https://pitchbook.com/tag/sweden sweden en-US Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:53:46 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/surge-in-mega-deals-vaults-us-to-top-of-global-vc-per-capita-list Mammoth AI investments have pushed American annual deal value close to record highs, while Europe continues to grow its presence. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:53:46 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/surge-in-mega-deals-vaults-us-to-top-of-global-vc-per-capita-list https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/hot-or-not-where-european-vc-funding-grew-in-2025 While European VC dealmaking has picked up overall, markets activity has seen a significant drop in some of the region's biggest economies. Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:08:23 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/hot-or-not-where-european-vc-funding-grew-in-2025 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/eqt-bids-1-4b-take-private-for-oem-international The deal could be the biggest take-private transaction in Sweden this year Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:41:37 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/eqt-bids-1-4b-take-private-for-oem-international https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/most-active-investors-early-stage-vc-europe-startups These are the 10 most active investors in European early-stage startups, according to PitchBook data. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:53:12 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/most-active-investors-early-stage-vc-europe-startups https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/swedens-eqt-raises-22b-for-its-largest-buyout-fund-yet The new vehicle is 40% larger than its predecessor which reached a €15.6 billion close in early 2021 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:37:43 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/swedens-eqt-raises-22b-for-its-largest-buyout-fund-yet https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nordic-pe-fund-closes-2023 Just six Nordic private equity funds have closed so far in 2023. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nordic-pe-fund-closes-2023 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nordic-pe-market-charts-2022 The Nordic PE market was steadfast in 2022, with a relatively busy exit market and an increase in overall deal volume. Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nordic-pe-market-charts-2022 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nordic-capital-europe-largest-pe-fund Nordic Capital has closed Europe's largest PE fund of the year on €9 billion Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nordic-capital-europe-largest-pe-fund https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pe-backed-electric-car-maker-polestar-worth-20b-in-us-spac-deal Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar has agreed to go public through a merger with US blank-check company Gores Guggenheim. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pe-backed-electric-car-maker-polestar-worth-20b-in-us-spac-deal https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/klarna-now-europes-most-valuable-fintech-startup-with-650m-round Swedish payments company Klarna has reached a $10.65 billion valuation following a $650 million round. Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/klarna-now-europes-most-valuable-fintech-startup-with-650m-round https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/blockbuster-eqt-debut-bucks-lackluster-pe-ipo-trend In an impressive debut, Swedish PE firm EQT saw its shares gain more than 30% in its first day of trading—breaking something of a curse afflicting PE firms going public. Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/blockbuster-eqt-debut-bucks-lackluster-pe-ipo-trend