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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
RedSeed leads €4.5m round for Fazland
Backers include Ad4Ventures, the venture capital arm of Italian telecommunications group Mediaset
Vesalius leads €8.3m series-B for Omeicos
Backers in the investment round include KfW Bank, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Hich-Tech Gründerfonds
Holtzbrinck leads £10m round for Dealflo
Digital documentation business will look to expand into new segments and international markets
Siparex et al. back Viasphère MBO
Capital restructuring enables ICG to exit the French home help services provider
Freshfields poaches five Paris-based partners from Ashurst
Guy Benda, Nicolas Barberis, Yann Gozal, Laurent Mabilat and Stéphanie Corbière leave Ashurst
Thrive and Passion in £19.5m round for Monzo
Online bank and commission-free foreign exchange platform will launch its current accounts service in summer 2017
Maven backs £6.5m buyout of Healthpoint
Deal was funded through Maven's co-investment network and will support the company's product development efforts
Aliter Capital closes maiden fund on £92m
Newcomer will focus on the UK support services sector and has already struck a deal
HIG acquires Swiss IT consulting business Infinigate
Rotkreuz-headquartered company intends to use the fresh capital to expand internationally through add-ons
Capzanine returns to Pierre Guerin with minority investment
Capzanine previously backed an MBO for the stainless steel equipment business in 2006
UK consumer deals slump as GPs heed Brexit warnings
Strong consumer spending figures in the months following the EU referendum have not translated to increased PE investment in the sector
BGF appoints EY's Skade
BGF expands its team in the south-west England region
Draper Esprit leads £9m round for POD Point
VC has invested ТЃ5m in the electric vehicle charge point company as part of the deal
Procuritas-backed Dantherm buys MCS from Alcedo
Transaction sees the Italian GP exit its asset after a five-year holding period
Ventech joins DN Capital in Hostmaker round
UK-based Airbnb management company has raised ТЃ7.5m to date across two rounds of funding
Quiet start to 2017 for DACH buyouts following Q4 flurry
Number of large German deals saw the DACH region outpace its European neighbours at the end of 2016, in terms of aggregate value
NorthEdge sells Fine Industries to Lianhetech in £103m deal
Trade sale of speciality chemicals business marks the GP's fourth exit in seven months
CM-CIC, Galia Gestion inject €5m into Adstellam
GPs provide funding to fuel the growth of the French point-of-sale software developer
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
Omnes Capital sells Capcom stake to CM-CIC's Circet
Transaction marks first exit completed by Omnes from its Omnes Croissance 4 vehicle, coming two years after investment
21 Centrale Partners to acquire DL Software
French branch of pan-European GP 21 Partners intends to take the company private upon the deal's completion
Ardian sells Frostkrone to Emeram
French GP exits its stake in the German forzen foods manufacturer after a four-year holding period
KKR sells Winoa to KPS Capital Partners
KKR acquired steel abrasivesn producer Winoa in 2013 through a debt restructuring of the company