Norway
Former Altor and Nordic Capital veterans launch Summa Equity
GP will focus on buyouts in sectors with climate and demography-driven changes
Nordic startup bloom may wither without government support
As Nordic cities continue to foster successful startups, should governments be doing more to improve affordability?
Altor takes 25% stake in Skandiabanken for NOK 1.2bn
The deal is a continuation of Altor’s ongoing strategy of public minority investments
Herkules makes 3.5x on Micro Matic exit
Norwegian private equity firm exits nearly a decade after acquiring the systems maker
FSN's Instalco makes eight bolt-ons in Nordic region
FSN Capital portfolio company Instalco Group has made eight bolt-ons across Norway, Sweden and Finland
Nordic Capital sells NOK 780m stake in Europris
The GP will retain a 32.7% shareholding in Norwegian discount retailer following the partial exit
3i reaps £52m on partial sale of Eltel shares
Infrastructure network service Eltel was floated in February 2015
Riverside Company’s Mintra bolts on OCS HR
OCS HR is the first add-on acquisition for Mintra since it was acquired in late 2014
Priveq-backed CSAM acquires division of CapMan’s Mawell
Mawell to sell electronic healthcare systems division nine years after €8m CapMan investment
Viking Venture takes 49% stake in Din ERP
Trondheim-based VC’s investment will support European expansion for the enterprise software company
IK buys Norwegian IT company TeleComputing
Nordic IT companies continue to be a popular target for private equity firms in the region
Herkules Capital names Gillebo as new partner
Gaute Gillebo promoted from director at the Norwegian GP, which he joined in 2009
Ratos makes NOK 265m on Hent refinancing
Refinancing will cover most of the GP's initial investment in the Norwegian construction company
Nordic VC funds claim 13% annual return in performance index
Nordic Venture Network launches Nordic Venture Performance Index
Coding human resources: Five Nordic enterprise software deals
Enterprise software companies have proven popular in the Nordic region
HitecVision's NSSI acquires 10% stake in Kværner
Share purchase takes total stake to 11.1%
Norvestor backs Phonero
Investment is third from GP's NOK 3bn sixth vehicle
Permira sells Pharmaq to Zoetis for $765m
Exit comes just two years after Permira bought Pharmaq for €250m
NVCA appoints Rikke Eckhoff as new CEO
Norwegian Venture Capital Association appoints former unquote" editor Rikke Eckhoff Høvding as CEO
Northzone’s mCash sells Norwegian operations
VC will not realise any value or receive cash from sale
Alliance Venture et al. inject €7.1m into Swarm64
Data processing company to expand into US market
EQT fully exits XXL
Final exit sees NOK 5bn profit over five years
Altor and Bain sell Ewos for €1.35bn
Exit comes two years after €823m buyout
Questback raises £12m
Company recently opened office in Houston