Articles by Mikkel Stern-Peltz
AnaCap acquires €2bn Italian NPL portfolio
Financial services specialist taps its AnaCap Credit Opportunities III fund to acquire the SPVs
Growth Capital Partners hires Sellars as investment manager
Sellars joins GCP following an eight-week stint as an MBA intern at the firm
Nordic Capital sells NOK 780m stake in Europris
The GP will retain a 32.7% shareholding in Norwegian discount retailer following the partial exit
The perfect LP base: All new flavours
Part two of our LP selection series reveals new investors keen to invest in PE funds
NVM makes 3x money on Kitwave exit
Sale provides a full exit for the GP’s Northern 3 VCT fund, which first invested in 2011
Encore leads £2m investment in The Detox Kitchen
Encore's investment will support the company's expansion within London and in the UK
Mobeus invests £3.7m in security training firm Redline
The capital injection will fuel international expansion of the Doncaster-based training company’s services
Segulah acquires Stockholm-focused builder Zengun
Deal marks the third acquisition made through the SEK 5.6bn Segulah V vehicle
Ardian completes tertiary buyout of d&b Audiotechnik
German audio equipment company finds a fourth private equity owner in Ardian
Adelis acquires energy efficiency business Nordomatic
The buyout from existing owner Sobro was made through the GP’s Adelis Equity Partners Fund I
Value4Capital to launch €150m fund
Latest fund would build on its predecessor’s strategy and target buyouts in Poland and CEE
PAI’s ADB acquires airfield services provider Safegate
Sale ends 25-year ownership of Safegate by Osseiran Family Trust's investment vehicle, Fairford Group
SE Blue Equity launches DKK 600m second fund, rebrands
GP rebrands to Blue Equity with the launch of a successor to its fully invested, 2013-vintage maiden fund
Western Balkans buyout activity likely to remain sporadic
Stronger links between the Balkan countries will help investment, but PE dealflow will likely remain patchy
3TS in $6m round for Polish marketing startup SalesManago
Fresh venture funding will support the company’s continued European expansion
Latvian VC Skillion Ventures leads €2m round for Mintos
Peer-to-peer lender claims to have lent in excess of €15m through its platform in the last 12 months
Stirling Square in SBO of Mettis from Saints Chamonix
Stirling's acquisition comes a decade after Chamonix carved out Mettis from its 3i-owned parent
Nordic Capital sells SEK 2bn stake in Thule Group
GP retains 10.5% holding after third sell-down of shares since floating Thule in November 2014
Notion Capital leads $7m series-A for Triptease
Both investors in the series-A had participated in a seed round for London-based startup
Notion and Octopus re-up in $7.5m round for Adbrain
Latest investment brings total raised by the UK advertising startup to $16.5m over three rounds
Nordian Capital takes majority stake in BouWatch
Dutch private equity firm splits off security equipment provider from local parent
Flight to quality could be driver for Nordic price hike
Nordic GPs are paying higher prices for assets, but could this development result in higher-quality returns?
Intera Partners buys scaffolding business Telinekymppi
Finnish firm drew capital from its 2010-vintage buyout vehicle Intera Fund II
Accent acquires Brand Factory for Ineko merger
Both companies’ management will retain minority shareholdings in the company post-merger