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Kirk Kapital invests in Catacap’s TPA
Both Catacap and the company’s management team will remain invested in the business
Standout invests in X-akseli
GP invests from its SEK 1bn buyout fund Standout Capital I, which was 35% invested by November
Ex-ATP investment manager joins Industriens Pension
Appointment becomes effective in June, and he will report to head of private investments
Herkules-backed Seagull Maritime buys Tero Marine
Herkules bought Seagull for around €100m in 2015 through Herkules IV, a NOK 2.5bn buyout fund
LP Profile: Novo Holdings
Principal investments senior director Samir Kamal discusses Novo's investment plan, direct investments and approach to ESG
Voima raises €40m for deep-tech startup fund
Fund is targeting €50m and will make 25-30 investments in seed, pre-seed, series-A and series-B rounds
Intera sells Trafotek to trade for €28m
Sale ends a nine-year holding for Intera, which made the investment from the €125m Intera Fund I
Owl Ventures leads $21m series-B for Labster
Balderton Capital, Northzone and Swisscom Ventures also take part in the funding round
Axcel sells Ball Group to Findos, wraps up fund
Sale ends a holding period of around 12 years for Axcel III, which made 11 platform investments
KKR to acquire Gunnebo Industrier from Segulah
Segulah owns an 87% stake in Industrier since carving it out from Gunnebo in 2008
Partners Group buys CapeOmega from HitecVision for €1.2bn
Partners Group said it will work to further expand in offshore infrastructure and related assets
Cinven sells €750m stake in Visma to Hg and CPPIB
Cinven made the realisation from its fifth fund, a €5.3bn vehicle that backed Visma in 2014
DN leads $10m series-A for Leapwork
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand in the US
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business
Norvestor-backed Xllnc buys Lin Education
Bolt-on comes two months after the GP acquired Xllnc with capital from Norvestor VII
EQT buys Dellner Couplers
GP draws capital for the transaction from its latest flagship buyout fund, EQT VIII
IK acquires BST
Since 2016, BST's annual revenues have grown from SEK 220m to almost SEK 340m in 2018
Triton-backed Polygon buys Vanwaarde
GP backed Polygon from The Triton Fund III in 2010, starting the buy-and-build strategy
Nordic buys Signicat
Viking Venture and the company's management team will both retain a minority stake
Agilitas-backed Recover Nordic buys Aktiv Tankrens
Sixteenth add-on for Recover Nordic since Agilitas backed the buyout of the group in 2013
Nordic hires co-head for DACH, promotes three
Nordic promotes Christian Gylling, Christof Ratjen and Thomas Vetander to partner
GRO Capital backs Adform
GRO will partner with existing investor Via Equity and Adform's management team
Henq leads €5.6m funding round for Stravito
Existing investors Inventure and Creades have also taken part in the late seed round
Axcel acquires European Sperm Bank
Peter Bower, founder and previous majority shareholder of the sperm bank, will retain a stake