Articles by Nicole Tovstiga
Insight acquires Episerver from Accel-KKR
Deal is valued at $1.16bn and marks an exit for Accel-KKR after a four-year holding period
Apax France appoints mid-market partner
Having joined Apax in 2008, Simon was involved in a number of deals in the services sector
FSN-backed Bygghemma buys stake in Furniture1
With the fresh funding, Furniture1 intends to develop its sales model in the furniture market
Summa Equity acquires HyTest
Investment marks the Nordic private equity firm's first deal in the Finnish market
Via Equity invests in C&B Systemer
Current management team retains a stake alongside Via Equity and Jan Gaardboe Jensen
Antin picks up Sølvtrans from Oaktree
With the new funding, Sølvtrans plans on growing its role as live fish operator in the market
Verdane invests $5m in Hem
New funding from the Nordic GP will be used for building Hem's inventory and expanding teams
Via Equity, PFA acquire 30% stake in Advania
Deal marks the first time Advania has partnered with PFA, an LP in its current fund
Vesalius backs Forendo Pharma in €4m round
Additional funding comes after a €12m series-A financing in 2014 and €5.7m of R&D loans
Arma appoints new partner, and managing director
Both new appointments will be based in Arma's London office to enhance the firm's deal capabilities
Foresight invests £2.5m in ABL
Foresight Group's equity investment is supported by a debt package from Barclays
Norvestor wholly exits Crayon
GP sells its remaining shares in Crayon Group at NOK 19 apiece, fully exiting the company
Viking Venture takes minority stake in Mercell
According to Norwegian daily Finansavisen, Viking invests between NOK 50-100m
Verdane acquires Zisson and Penetrace
GP acquires shares resulting in around 70% ownership in both Zisson and Penetrace
Investcorp acquires Softgarden from Cipio et al.
GP will invest further capital into the business to enable expansion in the DACH market
Juuri Partners acquires minority stake in Flowplus
Deal is a growth equity transaction for Juuri with plans to acquire players across Finland
Lansdowne et al. in £25m series-B for Genomics
US-based drug developer Vertex Pharmaceuticals led the funding round for the genetic data researcher
BWK backs Just Spices
Just Spices plans to continue the course of growth that it embarked on in the food retail sector
Swedbank, Zouk in €10m funding round for Readly
Funding will drive the next stage of growth for Readly, with new investor Swedbank Robur on board
Verdane backs The Humble Co
With Verdane on board, the company plans to accelerate its expansion in the global market
Resource Partners increases stake in Golpasz
Polish PE firm has been an investor since December 2015, when it acquired a majority stake
Abris appoints Stanculescu as head of Romania office
Stanculescu will assume responsibility for the supervision and operation of the Bucharest office
Polaris acquires Falck Safety Services
Denmark-based GP intends to develop Falck Safety Services along a buy-and-build strategy
Quadriga's Ipsen in dividend recap
In total, 20 banks and 12 debt funds were involved in the auction process for the recap