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CM-CIC invests €9.5m in Index Education
OBO sees CM-CIC acquire a minority stake in the French education software publisher
BNP Paribas launches venture fund
BNP Paribas Capital Partners' vehicle targets financial services and insurance startups
DLA Piper overhauls Paris office's tax team
Paris office hires nine lawyers, including three tax-focused partners and a corporate law partner
Holland Ventures-backed Avensus buys ICT Visions
Security services and cloud technology service Avensus bolts-on Dutch ICT Visions
JC Flowers to list NIBC stake
Private equity firm will list 35% of outstanding and issued NIBC shares on Euronext Amsterdam
Vendis backs Kamera Express
GP buys a majority stake in Dutch photo and video equipment retailer Kamera Express in MBO
Fosun acquires French luxury brand Lanvin
Chinese GP buys majority stake in French luxury couture house Lanvin alongside management
EQT et al. back Tinyclues in $18m series-B
Investors back the French AI-first marketing campaign intelligence service Tinyclues
Siparex sells Francetruck to trade
Manuloc acquires Francetruck, a French heavy-handling equipment rental and maintenance service
Permira's Vacalians undergoes refinancing
Total of €345m is secured via a pool of 20 lenders, led by Crédit Agricole CIB
Capzanine to hold final close for €950m private debt fund in Q1
Launched in Q1 2017, Capzanine 4 Private Debt fund should hold a final close in March
Egeria's Clondalkin Group sells Cats-Haensel and Nimax to trade
Austrian packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles buys the confectionery and tea packaging businesses
Aquilo et al. invest $55.8m in Merus
Consortium of backers invests in the Dutch clinical-stage immuno-oncology company
Oaktree-backed NL Holding buys ProCrea, Archimed, Imer
GP-backed German reproductive medicine group NL Holding bolts-on three European competitors
Isatis invests in Hotline to finance Groupe Metalis bolt-on
Isatis-backed outsourced IT service Hotline acquires competitor Groupe Metalis in bolt-on
iBionext closes maiden fund iBionext Growth on €90m
Backers of the fund include French and international investors, including a Chinese corporate
Artemid closes second debt fund
Launched in Q3 2017, Artemid Senior Loan II surpasses its predecessor and closes on €413m
Scor, LBO France launch Scor Mid Market Loans fund
Asset manager Scor Investment Partners teams up with GP LBO France for a leveraged loans fund
Idinvest/Eurazeo merger: Going global
Eurazeo's permanent capital and an international footprint will help Idinvest attract an international LP base
Eurazeo's Asmodée bolts-on Lookout
French games publisher Asmodée acquires the Germany-based board and card game publisher
Turenne Capital exits Volfoni to trade
GP sells its minority stake in the French maker of 3D cinema glasses to Chinese corporate Shandong Luxin-Rio
CM-CIC Investissement backs Bougrier
GP acquires 32% of French family-owned wine business Bougrier, investing €4.2m
Pragma Capital buys GSRI in MBO
GP buys a majority stake in the French infrastructure inspection engineering group
EdRip holds final close on €345m for BioDiscovery5
New life sciences fund will be considerably larger than its predecessor, closed in 2013