Finland
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 €35m from the offering, while the sellers, including Intera, will reap €30m
Intera-backed Silmäasema IPO oversubscribed multiple times
Silmäasema announced a price range of €6.20-7.20 on 26 May, implying a market cap of €92-105m
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 €253-297m, 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 €185m 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
Vaaka Partners' third fund hits €225m hard-cap in three months
Final close brings the total amount raised by the Finnish firm since 2007 to €450m
Nordic onshoring remains elusive without political assurances
Tax transparency in the Nordic region will only improve slowly without political assurances
CapMan subsidiary Norvestia sells Idean Enterprises
CapMan acquired fellow Finland-based investment company Norvestia in November last year
Nordic Capital sells €81m Tokmanni share block
GP's seventh vehicle entered a lock-up period ending April 26 after the partial sale
Sentica sells final shareholding in Kotipizza
Accelerated bookbuilding process run by Carnegie and Pareto Securities sees the Finnish GP exits its shareholding in the pizzeria chain
Ratos-backed Ledil raises €18m in refinancing
Finnish LED lighting components manufacturer refinances debt two years after Ratos's buyout
Sentica's Kotipizza bolts on Pizzataxi
Finnish pizza delivery and restaurant chain grows in southern Finland
CapMan launches infrastructure arm
Division adds new asset class to firm's buyout, debt and real-estate operations