Nordics
EQT Ventures hires Persson as design partner
Ted Persson joins EQT's new venture capital arm to help with design and product development
Herkules Capital names Gillebo as new partner
Gaute Gillebo promoted from director at the Norwegian GP, which he joined in 2009
Norvestia leads €3.3m round for Fluido
Funding round will support international growth for the Finnish company
Sentica builds infrastructure group with triple buyout
Sentica inks the MBOs of Kanta-Kaivu, Cendigo and Kallionporaus Arto Soininen
Ratos's Euromaint takes hit after German divestment
Partial exit and performance to negatively impact company's value
EQT Ventures hires Andreas Thorstensson
Thorstensson joins EQT Ventures as partner from startup he co-founded
Industrifonden et al. lead €4m round for Barnebys
Fourth institutional round seen by business since inception, according to unquoteт data
Summit injects $55m into Siteimprove
Firm to back companyтs international expansion as a minority owner
HgCapital backs Zitcom and ScanNet merger
HgCapital Trust injects ТЃ3.2m into the hosting and cloud businesses
Litorina acquires KungSängen
GP takes majority stake with founding family retaining minority
FSN Capital buys Netcompany
IT consultancy comes under PE ownership for the second time, reportedly valued at DKK 1.1bn
Ratos makes NOK 265m on Hent refinancing
Refinancing will cover most of the GP's initial investment in the Norwegian construction company
Northzone and GP Bullhound invest SEK 30m in Matsmart
Capital will support national and international growth for the Swedish e-commerce company
CapMan-backed Walki's factory sale falls through
Deal to sell two factories falls through on competition grounds
Blackstone raises $18bn for latest flagship fund
GP and its employees contribute $500m to the vehicle, pushing it beyond its hard-cap
IK acquires TCM Group from Axcel
Exit comes nine years after Axcel's acquisition of TCM
Swedish stronghold secures Nordic IPO market for PE
While Nordic GPs have been making the most of the IPO window, Stockholm has seen the bulk of the action
Industrifonden and SEB sell Cobolt to Hübner Group
German trade buyer wholly acquires Swedish laser maker
Nordic Capital backs Greenfood Group
GP will invest alongside existing owners and management
LPs jump ship in Odin Equity reorganisation and funds recap
GP relaunches as BWB Partners, rolls over investments into new vehicle
Deal in Focus: IK's Attendo finds happy home on Stockholm exchange
The care home operator's IPO was warmly welcomed by investors, despite operating in a sector sometimes seen as controversial in Sweden
Karolinska appoints SEB Venture's Drvota as CIO
Drvota replaces deputy CEO and chief investment officer Kalland
Vaaka acquires Unisport Scandinavia, Saltex ahead of merger
Priveq will reamin minority shareholder following partial sale
Altor's Åkers acquired by Ampco-Pittsburgh for $80m
Deal sees Altor acquire significant stake in acquirer