Amplio Private Equity has entered into an agreement to partner with SR Intelligence AB, a leading specialist within personnel security and regulatory compliance, to develop and support the company in its next growth phase. Amplio will acquire a majority shareholding while the operating founder and co-owners will retain a significant shareholding and remain in their respective management roles.

Amplio was advised by KANTER in the acquisition.

Surewood Housing AB, part of Gelba and Active Invest, has completed an acquisition of Boklok Byggsystem AB from Skanska through Boklok Housing AB. Boklok Byggsystem AB manufactures modules for the production of townhouses and multi-family homes in Gullringen.

Skanska was, through Boklok Housing AB, advised by KANTER in the transaction.

Swedish PE fund Amplio has entered into an agreement to acquire Edekyl & Värme, a leading provider of heating and cooling solutions, as part of its ambition to create a leading platform within energy optimisation. Edekyl & Värme, together with Amplio’s existing portfolio company Ferla, will form a new group, Tedge Energy, creating a challenger in the energy optimisation market, providing systems and services to accelerate the energy transition. Following the transaction, the new Tedge Energy group will have revenues of approximately SEK 450 million and 130 employees.

The completion of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Amplio and Ferla were advised on the transaction by KANTER.

HongShan Capital Group (HSG), a leading venture capital and private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Marshall Group in a deal valued at €1.1 billion. The Marshall family will retain a significant minority stake of over 20% following the transaction.

The acquisition follows an agreement between HSG and current stakeholders, including Altor, Telia Company, Time for Growth and Zenith VC.

Marshall Group was advised by KANTER in the transaction.

AnaCardio, a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to treat heart failure, has announced the completion of a USD 19 million (SEK 205 million) Series A extension financing round, co-led by new international investors Novo Holdings, Pureos Bioventures and Sound Bioventures. Current investors Flerie, Industrifonden, and Fredrik and Ann-Helene Ljungström, also participated to complete the round. The raised funds will be used to complete the phase 1b/2a GOAL-HF1 study, and to prepare and initiate start-up activities for the subsequent phase 2b study.

KANTER Advokatbyrå has acted as legal advisor to AnaCardio.

Athagoras has acquired Quantify Research. As a leading global partner in real-world evidence generation, health economics & outcomes research, market access strategy and economic modelling, Quantify Research brings its expertise to Athagoras, a leading specialized life science consulting group which aims to build a tech-enabled platform of companies within pharmaceutical consulting.

The owners of Quantify Research were advised by KANTER in the acquisition.

Co-native has entered into an agreement to acquire Retune. Retune is a Stockholm-based cloud specialist company with approximately 45 employees and a turnover exceeding SEK 100 million. Through the strategic acquisition of Retune, Co-native strengthens its position as the foremost Microsoft partner for cloud solutions in  Sweden. Retune’s main owner Sobro, together with key figures in Retune, will become co-owners of Co-native as part of the transaction.

Co-native was advised on the transaction by KANTER.