Mikkel Stern-Peltz
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Apposite acquires Mitie's social care arms in £2 hand-over
UK-listed service provider disposes of the loss-making divisions and will make payments to fund their trading losses
How many more generalists can the Nordic PE market bear?
Competition for capital and assets in the Nordic region has skyrocketed to the point of possible oversaturation
Maven backs £6.5m buyout of Healthpoint
Deal was funded through Maven's co-investment network and will support the company's product development efforts
Catalyst hires Silk and Cox
London-based corporate finance outfit adds Alex Silk and Shannon Cox to its team as principals
Accent Equity sells Textilia to Danish trade buyer
Acquisition by De Forenede Dampvaskerier brings Textilia's private equity ownership to an end after 20 years
Nord Kapital makes first exit from Nord II with Hepro sale
Swedish trade buyer AddLife acquires the Norwegian GP's portfolio company around two years after Nord's buyout
EQT merges vetcare assets IVC and Evidensia
Combined Swedish and UK-based veterinary group will be jointly owned by the GP’s EQT VI and EQT VII funds
Mosaic and Ribbit lead €5.5m series-A for Bonify
Two VCs join existing backers Index Ventures, DN Capital and HW Capital
UK LPs expect distributions to drop in 2017 – Rede survey
Investors remain hungry for PE exposure as placement agent Rede Partners launches biannual report on LP sentiment towards PE
Mid Europa sells Zabka to CVC in largest ever Polish PE exit
Sale of Polish supermarket chain follows in the wake of the GP’s acquisition of Romanian supermarket business Profi
Nordic onshoring remains elusive without political assurances
Tax transparency in the Nordic region will only improve slowly without political assurances
Summa taps SEK 4.5bn maiden fund to acquire Lin Education
Founder and CEO Josef Lind will reinvest alongside Lin's management team and the new equity backers
New government may jeopardise Romanian progress
Results of December election follows year of record Romanian M&A activity and strong PE performance
Atomico closes $765m fourth fund
Skype-founder Niklas Zennström's venture firm will invest in European tech firms from series-A rounds and onwards
Summa Equity raises SEK 4.5bn debut fund
Nordic newcomer completed two buyouts in April 2016, which will be assumed into the new fund
Creandum leads €5.5m round for Pleo
Round adds to DKK 20m raised in September 2016 from early-stage investors, Danish family offices and a foundation
EQT sells SEK 696m AcadeMedia share block
GP retains a 41.6% stake in the Swedish private education company, which it listed in June 2016
Vision Capital makes 5.2x on Nordax exit
Final sale of Stockholm-listed shares in the consumer finance business comes a-year-and-a-half after Nordax's IPO
Cubera holds €405m final close on eighth secondary fund
Vehicle will invest in the Nordic secondary market and has a total investment capability of more than €500m
Nordic Capital completes take-private bid for Nordnet
Joint holding with investment company Öhman Group holds 98.65% of the company's shares and will delist the company
FSN's Instalco bolts on Andersen og Aksnes Rørleggerbedrift
Add-on acquisition comes three years after the Nordic GP first acquired the Swedish plumbing and electrical installation group
Nordic Capital sells €81m Tokmanni share block
GP's seventh vehicle entered a lock-up period ending April 26 after the partial sale
Sentica sells final shareholding in Kotipizza
Accelerated bookbuilding process run by Carnegie and Pareto Securities sees the Finnish GP exits its shareholding in the pizzeria chain
Chinese GP leads €214m round for Meridian-backed Food Union
Latvian dairy will deploy the freshly raised capital in support of expansion across the Chinese market