Nordics
Northzone and Investinor in $3.4m round for Soundrop
Northzone and Investinor have injected $3.4m (NOK 20m) into Soundrop, a Norwegian social music discovery platform.
Arle's Hilding Anders in €800m refinancing
Arle Capital Partners has refinanced portfolio company Hilding Anders International (HAI), a Swedish mattress manufacturer, to the tune of тЌ800m.
BDC buys KHG from Procuritas
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Swedish customs services provider KHG Customs from Procuritas.
Q&A: Altor's Krusell on Sweden's carried interest tax debate
Q&A: Altor's Krusell
Altor receives SEK 500m tax bill
Partners at Altor will receive an additional tax bill of SEK 500m for the 2008 income year, according to local media reports.
Capman completes Nice exit
Capman has wholly divested Nice Entertainment Group, a pan-Nordic content production company, to Swedish broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) for an enterprise value of тЌ84.4m.
Scope invests SEK 30m in Klättermusen
Swedish private equity firm Scope has acquired a majority stake in Уre-based outdoor sports equipment and apparel company KlУЄttermusen for SEK 30m.
Credo offloads Fora Form for NOK 67m
Credo Capital Partners has sold Norwegian furniture manufacturer Fora Form to Swedish interior design firm Lammhults Design Group for NOK 67m.
VC-backed Sol Voltaics raises $9.4m
Sweden-based Sol Voltaics has raised a further $9.4m from Norwegian investment company Umoe and a private investor.
Industrifonden invests SEK 35m in Smartfish
Industrifonden has acquired a 25% stake in Norwegian clinical nutrition company Smartfish for SEK 35m.
Bridgepoint sells Terveystalo to EQT
Bridgepoint has sold Finnish private healthcare provider Terveystalo to EQT for a reported тЌ650m.
Verdane et al. exit Compricer.se to Schibsted
Verdane Capital, founder Jacob Tolleryd and private investors have sold Swedish price comparison website Compricer.se to Schibsted Media Group.
Carlyle acquires BTI from Valedo Partners
The Carlyle Group has acquired Swedish subtitling company Broadcast Text International (BTI) from Valedo Partners.
Impax to acquire two Finnish wind power projects
Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire the Kuolavaara-KeulakkopУЄУЄ and JoukhaisselkУЄ pre-construction-stage wind power projects from Fortum and MetsУЄhallitus.
Earlybird et al. back Jumpstarter with $1.7m
Earlybird Venture Capital, Paua Ventures and Martin Sinner have provided $1.7m in funding for Jumpstarter, a Stockholm-based productivity tool for developers.
Verdane acquires four companies from eEquity for SEK 150m
Norwegian secondaries direct investor Verdane Capital has acquired a 15-30% stake in four Scandinavian e-commerce companies held by Swedish investor eEquity.
Adelis Equity hits first close for maiden fund
Stockholm-based Adelis Equity Partnersт maiden fund has hit a first close at тЌ230m following less than six months of fundraising, according to sources close to the situation.
SAEV backs InflowControl
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) has backed InflowControl, a Norway-based provider of inflow control device (ICD) technology designed to increase the recovery and production from oil and gas fields.
ThingLink raises $2m in Inventure-led second funding round
Helsinki-based image interaction company ThingLink has raised $2m in a funding round led by existing backer Inventure.
EQT promotes Blecher and de Muynck
Lennart Blecher, EQT
Sunstone Capital exits Zymenex to Chiesi Group
Sunstone Capital has agreed to sell Danish biopharmaceutical group Zymenex to Italian pharmaceutical company Chiesi Group.
Alder backs Powerbox
Alder has invested in Sweden-based Powerbox International, a manufacturer and distributor of power converters and associated products.
Verdane sells SmartMotor to Rolls-Royce
Verdane Capital has sold Norwegian technology company SmartMotor to Rolls-Royce Marine, divesting the asset from Verdane Capital V.