Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker

Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker

Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker was established in 1750 and remains headquartered in Copenhagen. The Augustinus Foundation owns the entity outright and directs its mandate toward sustained ownership of Danish companies. The portfolio mixes public equities and private holdings across real estate, consumer products and technology. Confirmed positions include majority ownership of Tivoli A/S, a 41 percent stake in Jeudan A/S and full ownership of Fritz Hansen A/S through Skandinavisk Holding A/S. Additional holdings cover Gubi A/S, itm8 A/S, Abacus Medicine A/S and early-stage companies such as Podimo and Lunar. Geographic focus stays inside Denmark with limited exposure to other Nordic markets. The firm employs no disclosed headcount figure. It maintains a dedicated foundation vehicle, Augustinus Fonden, established in 1942, that distributes roughly 400 million DKK annually to arts and cultural causes. In September 2024 the firm appeared as a speaker at TechBBQ in Copenhagen discussing venture capital and scaling Danish startups. Ownership flows entirely through the Augustinus Foundation, creating a governance structure that separates philanthropic distributions from investment decisions while keeping all operating companies under a single Danish holding architecture.