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JS World Media sale in home stretch, bidders include sponsors
Danish PE house Catacap and its German counterpart Findos are among the final-round bidders
Nordic buyout deal volume peaks in H1 2021
Dealflow was more than double that seen in H1 last year, and up 25% on the first half of 2019
Permira makes EUR 1.9bn investment in Adevinta
Deal will see eBay decrease its stake in Adevinta as part of the acquisition of eBay Classifieds
Triton sells Polygon to AEA for 5.3x money invested
Secondary buyout of the building maintenance business ends a holding period of more than 10 years
Bain Capital, Thrive lead €126m round for Pleo
Company was founded six years ago and has since raised nearly €200m over three funding rounds
GP Profile: Summa Equity
Reynir Indahl believes GPs should move beyond ticking ESG boxes to 'impact-weighted' reporting
EQT sells Iver to ICG
EQT claims that, under its ownership, the company more than tripled its revenues over the last three years
CapMan acquires Verdane's MM Sports
Verdane mandated Clearwater International in Q1 to assess its exit options
CapMan exits Solera Beverage Group to trade
Exit comes a decade after CapMan acquired a majority stake in Solera alongside co-investors and the management
Polaris sells ProData Consult to Axcel
Axcel reportedly pays nearly DKK 2bn (€269m) for the company, suggesting a 13.3x EBITDA multiple
EQT to sell Fertin Pharma to Philip Morris
EQT exits the company four years after it acquired a 70% stake in it from the founding Bagger-Sørensen family
Nordic Capital raises €1.2bn for first mid-market fund
GP launched the fund in April 2021 and took three months to raise the vehicle which will target mid-market companies across Northern Europe
KKR opens office in Stockholm to step up Nordic activity
The office is the GP's ninth in EMEA, in addition to Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dublin, Luxembourg, London, Dubai and Riyadh
Verdane acquires Silva and Nordic Vehicle from Karnell
Karnell's exit comes a decade after it invested in both Silva and Nordic Vehicle.
Altor buys Palette Software from Monterro
Monterro's exit comes six years after it acquired a minority stake in the company
Riverside buys Danish cybersecurity firm Cryptomathic
GP was supported by its institutional co-investors on the deal and plans to carry out add-ons in the cryptography space
Klar to acquire Finnish installation company QMG
GP will merge QMG with its recently acquired Swedish portfolio company Sandbackens to create a new group
Altor, Goldman Sachs sell Navico to trade in €880m deal
Altor exits the company 15 years after creating the company by merging Simrad Yachting and Lowrance Electronics
Multiples continue to climb in Nordic region as activity booms
Nordic PE market saw record levels of deal value in Q1, with valuations soaring even higher on the back of renewed optimism
Sparkmind closes first Edtech fund on €55m
Vehicle will back up to 25 companies with up to €5m in stages ranging from seed to series-B rounds
Priveq sells Scanmast to trade buyer for €24m
As part of the acquisition, Scanmast CEO Ann-Charlotte Andersson also acquires shares
Accent exits kitchenware retailer Cervera in sale to trade
Under Accent's ownership, the company's revenues increased by more than 70%, and EBITDA nearly tripled
Waterland to acquire Norwegian company Bano
Waterland is currently deploying equity from its eighth fund, which held a final close on €2.5bn
Intera Partners closes fourth fund at €335m
Fund will invest in the lower-mid-market space and target mainly Finnish and some Swedish businesses
