Midinvest invests in Aksulit – the AI era accelerates demand for smart warehouses in industry and wholesale
Aksulit Oy, specializing in smart warehouse solutions, is accelerating its growth by partnering with private equity investor Midinvest. The arrangement brings Aksulit additional resources for sales, marketing, and product development. At the same time, a generational handover is being finalized at Aksulit.
The demand for smart warehouses is growing rapidly as companies, through the utilization of artificial intelligence, seek solutions for faster delivery rhythms, transparency in material flows, and improved delivery reliability. Aksulit Oy, specializing in smart warehouse solutions, is accelerating its growth and has formed a partnership with private equity investor Midinvest. Going forward, Aksulit will focus even more strongly on scalable and productized smart warehouse solutions.
“Maintaining our growth rate and responding to the rapidly evolving needs of our customers now require us to take determined steps in product development, marketing, and sales. Midinvest’s involvement brings us exactly the broader shoulders and professional board work that we need to fully utilize the market potential and in this growth phase,” states Aksulit’s CEO Joonas Puoliväli.
Investment Director Jarkko Kosonen from Midinvest also sees the huge growth potential of smart warehouse and smart cabinet solutions amidst the industry’s disruption: “Smart warehouses produce and utilize the extensive data streams of AI in a way that directly improves customers’ profitability and agility. Self-service concepts familiar from the consumer market are now rapidly shifting to industry and business-to-business trade. Aksulit has succeeded in packaging automation and AI in an innovative way. We are helping the company scale its business and are excited to accelerate Aksulit’s next growth phase.”
Minority investment and generational handover support the growth strategy
Through the arrangement, Aksulit gains more resources and expertise to develop its business as Midinvest makes a minority investment in the company. At the same time, the generational handover carried out over the past year is finalized. In the arrangement, the main ownership of Aksulit transfers from the company’s founder Asko Puoliväli to his sons Joonas and Juho.
For more information
Joonas Puoliväli, CEO, Aksulit Oy, +358 40 842 0380
Jarkko Kosonen, Investment Director, Midinvest Management Oy, +358 40 509 6560
Midinvest in brief: Midinvest Management Oy is a private equity fund management company owned by its partners, specializing in ownership arrangements and growth financing for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company acts as an active owner, working closely with its portfolio companies to develop them and support their growth. Throughout their history, Midinvest funds have invested a total of over 60 million euros in more than 100 companies. Currently, the funds have active investments in 15 portfolio companies. www.midinvest.fi
