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Investcorp in €1bn exit of Icopal to GAF
Danish roofing materials maker had been an IPO candidate before the trade sale to GAF materialised
Intel Capital, CTV invest $9m in MariaDB
Both US venture firms are existing investors in the Finnish SQL products developer
Sequoia’s Plain Vanilla raises $7.5m from Glu
San Francisco-based games developer will invest up to $7.5m in promissory convertible loans
Creandum strengthens investment advisory team
Simon Schmincke and Bjarke Staun-Olsen have joined Creandum's Stockholm office
VC-backed Spotify bolts on Soundwave and Cord Project
Music streaming service Spotify has raised more than $1bn in funding since inception in 2006
Litorina takes majority stake in Fresks
Swedish GP takes a majority stake through its fourth fund, alongside the founding Oscarson family
Verdane buys Aggregate Media portfolio in direct secondary
GP’s Verdane VIII fund acquires shares in seven Aggregate-backed companies
Procuritas picks up troubled Dantherm’s HVAC business
Dantherm has been suffering due to a heavily delayed sale of its telecoms business
Still no turnaround fund in sight for Nordic market
Could 2016 see the arrival of Nordic turnaround funds given continued LP demand for the strategy?
IK buys Norwegian IT company TeleComputing
Nordic IT companies continue to be a popular target for private equity firms in the region
Seed Capital and Creandum’s Vivino raises $25m series-B
Danish wine social app raises capital from LVMH CEO and existing investors, including Balderton
Nordic IPO health check – how have 2014’s listings fared?
With the Nordic private equity market continuing to list assets, how have 2014's IPOs performed?
Faxander joins Nordic Capital as operating partner
Former Sandvik CEO Olof Faxander will head Nordic Capital’s operations team
Maj Invest takes 70% stake in DK-Foods
Danish media report DKK 500m price tag for GP’s stake in spicy sausage maker
Priveq sells Office Management to Inter Ikea Investments
Exit comes three-and-a-half years after Priveq took a 65% stake in the Swedish office supplier
Nordic Capital buys Cint from Cipio, Creandum and Prime Ventures
The acquisition was made through the GP’s Nordic Capital Fund VII, providing an exit for previous backers
Priveq V holds first and final close on SEK 2.3bn hard-cap
SEC filings revealed the closing of the GP's fifth fund in late December
BWB Partners acquires Impreg
Danish GP formerly known as Odin completes first acquisition as BWB Partners
EQT Ventures hires Persson as design partner
Ted Persson joins EQT's new venture capital arm to help with design and product development
Herkules Capital names Gillebo as new partner
Gaute Gillebo promoted from director at the Norwegian GP, which he joined in 2009
Norvestia leads €3.3m round for Fluido
Funding round will support international growth for the Finnish company
Sentica builds infrastructure group with triple buyout
Sentica inks the MBOs of Kanta-Kaivu, Cendigo and Kallionporaus Arto Soininen
Ratos’s Euromaint takes hit after German divestment
Partial exit and performance to negatively impact company's value
EQT Ventures hires Andreas Thorstensson
Thorstensson joins EQT Ventures as partner from startup he co-founded