Nordics
Permira sells Pharmaq to Zoetis for $765m
Exit comes just two years after Permira bought Pharmaq for €250m
Q3 Barometer: Deal volume continues to slide
Latest figures show trend for fewer, larger deals continues
EQT acquires Top-Toy for DKK 2.325bn
Nordic Capital and Axcel were among bidders for Danish toy retailer
Inventure et al. in $3.4m series-A for Umbra
Capital to be invested in 3D video game rendering prototype
NVCA appoints Rikke Eckhoff as new CEO
Norwegian Venture Capital Association appoints former unquote" editor Rikke Eckhoff Høvding as CEO
Inlandsinnovation invests SEK 50m in Branäsgruppen
Ski resort operator raises further £25m in share sale
Deal in Focus: Erhvervsinvest scoops cool IRR on Premier Is exit
Looking back on Erhversinvest’s sale of Premier Is to Latvian ice-cream maker Food Union
Seed Capital invests $1.5m in Nordic Power Converters
Power converter maker also announces 50,000 unit order
Ratos makes 3.6x return on full Inwido exit
Full exit sees GP reap SEK 1.48bn and 16% IRR
Howzat Partners leads DKK 25m series-A for Bownty
Copenhagen startup has now raised nearly €5m in total funding
Northzone’s mCash sells Norwegian operations
VC will not realise any value or receive cash from sale
Accent carves out Nordic Traction
Carve-out sees partial exit for parent owner Segulah
Altor sells 14% Dustin stake
Partial exit is likely worth around SEK 600m for GP
Ratos’s Bisnode acquires AIS Nordic for SEK 65m
Swedish listed GP will contribute SEK 45m in equity
Via Venture acquires EnviDan
Buyout comes as part of ongoing succession plans
Segulah sells Etraveli to ProSieben Travel for SEK 2.2bn
Deal is second exit for GP in 2015
Vitruvian buys Accountor
Company operates in seven European countries
Hellman & Friedman acquires Bain stake in Securitas Direct
Securitas Direct Verisure becomes largest ever standalone investment for GP
CapMan exits Swereco in SEK 250m deal
Equity price is SEK 250m, CapMan sells 37.5% stake
Axcel merges EG and Silkeborg Data
Silkeborg Data's debt will be refinanced as part of the deal
Deal in Focus: Polaris’s Mols-Linien deal clears stormy weather
Polaris has had to navigate choppy water with Mols-Linien, but calmer waters await
Alliance Venture et al. inject €7.1m into Swarm64
Data processing company to expand into US market
Karolinska Development exits XSpray Microparticles
New owner will invest SEK 18m to support clinical trials
Maj Invest acquires 85% of Svendsen Sport
Deal includes German sister company DAM Manufaktur