Nordics
Optiomi and Veraventure back SongHi
Optiomi Invest has joined forces with the Finnish public early-stage investor Veraventure and backed SongHi Entertainment.
Veraventure leads USD 1m round for XIHA Life
Finnish public venture capital fund Veraventure has led a USD 1m investment round for multilingual social networking site XIHA Life
Yield of dreams: unquote" explores high yield
Interview with Peter Schwartz, capital markets partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
SBOs replace IPO hopes as KKR snaps up Bridgepoint's Pets at Home
IPO maths don't add up as KKR completes ТЃ 950m Pets at Home secondary. Rikke Eckhoff reports.
Change in attitude needed for future fundraising
New stats reveal 5-year low in fundraising; co-investing needed to lure LPs. By Emanuel Eftimiu
unquote" Nordic Report 2009
An overview of the Nordic private equity market over the last 10 years
unquote" Fund Administration Report 2009
An introduction to the fund administration market
Nordic unquote" January 2010
News from the Nordic and Baltic private equity and venture capital markets.
Q1 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Total value of transactions was just тЌ4bn, the lowest quarterly total since 1996
Q2 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Market rallies as green shoots appear
BaltCap acquires Air Maintenance Estonia
BaltCap has acquired the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company Air Maintenance Estonia (AME) from Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).
Investment stalls as economic uncertainty returns
Figures from the just-released unquote" Q4 Private Equity Barometer reveal a stagnation in private equity investment activity as economic optimism wears thin.
European Fundraising Review
The essential guide to fundraising in Europe
EUROPE – €400bn refinancing crisis looms
Global advisory firm AlixPartners has released new figures today that suggest Europeтs private equity community faces a potential crisis in the coming year, in the form of EUR 397bn of debt in need of refinancing .
The banks are back ... or are they?
A lack of leverage does not persist. By Deborah Sterescu
Impotent revolution
Despite calls for an upheaval to fundraising terms, things are set to change incrementally at best as guidelines prove little more than wish lists. Kimberly Romaine reports
Q3 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Recovery gathers momentum as stabilisation continues
EUROPE - Nordic Mezzanine holds EUR 320m close of third fund
Nordic Mezzanine has held a final close of Nordic Mezzanine Fund III on EUR 320m, an increase in fund size of 30% compared to its predecessor.
Scope becomes majority owner in Wright Trafikkskole
Swedish growth investor Scope has taken a 65% stake in driving school Wright Trafikkskole.
NORDIC - CapMan promotes in Oslo and Stockholm
Nordic private equity group CapMan has appointed Espen Stenumgård partner in the group's buyout team, while Mikael Moll in the public markets team has been promoted to investment manager.
EUROPE - EVCA appoints Roberts to chief commercial officer
EVCA has appointed Mark Roberts to the newly created position of chief commercial officer.