Articles by Mikkel Stern-Peltz
Czech GP Genesis hits €80m hard-cap for third fund
Prague-based private equity fund held a first close on €44.7m in August 2015
Nordic take-privates: Why speed is of the essence
Two out of four private-equity-led Nordic de-listings since 2015 have been targeted by third parties aiming to cash in
Enterprise buys Intersport from Mercator for €34.5m
GP acquires the Balkan operations of the sporting goods retailer in a corporate carve-out
Inventure, ETF, Vito in €4.5m round for Wirepas
Latest round brings the total amount raised by the Finnish startup to €10m in 2016
Almi Invest et al. in SEK 23.8m round for Promimic
Chalmers Ventures and Karolinska Development also participated in the biotech investment
TowerBrook backs Gravity Media Group
London-based GP will take a minority stake in the British broadcast services group
Valedo takes majority stake in CMA, Markör merger
Swedish business research companies merge their operations, with Valedo as backer
McDonald joins Taylor Wessing from Olswang
Duncan McDonald joins the law firm’s private equity practice in London as a partner
Genesis Capital sells AZ Klima in trade sale
Exit to trade buyer ČEZ Esco sees the second Genesis fund sell its entire shareholding in AZ
Gro Capital takes minority stake in Boyum IT Solutions
Equity investment comes as part of Boyum’s acquisition of Swiss software company Beas Group
Global Finance exits TotalSoft in €30m deal
Transaction had an enterprise value of €30.25m and trade buyer paid an entry multiple of 8.6x
Calculus makes 34.3% IRR on Horizon Discovery exit
Final exit of shareholding in British biotechnology company nets 1.82x money
Segulah co-managing partner Henrik Lif departs
Lif leaves the Swedish GP just two years after joining and months after the firm raised its fifth fund
Altor’s Realia bolts on Valedo-backed Corbel
First add-on for the Nordic property management services group since the Altor buyout
Erhvervsinvest acquires Agrometer
Danish media suggests exiting owners received a combined DKK 100m windfall from the sale
Advent, Bain and ATP to float Nets
IPO aims to raise around DKK 5.5bn for the company and investors
EQT and Accent in SEK 1bn Scandic share sale
GPs’ joint holding vehicle sells 15.6 million shares in accelerated bookbuilding worth SEK 1.08bn
IK VIII to hit €1.6bn target in coming weeks
unquote” can reveal the GP is likely to surpass the €1.6bn target for its eighth mid-cap fund
17Capital fully realises first fund
Mezzanine financing vehicle for the secondary market reaches full realisation in six years
Priveq acquires Mediaplanet
Swedish GP in buyout of Stockholm-headquartered digital media agency
ATP CEO Carsten Stendevad quits
Chief executive of Europe’s largest pension fund, Denmark’s ATP, will leave LP by the end of 2016
Europe’s top five summer buyouts
unquote" lists the five largest buyouts to have taken place so far this summer across Europe
Baltic VCAs band together to form regional association
The three Baltic countries’ lobbying organisations have joined forces to promote the industry
Nordic buyout values soar amid high-liquidity environment
Average Nordic buyout values are growing, with the market expecting higher entry multiples and more leverage