# Stena Sessan

Stena Sessan is a Private Equity based in Stockholm, Sweden.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Private Equity
- **Headquarters:** Stockholm, Sweden
- **Region:** Europe
- **Address:** Drottninggatan 33, Stockholm, Sweden
- **Founded:** 1981
- **Assets under management:** Undisclosed
- **Website:** stenasessan.se
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/stena-sessan

## Regulatory record

- **Reports private funds:** No

## About

Stena Sessan invests in companies with long-term growth potential. The firm has made 17 investments, including a Series C investment in Lassie on February 12, 2026. Stena Sessan has exited one portfolio company, Budbee, on September 19, 2022.

## Sectors

- Enterprise Software
- Mobility & Transportation
- Digital Health
- Real Estate
- Media & Entertainment
- Energy Transition & Renewables
- Luxury
- AgriTech & FoodTech
- Infrastructure
- Healthcare Services

## Questions

### How did Stena Sessan transition from a shipping holding company to a private equity investor?

The pivot began in earnest when Stena Sessan sold its 18-year holding in pharmaceutical company Meda to Mylan in 2016. The firm fully divested the residual Mylan stake in 2019 and rebuilt its investment organisation, placing its first new bet — consumer-electronics solar-cell maker Exeger — in 2020. Since then it has built a diversified minority-investment portfolio that no longer depends on maritime or single-stock concentration.

### Does Stena Sessan raise outside capital or run fund structures?

No. Stena Sessan deploys permanent capital from the Olsson family's Stena Sphere. It does not raise third-party funds, operate closed-end vehicles, or impose a fixed investment period. This allows the firm to hold positions indefinitely and exit only when it serves the investment case, not a fund-life timetable.

### What is the firm's relationship with the rest of the Stena Sphere?

Stena Sessan is one of three wholly-owned parent companies inside the Stena Sphere, alongside Stena AB — which houses the group's ferry and shipping operations — and Stena Metall AB. While they share core values and ultimate family ownership, Stena Sessan operates an independent investment organisation with its own mandate and portfolio.

### Which sectors does Stena Sessan explicitly avoid?

Stena Sessan describes itself as sector-agnostic but requires that portfolio companies have a positive impact on society and that the firm understands the business. It does not publish an exclusion list, though its post-2020 portfolio is devoid of heavy-industry, weapons, or fossil-fuel extraction holdings, concentrating instead on technology, healthcare, services and renewables.

## Related profiles

- [Stena Adactum](https://altss.com/profile/stena-adactum)
- [ST Engineering Ventures](https://altss.com/profile/st-engineering-ventures)

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Last updated: 2026-06-03T20:00:00.000Z

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