Sweden
Accent Equity sells Stål & Hyr in trade deal
Deal comes only a year after Accent Equity purchased a majority stake in the business
CVC, EQT Credit in second refinancing round for Paymentsense
Debt package follows a first refinancing deal in November 2016 by the debt providers
IK sells Touristry in trade deal
Deal ends a two-year holding period for IK, which acquired the business via its IK Small Cap I Fund
BMW I Ventures leads $15m round for Mapillary
Samsung Catalyst Fund and NavInfo take part, along with previous venture capital investors
PE-backed Wilson Therapeutics in SEK 7.1bn trade sale
Alexion Pharmaceuticals announces a public cash offer to acquire Wilson for SEK 232 per share
Norvestor-backed NetNordic acquires Efftel
Transaction is part of NetNordic's consolidation strategy in Sweden and the wider Nordic region
Nordic buyout market soars in Q1
Acquisitions in the region reached the highest aggregate value ever recorded in the first quarter of the year
EQT V, EQT VI sell Broadnet to EQT Infrastructure III
Fibre communication company plans to gain further ground in the Norwegian market
Altor acquires Trioplast
Swedish GP and key executives in the management team will own the whole business
Triton appoints Watters to debt opportunities team
In his new role, Gordon Watters will provide operational scrutiny for investments
Nordic Capital appoints Johansson as general counsel
Currently a partner at Mannheimer Swartling, Johansson will join Nordic Capital later this year
FSN lists Green Landscaping shares on Nasdaq First North
Share price was set at SEK 21 apiece, corresponding to a total market cap of around SEK 745m
Allegra Capital acquires Bring Citymail
After the deal, the company will continue trading under its established Citymail brand
GP Bullhound injects $3.1m into Quixel
Quixel will use the extra funding to accelerate the growth of its content library
Altor buys stake in O'Leary's
Deal is valued at around SEK 800m, according to Swedish business daily Dagens Industri
Insight leads €5m funding round for Detectify
Existing investors Paua Ventures and Inventure also take part in the round
Triton sells Ovako to trade for 2.2x money
Sale ends a seven-and-a-half-year holding period for Triton, which acquired the business in 2010
Bridgepoint makes 8.8x on sale of Trustly to Nordic Capital
Nordic Capital drew equity from its ninth fund, ending a four-year holding under Bridgepoint
FSN Capital's Bygghemma sets IPO price range
Offering would correspond to an equity value of between SEK 4.85-5.35bn (тЌ477-526m)
Summa's Reynir Indahl on Nordic fundraising, ESG
Ahead of the upcoming Mergermarket Nordic M&A and Private Equity Forum on 15 March in Stockholm, Summa Equity co-founder and managing partner Reynir Indahl talks to Unquote about fundraising, and value creation in ESG strategies in the region
Altor buys majority stake in LRF Konsult
Altor acquired the business via its Altor Fund IV from the federation of Swedish farmers
Mimir Invest appoints senior operations director
HolmstrУЖm joins the senior management team and will lead operational due diligence
Hg exits Frösunda after eight-year holding
Pan-European investor sells its majority stake in FrУЖsunda to holding company Brado
FSN Capital sells 10.8% stake in Instalco
Following the sale, FSN Capital IV will no longer hold any shares in Instalco Interessenter