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Verdane invest €5m in web tools developer Vaadin
Nordic growth investor joins a group of three previous backers for the Finnish company
IK VIII hits €1.85bn hard-cap at final close
Fundraising closes within timeline revealed by unquote” ahead of second close
Abris to de-list Graal from Warsaw bourse
Following a bidding process begun in August, CEE-focused Abris will take the Polish fish processor private
Enterprise Investors makes 7x on €533m Profi exit to Mid Europa
CEE-focused private equity firm invested €76m over the course of its investment
Deal in Focus: Nordic Capital doubled Lindorff EV before merger
Managing partner Kristoffer Melinder speaks to unquote” about the company's merger with its listed competitor
Maj Invest sells KK Group to former Altor partners
Scandinavian investment firm Solix acquires the Danish wind turbine component maker
Ratos sets date and price range for Arcus IPO
Norwegian spirits group sets NOK 39-45 price range for shares ahead of 1 December listing
Intera in €35m carve-out of ISS security division
Buyout firm carves out Finnish security division from formerly PE-backed Danish services company
Flight of western capital forces Russian PE to rebalance
Formal and informal sanctions continue to stunt western private equity activity in Russia, with many funds struggling to raise commitments
SEB, Inventure lead SEK 44m series-A for Now Interact
Swedish government VC Industrifonden participated in the round as an existing investor
Buran VC in €6.9m round for Bonusway
CEE-focused VC Buran is joined by Finnish venture fund Visionplus in the funding round
Ratos loses second deputy CEO with Jungner departure
Bo Jungner will step down, following in the footsteps of fellow deputy CEO Henrik Blomé
Nordic Capital sells €74.7m stake in Tokmanni
Partial sale is first sell-down by the GP since listing the Finnish discount retailer in May 2016
Ratos makes 2.2x on SEK 1.8bn MCC exit
Mobile Climate Control sale nets the listed Swedish GP 10% IRR over 11-year hold
Norvestor makes Svozilik partner amid raft of appointments
Nordic GP promotes Svozilik as one of three promotions and hires a further three
Norvestor makes take-private bid for NCR
Nordic GP makes bid provisional on achieving a 90% shareholding in Sweden-listed business
Ventech, Inventure, Sunstone in €9.25m series-B for Freespee
Round also saw participation from Silicon Valley Bank, suggesting the funding also included debt
Norvestor acquires oil services firm Presserv
Deal marks the fourth acquisition by Norway-based GP’s seventh fund
Norvestor sells Phonero to Telia in NOK 2.3bn deal
Exit comes one year after the GP first invested in the Norwegian mobile virtual network operator
IK sells Axtone in trade sale
Rail buffer manufacturer is one of the last assets in the GP’s IK 2004 fund
KKR, Advent, Apollo et al. endorse ILPA’s reporting template
Insitutional Limited Partners Association receives support from major GPs for standardised reporting
Ratos to float Arcus in Oslo
Nordic wine and spirits business intends to list on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Palatine hires Electra’s Clements as partner
Palatine Private Equity hires Zoe Clements as a partner in its London office
CapMan to acquire Finnish investor Norvestia in €118m deal
Finnish GP lodges bid to acquire publicly listed investment company Norvestia for merger