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Nordic outlook remains upbeat despite 2016 slowdown
Nordic private equity market saw overall deal value drop substantially in 2016
Life Sciences Partners et al. in €32m round for Oxthera
Round also saw participation from Ysios Capital, Sunstone Capital and Flerie Invest
BDC takes majority stake in Vitamin Well
GP plans to bolster Vitamin Well’s Nordic presence and expand into Europe
KKR acquires Hilding Anders from Arle
Deal comes three years after KKR provided a €350m PIK facility as part of a refinancing
Verdane invest €5m in web tools developer Vaadin
Nordic growth investor joins a group of three previous backers for the Finnish company
Triton takes a majority stake in DeepOcean
Investment will strengthen the oil and gas services company's liquidity and balance
Deal in Focus: Nordic Capital doubled Lindorff EV before merger
Managing partner Kristoffer Melinder speaks to unquote” about the company's merger with its listed competitor
Maj Invest sells KK Group to former Altor partners
Scandinavian investment firm Solix acquires the Danish wind turbine component maker
Ratos sets date and price range for Arcus IPO
Norwegian spirits group sets NOK 39-45 price range for shares ahead of 1 December listing
Intera in €35m carve-out of ISS security division
Buyout firm carves out Finnish security division from formerly PE-backed Danish services company
SEB, Inventure lead SEK 44m series-A for Now Interact
Swedish government VC Industrifonden participated in the round as an existing investor
Buran VC in €6.9m round for Bonusway
CEE-focused VC Buran is joined by Finnish venture fund Visionplus in the funding round
Nordic Capital's Lindorff merges with Intrum Justitia
Deal gives the GP-backed debt collection business a SEK 40.5bn enterprise value
Ratos loses second deputy CEO with Jungner departure
Bo Jungner will step down, following in the footsteps of fellow deputy CEO Henrik Blomé
Nordic Capital sells €74.7m stake in Tokmanni
Partial sale is first sell-down by the GP since listing the Finnish discount retailer in May 2016
Ratos makes 2.2x on SEK 1.8bn MCC exit
Mobile Climate Control sale nets the listed Swedish GP 10% IRR over 11-year hold
Norvestor makes Svozilik partner amid raft of appointments
Nordic GP promotes Svozilik as one of three promotions and hires a further three
Norvestor makes take-private bid for NCR
Nordic GP makes bid provisional on achieving a 90% shareholding in Sweden-listed business
Ventech, Inventure, Sunstone in €9.25m series-B for Freespee
Round also saw participation from Silicon Valley Bank, suggesting the funding also included debt
Norvestor acquires oil services firm Presserv
Deal marks the fourth acquisition by Norway-based GP’s seventh fund
Norvestor sells Phonero to Telia in NOK 2.3bn deal
Exit comes one year after the GP first invested in the Norwegian mobile virtual network operator
Ratos to float Arcus in Oslo
Nordic wine and spirits business intends to list on the Oslo Stock Exchange
CapMan to acquire Finnish investor Norvestia in €118m deal
Finnish GP lodges bid to acquire publicly listed investment company Norvestia for merger
Vaaka takes majority stake in Molok
Investment by Finnish buyout house forms part of plan for international expansion