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Paradigm Capital increases IES stake to 57.6%
GP previously owned around 20% of the listed education company
Icelandic company Lucinity raises $6.1m in series-A round
Company has raised $9m in total at the series-A stage, from new and existing investors
Francisco Partners acquires Consignor for €140m
CEO Peter Thomsen will continue in his role and own a 30% stake in the company
Entreprenörinvest and Innovum in $1.1m round for LocalizeDirect
Company will use the proceeds to launch Gridly, a content management system for multilingual game projects
2011-vintage funds: what is still in Nordic portfolios
Unquote and Mergermarket round up a selection of assets still held in 2011-vintage funds managed by Nordic GPs
EV Private Equity acquires 80% stake in Trainor – report
GP has reportedly acquired the company in a deal that values it at NOK 100m
Verdane acquires Caia Cosmetics
GP reportedly paid SEK 200m for a 50% stake, giving the company a valuation of SEK 400m
Trill Impact acquires Nordomatic from Adelis Equity
Adelis exits the company four years after acquiring a majority stake in it
Capidea sells FlexoPrint to IK Investment-backed Optimum
Danish GP sells the company two years after acquiring it
GP Profile: Priveq Investment
Sweden-based GP completed fundraising for its sixth fund entirely online
VNV Global leads $30m round for Voi Technology
E-scooter operator became profitable for the first time last month and plans to use the proceeds to expand into the UK
EQT to close ninth buyout fund in Q3
Total investments by the EQT funds in the second quarter amount to €1.3bn
Polaris to acquire and merge four Danish coach operators
Four operators had a combined pro forma revenue of €108m in 2019
Novo Holdings et al. in $20m round for Reapplix
Company will use the proceeds to commercialise its flagship product across the US
Blackstone leads $200m round for Oatly
Oprah Winfrey, Roc Nation, Natalie Portman, and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz also take part in the round
EQT sells stake in IFS to TA Associates in €3bn deal
Stake owned by EQT is transferred from EQT VII to its successor funds EQT VIII and EQT IX
Capgemini to help Nordic Capital implement AI for portfolio companies
GP said one of its portfolio companies already using machine learning to generate additional revenues
Eir Ventures holds first close on €76m for life sciences fund
VC firm will invest in opportunities in new therapies, medical technology and digital health
EQT Ventures leads $8m round for Traplight
Play Ventures, Initial Capital and Heartcore Capital also participated in the fundraise
SmartFin Capital leads $25m series-C for MariaDB
Tech company has so far raised $125m from investors including Intel and Alibaba
ETF leads €7m round for Basemark
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate Basemark's growth in the field of autonomous vehicles
Adelis acquires majority stake in Axentia Technologies
GP is deploying capital from its second fund, which closed in 2017 on €600m
Bridgepoint Development Capital to exit KGH Customs Services to trade
UK-based GP exits the business six years after acquiring it from Procuritas
Cinven-backed Partner in Pet Food buys Doggy
Cinven acquired Budapest-headquartered pet food manufacturer Partner in Pet Food in April 2018