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• Danish PE industry sees raft of IPOs on the horizon 03 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. The Danish private equity industry is anticipating four to five initial public offerings of portfolio companies in the near future, according to Reuters.

• TDC private equity owners pick banks in preparation for share sale 26 Feb 2010. Source: AltAssets. The private equity owners of Danish telecoms company TDC have selected banks for the launch of a large share offering in the company, according to reports. Blackstone, Permira, KKR, Providence and Apax Partners, who hold 87.9 per cent of the company, have appointed a total of nine banks, including Danske Bank and SEB, to sell shares in the company.

• Danish PE fund Axcel eyes $1bn IPO of jewellery maker 18 Feb 2010. Source: AltAssets. Danish private equity firm Axcel hopes to raise $1bn via an initial public offering of shares in Pandora, a Danish jewellery maker that it counts in its portfolio, according to Reuters.

• Northzone Ventures raises €90m for first close 16 Feb 2010. Source: AltAssets. Northzone Ventures, a Nordic venture capital firm that invests in the technology space, has held the first close of its latest fund, Northzone VI, on €90m. Targeting €150m, the fund will follow its predecessors’ strategies by investing in fast growing European technology and cleantech companies.

• CapMan invests in Profit and Proffice 16 Dec 2009. Source: AltAssets. Russia and Nordic country-focused alternative asset manager CapMan has invested in Nordic staffing company Proffice and Profit Software, a provider of IT insurance solutions to Northern Europe.

• Private equity consortium evaluates options for TDC ahead of share sale 24 Nov 2009. Source: AltAssets. The private equity owners of Danish telecoms group TDC are evaluating their options for the company in expectation of a big share sale next year, according to reports.

• PAI Partners considers Chr. Hansen IPO 17 Nov 2009. Source: AltAssets. French private equity firm PAI Partners is reportedly considering the sale of a stake in Danish bioscence company Chr. Hansen in an initial public offering that could be worth up to €1bn.

• Buy-out firms call in advisers for sale of Danish telecoms group TDC 11 Nov 2009. Source: AltAssets. Buy-out firms Blackstone, KKR, Permira, Apax and Providence Equity Partners are meeting with banks this month to line up a sale of their $7.4bn stake in Danish telecoms group TDC, reports suggest.

• European PE firm EQT to invest in wind turbine manufacturer Skykon 27 Oct 2009. Source: AltAssets. European private equity firm EQT Partners, through its EQT Expansion Capital II fund, has agreed to a three digit million kroner investment in wind turbine company Skykon.  The capital will support its expansion in the industry.

• EQT Partners acquires European hazardous waste company Kommunekemi 23 Oct 2009. Source: AltAssets. Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners has acquired Kommunekemi, a state-owned Danish hazardous waste treatment company. The deal, valued at DKK260m (€34.9m), is made up of 65 per cent equity, with the remainder in bank loans. EQT and the Kommunekemi management will share ownership of the company.

• Scandinavian private equity house Procuritas closes fourth fund on €139m. 14 Sep 2009. Source: AltAssets. Scandinavian private equity house Procuritas has closed its Procuritas Capital Investors IV fund on €139m.

• ATP Private Equity Partners to launch fourth fund of funds in Q2 2010 14 Aug 2009. Source: AltAssets. ATP Private Equity Partners, a Danish fund of funds manager, is planning to launch a fourth vehicle in Q2 of next year as a majority of ATP PEP III is already committed.

• Just-Eat completes £10.5m Series A funding 13 Jul 2009. Source: AltAssets. Just-Eat, a European site for ordering meals online, has closed its first institutional financing. European venture capital firm Index Ventures led the £10.5mn round, with Venrex Investment Management and existing shareholders also participating. The capital will be used to consolidate the company’s leadership position in the UK and to expand into additional territories across Europe, the company said.

• Altor Equity Partners takes Pulse Medtech private for $200m 04 Jun 2009. Source: AltAssets. Altor Equity Partners, a Nordic private equity firm, has taken Pulse Medtech private by acquiring it from New York Stock Exchange-listed company Technitrol Inc.

• Danish pension fund ATP to commit $400m to Hudson Clean Energy fund 20 Mar 2009. Source: AltAssets. Danish Pension Fund ATP is to commit up to $400m to a fund managed by US clean energy-focused private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners. Investments will target solar, wind and hydro energy, as well as new forms of energy, such as biofuels and biomass.

• Danske Private Equity holds €600m interim closing on fourth fund of funds 18 Feb 2009. Source: AltAssets. Danske Private Equity, manager of the Danske Private Equity Partners family of funds of funds and part of the Danske Bank Group, has already reached its €600m target for Private Equity Partners IV on its second closing. The fund’s final close is expected to be held by June 2009, the firm said.

• Symphogen raises €33m in fifth-round funding 05 Feb 2009. Source: AltAssets. Danish recombinant polyclonal antibodies developer Symphogen has raised €33m in fifth-round funding led by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures. The financing will be used to develop the company's oncology-focused product pipeline of antibody therapeutics.

• CVC to sell Post Danmark stake back to Danish state 03 Feb 2009. Source: AltAssets. Pan-European buy-out firm CVC Capital Partners will sell its stake in Post Danmark to the Danish state, according to Thomson Merger News.

• EQT, ATP to acquire Danish IT business KMD 03 Dec 2008. Source: AltAssets. EQT and ATP have agreed to acquire all shares in Danish IT solutions provider KMD for DKK2bn (€270m), on a debt-free basis. EQT V will hold 85 per cent and ATP's ATP Private Equity Partners II and Via Venture Partners Fund I will hold 15 per cent of the shares in KMD Holding.

• Doughty Hanson to acquire Danish company Svendborg Brakes for €460m 27 Jun 2008. Source: AltAssets. European private equity firm Doughty Hanson & Co has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Vejstrup, Denmark-headquartered industrial braking systems supplier Svendborg Brakes from the two founder-owners, Erik Skjaerbaek and Jan Struwe, for €460m.

• Danske PEP IV holds first closing on €521m 30 May 2008. Source: AltAssets. Copenhagen-based fund of funds manager Danske Private Equity has held a first closing on its Danske Private Equity Partners IV fund on €521m. The fund anticipates further closings beyond its initial target of €600m, with a final closing by the end of this year. Danske PEP IV has a hard cap of €800m.

• CVC to back Swedish-Danish post office merger 01 Apr 2008. Source: AltAssets. CVC Capital Partners, the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy & Communications and the Danish Ministry of Transport have agreed to merge Sweden's Posten and Post Danmark. The merged group, 60 per cent owned by the Swedish state and employees of Posten and 40 per cent owned by CVC, the Danish state and employees of Post Danmark, will have annual revenues of approximately SEK45bn (€4.8bn).

• EQT Partners appoints Peter Korsholm to head Denmark operations 21 Mar 2008. Source: AltAssets. Nordic private equity firm EQT Partners has appointed Peter Korsholm as head of EQT Equity Denmark, leading the firm's Copenhagen office. The appointment comes after former head Ole Anderson decided to step down after five years.