Nordics
Chequers acquires ISS division
Mid-cap GP Chequers Capital has acquired ISS Espaces Verts, the French landscaping division of EQT portfolio company ISS.
Segulah's European Travel Interactive buys Flygresor.se
Segulah portfolio company European Travel Interactive (ETI) has acquired price comparison website Flygresor.se.
PAI reaches halfway line with €1.4bn first close
French private equity house PAI partners is understood to be halfway towards the hard-cap of its latest vehicle, PAI Europe VI.
DFJ Esprit et al. back Trustpilot
DFJ Esprit and its Menlo Park-based parent DFJ have led a $25m series-C round for consumer review site Trustpilot.
2013 buyouts: overall value stabilises around €75bn
The overall value of European private equity-backed buyouts has hovered around the тЌ75bn mark for the third year in a row, with last year's deals totalling тЌ74.7bn.
CVC sells Matas stake for $216m
CVC Capital Partners has sold its entire holding in Danish beauty retailer Matas for $216m (DKK 1.18bn), equating to 19.4% of the total share capital.
Apollo raises $17.5bn for Fund VIII
Apollo Global Management has bucked the trend of large-cap players downsizing their funds compared to pre-crisis efforts: the firm has amassed $17.5bn for its latest global vehicle after a little more than a year on the road.
Herkules acquires Didriksons
Herkules has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Didriksons, a Swedish functional clothing retailer.
Erhvervsinvest backs Scanbur
Erhvervsinvest has invested in Danish life sciences company Scanbur.
Inventure Fund II holds first close on €50m
Inventure has held a first close for Inventure Fund II, an early-stage venture capital fund, on тЌ50m.
Seventure raises €62m towards new life sciences fund
French GP Seventure Partners has held a first close on тЌ62m for Health for Life Capital, a new vehicle with a тЌ120m target.
FlatFrog closes $10m round
FlatFrog Laboratories, a Sweden-based multi-touch systems provider, has raised a further $10m from Invus, Sunstone Capital and Intel Capital.
Credo Partners partially exits Lönne Holding
Credo Partners has sold LУЖnne Holding to Brammer, while simultaneously acquiring the group's subsidiary LУЖnne Service.
Mutual understanding: Private equity and the UK government
PE and the State
Sequoia leads $22m round for Plain Vanilla
Sequoia Capital has led a $22m series-B funding round for Plain Vanilla, an Icelandic application developer, alongside Chinese investment holding company Tencent Holdings.
Floating the idea of more Nordic IPOs
The Nordic IPO market, which has remained dormant for around five years, is emerging from its slumber. Karin Wasteson reports
Capvest buys Scandza
Capvest Equity Partners has completed the management buyout of Nordic food and beverage business Scandza.
Nordic Capital Fund VIII hits final close at €3.5bn hardcap
Nordic Capital's eighth fund has held a final close on its hardcap of тЌ3.5bn ($4.8bn).
Nordic emerges victorious from three-year carry tax battle
Nordic Capital
Industrifonden invests SEK 10m in Garantibil
Industrifonden has invested SEK 10m in Garantibil, a Swedish e-commerce site focusing on used cars.
Segulah reshuffles team
Segulah has appointed Henrik Lif as a partner to replace managing partner Christian Sievert, who will be leaving Segulah to start his own investment company.
VC-backed Klarna acquires Sofort
Online payment provider Klarna, backed by DST and General Atlantic among other VCs, has acquired Sofort for $150m.
FSN Capital sells Norman Shark
FSN Capital has divested Norman Shark, the malware analysis solutions division of its portfolio company Norman, to Blue Coat Systems.
Norvestor's Apsis picks up ProspectEye
Email marketing business Apsis Group, owned by Norvestor, has acquired ProspectEye.