Nordics
The case for boosting Swedish VC incentives
Is it time for the Swedish government to better support entrepreneurs and VCs?
Seed Capital leads DKK 1.5m round for Teazr
Investment will fund US expansion and marketing
Goldman Sachs to float Dong
Analysts anticipate a market cap of DKK 50-70bn
Rutland’s Millbrook acquires Test World
Rutland acquired Millbrook in 2013 from General Motors
BC Partners’ Com Hem in €187m refinancing
SEK 1.5bn total credit facilities to be used in bond redemption
Northcap leads DKK 17.2m investment in Linkfire
Funds will be used to fuel US push
DKA Capital exits Secunia
Trade sale leaves one company in GP's only fund
Marlin Equity buys Bluegarden for DKK 500m
Vendors include Danske Bank and Nordea
EQT fully exits XXL
Final exit sees NOK 5bn profit over five years
Summit takes €20m minority stake in Relex
Investment is Summit's first in Finland
eEquity holds €60m first close for third fund
GP expects to hit €80m hard-cap in six months
Ratos acquires 60% of TFS
GP will pay a maximum of €27m for stake in clinical trials operator
Nurturing Europe's VC eco-system
What can VCs do to nurture Europe's entrepreneurial and startup environment?
Northzone leads $5m round for Universal Avenue
Latest round brings total raised by Universal Avenue to $7m
Moor and Balderton lead $3m series-A for Instabridge
Swedish wifi sharing platform brings total raised to $4m
HealthCap's Cortendo announces US listing
Swedish pharma company intends to list on Nasdaq
Avista’s Trimb acquires YouMedical
Acquisition forms part of nothern European buy-and-build platform
Zouk and Intel lead €60m series-D for iZettle
Swedish payments startup has raised €138.2m to date
Polaris exits A-Tex to Partners Group’s Trimco
Exit comes three years after acquisition
Resolution Games raises $6m from Creandum et al.
Funding round led by Google Ventures
Vaaka Partners exits Viafin
Exit comes nine years after acquisition
Erhvervsinvest buys Samsø Syltefabrik and European Freeze Dry
Both companies carved out of animal feed group DLG
EQT promotes Sinding to deputy managing partner
Christian Sinding appointed deputy managing partner at EQT
Inventure et al. in $3m round for Yoogaia
Finnish company planning iOS app rollout