Nordics
EQT in final exit from Scandic
Deal results in EQT's complete divestment after a SEK 6.9bn IPO in December 2015
Capidea backs Westpack
Buyout will allow for succession at the company, with one member of the founding family exiting his shareholding entirely
Ratos sells final Arcus share block for NOK 762m
After the share sale, listed Swedish private equity firm Ratos will no longer be a shareholder in the Norwegian wine and spirits group
Denmark suffers from lack of newcomer buyout firms
Country lags behind its Nordic counterparts in terms of new private equity players, despite a growing number of buyouts
FSN Capital acquires Active Brands
Buyout sees the Norway-based private equity fund acquire a majority stake in sporting goods group
Investcorp acquires majority stake in Ageras
Private equity firm's cash injection is the first institutional capital raised by Ageras since it was founded
Vaaka backed Tietokeskus bolts on SystemaStore
Finnish provider of ICT services expands in the northern Finland region
Altor's Transcom take-private succeeds
GP's four-month bidding process to delist Stockholm-based Transcom comes to an end two years after Altor first invested
Vaaka Partners' third fund hits €225m hard-cap in three months
Final close brings the total amount raised by the Finnish firm since 2007 to тЌ450m
Polaris-owned HTC Sweden sells FGS division
Polaris bought flooring business HTC Sweden from 3i for less than тЌ40m in 2013
Credo disposes of Labflex to founders after 15 months
Norwegian private equity fund told local media it had been dissatisfied with the investment
Nordic Capital sells final Europris shares for NOK 1.9bn
Final block of 54 million shares was disposed through an accelerated bookbuilding offer run by Carnegie and DNB
How many more generalists can the Nordic PE market bear?
Competition for capital and assets in the Nordic region has skyrocketed to the point of possible oversaturation
Accent Equity sells Textilia to Danish trade buyer
Acquisition by De Forenede Dampvaskerier brings Textilia's private equity ownership to an end after 20 years
Nord Kapital makes first exit from Nord II with Hepro sale
Swedish trade buyer AddLife acquires the Norwegian GP's portfolio company around two years after Nord's buyout
EQT scores fastest fundraise to date with €4bn infra vehicle
EQT Infrastructure III reached its hard-cap in less than six months
EQT merges vetcare assets IVC and Evidensia
Combined Swedish and UK-based veterinary group will be jointly owned by the GPтs EQT VI and EQT VII funds
Nordic Capital sells 8.75% stake in Resurs for SEK 980m
Partial divestment comes nine months after the consumer finance company listed with an SEK 11bn valuation
Nordic onshoring remains elusive without political assurances
Tax transparency in the Nordic region will only improve slowly without political assurances
KDev et al. invest SEK 32m in Modus
Developer of sickle cell disease treatments recently rebranded from Dilaforette and announced intention to float
Cubera promotes Haukås and Nord to partner
Merete HaukУЅs and Johan Nord join the rank of partners at Norway-based Cubera Private Equity
Summa taps SEK 4.5bn maiden fund to acquire Lin Education
Founder and CEO Josef Lind will reinvest alongside Lin's management team and the new equity backers
Accent Equity buys Stål & Hyr
GP takes a majority stake in the equipment rental business via its Accent Equity 2012 fund
Summa Equity raises SEK 4.5bn debut fund
Nordic newcomer completed two buyouts in April 2016, which will be assumed into the new fund