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Nordic Capital to list Resurs in Stockholm
Intention to float announcement follows that of GP’s Finnish discount retailer Tokmanni
XAnge backs Sensorberg
Sensorberg raised an undisclosed amount from XAnge, WestTech, Garvest and Berlin TEchnologie Holding
Index et al. exit Onefinestay in €148m sale to AccorHotels
Accommodation rental platform had raised €80m from four institutional investment rounds
Caixa Capital Risk leads €1.25m round for Forever US
Co-founders and private investors have also joined the funding round
Palamon in £20m round for portfolio company Feelunique
GP acquired the online cosmetics retailer in 2012 in a £26m deal alongside Sirius Equity
CIC and Octopus in £13.7m round for Origami Energy
VCs previously took part in a £3.5m seed round for the UK-based software-as-a-service firm
VR Equitypartner backs n3k Informatik
VR provides growth capital for Heilbronn-based IT services business n3k Informatik
Erhvervsinvest takes majority stake in Fletco
Danish carpet manufacturer is the first buyout of 2016 for the Danish small-cap GP
LBO and Capzanine exit DCI
LBO and Capzanine originally invested in DCI in 2011, with the company doubling in size since then
VC-backed Home24 raises €20m
Investors remain unnamed, but Rocket Internet and Holtzbrinck are previous backers
Actera in $800m exit of Mars Cinema Group
CEE-focused GP’s exit of Turkish cinema group is the largest in the region so far this year
William Hill acquires OpenBet for £270m
Deal values OpenBet at 8.4x EBITDA and provides an exit for Vitruvian Partners
Nordic Capital to float Tokmanni in Helsinki
Goldman Sachs and Nordea tapped as bookrunners for Q2 IPO on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki
Bluebee raises €10m series-A from Capricorn et al.
Backers include family office Kory and Biover II
Consumer boom: the five largest Nordic consumer deals of 2015
The Nordic consumer sector was the only one to see measurable growth last year, in the face of an overall volume decline of nearly 20%
Capiton buys Hamm Reno
Deal sees Stefan Kaske and the Hamm family exit the German footwear business
Palatine in £40m SBO of Verdant Leisure from RJD
SBO provides an exit for RJD Private Equity Fund II, six years after acquisition
Kernel leads €1.7m round in Zeto
Kernel invested via the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds
LDC makes 2.3x on Original Additions sale
LDC acquired the branded beauty goods supplier in 2011 through a secondary buyout
Palamon scores 13x on £600m Towry sale
Permira-backed Tilney BestInvest won the competitive process, which attracted strong PE interest
ManoMano raises €13m round from Partech et al.
Backers include Piton Capital, CM-CIC Capital Privé and Digital Ambition Fund
Eurazeo in talks to buy chocolate brands from Mondelez
As part of the deal, Eurazeo will buy five manufacturing plants in France
Priveq acquires Danfö
Danfö's management and board will buy into the newco as part of the MBO
IK puts small-cap fund to work with Touristry buyout
Nordic sightseeing bus and boat operator marks the fourth buyout from the recently-closed small-cap fund