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Enexis
Enexis was co-founded by David Bonnier of the prominent Swedish Bonnier family, alongside Amaury de Poret, a veteran of private equity legal advisory and...
Enexis
Enexis was co-founded by David Bonnier of the prominent Swedish Bonnier family, alongside Amaury de Poret, a veteran of private equity legal advisory and investment management. The Stockholm-based firm was built to offer investors a diversified portfolio of private cannabis and plant-based companies, explicitly targeting the complex European regulatory environment where most assets remain privately held and inaccessible through conventional public-market mandates. Enexis's strategy is to deploy capital directly into early-stage companies developing plant-based medical, wellness, and industrial applications, with a strong emphasis on cannabis and hemp. The firm states it has spent the past three years building a network and understanding of the sector's regulatory nuances to identify segment leaders and new market entrants. While the firm's website does not disclose specific portfolio company names, its network extends to projects like The CanCoin, co-founded with Daniel Daboczy, and it maintains relationships with operators such as Klarna's Sebastian Siemiatkowski through the Stockholm investment ecosystem. Management of the firm is led by CEO David Bonnier, whose background includes partnership at Brummer & Partners and a vice presidency at Deutsche Bank, and CFO Gösta Lundgren, who concurrently serves as CFO of the Nasdaq-listed investment company NAXS AB. The board includes cannabis industry veteran Per Björkman, who previously led a major US producer, and Dr. Sandra Schoenes, a medical cannabis researcher and consultant. Enexis operates from within the Alma private business club at Nybrogatan 8 in Stockholm, embedding the firm deep within the Nordic investment community. Enexis's structural differentiator is its explicit alignment with shareholders through principal capital: the firm states it has invested a substantial amount of its own money, is not driven by management fees, and is incentivized solely by return on investment. This co-investment posture, combined with a focused mandate on a single, nascent regulatory sector, creates a concentrated exposure vehicle that functions less like a diversified asset manager and more like a long-duration, sector-specialist holding company.
General information
Firm type
Generalist
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Sweden
City
Stockholm
Corporate office
Nybrogatan 8, SE-114 34 Stockholm, Sweden
Principals
David Bonnier
Co-founder and CEO
Amaury de Poret
Co-Founder & Board member
Gösta Lundgren
CFO
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Enexis?
Investment and strategic direction are led by Co-founder and CEO David Bonnier and Co-founder Amaury de Poret. Bonnier brings over 20 years of investment management and banking experience from Brummer & Partners and Deutsche Bank, while de Poret contributes equivalent experience in private equity legal advisory and investment management. The board, chaired by former US cannabis CEO Per Björkman, provides additional sector-specific governance.
How is Enexis related to the Bonnier family empire?
David Bonnier, the firm's Co-founder and CEO, is a member of the prominent Swedish Bonnier family, which controls the Bonnier Group, a privately held media conglomerate spanning books, newspapers, and broadcasting. Enexis operates as a separate investment company and does not manage the Bonnier family's wider assets, though the family connection provides institutional credibility within the Swedish investment landscape.
Does Enexis operate more like a venture firm or a holding company?
Enexis positions itself as an investment company focused on long-term capital appreciation, not fee generation. The firm states it has invested a substantial amount of operating capital and is incentivized solely by investment returns, a structure that more closely resembles a permanent-capital holding company than a traditional venture capital fund with a defined fund life and management fee schedule.
What is Enexis's known posture on co-investments alongside external investors?
The firm's public materials do not explicitly state a policy on co-investments with external limited partners. However, Enexis emphasizes it wants portfolio company founders to run their businesses without pressure for a fast exit, implying a concentrated, patient-capital approach that typically favors proprietary or lead-investor positions rather than broad syndication.
How does Enexis source its deals in the fragmented European cannabis market?
Enexis reports building over three years an extensive network and deep understanding of the European cannabis and plant-based industry's complex regulatory nuances. The firm's nexus within the Alma private business club in Stockholm and relationships with established investors like Sebastian Siemiatkowski provide informal channels into early-stage deal flow across the region.
Does Enexis maintain any philanthropic or separate investment vehicles?
There is no public disclosure of separate philanthropic structures operated by Enexis. Board member Amaury de Poret has affiliations with listed investment companies NAXS AB and Flat Capital AB, and CEO David Bonnier chairs NORDx Pharma AB and sits on the board of Amidea Sweden AB, indicating a network of related but discrete for-profit investment entities.
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