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EQT exits BSN Medical in €2.74bn trade sale
EQT had acquired the group from Montagu Private Equity in 2012 for €1.82bn
Argos Soditic backs Destiny Foods and CDD merger
Transaction marks the GP's last investment with Fund VI; Fund VII held a first close in November
3i's Action in €1.675bn refinancing
GP will receive approximately £187m in proceeds from the transaction
Future Positive, BPI France in €14.2m round for Ynsect
New funding round brings total raised by the startup to €35m over the last two years
Alven Capital V closes on €250m hard-cap
Fund size has more than doubled compared to previous generation, Alven Capital IV, which closed on €120m in 2013
A Plus and Capital Export in €5.2m round for Adeunis RF
Latest funding round brings total raised by the startup to €9.8m.
Benelux dealflow all but freezes over in H2
Despite a solid H1, deal volume plummets in second half of 2016, though average ticket size rises
Partech Ventures in €30m round for EcoVadis
New funding round brings the total raised by the startup since inception in 2007 to $35.7m
CIC Mezzanine 4 closes on €300m hard-cap
Fund's previous generation, CIC Mezzanine 3, gathered €180m in 2013 and is now fully deployed
Argos Soditic buys Sasa Demarle from Weinberg Capital
Weinberg took a majority stake in the group in a deal valued at €92.6m in 2007
Astorg sells Kerneos to Imerys for €880m
Entreprise value represents an 8.8x EBITDA multiple and is expected to close in summer 2017
Adveq closes Adveq Europe VI on €462m
GP closed Adveq Specialised Investments and Adveq Europe Co-Investments earlier in 2016
MBO Partenaires takes 70% stake in Cosmogen
GP first acquired a 51% stake in Cosmogen's parent group Alkos in 2014
SEP and Albion Ventures exit Exco InTouch
Venture capital firms originally invested in the company in 2011 and 2014 respectively
Isatis backs Daveo's MBO with €3m
Deal marks first investment by small-cap buyout fund Crescendo, which held a €42m first close this year
Blackstone acquires Acetow from Solvay for €1bn
Sale, representing a 7x EBITDA multiple, should help Solvay reduce debt with €150m capital gain
Partech holds final close for Entrepreneur II on €100m
Total of €30m has already been deployed in 53 transactions
BGF in £10m round for RSK Group
RSK received £33m of debt funding from Permira Debt Managers in 2015
Seventure sells MinuteBuzz shares to TF1
French media group TF1 has acquired a shareholding of more than 50% in the group
Meusinvest, Spinventure in €4m round for PDC Line Pharma
Round included €2.6m equity and €1.4m in bank loans, EU funding and French and Belgian regional funding
Amundi targets €250m for new European investment programme
An €136m EV investment marked the first deal made through the programme
French PE sees higher valuations in 2016 as dealflow drops
Increased competition and readily available debt lead to multiples creeping up in the country
Women’s presence growing in French PE
Alexandra Dupont, president of AFIC's women's association AFIC avec Elles, says the trend towards diversity is encouraging
CM-CIC Investissement takes over La Croissanterie
CM-CIC takes over the majority stake acquired by Pragma Capital in 2006