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Industrifonden leads $6m round for Soundtrap
Stockholm and Silicon Valley-based app will use funding to accelerate product development
Livonia Partners buys garden centre Hortes
GP completes second buyout from maiden vehicle with Estonian retail business
EQT closes first US fund short of $1bn target
Nordic-based GP holds final close on $726m for mid-market buyouts in US
CVC to list Ahlsell in Stockholm
GP reveals public market exit process for Swedish industrial company
L Catterton hires Mariager as operating partner in Paris
Dane Christian Mariager joins consumer-focused private equity firm’s Paris office effective immediately
Goldman and CPPIB field £748m bid for 100% of SVG
SVG board deems Goldman/CPPIB bid preferred option, ahead of HarbourVest and Pantheon/Pomona
SVG recommends liquidation, £379m sale to Pantheon, Pomona
Board of directors proposes to wind down SVG to maximise cash returns to its shareholders
CVC and Summit’s Avast in $1.3bn deal for TA’s AVG
Bolt-on is first major acquisition for Avast since being bought by CVC in 2014
FSN pens first 2016 deal with Bygghemma MBO
Norway-based buyout firm sustains Nordic PE’s affinity for DIY assets
Rede Partners hires Sivanithy for new role
Dushy Sivanithy will become head of origination and due diligence for the placement agent
SVG confirms talks with Goldman Sachs and CPPIB
Fund-of-funds in talks with Goldman Sachs and Canadian pension fund for alternative bid
SVG in talks with other bidders, says board
SVG board holds position over HarbourVest bid in a public back-and-forth between the two firms
Axcel, PFA, PKA in DKK 4.7bn deal for Danmarks Skibskredit
Transaction follows lengthy process with reported interest from Nordic Capital and Goldman Sachs
Nordic GPs look to new verticals in private healthcare
GPs in the region are increasingly turning to new healthcare subsectors as the private care segment evolves into a large-cap game
Nets IPO is largest Nordic PE-backed listing for six years
Advent and Bain's company is largest Nordic PE-backed IPO since DKK 41.5bn TDC flotation in 2010
Romanian buyout activity shows no signs of picking up
Macroeconomic factors, combined with a dearth of dealmakers, are limiting the growth potential of Romanian private equity
Calculus nets 1.8x on Metropolitan Safe Deposits exit
GP exits London-based business four years after investing at 6.32 pence per share
Herkules-backed Linas Matkasse bolts on RetNemt.dk
Acquisition is first add-on by Swedish pre-packaged dinner kit company since Herkules buyout
Record turnout for Impetus-PEF Private Equity Triathlon
Charitable foundation is more than halfway to surpassing 2015’s total fundraising
21 Centrale promotes Voituron and Vigneron to partners
Paris-based 21 Centrale has promoted Fabrice Voituron and Antoine Vigneron to partner
Healthcare: A case study in reputational risk
PE investments in Nordic healthcare have become a controversial topic following the 'Carema scandal', which sparked ESG and transparency reforms
HgCapital-backed Visma sells BPO unit to HgCapital
HgCapital carves out business process outsourcing division from KKR-, HgCapital- and Cinven-owned parent
Vaaka Partners exits Renewa
Trade sale comes eight years after Vaaka acquired the company formerly known as Termopoint
Ratos-backed Airteam acquires Ventek Ventilation
Bolt-on acquisition comes eight months after the Swedish GP bought Airteam in a DKK 575m MBO