Nordic Intelligence Report 2004 is produced in association with Nordic…unquote”, the specialist newsletter for the Nordic private equity and venture capital markets

Nordic private equity and venture capital make impressive recovery as mid-market returns to form
Key highlights

• The Nordic region has demonstrated a strong recovery in terms of private equity investments. By the end of October 2004, the value of the buyout market had already reached EUR 3.2bn, exceeding the total for the entire of 2003. The first 10 months of 2004 also saw a total of 47 buyouts across the region, representing a 56% increase on the previous year.

• Once again, the mid-market has proved to be the richest source of buyouts, with 15 deals falling in the EUR 50m-250m bracket representing more than one-third of the total dealflow. Large-cap deals have been conspicuous by their absence, with only two exceeding EUR 250m in value. Furthermore, there have been no ‘megadeals’, the last being the CVC’s...