Articles by Mikkel Stern-Peltz
Debt fund allocations to increase – Elian survey
Online survey shows the industry expects to see increased allocation to private debt
Proskauer Rose hires Ben Davis in London office
Debt provider hires Ben Davis as partner in London office
China Everbright holds $264m first close for maiden overseas fund
China-headquartered GP launches first fund to invest in Europe and the US
Post-communist succession driving Czech dealflow
First generation of entrepreneurs that followed the fall of the Soviet Union look for new owners
HQ Equita exits Windstar Medical in trade sale
German GP exits over-the-counter drugs maker less than two years after acquisition
Index Ventures and Creandum lead €6.1m round for Kry
Swedish digital health startup also raised funding from Berlin-based VC Project A Ventures
Northzone leads €4m series-A for Zervant
Finnish e-invoicing startup raises institutional funding from Nordic VCs Northzone and Conor
EQT sells TitanX to Tata
Exit is the second sale from the 2005-vintage EQT Opportunity fund to happen in 2016
Octopus Ventures leads $22m round for Outfittery
Existing backers including Northzone, Highland and Holtzbrinck also take part in the round
Octopus Investments’ Paul Stevens joins BGF
Former Octopus team member joins BGF’s Quoted product, which targets AIM-listed companies
HgCapital launches advisory group with Blick Rothenberg acquisition
GP launches a buy-and-build platform with the former global chair and CEO of Deloitte
EQT Equity completes first US investment with Press Ganey takeover
Nordic PE firm taps its EQT VII vehicle despite having a dedicated US fund
Deal in Focus: Polaris’s exit of CWS fails to meet par for GP
The Danish wind turbine services business was always destined for a strategic buyer, but failed to prove a hit for Polaris
EBRD, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse invest $150m in TFI
Consortium will acquire a stake through a $150m bond issue by the Turkish fast food franchise operator
Bridgepoint leads $275m series-E for Deliveroo
London-based food delivery startup jumps closer to Eunicorn status with its latest funding round
3i makes £73m from sale of US-based Quintiles Transnational
Total return on investment reaches 3.3x with the GP’s full exit from the biopharma services business
Seed Capital and SEB lead $4m series-A for Coinify
Funding round follows two years after the Danish bitcoin startup first raised VC capital
IK acquires Ellab in first IK VIII Fund buyout
Nordic GP’s eighth mid-market vehicle has not yet been officially announced
Polaris exits Connected Wind Services
Copenhagen-based GP sells the Danish wind turbine services business to German energy group EnBW
NVM makes 4x money on Arleigh exit
UK mid-market private equity firm’s exit is the fourth in six months
Genesis Capital completes Roltechnik trade sale
Exit to German trade buyer Roth Industries brings to an end eight years of Genesis ownership
Technology Crossover Ventures holds $2.5bn close for ninth fund
Venture firm’s TCV IX hits its hard-cap, having held a first close in Q1 2016
The call of Africa: Exit focus
Comparatively longer holding periods and sales to PE buyers or strategic investors characterise the continent's current exit market
Denmark increases share of Nordic PE deals
Southernmost Scandinavian country was the busiest country by deal volume in 2015