Nordic Unquote
Aeternum et al. invest in Hg's Visma at EUR 16bn EV
Deal sees Aeternum Capital, Government Pension Fund Norway (Folketrygdfondet), Vind and GIC invest
EQT Ventures gears up for third fund
Fund registration comes less than two years after the final close of its EUR 660m predecessor
EQT investors close share sale at SEK 370 apiece
Largest individual seller was EQT chair Conni Jonsson, who sold around 5.23 million shares for SEK 1.93bn
Accedo sponsor SEB taps Raymond James for exit
SEB Private Equity acquired a majority stake in the company in June 2016
Trill Impact closes debut fund on EUR 900m
Mid-market impact fund has made four investments to date and expects to make 10-12 platform deals
Lifeline Ventures preps Helsinki Spac IPO
Lifeline is planning to raise approximately EUR 100m in proceeds via the Spac listing
CapMan takes ESG-linked facility for CapMan XI
Raiffeisen Bank International and Danske Bank have provided the capital call bridge facility
Axcel VI holds EUR 800m final close
Fund has made six platform investments and is around 30% larger than its EUR 617m predecessor
DBAG acquires Dantherm Group from Procuritas
Procuritas acquired the heating, ventilation and air conditioning company in a carve-out in 2016
Bridgepoint to acquire LanguageWire from Catacap
Catacap acquired the translation and content production software in 2017 via its debut fund
Altor buys majority stake in game developer Raw Fury
Deal comes shortly after Altor announced its investment in activewear brand Oceans Apart
Polaris makes IR and investment team hires
Amanda Platek joins Polaris to establish an investor relations function at the firm
IK exits Visolit in trade sale
IK acquired the IK acquired Norwegian IT services and outsourcing business in 2016
Placement agent Ermitage appoints new managing partner
Jerome Bouix joins from Scala Fund Advisory, where he was managing partner
JS World Media sale in home stretch, bidders include sponsors
Danish PE house Catacap and its German counterpart Findos are among the final-round bidders
Nordic buyout deal volume peaks in H1 2021
Dealflow was more than double that seen in H1 last year, and up 25% on the first half of 2019
Permira makes EUR 1.9bn investment in Adevinta
Deal will see eBay decrease its stake in Adevinta as part of the acquisition of eBay Classifieds
Triton sells Polygon to AEA for 5.3x money invested
Secondary buyout of the building maintenance business ends a holding period of more than 10 years
Bain Capital, Thrive lead €126m round for Pleo
Company was founded six years ago and has since raised nearly тЌ200m over three funding rounds
GP Profile: Summa Equity
Reynir Indahl believes GPs should move beyond ticking ESG boxes to 'impact-weighted' reporting
EQT sells Iver to ICG
EQT claims that, under its ownership, the company more than tripled its revenues over the last three years
CapMan acquires Verdane's MM Sports
Verdane mandated Clearwater International in Q1 to assess its exit options
CapMan exits Solera Beverage Group to trade
Exit comes a decade after CapMan acquired a majority stake in Solera alongside co-investors and the management
Polaris sells ProData Consult to Axcel
Axcel reportedly pays nearly DKK 2bn (тЌ269m) for the company, suggesting a 13.3x EBITDA multiple