AMAVI Launches Fantasi Marinas to Build a Leading Marina Platform in the Nordics

Fantasi Marinas is founded through the acquisitions of Fantasi Marina and Västkustvarven, bringing together three complementary marinas along Sweden's West Coast archipelago. By combining operational marina businesses with strategically located waterfront real estate, the platform creates a strong foundation for long-term value creation through both operational excellence and disciplined capital investment.

The launch marks the beginning of AMAVI's ambition to create the leading marina platform in the Nordics through a combination of organic growth and carefully selected acquisitions. Fantasi Marinas will build a seamless customer experience while improving utilization and operational efficiency across the platform.

Investing in a fragmented market with strong long-term fundamentals
 

The Nordic marina market remains fragmented, with many marinas being owned and operated by local entrepreneurs and families. While these businesses often benefit from loyal customer relationships, attractive locations and stable recurring revenues, many owners are approaching retirement, creating a growing need for succession solutions and long-term capital.

The market benefits from favourable structural characteristics. The supply of waterfront property is inherently limited, permitting new marina developments is increasingly challenging, and demand for high-quality marina services continues to grow as boat owners place greater emphasis on convenience, service and year-round offerings. In contrast to many other European markets, where marinas are predominantly focused on berth rentals, Nordic marinas derive a meaningful share of their revenues from maintenance, repairs, winter storage and other aftermarket services. The broader service offering provides attractive opportunities to increase customer stickiness and margins through value-added services.

These dynamics create an attractive environment for consolidation by an owner capable of investing in both operations and expansion of the underlying assets.

Building on strong local businesses
 

Fantasi Marina and Västkustvarven have built strong reputations through local entrepreneurship, customer focus, operational expertise and flexibility. Rather than changing what has made these businesses successful, Fantasi Marinas will build upon their existing strengths while providing the resources, investment capacity and strategic support needed to accelerate future growth.

The local management teams will continue to play a central role in developing the platform, ensuring that each marina retains its identity, customer relationships and entrepreneurial culture.

The initial platform already offers significant opportunities for commercial development.
Key initiatives include:

• Expansion of berth capacity,
• Further increased utilization of existing infrastructure, and
• Digital solutions that improve both customer experience and operational efficiency.

Together, these initiatives are expected to strengthen both customer value and the long-term competitiveness of the platform.
 

Built for long-term expansion
 

Fantasi Marinas has ambitious growth plans as a platform. Alongside the founding acquisitions, the company has already established an active pipeline of further opportunities across Sweden and the broader Nordic region.

AMAVI's ambition is to build the leading long-term home for independent marina owners—one that respects the heritage of each business while providing the capital, expertise and operational capabilities required to realize its full potential.

Fantasi Marinas reflects AMAVI's broader investment philosophy of partnering with exceptional operators in fragmented industries where operational improvements have a meaningful impact on the underlying value of the real asset.