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IK sells Ellab to EQT
IK Investment Partners held the thermal validation services company for three years
PE-backed Nets offloads division to Mastercard for €2.85bn
Acquisition comprises Nets' clearing and instant payment services, and e-billing solutions
BlackRock et al. in $460m funding round for Klarna
Funding round values the payments and financing service at $5.5bn
Altor sells Enhanced Drilling to EV Private Equity
EV Private Equity will combine Enhanced Drilling with Enhanced Well Technologies
Nordic Capital supports Cint in P2Sample acquisition
Customer insight software developer Cint already has offices in New York and LA
LP Profile: Argentum
Unquote catches up with CEO Joachim HУИegh-Krohn to discuss the firmтs evolution and his views on the current state of the market
Sunstone backs Forendo Pharma
Fresh capital will be used to advance its endometriosis programme into the next phase
FSN sells Velcora to trade for SEK 1.28bn
Acquisition includes Velcora's Roplan and Steridose businesses, both headquartered in Sweden
Triton buys Aleris for SEK 2.8bn
GP draws equity for the investment from The Triton Fund V, which held a final close on тЌ5bn
Procuritas buys Cutters
GP drew capital from Procuritas Capital Investors VI, a тЌ318m, 2016-vintage buyout fund
Kahoot inspires new wave in Norwegian edtech
Norway's VC scene may be less eye-catching than its Nordic neighbours', but the country is leading the way when it comes to education technology
VC firms invest €11.5m in IQM
Maki.vc, MIG Funds, OpenOcean, Tesi and Vito Ventures all take part in the financing
Nordic sells Ellos to trade for €229m
GP makes the sale from Nordic Capital CV1, a тЌ2.5bn continuation fund for Nordic Capital Fund VII
Norvestor sells IT Gården to EQT-backed Iver
Transaction comes 15 months after EQT founded Iver by merging Candidator and DGC
Altor invests in XXL
Altor IV's mandate allows it to make minority investments in publicly traded companies
Summa-backed EcoOnline buys Nordic Port
Acquisition of Nordic Port will strengthen EcoOline's position in chemical management
Icon Capital invests in Malorama in NOK 600m deal
Icon Capital took a 30% stake in the surface treatment retailer and Loe-gruppen took a 9% stake
Segulah acquires IT-Total
Deal for the Swedish IT business is the ninth investment from the GP's SEK 2.4bn fifth fund
CapMan invests in Picosun
Finnish state-backed industrial investment fund Tesi also takes part in the round
Certior holds €100m close for credit fund-of-funds
Fund was originally registered in Luxembourg in June 2018 and held a first close on тЌ51m
KKR buys 30% of Sector Alarm
Transaction is drawn from KKR European Fund V, a тЌ5bn buyout fund currently in the market
Via Equity backs Cego carve-out
GP invests from Via Equity III, a DKK 1bn fund that invests in companies with sales of тЌ10-100m
VC firms invest $34m in ESmart Systems
Energy Impact Partners takes part in the round along with corporate venturing arm Innogy Ventures
Swedish pension fund AP6 makes Staaf managing director
Katarina Staaf joined the SEK 34.7bn pension fund as a member of the board in 2017