Finland
Verdane adds three to investment team
Stenmarck, Friberg and Stierncreutz are based in Copenhagen, Berlin and Helsinki respectively
Superhero Capital to hold €40m final close by end of 2020
VC firm's new fund will be double the size of its previous fund, which is now fully invested
Fazer leads €15m series-A round for Solar Foods
Finnish food corporation becomes the biggest shareholder in the food technology startup with 15% stake
Sponsor Capital holds final close on €202m for fifth fund
Finnish GP's new fund will start investing in the first quarter of 2021
Providence Strategic Growth acquires Sympa
GP is deploying equity from its new Europe-focused fund, which has so far raised around ТЃ650m
Highland Europe leads €40m series-B round for Supermetrics
Finnish company claims to have been profitable since its founding in 2013, with turnover doubling each year
Quuppa raises €20m from Bocap and TCG
Round is company's first ever capital raise, which it will use to to scale up services
EQT, Vaaka Partners sell shares worth €119m in Musti
Shares have been sold to institutional investors for тЌ15.8 a share
Tesi, NordicNinja et al. in $54m series-C for Varjo
Tech company has raised $100m since being founded in 2016
CapMan announces second growth fund; invests in DSP Neural
VC fund has made its first investment in DSP Neural, which raised тЌ5m in a series-A round
CapMan to reorganise service business
GP will launch CapMan Wealth Services, which will combine the services of the disbanded Scala Fund Advisory and JAM Advisors brands
Finland's VC industry remains buoyant despite pandemic
Dealflow in the Finnish VC market remained strong in the peak months of the coronavirus outbreak, with local players cautiously optimistic
2011-vintage funds: what is still in Nordic portfolios
Unquote and Mergermarket round up a selection of assets still held in 2011-vintage funds managed by Nordic GPs
EQT Ventures leads $8m round for Traplight
Play Ventures, Initial Capital and Heartcore Capital also participated in the fundraise
SmartFin Capital leads $25m series-C for MariaDB
Tech company has so far raised $125m from investors including Intel and Alibaba
ETF leads €7m round for Basemark
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate Basemark's growth in the field of autonomous vehicles
Klar Partners acquires Empower IM Oy
Acquisition of the Finland-based smart energy company is the GP's first deal since its inception
Nordic e-commerce confident "silver krona" uplift will persevere
Lockdowns have т out of necessity т introduced a new age group to online shopping, boosting prospects for several PE-backed assets
Lifeline in €6.2m round for Tilt Biotherapeutics
Healthcare startup has raised тЌ18m in funding since its foundation in 2013
CapMan to launch first Special Situations fund after summer
Nordic private equity firm CapMan has launched CapMan Special Situations to focus on turnarounds.Т
Tesi et al. in $40m series-B round for Swappie
Company has so far raised $48m and saw a fivefold increase in revenues during the lockdown period
Vaaka Partners sells Kotikatu to Norvestor-backed PHM
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Vaaka, which owned a majority stake in the company
DevCo-backed VAG acquires ZMK Technologies
DevCo-backed Vexve Armatury Group (VAG) has acquired a majority stake in German valve supplier ZMK Technologies from Advanced Holdings т a Singaporean listed company focusing on engineering services and clean technologies т and the founders of the company....
DevCo-backed Medix Biochemica adds-on two US companies
Company has so far added on three companies and used its cashflow to acquire them