Nordics
Silverfleet closes second fund on €870m hard-cap
Fund was officially launched in H2 2014
Polaris makes 4x on Hamlet Protein sale to Altor and Goldman
Altor and Goldman Sachs Merchant Bank division equal partners in deal
Axcel buys Conscia from Via Venture
Deal value is more than DKK 500m and first Axcel deal in 18 months
Trustpilot raises $73.5m series-D from Vitruvian
Round is among largest-ever VC investments in Denmark
Armada Mezzanine holds €103m final close
Fundraising surpasses €100m target, short of €150m hard-cap
Inventure funds Bitbar
Third funding round led by highly active Nordic VC
Vision Capital’s Nordax seeks Stockholm listing
Citigroup to run book for IPO of Nordic consumer bank
Verdane Capital injects $10m into inRiver
Investment is the third to be made through Verdane Capital VIII
3i promotes eight worldwide
Firm acquired majority stake in Euro-Diesel earlier this week
Industrifonden leads $5m series-A in Trialbee
Round sees VC return for second investment in Trialbee
Corporates outspend PE houses in mid-market, says Argos research
Mid-cap LBO valuations back to late-2013 levels, analysis reveals
Industri Udvikling invests in Tenax Sild
Investment provides support for Tenax's growth post-merger
FSN’s Instalco in triple bolt-on
Acquisitions expected to consolidate Instalco's position in Sweden
Inventure and Almi invest €500,000 in Glimr
Seed round adds to $50,000 start-up competition prize won by Glimr
Danske Private Equity Partners VI holds €603m first close
Fundraising for sixth vehicle is expect to hit €650m target in Q3
C5 takes $24m minority stake in Omada
Omada is GP's third investment in Europe since foundation
IK exits Kwintet to former Nordic Capital partner
Investor group led by Christian Dyvig will take over loss-making company
Verdane backs Bemz
Deal for e-commerce company marks GP's first acquisition of 2015
CapMan acquires €33.5m minority stake in Norvestia
GP buys 21.7% of investment company, has option for further 7%
AP6's Swartling warns of the challenges of direct investing
Q&A with Karl Swartling, managing director of pension fund AP6
HgCapital et al’s Visma acquires E-conomic and SpeedLedger
KKR, Cinven and HgCapital-owned Visma acquires HgCapital portfolio company
Pricing, reputation remain top concerns for Nordic players
Latest unquote" Nordic survey warns of potential dangers ahead
Q1 Barometer: deal volume and value decline
The European buyout market witnessed a fall in both deal volume and value for Q1
Dawn and Point Nine lead $5m Automile series-A
Shareholders also include Creandum's Martin Hauge