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Fintech startup OptioPay secures €7m seed funding
Transaction marks the payment software company's third seed round
Randstad launches tender offer for Siparex-backed Ausy
BPI France and Siparex provided a €20m capital increase in the first funding round for Ausy
Sovereign exits Lifetime Training to Silverfleet
Sovereign had backed the professional training group's management buyout in 2011
Pragma Capital exits Nasse-Demeco to Siparex
Pragma Capital had supported the buyout of the removal company back in 2007
Advent, Sunstone et al. in $60m round for F2G
Growth investment is F2G's seventh and largest-ever round of funding
EPF Partners and BPI invest in JVS
Previous investors Naxicap Partners, Societe Generale and Euro Capital are exiting the group
Kartesia takes over Desmet Ballestra in lender-led deal
New owner will look to stabilise the group's activity and ensure continuity
Iris Capital in €1.25m seed round to MindLytix
GP will mostly look to extend the Parisian startup's offer to the US
Argos Soditic reaps 3x return on Cisbio Bioassays exit
Secondary buyout marks new owner Abenex's 60th investment in France
Deal in Focus: Omnes exits Sateco after nine years
Despite a troubled construction market, Omnes rode out the storm and exited Sateco as activity returned
LDC appoints Chris Coulton as portfolio director
Coulton is joining after 15 years spent at Deloitte as restructuring services director
Gimv in talks to sell Lampiris to Total
Gimv invested €40m in Lampiris via its Gimv XL buyout fund alongside SRIW in 2013
Cozy Cloud scores €4m round from Maif and Innovacom
Cloud storage company Cozy Cloud secures a €4m financing round led by Maif
Ardian, Crédit Agricole acquire Vinci's Indigo share
Both investors jointly acquired a 75% stake in the company in 2014
Chronext in €11m series-C round from Partech et al.
Partech also led series-B funding round for Chronext in November 2015
Investec appoints two to growth & acquisition finance team
Investec's growth and acquisition finance team will now count 24 members in total
Maven Capital backs Prime Document MBI
Maven's backing will help the company expand into the electronic document management sector
Real Impact raises €12m series-A from Gimv et al.
Backers include venture capital firms Fortino Capital and Endeit Capital
PSP takes minority stake in BC's Allflex Group
Previous investor BC Partners retains a majority stake in the group
3i reaps £89m in Basic-Fit IPO
3i invested €97m in the company in 2013 through an MBO valuing it at €275m
Karmijn acquires art lessor Kunst.nl
Kunst.nl is the first investment made via Karmijn's second fund, Karmijn Kapitaal II
Bridgepoint, Eurazeo sell Foncia to Partners Group for €1.8bn
Both firms have been invested in the group since 2011, and have been sole shareholders since 2014
Karmijn Kapitaal closes second fund on €90m hard-cap
GP's first fund, Karmijn Kapitaal I, was launched in 2011 and has been fully invested
Partech appoints two partners
Appointments highlight the firm's strategy to develop transatlantic relations