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Nordics

CapMan Buyout invests in Acona

CapMan has acquired Acona Holding AS, a Norwegian provider of well and drilling services.

  • Nordics
  • 17 December 2012
KKR and Permira sell ProSiebenSat.1's Nordic unit

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Permira have sold SBS, the Nordic unit of German media empire ProSiebenSat.1 Media, to trade buyer Discovery Communications for €1.325bn.

  • DACH
  • 17 December 2012
Industrifonden et al. back ClearCar

Industrifonden has invested SEK 13m in Swedish vehicle inspection start-up ClearCar.

  • Nordics
  • 17 December 2012
Creandum backs Vivino

Nordic VC Creandum has invested $1m in a series-A funding round for Danish social wine-focused app developer Vivino.

  • Nordics
  • 14 December 2012
Lifeline Ventures backs Applifier

Finnish company Applifier, which operates a cross-promotion network for social games and applications, has raised €3m in a series-B funding round led by Lifeline Ventures.

  • Nordics
  • 14 December 2012
Nordic Capital execs lose tax case

Nordic Capital executives will have to pay income tax on their carried interest, a Swedish Court says.

  • Nordics
  • 13 December 2012
Open Ocean Capital backs Nordic Telecom

Finnish unified cloud communication provider Nordic Telecom (NTC) has raised $1.3m in a series-A funding from Open Ocean Capital.

  • Nordics
  • 13 December 2012
Index Ventures leads €10m round for Trustpilot

Index Ventures and existing investors Seed Capital Denmark and Northzone have invested €10m in Danish company review provider Trustpilot.

  • Expansion
  • 13 December 2012
Unquote Analysis Nordics Cover
Nordic unquote" December 2012/January 2013

The Nordic private equity market – at one point seemingly impervious to the economic turmoil facing the rest of the world – has had a tough year.

  • Nordics
  • 12 December 2012
Verdane reaps 6x on LensOn exit

Private equity-backed Prescription Eyewear has acquired LensOn, a Nordic online contact lenses seller backed by Verdane Capital.

  • Exits
  • 12 December 2012
Ratos in partial exit from Bisnode

Swedish business information firm Bisnode, a portfolio company of Ratos, has divested Baby DM Scandinavia.

  • Nordics
  • 11 December 2012
Volume and value of private equity deals in the Nordic region
Frozen Nordic market

In just two years, Sweden has lost half of its deal volume, showing that even the popular Nordics are not immune from Europe's economic drag.

  • Nordics
  • 11 December 2012
ICG invests in Viking

Intermediate Capital Group has made a minority investment in Norwegian roadside assistance provider Viking Redningstjeneste.

  • Nordics
  • 11 December 2012
HitecVision sells Spring Energy Norway to Tullow Oil

HitecVision has sold its 87.6% stake in Spring Energy Norway to London-based exploration company Tullow Oil for approximately $326m.

  • Exits
  • 11 December 2012
Giovanni Orsi of Coller Capital
Fundraising gets personal

Fundraising gets personal

  • Benelux
  • 11 December 2012
Industrifonden et al. invest in Avtal24

Industrifonden along with private investors Richard Båge, Magnus Wilkne, among others, are investing SEK 10m in Swedish online legal services provider Avtal24.

  • Nordics
  • 07 December 2012
Verdane exits TeamTec to IMS

Verdane Capital has reaped a 4x multiple on the sale of its entire stake in Norwegian shipping company TeamTec Invest to local steel manufacturer Industri & Montasjeservice AS (IMS).

  • Nordics
  • 06 December 2012
EQT exits Gambro to Baxter

EQT and Investor AB have sold the remaining division of Swedish healthcare business Gambro Group to trade player Baxter International for SEK 26.5bn.

  • Nordics
  • 04 December 2012
Nokia sells Optical Networks to Marlin

Nokia Siemens Networks has sold its optical networks business unit to US-based Marlin Equity Partners, in a deal likely to close in the first quarter of 2013.

  • Nordics
  • 04 December 2012
Reiten exits Basefarm to ABRY

Nordic private equity firm Reiten & Co has sold Norwegian IT company Basefarm to US-based ABRY Partners.

  • Nordics
  • 03 December 2012
Catella increases stake in IPM

Catella AB has increased its stake in investment services firm IPM Informed Portfolio Management AB from approximately 5% to 25% through a SEK 33m new issue private placement, conditional on an approved ownership assessment.

  • Nordics
  • 03 December 2012
Nordic PE investment fell in Q3

Private equity funds invested around €1.1bn in the Nordics in the third quarter, €750m less than in Q2, according to the Argentum Q3 2012 Report. The figures paint Q3 as the trough for the region this year.

  • Nordics
  • 03 December 2012
Ratos sells Contex to Procuritas for $41.5m

Ratos’s portfolio company Contex Group has signed an agreement to sell Danish Contex AS to the private equity fund Procuritas Capital Investor V LP for a total of $41.5m.

  • Nordics
  • 30 November 2012
Nordic Capital refinances Orc with €60m bond issue

Orc Group, a Swedish financial technology and services provider owned by Nordic Capital, has placed a five-year €60m senior secured high-yield bond.

  • Restructuring
  • 29 November 2012
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