Sweden
Industrifonden appoints Knutsson head of Industrial Growth
Swedish government-backed investor Industrifonden has appointed Уsa Knutsson head of its Industrial Growth division.
Valedo exits Solhaga in SBO to Bridgepoint
Valedo Partners has sold health care business Solhaga to Bridgepoint Development Capital.
Sunstone Capital backs merger of IMIX and Arcoma
Danish venture capital firm Sunstone Capital has invested and undisclosed sum in IMIX, a provider of superior digital radiography.
Valedo makes four add-ons to Swedish psychiatry group
Valedo Partners has completed four add-on acquisitions for its portfolio company Specialistpsykiatrigruppen.
Creandum and Northzone lead $5m round for Videoplaza
Nordic venture capital firms Northzone Ventures and Creandum have led a $5m investment round for Videoplaza.
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.
Riverside promotes five in European team
Riverside has promoted Peter Parmentier to European general counsel, as well as four other promotions in the firm's European team.
Creandum hires Johan Brenner
Serial entrepreneur and a former general partner at Balderton Capital, Johan Brenner now joins Swedish venture firm Creandum.
Nordic Capital divests Menigo to Brakes Group
The deal sees Nordic Capital divest the majority of its stake in the business and retain 33%.
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.
Chalmers backs Orthocone with SEK 850,000
Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund has invested SEK 850,000 in technology start-up Orthocone.
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.
CapMan invests in Hermelinen
CapMan has invested the Swedish private health care centre Hermelinen.
MySQL founder backs MoSync
VC firm Open Ocean Capital, backed by MySQL founder Michael "Monty" Widenius has invested an undisclosed sum in MoSync, a provider of mobile application tools for standardisation.
General Atlantic appoints senior advisor for Europe
General Atlantic (GA) has appointed Mike McTighe as special advisor to the firm in Europe.
Volati acquires Team Ortopedteknik
Swedish buyout house Volati has acquired orthopaedic technology company Team Ortopedteknik
Eqvitec invests SEK 26m into Voddler
Finnish venture investors has backed Voddler, a company which providing video on-demand service, with SEK 26m.
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.