Francesca Veronesi
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EdRip holds final close on €345m for BioDiscovery5
New life sciences fund will be considerably larger than its predecessor, closed in 2013
Qualium exits CMAI deal
ICG takes over from Qualium, the previous main shareholder in the maker of closets and sliding doors
Ardian backs SFAM in €1.7bn deal
GP acquires a €200m minority stake in the French broker of smartphone and multimedia insurance
Capzanine, Creadev back Recommerce
GPs invest €50m in the French used electronic products retailer in a series-C funding round
Gilde acquires Performation in MBO
GP acquires a majority stake in the Dutch healthcare business-intelligence provider
Eurazeo buys Idinvest in €310m deal
Eurazeo becomes majority shareholder of French asset manager Idinvest, taking over from IDI
Bain backs Bugaboo
Acquisition of the stroller maker is the first Dutch investment for British GP Bain Capital
GPs bid for AkzoNobel's chemicals arm
GPs are in the auction process for the carve-out, said to be valued in the region of €10bn
Capitem invests in MPI to finance Scaelec bolt-on
Capitem-backed MPI bolts on French electronic devices production subcontractor Scaelec
Inflexion backs Calco in MBO
Deal marks Inflexion's first investment outside of the UK, according to Unquote Data
Gimv buys France Thermes
GPs Normandie Capital, Initiative et Finance and Volney Développement exit the business
Ardian adds four to executive committee
Ardian France president Dominique Gaillard has now withdrawn from the committee
Isatis Capital backs Pure Trade Worldwide in MBO
GP invests in the French manufacturer of luxury retail equipment and promotional packaging
Idinvest backs Bimedia
GP provided a unitranche facility to the French software developer back in 2015
Keensight Capital sells TravelFactory to trade
GP sells its stake in the French online provider of mountain holiday rentals
CM-CIC Innovation et al. in series-A round for ForCity
Round of funding sees €8m invested in the French urban simulation software developer
Mentha Capital exits Fri-Jado in SBO
Dutch manufacturer of food service equipment is sold to GP Torqx Capital Partners
Apax France hires Onno Sloterdijk
Apax France accelerates its development in the Netherlands with the appointment
Ecofi Investissements buys Esfin Gestion
Asset manager Ecofi and general partner Esfin are both subsidiaries of French bank Crédit Coopératif
Intel Capital et al. in series-C for Aledia
Braemar Energy Ventures, Demeter, BPI France, Ikea GreenTech and Sofinnova Partners also take part
Cathay Innovation et al. in series-A round for Saagie
Consortium of investors commit €5m to the French big-data processing platform
Canaan et al. in series-B round for ContentSquare
US GP leads the round for the French online content optimisation platform
Eurazeo reportedly in second round for Hg's Trace One
Hg has looked to sell the French retail and private-label goods SaaS platform since October
Go Capital et al. invest in Pherecydes Pharma
New backers include Omnes Capital, Fa Dièse and a group of angel investors