The Norwegian IT company Visma AS has attracted an additional 11 banks for the IPO. This is reported by foreign media.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and UBS Group AG were initially included in the list of organizers of the placement of Visma shares worth billions of euros in the first half of 2026.
Visma additionally attracted American banks Bank of America Corp., Jefferies Financial Group Inc., European Banco Santander SA, Barclays Plc, BNP Paribas, Scandinavian DNB Carnegie Holding AB, Nordea Bank AB, Danske Bank AS and SEB AB and Dutch ABN Amro Bank NV and Rabobank.
In 2023, Visma's value in a private deal was estimated at 19 billion euros ($22 billion). In April 2025, Visma acquired a minority stake in the German-Belgian fintech company Acountable, which developed the first AI-based tax assistant.
Visma had previously considered holding an IPO in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), but chose London based on the listing reforms implemented by the British financial regulator in 2024 to help capital markets recover after the exodus of local companies to the New York Stock Exchange.
In 2025, the volume of IPOs on the British stock exchange amounted to less than 200 million pounds ($274 million), which is significantly less than on other European platforms in Sweden, Germany and Spain.
Visma AS is a multinational technology company developing software and IT solutions for optimizing business processes of enterprises, small and medium—sized companies, as well as public sector organizations. The company also offers consulting services for the implementation of software solutions. The headquarters is located in Oslo (Norway). Visma is a subsidiary of the American Hg Capital, which owns 70% of Visma shares.
Hg Capital is a British investment company in the technology and financial sector. Hg Capital sells assets to institutional investors and individuals. The headquarters is located in London (UK).
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