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Deal in Focus: Nordic Capital doubled Lindorff EV before merger
Managing partner Kristoffer Melinder speaks to unquote” about the company's merger with its listed competitor
SEB, Inventure lead SEK 44m series-A for Now Interact
Swedish government VC Industrifonden participated in the round as an existing investor
Nordic Capital's Lindorff merges with Intrum Justitia
Deal gives the GP-backed debt collection business a SEK 40.5bn enterprise value
Ratos loses second deputy CEO with Jungner departure
Bo Jungner will step down, following in the footsteps of fellow deputy CEO Henrik Blomé
Norvestor makes take-private bid for NCR
Nordic GP makes bid provisional on achieving a 90% shareholding in Sweden-listed business
Ventech, Inventure, Sunstone in €9.25m series-B for Freespee
Round also saw participation from Silicon Valley Bank, suggesting the funding also included debt
CVC’s Ahlsell valued at SEK 20bn in IPO
Plumbing and tools wholesaler prices at bottom of its share price range in Stockholm listing
HealthCap et al. in SEK 327m round for Bonesupport
Round brings the total amount raised by the Swedish biotech company to more than SEK 750m
Nordic Capital in take-private bid for Nordnet
GP bid is made in cooperation with majority owner The Öhman Group, which will retain a stake
Ratos makes loss on SEK 650m Euromaint exit
SEK 650m EV divestment comes after GP divested company’s German arm in January
Polaris sells Car-O-Liner for $155m
GP has exited the business via a trade sale after a four-year holding period
Ratos takes SEK 1.7bn hit to portfolio
Norwegian oil services company Aibel sees book value written down by SEK 1.1bn
Ratos-backed TFS acquires SCIderm
Acquisition comes after TFS and SCIderm entered into a strategic partnership in 2014
Industrifonden leads $6m round for Soundtrap
Stockholm and Silicon Valley-based app will use funding to accelerate product development
CVC to list Ahlsell in Stockholm
GP reveals public market exit process for Swedish industrial company
FSN pens first 2016 deal with Bygghemma MBO
Norway-based buyout firm sustains Nordic PE’s affinity for DIY assets
Nordic GPs look to new verticals in private healthcare
GPs in the region are increasingly turning to new healthcare subsectors as the private care segment evolves into a large-cap game
Healthcare: A case study in reputational risk
PE investments in Nordic healthcare have become a controversial topic following the 'Carema scandal', which sparked ESG and transparency reforms
Avoiding healthcare controversy and seeking new opportunities
As GPs shy away from investment in healthcare provision, new opportunities are presenting themselves in other medically related sub-sectors
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
Treating Europe’s healthcare malaise
With Europe facing an ageing population and a sharp rise in long-term chronic illnesses, unquote" investigates private equity's role in solving the continent's healthcare conundrum
Taking the political pulse
Austerity measures are among the political developments resulting in an increasingly challenging environment for healthcare investors
Almi Invest et al. in SEK 23.8m round for Promimic
Chalmers Ventures and Karolinska Development also participated in the biotech investment
Valedo takes majority stake in CMA, Markör merger
Swedish business research companies merge their operations, with Valedo as backer