Nordics
CapMan subsidiary Norvestia sells Idean Enterprises
CapMan acquired fellow Finland-based investment company Norvestia in November last year
HgCapital raises £3.1bn in double fund close
GP successfully closes HgCapital 8 and Mercury 2 on ТЃ2.5bn and ТЃ575m respectively
Creandum leads €5.5m round for Pleo
Round adds to DKK 20m raised in September 2016 from early-stage investors, Danish family offices and a foundation
EQT sells SEK 696m AcadeMedia share block
GP retains a 41.6% stake in the Swedish private education company, which it listed in June 2016
Q4 Barometer: Large-cap deals boost value in a shrinking market
Spike in megadeals boosted aggregate deal value in Q4, though volume was down 20% year-on-year
Vision Capital makes 5.2x on Nordax exit
Final sale of Stockholm-listed shares in the consumer finance business comes a-year-and-a-half after Nordax's IPO
Karolinska exits Inhalation Sciences
Family-owned investment company RУЅsunda FУЖrvaltning enters the company's capital structure as part of the deal
Cubera holds €405m final close on eighth secondary fund
Vehicle will invest in the Nordic secondary market and has a total investment capability of more than тЌ500m
Nordic Capital completes take-private bid for Nordnet
Joint holding with investment company Уhman Group holds 98.65% of the company's shares and will delist the company
FSN's Instalco bolts on Andersen og Aksnes Rørleggerbedrift
Add-on acquisition comes three years after the Nordic GP first acquired the Swedish plumbing and electrical installation group
Nordic Capital sells €81m Tokmanni share block
GP's seventh vehicle entered a lock-up period ending April 26 after the partial sale
Sentica sells final shareholding in Kotipizza
Accelerated bookbuilding process run by Carnegie and Pareto Securities sees the Finnish GP exits its shareholding in the pizzeria chain
BC Partners sells SEK 2.25bn Com Hem stake
GP will retain a minority stake in Stockholm-listed internet services provider after share sale
Maj Invest carves out TDC Hosting
Formerly PE-owned Danish legacy telco TDC will divest 100% of its subsidiary
Industrifonden and others sell Fältcom
Sweden-headquartered telecommmunications giant adds an IoT-specialist to its portfolio
Ratos-backed Ledil raises €18m in refinancing
Finnish LED lighting components manufacturer refinances debt two years after Ratos's buyout
Seed Capital. Spar Nord invest DKK 5m in Ernit
Danish bank will take an active role in launching the product in Denmark
Nordic newcomer Mimir launches special situations fund
Vehicle will be heavy on Nordic exposure, co-founder Joakim NotУЖ tells unquote"
Verdane, BWB merge wind industry portfolio companies
Bach Composite Industry and Jupiter Group are merged by Nordic PE owners
GRO Capital acquires Danish software developer Targit
Founder of previously VC-backed Targit will resign as CEO after the buyout
Capidea exits Union Engineering
Deal marks the seventh exit for Capedea's first fund, which has one firm left on its books
New UK-Nordic VC Oxx hires Carlyle partner Easton
Carlyle partner and senior adviser will provide counsel to Oxx on part-time basis
Sentica's Kotipizza bolts on Pizzataxi
Finnish pizza delivery and restaurant chain grows in southern Finland
CapMan launches infrastructure arm
Division adds new asset class to firm's buyout, debt and real-estate operations