News/Nordics
DENMARK - Polaris Private Equity acquires Hansen & Pedersen
Polaris Private Equity has acquired a majority shareholding in Hansen & Pedersen, a Danish gentlemen clothing retailer for an undisclosed value.
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
SWEDEN - Creandum supports Jays
Creandum has made a double digit million SEK investment in Jays, which designs develops and manufactures music accessories such as earphones and portable products, managed by Jens Nylander.
DENMARK - Via Venture Partners invests DKK 16m
Via Venture Partners has invested DKK 16m in Radiocomp, a provider of WiMAX radio infrastructure systems, in exchange for a minority stake in the business.
EUROPE - Stoxx launches private equity index
Stock exchange monitor Stoxx today launched a new index which tracks the performance of Europe's 20 largest listed private equity firms.
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
SWEDEN - Arthur D. Little makes new appointment
The corporate adviser group, Arthur D. Little has recruited Hans Nyctelius MD, MBA to the venture capital and private equity team in life science and operational management.
SWEDEN - Syntune AB receives SEK 47.8m from InnovationsKapital et al.
InnovationsKapital has led a SEK 47.8m financing round of financing for Syntune AB, a developer of lasers. Other investors who participated in the round were Teknoinvest, Vision Capital and existing private investors.
NORWAY - NorgesInvestor creates Nordic music chain
NorgesInvestor has together with Pål Asplin created a new retail chain for music instruments, Music Retail Holding (MRH). Pål Asplin presented the idea for NorgesInvestor to acquire the four largest stores and create one holding company. The investor...
EUROPE - Bear Stearns Private Equity seizes the moment
In an interview with unquote", Bear Stearns Private Equity director Greg Getschow explains that market upheaval can be good for business and how GPs will have to rediscover the essence of private equity. The last few weeks have been a challenging...
FINLAND - CapMan acquires two commercial properties in Finland
CapMan Real Estate I fund has acquired two commercial properties in Helsinki. The two buldings have a total lettable space of around 16,900 m².
SWEDEN - Accent Equity sells EuroFlorist to Litorina Kapital
Accent Equity has sold EuroFlorist, a flower delivery service provider, to Litorina Kapital. Accent has sold all its shares, while the founder Peter Jungbeck and the management are retaining stakes in the business.
SWEDEN - Norvestor acquires two online travel agents
Norvestor IV. L.P has acquired two Swedish online travel agents, Seat 24 Travel AB and SRG Online through newco European Travel Interactive AB (ETI).
DENMARK - iMotions Emotion Technology attracts $2.7m
iMotion Emotion Technology has attracted $2.7m from a number of business angels and previous investors, such as InVenture Capital and MIT Entrepreneurship Center.
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital takes Nefab private for SEK 1.184bn
NPNC Interessenter, a company jointly owned by Nordic Capital and the Nordgren/Pihl family, has made a public cash offer for the shares in Nefab AB. The bid to delist the company values it SEK 1.184bn. Nefab delivers complete packaging solutions to international...
SWEDEN - Protego opens Swedish office
Protego Real Estate Investors has opened an office in Stockholm to further expand its European operations. The opening of the office follows the launch of its EUR 1.65bn Nordic Retail Fund in June. The vehicle will invest in a diversified portfolio of...
SWEDEN - Accent Equity sells Wernersson Ost to Tine
Accent Equity has sold Wernersson Ost, a Swedish cheese supplier, together with its management to TINE, a Norwegian dairy producer for an undisclosed sum. Wernersson Ost was founded in 1930 and is Sweden's largest independent importer of specialty cheese....
SWEDEN - Industrifonden makes new appointments
Inudtrsifonden, the Swedish venture investor, has made two new appointments. Magnus Fransson has been hired as an ny investment manager for ICT investments. Fransson has an engineering background and has held leading positions in Ericsson corporate venture...
FINLAND - Conor Ventures invests in Aito Technologies
Aito Technologies, a Finnish software company, has raised series-A funding from Conor Ventures. The new investment will be used for further product development and market expansion.
GLOBAL - Carlyle postpones IPO
The Carlyle Group has put back plans for an IPO until 2008, David Rubenstein said in an interview with Financial Times Deutschland. He blamed the delay on the uncertainty in the debt and equity markets and also said that he expected one quarter of agreed...
SWEDEN - Creandum makes new appointment
Creandum has recruited Daniel Blomquist to join its investment team as an associate. Daniel is former vice president of marketing at the telecom software company Ascade, and will work with new investments from Creandum II, the SEK 750m fund targeting...
SWEDEN - STING backs Plasmatrix Materials and Bio Servo Technologies
STING Capital has invested in Plasmatrix Materials AB, a Swedish nanomaterial developer, and Bio Servo Technologies, a biotechnology company. Both companies received SEK 1.5m each.
SWEDEN - Northzone and Amadeus acquires EPiServer for $23.5m
Northzone Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partnres have together with Peter Larsson acquired a majority stake in EPiServer for $23.5m. Peter Larsson joins the company as CEO. The founder, Mikael Runhem remains as shareholder and will be the compnay's CTO.
DENMARK - SEED Capital invests in Valderm
SEED Capital Denmark and other private investors have invested in Valderm, a Danish pharmaceutical company which specialises in developing psoriasis treatment. The company's product is still in its pre-clinical trial stage, but is expected to be on the...