Severgroup

CJSC Severgroup is a private group of investment companies founded in 1993, including CJSC Severgroup and LLC Capital. The Group's activities are related to long-term investments and management of stakes in the interests of Alexey Mordashov.

History

2024

Purchase of tire manufacturer "Cordiant"

Severgroup, the investment manager of Alexei Mordashov, acquired the Cordiant group of companies, one of the leading Russian manufacturers of tires and auto components. The deal, which became known on October 2, 2024, allowed Severgroup to become the owner of the third largest tire manufacturer in Russia. Read more here

Purchase of 19.91% of Avtostals auto parts trading platform

The investment division of Severgroup Alexei Mordashov acquired a 19.91% stake in Avtostels, which manages the platform for buying spare parts for foreign cars. The transaction, registered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Unified State Register of Legal Entities), was carried out in September 2024 and reflects the growing interest of large investors in the auto goods market in Russia. Read more here

2019: Severgroup brought its stake in Lenta to 78.73%

On June 4, 2019, it became known that Severgroup LLC Alexei Mordashov received 78.73% in the retailer following an offer for the purchase of minority shareholders of the Lenta retail chain. Read more here.

2017

Since 2017, Severgroup has been the owner of the Top 5 network of private honey centers in Russia. Clinic Ava-Peter (Scandinavia). It includes 18 clinics in St. Petersburg, Kazan and Vologda, and also has its own pharmacy network and network of district polyclinic departments.

Investment in Netology-Group

On August 15, 2017, Severgroup announced the acquisition of more than 40% of shares in Netologiya Group.

The shares were acquired by Severgroup through the redemption of packages owned by venture capital funds Buran Venture Capital and InVenture Partners, and investment in the company's capital.

The company's projects are presented in three educational modules: general secondary education, additional secondary education, advanced training and professional retraining. The main areas of activity: online courses and online tutors for schoolchildren, professional courses for school teachers, online courses in the development of Internet specialties (marketing, design, project management, programming), advanced training programs and professional retraining in IT specialties and corporate training.

The digital educational revolution taking place in the world equalizes the rights of access to the best knowledge and expertise of everyone seeking to grow and develop, from any cities and settlements. We, in Netology Group, see our mission as the fight against profanation in education and the active development of online learning tools in Russia. We teach children, adults, schoolchildren, and school teachers. Big plans to build a kind of "parallel educational reality" require significant investment. We are pleased that now, in addition to what the company earns itself, we have received financial and expert support from such a strong strategic investor as Severgroup. Maxim Spiridonov, General Director of Netology Group

The global education market is valued at trillions of dollars, and we understand that within this segment, e-learning has the highest growth potential in the next few years. Online education is becoming more and more in demand both abroad and in Russia. That is why we decided to invest in Netology Group. Artem Kumpel, Director of HR Business at Severgroup

Severgroup enters the HR-tech market

In February, Severgroup CJSC announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Ремонтник.ру freelance platform from the founders of the project, Dmitry Balakirev and Alexei Sapkin, and from the financial investor of the project, Andrei Mladentsev. This is the Group's first investment in HR-tech.

"We believe that the development of human capital using modern technology is one of the most promising areas for investment today. First of all, because it carries great potential for improving the quality of life of people, and also contributes to the more effective realization of their abilities in conditions of high competition. We are confident that the experience gained within Severgroup in working with people, as well as expertise in the use of the best HR practices, the effectiveness of which has been proven by many years of experience in managing enterprises that are recognized leaders in their industries, will allow us to make our own contribution to the development of such projects. The acquisition of a stake in the Ремонтник.ру freelance platform opens up a new dynamically developing HR-tech segment for us, and we intend to actively increase our presence in it in the future. At the same time, Severgroup's interest in the HR-tech segment is not limited to freelance platforms. We are also interested in projects in the field of education, personnel management, automation of various HR processes, "commented Andrey Mityukov, Deputy General Director of Severgroup CJSC.

Severgroup created a separate area responsible for building and developing the Group's HR-tech business. The direction is headed by Kumpel Artem, who until December 2016 served as vice president, director of the Lingvo department and mobile products of ABBYY.