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IK Investment Partners acquire majority stake in Colosseum Dental
IK Investment Partners have acquired a majority stake in Norwegian dental care specialist Colosseum Dental.
Eqvitec adds five to investment team
Eqvitec has employed a team of five investment professionals to its offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.
SamInvest Mitt and Peritas Invest invest in Absoft
SamInvest Mitt AB and Peritas Invest AB have provided SEK 3m for Absoft AB.
Senior Partner Juha Mikkola leaves Eqvitec Partners
Senior Partner and co-founder Juha Mikkola has left Eqvitec Partners after 14 years.
Amadeus and Northzone to list EPiServer
Venture capital investors Amadeus Capital and Northzone Ventures will sell their shares in software company EPiServer.
Nexit Ventures back Octoshape
Nexit Ventures has invested €4m in Danish mobile video delivery company Octoshape.
Private equity LPs flock to the Nordic region
The Nordic private equity model is becoming increasingly attractive, according to industry experts. Rikke Eckhoff reports from the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Congress in Stockholm.
SEB Venture Capital leads investment in Coresonic
SEB Venture Capital has invested €1.5m in Swedish technology firm, Coresonic.
Swedish Central Bank chief warns on continued threats
Lars Nyberg, deputy governor of the Swedish Central Bank, said the Swedish economy is not out of danger, in his keynote speech at the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Congress 2010. Viktor Lundvall reports.
Avista commits $48.5m to OptiNose
US-based Avista Capital Partners has invested $48.5m in Norwegian medical company OptiNose.
Nordic unquote" June 2010
With a raft of firms in the Nordic region set to float in the near future, IPOs in the region could receive a major boost. Activity in the region has already topped that of 2009, but are we set for a long-term revivial?
Olicom files for bankruptcy
Danish venture capital firm Olicom today announced it has filed for bankruptcy.
EQT Partners makes bid for AcadeMedia
EQT Partners has secured a 75.2% stake in AcadeMedia following a tender offer in April.
Nordic Capital acquires Handicare
Nordic Capital has acquired Handicare from Herkules Capital in a secondary buyout.
Consortium invests €5m in Action Pharma
A consortium of investors including InnovationsKapital has completed a €5m financing round in Action Pharma.
Polaris closes third fund at €365m
Polaris has completed a final closing of its third fund at €365m, breaking its original €350m target.
EQT acquires sports retailer XXL
EQT Partners has acquired a majority stake in sports retail chain XXL Sport & Villmark for an undisclosed sum.
PAI- backed Chr Hansen to float in Copenhagen
PAI partners portfolio company Chr Hansen is to list on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen stock exchange. The Danish food ingredients group’s IPO is said to be fully subscribed and is expected to raise DKK 3.16bn.
Investinor et al. invest $4.2m in ExproSoft AS
Norwegian private equity funds Investinor and Viking Venture have acquired a 42.3% share of ExproSoft AS.
Sarsia Seed invests in APIM Therapeutics
Sarsia Seed has invested NOK 3.5m in Norwegian drug developer, APIM Therapeutics AS.
Procuritas buys King Oscar
Procuritas Capital has acquired Norwegian canned seafood supplier, King Oscar Brisling Sardines, from Rieber & Søn. No financial details have been disclosed, although the deal is understood to be worth in excess of NOK 255m.
Wirescan raises NOK 25m in latest round
Wirescan AS has received NOK 25m, in a round headed by Siemens Venture Capital and SåkorniVest II AS.
Simon Kucher opens in Copenhagen
Strategy and marketing consultancy firm, Simon Kucher & Partners, has opened an office in Copenhagen to serve the Nordic region.
Listed fund-of-funds: Private equity for all
“We wanted to make private equity investing available to a larger audience,” Ole Mikkelsen, CEO of listed Danish fund-of-funds Scandinavian Private Equity A/S (SPEAS) explains.Rikke Eckhoff explores the pros and cons of listed fund-of-funds with the...