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Draper Esprit raises extra £100m
Share placement adds to the £60m already raised in 2017 across EIS, VCT and secondary co-investment fund platforms
Eurazeo holds first close on €586m for Eurazeo PME III
Eurazeo commits €400m, while third-party investors commit €186m at first close in the mid-cap vehicle
Epiris promotes Wood, Wilson and Gray
Owen Wilson and Ian Wood become investment partners, while Nicola Gray is promoted to investment director
EU agrees new rules to foster venture investments
Proposals extend the range of eligible managers, tweak the scope of investments and limit host country fees
EQT closes mid-market fund on €1.6bn hard-cap
Northern Europe-focused vehicle adds to the firm's AUM following the close of its infrastructure fund in February
HTGF, Kima exit eWings.com in trade sale
Hogg Robinson Group enters into an agreement to acquire the digital business-travel service
VC-backed Supercell acquires Space Ape Games
Deal will mean an exit for a number of Space Ape backers, including Accel and Northzone
BC's Mergermarket Group acquires TIM Group
BC Partners acquired Mergermarket in 2013 and has made a number of bolt-ons since
Sofinnova promotes Seghezzi to managing partner
Graziano Seghezzi joins existing managing partners Antoine Papiernik, Denis Lucquin and Monique Saulnier
Vesalius Biocapital holds €65m first close for third fund
Vesalius Biocapital III will accept new investors on a "rolling closing" basis until final close
Apax buys Ciprés Assurances from TA
Apax France closed its latest fund on its €1bn hard-cap in March
Chequers Capital closes Fund XVII on €1.1bn
French GP breaks the €1bn barrier for the first time with its latest vehicle, raised in a few months
17Capital closes latest fund on €1.2bn
Fourth fund comfortably exceeds €800m target after less than a year on the road
Swedish PE industry reeling from carry tax verdict
Latest twist in the long-running carried interest taxation saga in Sweden could leave the local industry facing months of uncertainty
Elaia Partners holds €115m first close for latest fund
French VC has already made five investments via its latest vehicle, Elaia Delta Fund
Omnes backs Batiweb SBO
French GP secures a minority stake in the business while Ardian realises its 2008 investment
Qualium to spin out from Caisse des Dépôts
Management team will secure 70% of the shares, while Caisse des Dépôts will remain a sponsor in the funds
Eurazeo PME buys Smile from Keensight
Keensight bought its majority stake in the French open-source IT business in 2014
Benelux's packaging firms playing hard to get with PE
Failed take-private efforts by GPs have meant activity in the region has remained dominated by small-cap and lower-mid-market deals
KKR injects $70m into Ivalua
Funding round for the spending management software firm ranks among the largest seen in France in recent years
New LP Essling Capital spins out from Massena Partners
PE-focused entity manages €1bn across primaries, secondaries, co-investments, real estate and debt
Macron’s proposed tax reforms: what impact on French PE?
With independent candidate Emmanuel Macron currently heavily favoured to win the French presidential election in two weeks, Alice Tchernookova examines how his proposed flat capital gains tax rate could impact private equity
August hires Mike Biddulph as partner
Biddulph had already been part of August's predecessor, Kleinwort Capital, between 1998-2005
BC's Elysium acquires Badby from Patron
BC Partners bought 22 mental health facilities in the UK, formerly part of Priory Group, in November