Norway
Norinnova and Sarsia Seed back Prophyllix Pharma,
Norinnova Forvaltning, via Norinnova Invest, has alongside Sarsia Seed invested in Norwegian life science company Prophyllix Pharma, each taking a 7.7% stake.
Viking and Investinor in NOK 86m round for ChapDrive
Viking Venture, Investinor and existing shareholders NorthZone Ventures, Hafslund Venture and Energy Capital Management (Statoil Venture) have participated in a NOK 86m round for wind turbine manufacturer ChapDrive.
Proventure et al in NOK 35m funding for Aptomar
Norwegian government-backed venture fund Investinor has contributed NOK 17.5m in a NOK 35m funding round for technology business Aptomar. Also participating were existing backers Statoil Venture and seed fund Proventure SEED.
Herkules acquires Elis
Norwegian GP Herkules Capital has wholly acquired software company Elis AS from Data in Vest AS, Hafslund Venture and Elis employees.
Nordic unquote" April 2010
The latest issue of Nordic unquote" is now ready to download. The April issue features an analysis on investing in the retail sector, updates from the AIFM debate and we take a closer look at the emergence of environmental due diligence and specialist...
Norvestor invests in Advantec
Norwegian private equity firm Norvestor has invested in oil service company Advantec.
Herkules acquires New Store Europe
Norwegian buyout house Herkules Capital has acquired New Store Europe, a shop interior company.
Selmer hires former DLA Piper partner
Law firm Selmer has hired Marius Juul MУИller as partner, effective from 1 April.
Norvestor's RenoNorden acquires Danish waste collection unit
RenoNorden, a portfolio company of Norwegian buyout house Norvestor, has acquired the household waste collection division of Renoflex-Gruppen.
Northzone in $13m round for Energy Micro
Northzone Ventures and Investinor has invested $13m in microcontroller company Energy Micro.
A peek into the future: PE/VC anno 2035
Nordic unquoteт is in partnership with the SVCA, and supported by KPMG, producing a trend report on private equity and venture capital in the Nordic region.
Viking Venture in NOK 33m round for GasSecure
Viking Venture, Sintef Venture, ProVenture Seed and Norwegian state-backed venture fund have invested a total of NOK 33m in a developer of wireless gas detectors.
Nordic unquote" March 2010
The March issue of Nordic unquote" is now available to download. In addition to extensive deal reporting, this issue takes a closer look at the Danish buyout market.
Q&A: Hungry for secondaries
The secondaries team of NorgesInvestor is aggressively chasing opportunities in the Nordic region. Rikke Eckhoff asks partner Dylan Wolff how he sees the secondaries market.
General Atlantic appoints senior advisor for Europe
General Atlantic (GA) has appointed Mike McTighe as special advisor to the firm in Europe.
CPE invests €10m in Metallkraft
Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE), has led a convertible bond issue in Metallkraft, a Norwegian company that has developed a patented process to recycle spent slurry used in cutting solar silicon wafers.
Reality check
Coming out of the worst recession for a generation, it is tempting to look for a positive angle or find an optimistic spin on the latest developments. Luckily, this month I did need not to look far: the latest unquoteт Q4 Barometer, produced in association...
CapMan appoints Haavisto CFO
Finnish private equity group CapMan has hired Niko Haavisto as CFO, effective from 1 May 2010.
unquote" Nordic Report 2009
An overview of the Nordic private equity market over the last 10 years
Nordic unquote" January 2010
News from the Nordic and Baltic private equity and venture capital markets.