Nordics
ChurchDesk raises $2m from Mangrove
Mangrove investment brings total raised to $3.25m
Northzone and Wellcome Trust buy $80m stake in Klarna
Deal values fintech company at $2.25bn
Altor and Bain sell Ewos for €1.35bn
Exit comes two years after €823m buyout
Questback raises £12m
Company recently opened office in Houston
Procuritas acquires Daldata from Via Venture Partners
GP will invest alongside management
FSN takes majority stake in Roplan
Founder will retain minority stake
Lion Capital secures £500m Findus partial exit
GP rides into final furlong of Findus ownership with spin-off
Stjernholm leaves IK, SEB's Etemad named new partner
New partner and head of Stockholm office takes over from 17-year veteran
Solix in SEK 200m Geveko take-private
Former Altor partners lead acquistion of struggling company
Segulah raises SEK 1.9bn for fifth fund
Swedish GP Segulah has raised commitments of SEK 1.9bn towards the SEK 5.6bn target of its Segulah V vehicle, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
European PE funds: top 5 closes of 2015 so far
Looking back on the five largest European fund closes of 2015 so far
EQT backs Nordic Aviation Capital in $3.3bn deal
EQT invests via Fund VI
Northzone in $18m series-A for Seriously
Series-A brings total funding raised by company to $28m
EQT closes EQT VII on €6.75bn hard-cap
Fund exceeded estimated €5.25bn target in less than six months
Q2 Barometer: dealflow slips as aggregate value swells
Latest figures show total deal volume falling while overal value rises
Norway facing quietest year for private equity in a decade
Knock-on effect of oil price tumble felt in Norwegian PE market
Creandum, Balderton et al. in $22m series-B for Tictail
Creandum and Acton Capital join existing investor group
French exit activity continues rebound in Q2
GPs across Europe continue to take advantage of seller's market
Deal in focus: Verdane exits Banqsoft to Advent’s KMD for 6x money
Exit brings GP's first direct secondaries fund to full realisation
Mega-buyout bonanza: Q2's five largest deals
Taking stock of the five largest European buyouts inked in the past quarter
Mid-cap PE valuations back to pre-crisis heights – Argos research
PE houses and corporates neck and neck on pricing
Herkules buys into Linas Matkasse
Investment values company at around SEK 900m
Northzone leads $8m series-A for FishBrain
Swedish angler app brings total funding above $10.5m
Bima raises $38.4m series-C from LeapFrog et al.
Swedish micro-insurance provider aims to expand across emerging markets