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November 17, 2010 CapMan Life Science invests in Swereco The CapMan Life Science IV fund has decided to invest in Swereco AB, the Swedish producer of ergonomic products primarily designed for the physically challenged. More
March 30, 2010 Lennart Simonsen appointed CapMan's new CEO Lennart Simonsen (LL.M) has been appointed CEO of CapMan Plc and a Senior Partner of the company as of 1 June 2010. More
December 15, 2009 CapMan invests in leading insurance software provider Profit Software CapMan and Profit Software today announced that the CapMan Technology 2007 fund will invest in Profit Software Oy, the leading supplier of product-based IT software to Northern Europe’s insurance and financial sector. More
November 16, 2009 Peo Nilsson joins CapMan Technology as a partner Peo Nilsson, M.Sc.(Econ.), founder and CEO of Booli Search Technologies, has joined CapMan Technology team as a Partner. More
April 15, 2009 CapMan exits XLENT Swedestart Tech fund managed by CapMan has sold its stake in Swedish XLENT Consulting Group to the Company’s operative management backed by active investor Neqst Partner. More
January 23, 2008 CapMan Technology 2007 fund closes at EUR 142.3 million Fundraising for the CapMan Technology 2007 fund has ended and the fund was closed at EUR 142.3 million. More
October 2, 2007 CapMan sells its shares in Affecto Plc Fenno Rahasto fund co-managed by CapMan and Fenno Management Oy has sold all of its 1,913,044 shares in portfolio company Affecto Plc. More
June 15, 2007 CapMan’s portfolio company Aerocrine AB listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange Aerocrine AB, a portfolio company of Swedestart Life Science fund, managed by CapMan, HealthCap, H&B, Investor and Scandinavian Life Science Venture, will today be listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange with the ticker AERO. More
June 15, 2007 CapMan, SEB Venture Capital and Aloe Private Equity acquire Swedish KMW Energi AB Funds managed by CapMan will together with SEB Venture Capital and the energy and environment fund specialist Aloe Private Equity acquire a majority holding in KMW Energi. KMW Energi is a leading supplier of bio fuel combustion plants in Sweden. More
May 29, 2007 CapMan acquires IT2 Treasury Solutions from SimCorp A/S CapMan Technology 2007 fund will acquire IT2 from SimCorp A/S listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. More
May 25, 2007 CapMan Life Science IV fund closes at EUR 54 million CapMan Life Science IV fund held its final closing today at EUR 54 million. The fund invests in medical technology and service companies mainly in the Nordic countries. More
May 22, 2007 CapMan exits Hantro Funds managed by CapMan have sold their stake in Hantro Products Oy, a provider of mobile multimedia solutions, to the American listed company On2 Technologies, Inc. More
May 16, 2007 Jukka Härmälä appointed as CapMan Senior Advisor The former CEO of Stora Enso Jukka Härmälä, has been invited to join CapMan’s Advisor Network as a Senior Advisor from June 2007. More
January 29, 2007 CapMan sells majority in Moventas to Industri Kapital The funds managed by CapMan and Industri Kapital 2004 fund have signed an agreement according to which CapMan funds will sell the majority of their shareholding in Moventas Oy to Industri Kapital. More
December 8, 2006 CapMan exits ECO-DAN A/S Funds managed by CapMan have sold the activities in ECO-DAN A/S, a Danish provider of guidance systems used for precision farming, to an European manufacturer of agricultural equipment. More
November 21, 2006 CapMan’s Nordic Advisor Network grows with new Industrial Advisors Erik Prydz Mathisen, Terje Thon, Barbara Thoralfsen and Rune Thoralfsen from Norway and Jari Pasanen from Finland have been invited to join CapMan as Industrial Advisors as of November 2006. More
September 11, 2006 Nordic Private Equity Achievement Award 2006 granted to CapMan Nordic private equity and venture capital associations awarded 'The Nordic Private Equity Achievement Award 2006' to CapMan. The annual award was awarded for the first time this year. More
September 1, 2006 CapMan exits Distocraft Funds managed by CapMan have exited from Finnish company Distocraft Ltd, which provides software products and solutions for telecom operators as world-leading telecom supplier Ericsson has acquired Distocraft’s business. More
June 30, 2006 CapMan exits Quartal Quartal Oy will redeem CapMan funds’ holding in the Quartal. More
June 28, 2006 CapMan reduces its ownership in Access Capital Partners CapMan Plc has sold 12.5% of the shares of its associated company Access Capital Partners (Access) to Access managers. More
June 14, 2006 CapMan Buyout VIII closes at EUR 440 million CapMan Buyout VIII was oversubscribed and the fund was closed at EUR 440 million, which exceeds the initial target size of EUR 375 million. More
February 10, 2006 CapMan comments on market information CapMan Plc has today received information that GIMV has approached certain large shareholders of CapMan Plc to discuss the possibility to combine GIMV and CapMan Plc into a European private equity firm. More
February 3, 2006 Kaisa Arovaara appointed as Deputy CFO of CapMan Kaisa Arovaara has been appointed Deputy CFO of CapMan Plc as of 9 January 2006. More
September 14, 2005 CapMan to invest in Finnish Flander Funds managed by CapMan have agreed to invest in the Finnish provider of wireless development and testing solutions Flander More
July 8, 2005 CapMan exits Aurajoki The funds managed/advised by CapMan have realised their investment in Aurajoki Oy, a company specialised in metal surface treatments. More
July 4, 2005 CapMan acquires Norwegian InfoCare ASA The funds managed/advised by CapMan and Helge Briseid Risnes, CEO and founder of the InfoCare Group, will acquire the Norwegian specialist in ICT services InfoCare ASA from Fujitsu Services and 3i. More
June 13, 2005 CapMan exits Norwegian EuroProcessing International ASA Mezzanine funds managed/advised by CapMan have announced the realisation of their investment in transaction processing company EuroProcessing International ASA (EPI). More
April 30, 2005 CapMan and 3i funds exit Finndomo CapMan receives approx. EUR 5 million in carried interest income More
April 25, 2005 CapMan funds exit from Setec Funds managed/advised by CapMan and other owners of Setec Oy have agreed to sell Setec to a Luxembourg based company Gemplus International S.A (Gemplus), listed in Euronext Paris. More
March 30, 2005 CapMan and Eqvitec exit Normet The funds managed/advised by CapMan and Eqvitec Partners and company employee shareholders have sold their stake in Normet Corporation to the newly established Normet Group Oy. More
March 4, 2005 CapMan, Investor Growth Capital & Nobel Biocare are selling Swedish Entific to Australian Cochlear CapMan, Investor Growth Capital and Nobel Biocare are selling the Swedish Entific to the Australian Cochlear for MEUR 116.1 More
February 18, 2005 Nominations in CapMan Group Tuomas Lang has been appointed as Senior Partner, Göran Barsby and Jan Dahlqvist have been nominated as Partners and Johan Bennarsten has been appointed as Investment Director at CapMan. More
February 2, 2005 de Neergaard resigns from CapMan board of directors Claes de Neergaard, member of the CapMan Plc Board, has today been appointed as President of the Swedish venture capital investor Industrifonden (The Swedish Industrial Development Fund). More
February 1, 2005 CapMan and SEB Företagsinvest invest EUR 3.3 million in Swedish SciBase Swedestart Life Science KB fund managed/advised by CapMan and SEB Företagsinvest have announced that they will together invest EUR 3.3 million (SEK 30 million) in Swedish medtech company SciBase AB. More |