Nordics
SWEDEN - Segulah divests Previa to Tryg i Danmark
Segulah II, L.P. has agreed to divest AB Previa, a Swedish occupational health service provider, to Tryg i Danmark smba. Tryg i Danmark smba invests in companies within the health care and security sector and is also the majority shareholder of the TrygVesta...
GLOBAL - Mubadala buys 7.5% Carlyle stake for $1.35bn
Mubadala Development Company has bought a 7.5% stake in The Carlyle Group for $1.35bn in cash. The deal represents a 10% liquidity discount to the $20bn firm valuation that was agreed by both parties. The minority investment includes no associated voting...
FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its management team
CapMan Plc Group has strengthened its management group and organisation. Kaisa Arovaara, has been appointed as CFO of CapMan and member of the management group responsible for the new internal services unit. Partner Jerome Bouix will transfer to head...
FINLAND - HgCapital acquires Mondo Minerals
HgCapital has acquired Mondo minerals, a talc mining group, from Omya in a move to continue to expand the company. Mondo was established in 1998 as a merger of Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch talc mining companies.
NORWAY - HitecVision recruits new partner
HitecVision has appointed Atle Eide as a new partner. Eide has for the past four years been the CEO of Marine Harvest and one if its predecessors Pan Fish ASA. During his time as CEO, he led the turnaround and development of the company from a financially...
NORWAY - Ferd could realise historic returns if Pronova Biocare is up for sale
Ferd Private Equity is reported to be in the process of putting Pronova Biocare up for sale. Ferd acquired the pharmaceutical company in Jannuary 2004 for NOK 530m. Artic Securities, the newly established Norwegian ivestment bank, has now valued the company...
FINLAND - CapMan-backed OneMed makes acquisition
CapMan's portfolio company OneMed, a seller and importer of healthcare products, has acquired 75% of Hand-Prod Group, a Poland-based wholesaler of healthcare products. In addition to its mother company, Hand-Prod group consists of subsidiaries such as...
EUROPE - SLIPE to manage CalPERS' EUR 400m mandate
Standard Life Investments (Private Equity) Ltd (SLIPE) has been selected to manage a EUR 400m mandate focused exclusively on European private equity.
DENMARK - Montagu-backed LOGSTORE enters joint venture
Montagu-backed LOGSTORE, has entered into an agreement with Empower, the Dubai-based cooling company to create UAE’s largest pre-insulated pipe factory. The joint company will be called Empower LOGSTORE.
FINLAND - Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska supports BioCis Pharma with EUR 1.5m
Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska Development III AB, an affiliated company of Karolinska Holding AB, have invested EUR 1.5m in BioCis Pharma, a therapy company. The investment round will be used to fuel the speed of product development and begin...
FINLAND - CapMan invests EUR 8m in Mawell
CapMan Technology 2007 Fund has invested approximately EUR 8m in Mawell, a software provider used in many Finnish and Swedish hospitals. As a result of the investment, CapMan becomes the largest shareholder in the company.
SWEDEN - Danske Venture Partners sells Netgiro for $27m
Danske Venture Partners has sold Swedish Netgiro to US e-commerce provider Digital River for $27m in cash. According to press reports British rival Datacash had previously agreed an offer of EUR 10.25m in February. The purchase was put on hold due to...
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 2m in Senset
Industrifonden has invested SEK 2m in Senset, a Linköping-based company that is developing a new environmentally friendly measuring system for liquid analysis. Other investors included German venture Capital fund Rendera and industrial firm Wika.
ICELAND - Bru Venture Capital invests $7m in start-up FS-10 ehf
Bru II Venture Capital has invested $7m in start-up FS-10 ehf, a Reykjavik-based developer of fishing gear and fishing methods for operations of large vessels in the waters of Mauritania.
SWEDEN/UK - Apax and Nordic Capital-owned Capio makes £193m UK disposal
Apax Partners and Nordic Capital portfolio company Capio AB have disposed of the UK operations of the Swedish healthcare company. Capio's UK operations have been acquired by Australian hospital operator Ramsay Health Care for £193m.
FINLAND - Life Sciences Partners participates in EUR 8m financing round for Nexstim
Life Sciences Partners has participated in a EUR 8m financing round for Finnish medical device company Nexstim . New investors Healthcap and Finnish Industry Investment Ltd have also contributed along with existing investor Sitra. In connection with...
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital-backed Thule makes acquisition
Nordic Capital backed-Thule, the Swedish sports utility transportation company, has acquired Florida-based United Welding Services (UWS).
NORDIC - Vækstfonen wins Nordic Private Equity Achievement Award
Danish Vækstfonden won the Nordic private equity achievement award at the annual Nordic Private Equity Congress hosted by the Swedish Venture Capital Association held in Stockholm on September 6. This is an annual award that the association presents to...
DENMARK - Polaris Private Equity acquires Hansen & Pedersen
Polaris Private Equity has acquired a majority shareholding in Hansen & Pedersen, a Danish gentlemen clothing retailer for an undisclosed value.
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
SWEDEN - Creandum supports Jays
Creandum has made a double digit million SEK investment in Jays, which designs develops and manufactures music accessories such as earphones and portable products, managed by Jens Nylander.
DENMARK - Via Venture Partners invests DKK 16m
Via Venture Partners has invested DKK 16m in Radiocomp, a provider of WiMAX radio infrastructure systems, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
EUROPE - Stoxx launches private equity index
Stock exchange monitor Stoxx today launched a new index which tracks the performance of Europe's 20 largest listed private equity firms.
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.