Acapo Onsagers strengthens its brand and trademark offering through partnership with Brimondo
Acapo Onsagers AS (“Acapo Onsagers”), Norway’s leading intellectual property advisory firm, has today entered into an agreement to acquire Brimondo AB (“Brimondo”), one of Sweden’s foremost brand, domain and trademark specialists. The transaction marks a significant milestone in Acapo Onsagers’ ambition to expand its presence in the Nordic region and deliver a more complete IP service offering to its clients.
“Brimondo has built a truly differentiated practice by placing the customer at the center of everything they do – understanding their business context and making brand protection an active asset, adding significant value to the clients’ business. By joining forces, we can offer our customers a broader and more holistic range of services, and strengthen our promise of Linking IP to Business.”
- Anne Mari Nordbø, CEO of Acapo Onsagers.
“We have built Brimondo around a simple belief: that clients deserve a smart and efficient approach to protecting and managing their brands. Acapo Onsagers shares that philosophy, and together we can deliver significantly more value to our existing clients and to a much wider market. We are excited about what this next chapter holds.”
- Håkan Frostne, CEO of Brimondo.
“Brimondo is one of our most successful startups within Vinngroup. We are very happy that Brimondo will continue its development ahead with Acapo Onsagers.”
- Hans Johansson, Chairman of Vinngroup.
The acquisition brings together two highly complementary businesses. Acapo Onsagers brings deep expertise in IP strategy, patents, legal IP advisory, innovation strategy and innovation funding, while Brimondo contributes a digitally advanced trademark, domain and brand practice with strong client relationships across the Nordic corporate market. Together, the companies will be able to offer clients a broader and more integrated suite of IP services, with a long-term ambition of creating the leading Intellectual Asset Management platform in the Nordics.
“Acapo Onsagers has built an impressive foundation as Norway’s undisputed market leader in IP advisory, and we believe there is a significant opportunity to build on that platform across the Nordic region. Brimondo is exactly the kind of partner that accelerates that journey – differentiated, digitally capable, and deeply trusted by its clients.”
- Bernt Østhus, Partner at Longship.
About Acapo Onsagers
Acapo Onsagers is Norway’s leading IP advisory firm, providing end-to-end services within IP strategy, patent prosecution, trademark and legal advisory, innovation strategy and innovation soft funding. Established in 1945, the firm employs more than 115 professionals across seven offices in Norway, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom.
About Brimondo
Founded in 2016, part of Vinn*, and headquartered in Gothenburg, Brimondo has established itself as one of Sweden’s most innovative brand IP specialists. The company serves a broad range of fast-growing Nordic companies and has built a suite of proprietary digital tools enabling highly efficient, technology-driven client service.
About Longship
Established in 2015, Longship is the leading private equity investor dedicated to the Norwegian lower mid-market. The firm pursues a thematic investment strategy guided by four structural growth trends: Technology Adoption, Sustainability, Quality of Life, and Resilient Societies. Longship invests in profitable businesses with strong growth potential, deploying a hands-on transformational approach to accelerate organic expansion, drive strategic M&A and build nationally and internationally recognised category leaders. To date, the firm has raised over NOK 7 billion of capital across four buyout funds.
About Vinngroup
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Gothenburg. Vinngroup is a platform for starting up new, innovative service providers. The company is made up of a group of specialist companies and individuals with high-calibre expertise assembled in a creative environment. Through faster, better development, Vinn seeks to work alongside companies’ employees and customers to achieve success, and in the long-term, create a better world.
For further information, contact:
Anne Mari Nordbø
CEO, Acapo Onsagers AS
anne.mari.nordbo@acapo-onsagers.no
Håkan Frostne
CEO, Brimondo AB
hakan.frostne@brimondo.com
Bernt Østhus
Partner, Longship AS
Hans Johansson
Chairman, Vinngroup
hans.johansson@vinngroup.se