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Polaris Private Equity

Offshore safety and inspection services
Polaris acquires Falck Safety Services

Denmark-based GP intends to develop Falck Safety Services along a buy-and-build strategy

  • Buyouts
  • 29 August 2018
Louis Poulsen designs and sells lamps and lighting fixtures
Polaris sells Louis Poulsen to Investindustrial

Polaris and merchants Hanssen and Droob first acquired, de-listed and relisted Louis Poulsen in 1999

  • Buyouts
  • 27 June 2018
Consultants and business advisers
Polaris acquires ProData Consult

ProData Consult intends to draw on the GP's experience working with similar growth companies

  • Buyouts
  • 20 June 2018
Menu is an interior design company
Polaris acquires 70% stake in Menu

Management team continues to lead the company and key employees will co-invest in the deal

  • Buyouts
  • 23 March 2018
Floor polishers and disks
Polaris sells Twister to trade

Denmark-based private equity investor had acquired Twister via the buyout of HTC Sweden in 2013

  • Exits
  • 13 December 2017
Laboratory blood and DNA testing
B&M Gates and VCs hold $45.5m series-D for Arsanis

New funding will be used to focus efforts on a phase II study for the prevention of pneumonia

  • Early-stage
  • 27 April 2017
Rune Lillie Gornitzka from Polaris
Polaris promotes Gornitzka, Damkjær and Satchwell

Rune Lillie Gorntizka, Simon Damkjær and Joachim Satchwell progress at the Danish buyout firm

  • People
  • 12 April 2017
Polished concrete flooring and other modern construction materials
Polaris-owned HTC Sweden sells FGS division

Polaris bought flooring business HTC Sweden from 3i for less than €40m in 2013

  • Exits
  • 07 March 2017
Wind farms and turbine components
Polaris in €91m Avanti Wind trade sale

Exit by Danish GP was made to listed Swedish industrial business Alimak Group

  • Exits
  • 06 December 2016
Danish fundraises and launches
Polaris holds final close on DKK 3.3bn for fourth fund

Polaris has held a final close for its fourth fund after almost two years on the road

  • Funds
  • 19 October 2016
Road accident insurance and legal advice
Polaris sells Car-O-Liner for $155m

GP has exited the business via a trade sale after a four-year holding period

  • Exits
  • 18 October 2016
Stock exchange ticker
Nordic take-privates: Why speed is of the essence

Two out of four private-equity-led Nordic de-listings since 2015 have been targeted by third parties aiming to cash in

  • Nordics
  • 15 September 2016
Investment in renewable energy
Deal in Focus: Polaris’s exit of CWS fails to meet par for GP

The Danish wind turbine services business was always destined for a strategic buyer, but failed to prove a hit for Polaris

  • Nordics
  • 09 August 2016
Investment in renewable energy
Polaris exits Connected Wind Services

Copenhagen-based GP sells the Danish wind turbine services business to German energy group EnBW

  • Exits
  • 04 August 2016
Private equity backers give GC Aesthetics a lift
Polaris buys Akademikliniken from Valedo

Danish GP makes inaugural Swedish acquisition for 2015-vintage fourth fund

  • Buyouts
  • 19 May 2016
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has arrived
The new deal

Part three: is private equity waking up to the realities of investing in companies at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

  • Technology
  • 09 May 2016
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has arrived
Seizing the initiative

Part two: private equity players must embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution and identify when challenges can be turned into opportunities

  • Technology
  • 04 May 2016
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has arrived
Proceed with caution

Part one: technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for private equity?

  • Technology
  • 03 May 2016
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has arrived
Private equity and the 4th Industrial Revolution

Digitalisation and technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for PE?

  • Technology
  • 03 May 2016
3D rendering software and design packages
Deal in focus: Polaris completes first software buyout with Configit deal

An in-depth look at how Polaris managed to win Configit despite not being the highest bidder

  • Buyouts
  • 12 February 2016
3D rendering software and design packages
Polaris acquires manufacturing software company Configit

Copenhagen-based software developer marks the third buyout made through the Polaris IV fund

  • Buyouts
  • 05 February 2016
Polaris makes 5x on SEK 741m exit of Skånska Byggvaror

GP has now returned DKK 1.5bn to LPs in last 15 months

  • Nordics
  • 04 November 2015
Corporate consumer carve-outs picking up
Origination: Carve-outs and take-privates

Part five of our Origination Series looks at take-privates and carve-outs

  • GPs
  • 14 October 2015
Polaris to take ferry operator Mols-Linien private
Deal in Focus: Polaris’s Mols-Linien deal clears stormy weather

Polaris has had to navigate choppy water with Mols-Linien, but calmer waters await

  • Nordics
  • 30 September 2015
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