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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
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 тЌ5.3bn 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
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
Byfounders closes debut fund on €100m
Vehicle was announced in October 2017 and gained the backing of cornerstone investor VУІkstfonden
CatCap launches in Copenhagen with acquisition of DMC
Dansk Merchant Capital will contribute M&A capabilities and experience in raising equity
FSN gets €50m insurance pay-out, sues Procuritas
Consortium of 12 underwriters led by Liberty GTS announced yesterday that it had paid тЌ50m to FSN
Litorina sells Fresks to Kesko for €200m
Company's sales have more than doubled from SEK 850m to SEK 2.1bn during Litorina's holding period
Five Arrows-backed Karnov prices SEK 4.2bn IPO
AP6, Lazard and Vind have committed to acquiring shares worth up to SEK 607m in the offering
Nordic direct lending makes slow but steady progress
Private debt funds have been rapidly expanding their market share in corporate cashflow lending across Europe, but Nordic progress has been slow
Summa-backed Lakers makes four buys
Summa acquired Lakers with equity from the SEK 4.5bn vehicle Summa Equity Fund I in September 2018
Hannes Snellman hires Kanter's Klang
Klang will be responsible for developing the firm's Nordic M&A platform and private equity practice
EQT closes in on IPO – report
Swedish publication Affarsvarlden reports that the firm is in discussions with investors
Five Arrows-backed Karnov announces intention to float
Karnov generated adjusted EBITA of SEK 262m from sales of SEK 715m in 2018 (36.6% margin)