Key Takeaways
- • CVC is exploring a bid to take Swedish security company Verisure private, according to the Financial Times, less than a year after Hellman & Friedman floated the company in Stockholm.
- • Verisure was listed in October 2025 at a valuation of 13.7 billion euros ($15.39 billion); its market value has since fallen to about 9.7 billion euros per LSEG data, with shares down more than 33% year to date.
- • The interest is at an early stage with no certainty a deal will materialise; Verisure and CVC declined to comment, and Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
- • Hellman & Friedman remains Verisure's largest shareholder with a 43.62% stake, per LSEG data.
Summary
Buyout firm CVC is exploring a bid to take Swedish security firm Verisure private, the Financial Times reported on October 21, 2026. The report comes less than a year after private equity firm Hellman & Friedman floated the company in Stockholm, and it reflects the pressure on the shares since the listing.
Verisure provides professionally monitored security services across 18 countries in Europe and Latin America. The company was listed in October 2025 at a valuation of 13.7 billion euros ($15.39 billion). According to LSEG data, its market value has since fallen to about 9.7 billion euros, with its shares down more than 33% so far this year.
According to the Financial Times report, CVC's interest is at an early stage and there is no certainty a deal will materialise. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Verisure and CVC both declined to comment.
Hellman & Friedman remains Verisure's largest shareholder with a 43.62% stake, LSEG data show. Any take-private transaction would therefore depend heavily on the position of the sponsor that led the IPO. Further details on price, structure or timing have not been disclosed.
Verisure provides professionally monitored security services across 18 countries in Europe and Latin America. The company was listed in October 2025 at a valuation of 13.7 billion euros ($15.39 billion). According to LSEG data, its market value has since fallen to about 9.7 billion euros, with its shares down more than 33% so far this year.
According to the Financial Times report, CVC's interest is at an early stage and there is no certainty a deal will materialise. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Verisure and CVC both declined to comment.
Hellman & Friedman remains Verisure's largest shareholder with a 43.62% stake, LSEG data show. Any take-private transaction would therefore depend heavily on the position of the sponsor that led the IPO. Further details on price, structure or timing have not been disclosed.
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