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• HgCapital acquires Swedish disability care company from Polaris 05 May 2010. Source: AltAssets. UK private equity firm HgCapital has acquired Swedish specialist disability care provider Frösunda from Danish private equity firm Polaris. The deal value was not disclosed, but is reported at €130m.

• Vision Capital acquires Nordic financial company from Palamon Partners 26 Apr 2010. Source: AltAssets. UK private equity firm Vision Capital has bought Nordax Finans, a provider of loans in the Nordic Region, from European growth investor Palamon Capital Partners. The deal is valued at €105m and gives Palamon a 3.7 times return on its original investment.

• PE-backed China auto company Geely buys Volvo from Ford 01 Apr 2010. Source: AltAssets. Private equity-backed China car company Zhejiang Geely Holding has acquired Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo from Ford for $1.8bn, less than a third of what Ford paid for the company in 1999.

• CapMan appoints new CEO 30 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. CapMan, the listed private equity firm headquartered in Helsinki, has appointed Lennart Simonsen as CEO and a senior partner of the company.

• KKR surprise addition to Triton’s Ambea acquisition 29 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. US private equity firm KKR is to come out next week as a partner with European firm Triton’s €850m acquisition of Nordic hospitals and nursing care homes operator Ambea, according to the Financial Times.

• Bridgepoint acquires Swedish autism care services company 25 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. UK private equity firm Bridgepoint has made its first Nordic investment with the acquisition of Solhaga, a Swedish company specialising in care services for autism sufferers, from Swedish firm Valedo Partners. The investment was made through Bridgepoint Development Capital, the firm’s lower mid-market buy-out arm. The deal value was not disclosed, but BDC tends to invest between €50m and €200m per transaction.

• Northzone Ventures exits cloud computing company Nimsoft 17 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. Nordic venture capital firm Northzone Ventures, along with software- and IT-focused private equity firm JMI Equity and Goldman Sachs, has exited its investment in could computing company Nimsoft via a $350m strategic sale.

• DFJ Esprit hires senior adviser for Nordic investments 12 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has hired Mikko Suonenlahti, who joins the team as a senior adviser, focusing on investments in the B2B and B2C software, medtech, bio-IT and energy efficiency sectors in the Nordic region.

• Creandum hires ex-Balderton Capital general partner 11 Mar 2010. Source: AltAssets. Nordic venture and growth capital firm Creandum has brought Johan Brenner, previously a general partner at Balderton Capital, into the fold as a venture partner.

• Triton buys Nordic healthcare company Ambea from 3i and GIC 23 Feb 2010. Source: AltAssets. European private equity firm Triton has acquired Nordic healthcare company Ambea from FTSE 100-listed buy-out group 3i and sovereign investor Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.

• 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 sells men's suit maker Turo Tailor to management 15 Feb 2010. Source: AltAssets. CapMan, a listed private equity firm headquartered in Helsinki, has agreed to sell its majority stake in Turo Tailor, the Nordic region’s largest producer of men's suits, to the company’s management.

• Swedish listed PE firm Ratos makes senior promotion 25 Jan 2010. Source: AltAssets. Swedish listed private equity firm Ratos has pushed investment director Leif Johansson up the ranks to deputy CEO and COO.

• Genii Capital to team up with Bernie Ecclestone for Saab purchase 08 Jan 2010. Source: AltAssets. Luxembourg based private equity firm Genii Capital is readying an offer for Swedish car manufacturer Saab in a partnership with Bernie Ecclestone, the British billionaire sports entrepreneur.

• EQT acquires Swedish gas transmission network operator Swedegas 22 Dec 2009. Source: AltAssets. European private equity firm EQT has acquired Swedegas, a Swedish gas transmission network operator, through its infrastructure fund. The firm is to acquire all existing share capital from current owners E.ON Ruhrgas, Statoil, DONG Energy and Fortum.

• European VC firm Creandum promotes Cassel to general partner 02 Dec 2009. Source: AltAssets. Creandum, a venture capital firm investing in the Nordic region, has promoted Fredrik Cassel to general partner.

• Swedish Altor Equity Partners takes 200 pharmacies as monopoly is broken up 09 Nov 2009. Source: AltAssets. Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners is the new owner of the biggest pharmacy chain in the country following a sale by the government to end the monopoly held by Apoteket.

• PE firms Priveq and Investor Growth Capital divest stakes in Swedish Orphan International 06 Nov 2009. Source: AltAssets. European private equity firms Priveq and Investor Growth Capital have sold Swedish Orphan International, a developer of drugs for the treatment of rare, life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases.

• Nordic PE firm CapMan buys Swedish healthcare company SRK Konsultation 30 Oct 2009. Source: AltAssets. CapMan, a Nordic private equity firm listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, is to acquire a majority holding in Swedish-based SRK Konsultation from the company’s founder, Thomas Björkman, and other shareholders. No financial details have been disclosed.

• Swedish government venture firm Fouriertransform invests €5.8m in Powercell Sweden 29 Oct 2009. Source: AltAssets. The Swedish government’s automotive venture capital company Fouriertransform is making its first investment with the SEK60m (€5.8m) backing of Powercell Sweden, which develops, produces and sells fuel cells, fuel reformers and auxillary power units.

• 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.

• BC Partners loses control of Swedish caravan company 07 Sep 2009. Source: AltAssets. London-based private equity group BC Partners has lost control of Dometic, the Swedish caravans-fittings maker, according to the Independent.

• Nordic private equity firm Segulah hires former Kraft Foods executive 13 Aug 2009. Source: AltAssets. Segulah, a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market of the Nordic region, has appointed the former CEO of Kraft Foods Nordic Peter Elving as industrial partner.