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Gilde Equity Management hires van Breukelen
GP appoints ex-KPMG Jurgen van Breukelen as managing partner, plans investments in Germany
Gimv sells Walkro to trade
GP fully sells Walkro, a mushroom substrate specialist, to Irish strategic co-owner
Parquest et al. carve out Sopral from Avril Group
Parquest, Idia Capital Investissement, Agro Invest and Unexo acquire stakes in Sopral
French PE investment in aerospace soars to new heights
Asset class is fuelling growth in the industry, with aggregate value in France picking up pace in recent years
Arkéa et al. buy Malherbe from Siparex, NCI
Consortium of backers buy a minority stake in the logistics and transport specialist
One Equity Partners-backed Inside Secure buys Verimatrix
GP participates in the equity financing with a view to becoming the cornerstone investor of Inside Secure
NewAlpha Verto holds first close for maiden fund
France-based NewAlpha Verto aims to hold a second close for first-time vehicle mid-2019
Andera closes WC4 on €445m
Andera's independence from Edmond de Rothschild Group encourages new LPs to back WC4
21 Invest France closes fifth fund on €230m
Fund comes short of target but LPs agree to commit an extra €70m via co-investment programme
Ukraine-based Horizon Capital's Rozetka bolts on Evo
E-commerce specialist Rozetka, owned by Horizon Capital since 2015, bolts on Evo
Creadev et al. inject €40m in InnovaFeed
Investors back InnovaFeed, a biotech company producing insect-based protein flour
Arkéa, Sofimac back Decortiat Estelle MBI
Dominique Bidaut buys a majority stake in Decortiat, a perfumes and luxury cosmetics packaging company
Mubadala, BPI France sign new investment agreement
Vehicle will target French startups operating in the technology and innovation space
UI Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Treo BIMBO
Thierry Girardeau and Dominique Marrast are appointed as director and sales manager of Treo
Egeria to sell stake in CleanLease
Active Capital is about to buy Dutch laundry services provider CleanLease says report
M80 holds €100m first close for maiden vehicle
Brussels-based M80 is halfway through the fundraising process for its maiden vehicle
Charterhouse reaps 2.4x on sale of Comexposium
Comexposium is sold to Crédit Agricole Assurances after three years under Charterhouse's ownership
CM-CIC exits Coprodex to trade
CM-CIC sells its stake in profiles maker Coprodex to an aluminium products manufacturer
Andera to close WC4 on €450m
Latest vehicle has surpassed its €400m hard-cap, according to two French publications
EmergeVest backs EV Cargo
Hong Kong-based GP creates EV Cargo, grouping six of its logistics-focused companies together
Oddo BHF, et al. inject €10m into Wizbii
Investors back the professional network operator to support product development
Carlyle launches Europe Technology Partners IV
ETP IV's target amounts to тЌ1.3bn, about double the size of its predecessor, closed in 2014
ArchiMed buys Clean Cells in SBO from Sodero Gestion
GP buys biotechnology service Clean Cells, investing alongside management
Capitem backs Cortex MBO
Deal sees Cortex CEO buy a majority stake in the mail outsourcing and document management firm