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- ↑ "Sweden's Happy Socks has been snapped up by Palamon Capital Partners | City A.M". City A.M. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ↑ Beltran, Luisa (16 January 2017). "Palamon Capital buys majority of Happy Socks". PE Hub. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ↑ "New investment group buys out Mydentist". Dentistry. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
