Finland
Voima Ventures leads €1.5m seed round for Iiwari
Deal is VC's sixth investment from its Deep-tech Fund
Inkef leads €12m series-A funding round for Happeo
Finnish company has raised тЌ20m since being founded in 2018
Vaaka Partners acquires majority stake in Staria
Company is aiming for most of its future growth to be achieved outside of Finland
Wolt raises €100m in series-D funding round
Company will use funding to see it through uncertainty caused by the pandemic
Verdane Capital acquires Finnish company Evondos
Deal is the GP's third investment in a month in the healthcare technology sector
CapMan Growth hires partner for new growth fund
New vehicle will succeed CapMan Growth Equity Fund, which closed on a hard-cap of тЌ86m in 2017
Nordic Ninja leads €4.5m series-A for Finnish startup Logmore
Finnish company will use the funding to expand into North America and Asia
Karma, OpenOcean in €2m round for AppGyver
Company will use the fresh capital to accelerate the development of its visual app-builder platform
EQT Ventures leads €4m round for gaming studio Reworks
Studio has launched its first game, Redecor, which targets home decor enthusiasts
Siili sells stake in Robocorp to existing PE backers
Siili exits the business after having invested in it during a pre-seed funding round
Axcel holds first close for sixth flagship fund
GP's sixth fund has already raised 77% of the amount raised by its predecessor
PE-backed Touchpoint acquires Domino Workwear in Finland
Deal comes nearly two years after Finnish GP Taaleri Private Equity Funds acquired the company
Andreessen Horowitz leads €7.6m series-A for Mainframe Industries
Gaming startup has so far raised nearly тЌ10m from two funding rounds
Technology buyouts stall in Nordic region
Technology buyouts have hovered around the 30-per-year mark for three years running now, suggesting a plateau has been reached
Sparkmind holds first close for debut ed-tech fund
KRR III and Finnish Industry Investment back the fund as cornerstone investors
Korona Invest acquires Epic Driving School
Company's net sales in 2019 stood at тЌ8.8m, with EBITDA of тЌ700,000
Innovestor holds first close for industrial fund
Fund has a focus on sectors benefiting from the fourth industrial revolution
IVP leads $40m series-B for Aiven
IVP general partner Eric Liaw will join Aiven's board of directors as part of the transaction
Preato sells Machinery to portfolio company YE for €18.75m
Preato Capital sells its stake of almost 94% in the deal, which values Machinery at тЌ26.16m
ICG transfers Esperi ownership to lenders
Esperi will be owned by a new parent company controlled by Danske Bank, Ilmarinen and SEB
MTIP et al. exit Blueprint Genetics to trade
Listed, US-based diagnostic information service Quest Diagnostics has acquired Blueprint
EQT to float Musti
Musti generated EBITDA of тЌ34.3m from revenues of тЌ246.6m for the year ending in September 2019
LP Profile: EQ Asset Management
Head of private equity Staffan Jåfs discusses the organisation's views on PE opportunities and its fundraising plans
EQ targets first close for two PE funds by January 2020
One fund-of-funds will focus on European primaries, and the other on the secondaries market