The investment process

By the investment process Fouriertransform means the way an investment is dealt with, from the time of the initial contact until the company’s exit. The company uses a well-documented investment process to ensure the quality of its investment decisions and to clarify responsibilities, follow-up and control throughout its ownership. The company also has a well-functioning administrative platform that aims to achieve a balance between ensuring high quality working methods, routines and cost-effective processes and ensuring the company remains a flexible and dynamic organization. 
 

Fouriertransform shall be a stakeholder that contributes its expertise, network and good corporate governance in order to increase the credibility of the portfolio companies. This ownership model is part of how we add value and is central to our success. The ability to come in as a minority investor at any stage in a company’s cycle – sometimes as the principal shareholder, sometimes as a traditional minority shareholder – makes great demands of our organization and ownership model.

Fouriertransform’s investment managers have a central role throughout the investment process. They identify and implement investments, produce a value-adding plan for the company concerned and engage and assess external board members. They also ensure that there is adequate reporting and provide a sounding board for the CEO and the chairman of the board.

 
Fouriertransform contributes expertise by placing quali¬fied representatives on the boards of the companies in which it holds an interest. These representatives may be employees of Fouriertransform or other persons from Fouriertransform’s network.