By Elviira Luoma and Danilo Masoni
April 27 (Reuters) – Market research technology firm Cint gained a third in value on Monday after its top shareholder and managers teamed up with UK fund Triton Partners to take the Swedish company private.
Cint’s shares climbed 32% on Nasdaq Stockholm by 0950 GMT after bidding vehicle TriCarbs said it would make a cash offer of 5.60 Swedish crowns per share, offering a 33% premium to the previous closing price.
Including unlisted stock, the company was worth around $215 million as of Friday’s close, according to LSEG Workspace data.
Although Cint is small in size, the bid highlights how some former high-growth tech and software companies — especially those in areas seen as exposed to AI disruption — may now be valued more highly in private hands than on public markets.
“The offer provides shareholders with an opportunity to realise the value of their entire holding at a price that may not be possible to achieve through a sale on Nasdaq Stockholm in the foreseeable future,” Cint said in a statement.
TriCarbs comprises Cint’s largest investor, Bolero, CEO Patrick Comer, former executive Brett Schnittlich, and Triton Fund 6, a mid-market private equity fund managed by Triton. Together, they hold 34% of the company’s shares.
The offer document is expected to be published around May 13, with more than 90% acceptance required to force a delisting of the stock.
The bid remains far below Cint’s 2021 listing price and peak valuation, underlining how sharply sentiment has turned against software businesses seen as vulnerable to AI disruption.
Among other European mid-cap software and tech companies, Solutions 30 rose as much as 4.3% and Lectra gained more than 1%, while Verimatrix fell 2%. Those stocks are down between 16% and 38% so far in 2026.
($1 = 9.1927 Swedish crowns)
(Reporting by Elviira Luoma in Gdansk and Danilo Masoni in Milan, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
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