#36 Buying 40 companies in 3 years with Lyvia Group CEO Sebastian Karlsson

In just 3 years Lyvia went from an idea to a group of 40 companies with 2+ billion SEK in total revenue. We talked with CEO and co-founder Sebastian Karlsson about the insights, strategies, and decisions behind their rapid growth. https://generogrowth.com/ https://lyviagroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-karlsson-8629193b (0:00) Introduction (0:47) 500 million SEK in 5 years and how it all started (6:22) Lyvia’s business model (9:09) How to learn both capital allocation and operations as a CEO (12:00) Organic growth vs acquisitions (14:28) How Lyvia helps companies with growth and profitability. (20:54) What successful IT firms have in common (23:13) Why do companies sell to Lyvia? (25:22) Going international as a Swedish company (28:10) Why most acquisitions fail and why Lyvia has succeeded (34:05) Securing 1.6bn SEK in funding in this economic climate (38:47) Lessons learned from sales, biggest challenges, decision making, and outcomes