Articles by Mikkel Stern-Peltz
Creandum leads $1m round for Instabridge
Stockholm start-up yet to generate revenue
Swedish GPs and the onshore leap of faith
The debate over Swedish onshore funds has been reignited
First close for Bridgepoint’s €3.5bn fifth fund
Vehicle expects to reach €4bn hard-cap by end of 2014
Isis Equity Partners hires four
New recruits include three investment managers and an associate
Fried Frank hires White from Kirkland & Ellis
Appointment continues trend of US firms expanding UK operations
Primary Capital mulls Paperchase sale
Reported £150m offer made for UK stationery chain
Lyceum Capital adds Bourn as partner
Bourn is third new face brought in to manage new fund
Almi and Optimizer back Rêve
App-developer investment is Optimizer's 15th since 2012
Silverfleet Capital appoints three
New appointments to bolster Paris and Munich offices
Bitcoin businesses attract Scandinavian investors
Two bitcoin deals in September highlight growing interest from Nordic investors
Stable first week after EQT’s XXL floats
Sporting goods retailer valued at NOK 8bn at listing
Truecaller raises $60m series-C from Sequoia et al.
Investors include KPCB, Atomico and Insight Venture Partners
TagCommander raises €6.5m Series B
Most recent funding round adds to €1.5m series-A in 2012.
Lightspeed and Branson in $30m series-A for Blockchain
Lightspeed's Jeremey Liew will take a place on Blockchain's board
Inventure leads €500,000 seed round in Yoogaia
Finnish start-up previously raised €90,000 through crowdfunding
HgCapital’s e-conomic acquires SpeedLedger
Acquisition follows Spanish joint-venture agreement for e-conomic
Nord Kapitalforvaltning acquires Hepro
Investment was made through the GP's Nord II fund
Inlandsinnovation invests SEK 20m in Umlax
Inlandsinnovation completes fifth deal in less than a month
Deal in focus: Verdane and Via sell Dolphin to Loxysoft
Verdane and Via's sale of Dolphin Software to Swedish state backed-Loxysoft
Mobeus makes 3.7x money on Focus exit
Deal includes potential £2.6m earn-out
Inlandsinnovation invests SEK 4m in Kittelfjäll Utveckling
Deal is part of a SEK 25m investment spanning next three years
VersoVentures holds €50m close for second spin-off fund
GP expects to hit €75m target by middle of next year
CapMan sells Profit Software to Via and Finnish Industry
Trade sale is CapMan's fifth exit this year
Verdane invests in MM Sports
GP aims to grow nutrition supplement business outside of Sweden