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ByFounders leads $4.6m seed round for Proper
Other investors include PreSeed Ventures, Prehype, Vaekstfonden and Bjarke Ingels
Epidemic Sound raises $450m from EQT, Blackstone
Deal values the Swedish royalty-free music platform at $1.4bn
CVC eyeing AR Packaging sale - report
GP has reportedly engaged an adviser to solicit interest and has collected non-binding bids
Procuritas buys Polarn O Pyret
Investment company Jotunfjell Partners and the management team will own a minority stake in Polarn O. Pyret.
NVM in £10m MBO for Trust Systems
Company founders Tom Stone and Mike Dowson will remain significant shareholders in the business
Ratos buys majority stake in Vestia Construction Group
GP will own 63% of the company, alongside the management and other key individuals who own the remainder
NVM in £18m MBO for Pareto
Deal is the seventh from NVM's Private Equity Vintage III Fund, which was raised in 2018
CapMan to acquire Pharmia
Deal is the second investment from CapMan Buyout XI fund, which held a first close in June 2019 on €160m and has a target of €250m
Nordic Capital partly acquires Boost.ai
Shareholders Finstart Nordic and Alliance Venture will continue as investors alongside Nordic Capital
DCVC Bio leads $17m series-A round for BioPhero
Startup will use the funding to start production of its first product and make it available worldwide
CapMan Special Situations acquires HopLop
HopLop is the first investment from the GP's newly launched special situations strategy
Summa Equity sells Sortera to Nordic Capital
Summa was reportedly eyeing an exit multiple of 15x EBITDA, based on a 2019 figure of €19.6m
BGF invests in Leeds company Northern Building Plastics
GP's backing will help the company expand its service, delivery capability, and product range
BlackFin acquires Fokus Asset Management
Acquisition will enable Fokus to strengthen its service globally and become the main point-of-contact for foreign investors wanting to access the Nordic real estate market
KKR invests $100m in Nordic Bioscience
GP is investing from Health Care Strategic Growth Fund, which held a final close in November 2017 on $1.2bn
Summa-backed Olink files for US IPO
Olink has been backed by Summa Equity since March 2019 and increased its revenues by 16.7% in 2020
Nordic players await distressed carve-out uptick
Carve-out activity in the Nordic region hit a three-year low last year, but was still propped up mainly by corporates divesting healthy assets
Saga holds first close on €600m for eighth fund
GP started raising its latest fund in late September 2020 and plans to continue fundraising into Q2 of 2021
OTPP, KKR to buy Caruna from First Sentier Investors, Omers
Following deal completion, KKR and Ontario Teachers' will each own 40% in the company, followed by AMF Pension with 12.5%, and Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company with 7.5%.
NorthEdge invests in Distology
GP is investing from its £120m SME Fund, which held a final close in July 2018
Monterro buys e-health software provider Bliksund
Company is looking to expand in Sweden, Denmark and the UK first, but also further abroad
Global PayTech Ventures invests €4m in Subaio
Deal is Global PayTech’s first investment and will help Subaio expand into new European markets
Norvestor acquires Finnish water management firm Envera
Norvestor partner Per-Ola Baalerud said in the press report that the GP aims to increase Envera’s turnover five-fold within four to five years
Platinum-backed Cision buys Brandwatch for $450m
Brandwatch raised around $65m over three funding rounds from VCs including Partech and Nauta