Finland
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 тЌ450m
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
Sentica's Trust Kapital bolts on Enfo Zender
Acquisition is the first bolt-on by GP-backed Finnish business support services company
Inventure sells Rightware for €64m
Existing shareholders include Finnish Industry Investment, Inventure and Nexit Ventures
FSN Capital closes fifth fund on €1bn hard-cap
Surpassing its target of тЌ624m, the Nordic vehicle is тЌ376m larger than its predecessor
CapMan acquires temp housing manager Forenom
Temporary housing provider is first acquisition by the Finnish asset managerтs buyout fund since 2014
Nordic outlook remains upbeat despite 2016 slowdown
Nordic private equity market saw overall deal value drop substantially in 2016
Verdane invest €5m in web tools developer Vaadin
Nordic growth investor joins a group of three previous backers for the Finnish company
Intera in €35m carve-out of ISS security division
Buyout firm carves out Finnish security division from formerly PE-backed Danish services company
Buran VC in €6.9m round for Bonusway
CEE-focused VC Buran is joined by Finnish venture fund Visionplus in the funding round
CapMan to acquire Finnish investor Norvestia in €118m deal
Finnish GP lodges bid to acquire publicly listed investment company Norvestia for merger
Vaaka takes majority stake in Molok
Investment by Finnish buyout house forms part of plan for international expansion
Creandum leads $10m series-A for KNL Networks
Existing investors Inventure and Butterfly Ventures re-upped for the funding round
Nordic GPs look to new verticals in private healthcare
GPs in the region are increasingly turning to new healthcare subsectors as the private care segment evolves into a large-cap game
Vaaka picks up LTP Logistics
Private equity firm Vaaka acquires a majority stake in the Finnish food logistics business
Doctor's orders: Avoid controversy, seek new opportunities
As GPs shy away from investment in healthcare provision, new opportunities are presenting themselves in other medically related sub-sectors
Vaaka Partners exits Renewa
Trade sale comes eight years after Vaaka acquired the company formerly known as Termopoint
LP Profile: Finnish pension fund Keva eyes larger investments
Markus Pauli, CIO for Keva’s alternative investments, details how the investor’s appetite for buyouts has increased over the years