Official Record/Nordics
Sponsor Capital exits Espotel to trade buyer
Exit for Finnish private equity firm comes three years after it acquired Espotel
Partech leads $36m series-B for Finland’s M-Files
Round pushes the total funding raised by the Finnish enterprise software company past the $40m mark
EQT invests in Touhula
Touhula operates 80 pre-schools and daycare centres throughout Finland
FSN's Instalco makes eight bolt-ons in Nordic region
FSN Capital portfolio company Instalco Group has made eight bolt-ons across Norway, Sweden and Finland
HealthCap, Versant et al. lead SEK 437m series-B for Aprea
Round is among the largest venture investments in Nordic healthcare ever, according to unquote” data
Speedinvest exits Holvi
Speedinvest has sold Finnish software company Holvi to Spanish bank BBVA
Nordic Capital sells NOK 780m stake in Europris
The GP will retain a 32.7% shareholding in Norwegian discount retailer following the partial exit
Segulah acquires Stockholm-focused builder Zengun
Deal marks the third acquisition made through the SEK 5.6bn Segulah V vehicle
Adelis acquires energy efficiency business Nordomatic
The buyout from existing owner Sobro was made through the GP’s Adelis Equity Partners Fund I
3i reaps £52m on partial sale of Eltel shares
Infrastructure network service Eltel was floated in February 2015
PAI’s ADB acquires airfield services provider Safegate
Sale ends 25-year ownership of Safegate by Osseiran Family Trust's investment vehicle, Fairford Group
SE Blue Equity launches DKK 600m second fund, rebrands
GP rebrands to Blue Equity with the launch of a successor to its fully invested, 2013-vintage maiden fund
Nordic Capital sells SEK 2bn stake in Thule Group
GP retains 10.5% holding after third sell-down of shares since floating Thule in November 2014
Intera Partners buys scaffolding business Telinekymppi
Finnish firm drew capital from its 2010-vintage buyout vehicle Intera Fund II
Accent acquires Brand Factory for Ineko merger
Both companies’ management will retain minority shareholdings in the company post-merger
Ratos acquires Airteam in DKK 575m MBO
Management, founders and key employees will retain a 30% stake in the ventilation company post-buyout
Northzone and Industrifonden lead SEK 30m investment in Qapital
Stockholm-based Qapital among first fintech investments made by Industrifonden
BDC exits Unifaun to Vitruvian
Sale of Unifaun, formerly Memnon Networks, completed four years after BDC backed company
Riverside Company’s Mintra bolts on OCS HR
OCS HR is the first add-on acquisition for Mintra since it was acquired in late 2014
KKR acquires 50% of Swedish wood tech specialist Välinge
Deal was funded mainly through the US GP’s European Fund IV
Verdane acquires five-company portfolio from Sequent Invest
Direct secondary deal is second portfolio acquisition by the Nordic specialist GP in 2016
Polaris acquires manufacturing software company Configit
Copenhagen-based software developer marks the third buyout made through the Polaris IV fund
Priveq-backed CSAM acquires division of CapMan’s Mawell
Mawell to sell electronic healthcare systems division nine years after €8m CapMan investment
Industrifonden and Kreos lead €15.8m round for Widespace
Swedish state-backed investor contributes €5m to mobile advertising company