Articles by Oscar Geen
Afinum and Invision team up for Ledlenser deal
Afinum is the lead investor, with Invision and the company's management team also participating
FSN buys Rameder from Findos
First deal FSN has completed in Germany since setting up a Munich office in March this year
Core-backed TEG buys GTA
First bolt-on the company has made since Core acquired the business in November 2016
AP1 leads SEK 300m round for Acast
AP1 is joined by Swedbank Robur funds Ny Teknik and Fokus Fund, which also invested in the series-B
Adelis buys DataCenter Finland
Fourth investment from Adelis's second fund, which held a final close on €600m in June 2017
Lakestar holds first closes totalling €375m
Lakestar III targets early-stage investments and Lakestar Growth I backs larger rounds
Quadriga backs merger of Vescon and Schiller
Combined group will employ 700 people and expects revenues in excess of €100m for 2018
EQT's von Koch steps down as CEO
From January, von Koch will become deputy managing partner and chairman of EQT Ventures
Premium sells ATBB to trade
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Premium, which acquired the business on deal-by-deal basis
Q&A: Hermes GPE's Elias Korosis
Unquote speaks to the LP's head of growth investing about gaining access to the best deals and being a good partner to GPs
Cross buys Boes Group
Cross is currently investing from its second buyout fund, which closed on CHF 100m in August 2017
Bayern Kapital backs €13m series-A for Fineway
VC firm also took part in the first tranche of the series-A, which closed on €7m in November 2017
Australia's Future Fund loses private equity team
Byrom, Simons and Osmanovic left the A$145.8bn ($107bn) sovereign wealth fund last week
Equistone's Group of Butchers buys Gmyrek
Acquisition follows the bolt-on of Hartmann in October, another German meat producer
Gilde buys Gundlach Automotive Corporation
Company's management team has invested alongside Gilde for a minority stake in the business
EQVenture backs $20m round for USound
Fresh capital will be used to support the global roll-out of USound's micro speakers
Idinvest backs €7m series-A for Teleclinic
Fresh capital will be used to scale up the business and enter new strategic partnerships
Vortex, ABN Amro sell CarsOnTheWeb to trade for up to €156m
Transaction is valued at €91m in cash with performance-related add-ons worth an additional €65m
Corsair buys Zedra Group
Corsair acquires a majority stake in the business from the Nielsen and Sarikhani families
Blackstone launches new alternatives structure
BTAS strategy seeks to provide diversified exposure across Blackstone's platforms
Accent sells Nordic Traction Group
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Accent, which acquired the firm via Accent Equity 2012
Triton to close fund V on €5bn hard-cap
Fund was registered in Luxembourg in March as The Triton Fund V with a target of €4bn
DPE buys Be-terna from BPE
Company's CEO stated that DPE would "use its buy-and-build experience" to support the firm
Finexx closes first fund on €35m
Finexx also makes its first majority-stake deal with the buyout of health supplement retailer GSE Vertrieb