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BaltCap sells Ecoservice to PE-backed Eco Baltia
BaltCap's exit comes seven years after the GP acquired a 75% stake in Ecoservice for €16.4m
Gro-backed Trifork to list in €400m IPO
Planned exit comes six years after software investor Gro Capital invested €6m in Trifork for a 20% stake
Summa Equity to sell HyTest in €545m trade deal
Company in 2019 recorded SEK 299m in revenues and an adjusted EBITDA of €15m
Screen Capital buys machine rental firm Tätab Hyrservice
Deal is in line with a generational change in ownership of Tätab, which was established in 1963
CVC sells AR Packaging to trade for $1.45bn
CVC Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell portfolio company AR Packaging Group to listed company Graphic Packaging Holding Company for $1.45bn.
Early-stage investor Antler closes Nordic fund on €29.6m
Fund was oversubscribed and includes Draper Esprit, Kistefos, Vækstfonden and Investinor as LPs
Sentica exits Finnish IT company Solteq
Exit comes 11 years after the GP, via Sentica Buyout III, invested in Descom, which was acquired by Solteq in 2015
Apposite Capital announces new appointments
Talent and human capital director and investment manager are among the new appointments at the UK-based GP
Bluefront Equity acquires Norwegian firm Redox
GP is acquiring a 51.8% stake in the company, alongside its management, according to Finansavisen
FSN acquires Omegapoint from Priveq
Priveq exits the company four years after acquiring a 40% stake
EQT Growth leads €250m series-F round for Vinted
Latest round brings the total amount Vinted has raised to nearly €500m
Altor acquires Swedish home appliance maker Aarke
Company has grown rapidly in the last few years, with sales exceeding SEK 200m in 2020, up from SEK 85m in 2019
Polaris backs sportswear retailer Stronger
GP is acquiring a 51% in the company, with the remainder retained by the founders and management
EQT sells StormGeo to Alfa Laval in €363m deal
Deal gives the company an enterprise value of NOK 3.6bn (€363m), which is 17.7x its 2020 EBITDA
Varenne sells Pema to VC-backed JobAndTalent
Trade sale comes a decade after the Swedish GP first invested in Pema in 2011
MessageBird raises $800m series-C extension
The $1bn funding is reportedly Europe's largest ever series-C round
Novo Seeds, Ysios Capital lead €51m round for Adcendo
RA Capital Management, HealthCap and Gilde Healthcare also take part in the round for the biotech startup
Lumos leads €70m series-C round for OpenClassrooms
Education technology company also attracts Salesforce Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and GSV Ventures
Softbank leads $225m series-D round for Exscientia
Japanese investor provided additional $300m equity commitment that can be drawn at the company's discretion
Dorilton launches venture strategy to target tech companies
Dorilton Ventures will lead significant minority investments in early- to mid-stage data-centric technology companies
CPPIB, Fidelity lead €262m series-D round for Kry
Company was founded six years ago and has so far raised nearly €500m over five rounds
PE-backed Hemnet lists in €1.15bn IPO
General Atlantic and Sprints Capital, which previously owned 60% and 17%, will remain as Hemnet's largest owners with around 41.1% and 11.8% shareholding, respectively
Triton acquires Geia Food from Credo Partners
Credo exits the company after acquiring a 55% stake in Geia in 2017
Number of UK club deals reaches three year high – Pinsent Masons
Club deals allow GPs to share risk, buy larger businesses, and reduce the need for high leverage, the law firm said