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Blackstone acquires Averys in SBO
Acquirer of the storage products manufacturer drew capital from Blackstone Capital Partners VII
Bridgepoint buys Privatesportshop in SBO
GP buys a majority stake while previous backer Pechel Industries partially exits
Bain buys DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals
Bain Capital acquires DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals via its Bain Capital Europe IV vehicle
Charterhouse eyes France's Funecap
ICG provided Funecap with €350m in unitranche debt at the end of last year
GP Profile: Gimv
Investor relations and corporate communications manager De Leenheer discusses the firm's history of public backing and current strategy
Advent International sells Mondo Minerals to trade
Mondo’s enterprise value of $600m equates to an EBITDA multiple of around 13.1x
Atomico, Korelya back Oh Bibi
Venture capital firms inject €21m into the France-based mobile games startup
Idinvest backs Blue Soft
Idinvest acquires a 25% stake in the digital transformation business, injecting €10m
Etoile ID, Ace Management back Rafaut
Ace, which has backed Rafaut since 2015 via its Aerofund III fund, reinvests in the business
Montagu buys Wireless Logic Group in SBO
Sale of the connectivity platform provider is the first exit from CVC's $1bn growth fund
Bridgepoint invests in Burger King France
Corporate Groupe Bertrand sells significant minority stake in France-based burger chain
Tamburi's Roche-Bobois announces IPO price range
Offering amount is €21.76m, and could be increased to €25.02m with overallotment
Eurazeo buys ST Group in SBO
UI Gestion sells its stake in the sensitive areas security specialist, renamed Vitaprotech
Alven, Otium back Feed in €15m round
Round of funding will help the health-focused startup to expand internationally
KKR's Webhelp bolts on Sellbytel
Backed by KKR since 2015, Webhelp buys outsourced sales provider Sellbytel Group
Anders Invest acquires De Waal Staal
Air tunnel specialist De Waal Staal is the 12th acquisition by Anders in three years
OpenGate sells NorPaper to trade
Lebanon-based Gemayel Freres & Chaoui Industriel buys the French paper specialist
Ace, CM-CIC sell Spring Technologies to trade
Sweden-based Hexagon, a specialist in Autonomous Connected Ecosystems (ACE) buys Spring
Amundi PE et al. back EMP Rotomoulage MBI
Brothers Cyril and Samuel Delamaire sell their stakes in the French plastic parts manufacturer
MPM et al. in €64m series-B for iTeos Therapeutics
Previous and new backers inject €64m in the cancer-focused biotechnology company
MBO Partenaires buys BCF Life Sciences
GP takes over from Céréa Capital and Sodero Gestion, investing alongside management
PE-backed SGH Healthcaring buys Rovipharm and RR Plastiques
SGH Healthcaring's double-acquisition is supported by a Bluebay financing package
France Invest seeks to capitalise on Macron's reforms
Trade body's newly appointed chair discusses plans to capitalise on reforms and bolster the popularity of the PE ownership model
DN Capital's Marovac named new Invest Europe chair
Marovac, the founder and manager of VC firm DN Capital, will chair the trade body until 2019