Finland
CapMan to launch new growth fund with €80m target
GP is seeking minority investments in Finnish companies
Sentica backs Konevuori
Konevuori will operate as a subsidiary of Finnish infrastructure construction group TerraWise
Creathor and MTIP lead €14m round for Blueprint
Existing investors, including Inventure and Pontos Group, will also participate
MB Rahastot sells Cityterveys to Synlab
Divestment comes from the GP's buyout vehicle, MB Equity Fund IV, which held a final close on тЌ260m
Nordic market awakes from slumber
Trio of large-cap deals in June spark life into region's buyout market with dealflow more than doubling compared to the previous month
Nordic Fundraising Report: digging down into the data
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Vaaka Partners in Jungle Juice Bar investment
Deals kicks off investment for the firm's third buyout fund, which is expected to make 10-15 in total
Certior Capital hires Heinilä as investment director
Olli Heinilä leaves EQ Asset Management after six years to join the mid-market private equity and credit investor
Juuri Partners invests in Hydroline
Hydroline is Juuri Partners' first investment in the industrial production sector
Intera-backed Silmäasema raises €35m in IPO
Company will raise тЌ35m from the offering, while the sellers, including Intera, will reap тЌ30m
Intera-backed Silmäasema IPO oversubscribed multiple times
SilmУЄasema announced a price range of тЌ6.20-7.20 on 26 May, implying a market cap of тЌ92-105m
G Square sells Mikeva for €150m
Paris-based private equity firm fully exits the asset after a five-year holding period
Hamilton Lane, Scala Fund Advisory close club fund on $70m
Idea was originated by Scala Fund Advisory, while the vehicle will be managed by Hamilton Lane
VC-backed Supercell acquires Space Ape Games
Deal will mean an exit for a number of Space Ape backers, including Accel and Northzone
Ratos makes profitable Nebula exit
Swedish private equity house nets an IRR of 37% and a money multiple of 3.3x following the trade sale
Inventure sells Beddit to Apple
Nordic early-stage VC firm sells its stake in the Finnish sleep monitoring sensor manufacturer
Spintop leads €2m round for cleaning platform Freska
Investment comes a year after the home cleaning platform acquired Norwegian competitor Freska
Tesi and Debiopharm in $10m series-B for BC Platforms
Biopharmaceutical company will launch new technologies and integrate clinical and genomic data
Vendep Capital hits €40m close for second venture fund
GP aims to support pre-series-A fundraising for Finnish software developers
Intera-backed Kamux to float at 680-800 cents per share
Preliminary price range would put the company's market cap at тЌ253-297m, with 10.1 million existing shares being sold
Nordic buyout market off to slow start in 2017
Buyout volume in Q1 was slowest start to a year since 2013, while Q1 exit figures were at their lowest first-quarter level since 2011
Sentica raises €185m for fifth buyout fund
Finland-based buyout house has hit the тЌ185m hard-cap for its lower-mid-market vehicle
Vaaka Partners-backed Solita acquires Palmu
Finnish GP has owned the digital business consultancy and services company since 2013
Vaaka backed Tietokeskus bolts on SystemaStore
Finnish provider of ICT services expands in the northern Finland region