Intera Partners invests in Fin-Seula, a Finnish infrastructure contractor. Fin-Seula’s founders Mika Kari and Seppo Valtonen will continue in their current roles and they will also remain significant owners of the company.
CEO Mika Kari comments on Intera’s role from the owners’ perspective: “Intera’s support will enable growing of Fin-Seula’s business significantly. We plan to expand the company’s service offering, maintain our excellent track record in delivery time and quality as well as grow the company into the next size class.
”We see the 8 billion euro infrastructure construction market as an interesting sector, where there is a lot of room for a nimble player. Fin-Seula’s owners have determinedly grown the company into one of the leading mid-sized players and they are committed to continue this growth together with Intera,” Janne Näränen, Partner at Intera explains the rationale behind the transaction.
“The company’s operating model, where a strong focus is put on developing and maintaining talent is well in line with Intera’s way of thinking. We believe that we can continue to offer interesting opportunities for the best talent in the industry also in the future.”
The completion of the transaction is subject to approval by the competition authorities.
For further information, please contact:
Mika Kari, Fin-Seula Oy, CEO, +358 400 662 712, mika.kari@finseula.fi
Janne Näränen, Intera Partners Oy, Partner, +358 50 566 4869, janne.naranen@interapartners.fi
www.finseula.fi and www.interapartners.fi
Fin-Seula Oy
Fin-Seula Oy is a Finnish infrastructure contractor that is specialized in turn-key deliveries. The company’s customers include both public and private sector clients. The company’s offering includes foundation and concrete construction as well as traffic network construction. Additionally, Fin-Seula is a shareholder in KFS Finland Oy which offers special foundation services such as stabilization. The two companies combined sales in 2013 were over 50 million euros.