increase accuracy and simplifies recycling process using advanced machine learning and proprietary device image data set.

·       Clario has increased productivity and quality with 25% per year since 2024 after implementing an AI supported development program with focus on outcome, knowledge sharing and continues improvement.

·       Zafin has fully adopted the latest agentic software development workflow resulting in doubling of productivity and higher quality during 2025.

Other portfolio companies use digitalisation for automation of internal and customer interaction processes and improving insights based on data. Our Digital Value Creation, Coaching and Tech Excellence Program has resulted in significant increase in efficiency, quality and predictability.

Dedicated Team, Black Belts and Partnerships supporting the development of AI, Technology and Digitalisation capabilities:

  • Experienced dedicated Operations team at Nordic Capital
  • Peer community with more than 100 CTOs, CPOs, CIOs and CDOs
  • Leading Technology Partners covering Tech, Digital, Data and AI agenda (e.g., Microsoft, Google, AWS, Salesforce)
  • Industry and functional technology experts (“Black Belts”)

Value Creation initiatives driving excellence in software product development:

  • Recommended AI agent tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to drive productivity and quality in the software development cycle
  • AI maturity and recommendations framework for software products
  • Agile and tech excellence programmes for product management and R&D
  • Software architecture assessment and coaching
  • Standardised KPIs and benchmarking
  • Nearshoring/Offshoring centres for rapid scale-up

Value Creation initiatives enabling automation of business processes & Internal IT:

  •  “Nordic Capital Open-Source” data platform “Cockpit” to enable data-driven decision making and AI-use cases
  • AI Strategy & Maturity Assessment
  • AI Execution Packages including recommended AI empowered use-cases and tools
  • Recommended core Business Applications and framework agreements
  • Cyber Security Assessment & standardised KPI