Nordics
Preato sells Machinery to portfolio company YE for €18.75m
Preato Capital sells its stake of almost 94% in the deal, which values Machinery at тЌ26.16m
Notion leads $36m series-B for Dixa
Dixa's founders have reduced their combined stake by 15-20% in conjunction with the round
ICG transfers Esperi ownership to lenders
Esperi will be owned by a new parent company controlled by Danske Bank, Ilmarinen and SEB
Stirling Square closes fourth fund on €950m
Fund targets buyouts in European mid-market companies with enterprise values of тЌ50-500m
GreyBella Capital to launch new fund by mid-2020
Fund targets series-A and -B rounds in companies operating in life sciences and complex technologies
Level Equity, Vaekstfonden in $16.9m round for Monsido
Company will use the capital to expand in the North American, EU, and Asia-Pacific markets
MTIP et al. exit Blueprint Genetics to trade
Listed, US-based diagnostic information service Quest Diagnostics has acquired Blueprint
Equip Capital I eyes €150m final close, inks sixth deal
Fund invests in Nordic companies operating in the consumer, industrial and business services sectors
Consortium in €90m round for Tink
Insight Venture Partners previously led a тЌ56m funding round early last year
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In this special bumper episode, the Unquote editorial team does a deep dive on key 2019 stats in each market
EQT to float Musti
Musti generated EBITDA of тЌ34.3m from revenues of тЌ246.6m for the year ending in September 2019
Eight Roads et al. in €42.6m series-B for Funnel
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate Funnel's operations in the US and invest in its technical teams
EQT sets €14.75bn target for new flagship fund
EQT registered several vehicles in Luxembourg in November last year ahead of the launch
Vendis appoints Riisberg as senior adviser in Nordic region
Christian Riisberg was previously founding partner of Alipes and a board member for various companies
Corporate divestments fuel European buyouts
Carve-outs and spin-outs represented around 14% of all buyouts in 2019, up from 11.5% in 2018 and 10% in 2017, according to Unquote Data
PE-backed Sulo acquires San Sac from Accent
Accent Equity Partners initiated the sale for the waste containerisation company in October 2018
ICG raises €1bn for Mid-Market fund, appoints two MDs
Peter Kirtley and Robin Molvin will support the deployment of ICGтs maiden Mid-Market fund
Bregal buys Iptor with management
Sale process stalled in 2018 and was picked up again in May 2019 by vendor Marlin Equity Partners
Accent Equity buys Global Attractions SPI
Playground equipment producer hopes to expand internationally and broaden its product portfolio
OTPP et al. in €140m round for Kry
Founded in 2015, Kry had already raised in excess of тЌ80m prior to this round
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Bridgepoint invests in Oris Dental
Based in Trondheim and founded in 2016, Oris operates 25 dental clinics and four dental laboratories
Triton sells Eleda Group
Triton initiated the buy-and-build by acquiring a stake in Akeab in 2017