Nextway Software turns 40 — from Danish IT provider to European software company
3/23/2026 Nextway Software marks its 40th anniversary this year. The Danish software company has grown into a European provider of solutions for the secure and compliant management of business-critical documents — serving more than 3,000 customers with billions of documents in active archives.
“Nextway has grown organically over many years with a clear focus on document management in complex and regulated environments. With Main Capital on board since 2024, we have access to a buy-and-build strategy that will accelerate our European growth through targeted acquisitions,” says Thomas Hougaard-Enevoldsen, CEO & SVP Partnerships at Nextway Software.
International expansion and growth
Nextway was founded in Denmark with a clear ambition: to make enterprise content management a stable and scalable discipline for organisations where documents are business-critical.
Since then, the company has grown into a European player with customers across finance, insurance and other sectors where document management is critical to operations.
Its customer base ranges from large Nordic insurance companies to asset managers in Liechtenstein and Switzerland, operating in some of the world’s most highly regulated financial environments.
A platform handling millions of documents per hour
Nextway’s product suite — brought together under the Next® brand — supports the entire document lifecycle, from capture and archiving through to distribution and compliance-driven deletion.
The platform can handle the ingestion of up to 4.6 million documents per hour and is used by companies collectively managing hundreds of billions in assets.
Solutions include automated handling of incoming mail and emails, invoice processing, contract management and the processing of bank statements from more than 900 banks worldwide.
New ownership — continued strategy
With Main Capital Partners’ investment in 2024, nearly four decades of founder ownership came to an end. The company was originally founded by Kim Hellum in 1986.
Day-to-day management remains unchanged, and the founder continues to be actively involved in the business. Most recently, Torben Riis joined as CTO.
For customers, the change of ownership means above all continuity — and a vendor with stronger financial backing for future development.
Four decades of technological change
Over 40 years, Nextway has navigated several major technological shifts: from paper archives to digital systems, from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud, and from manual processes to AI-assisted document handling.
The company’s core mission, however, has remained constant: ensuring that the right documents are available to the right people at the right time — securely, traceably and in full compliance with applicable regulation.
“Documents remain at the heart of operations in many organisations. Our role is to ensure they are handled securely, efficiently and in full compliance with the rules and regulations our customers face every day — regardless of how large the data volumes become,” says Thomas Hougaard-Enevoldsen, CEO & SVP Partnerships.
With more than 3,000 customers and billions of documents in active archives, the anniversary marks not only a milestone but also the beginning of the next phase of growth.
About Nextway Software
Nextway Software is a European provider of enterprise content management solutions, headquartered in Denmark with a local presence across Europe. The company serves more than 3,000 organisations in finance, insurance and other sectors where document management is business-critical. Nextway’s Next® product suite supports the entire document lifecycle — from capture and archiving to automated processing and compliance-driven deletion. Nextway is SOC 2 certified.
Press contact
Thomas Hougaard-Enevoldsen, CEO, SVP Partnerships
+45 61 63 96 71 · the@nextway.software
Jesper Møller Sibbern, Performance Lead
+45 60 40 92 96 · jms@nextway.software
