Deals
Alliance Entreprendre, BPI France buy Copac in SBO
GPs acquire a majority stake in the French construction equipment business
Sofinnova et al. back €27m series-C for Limflow
BPI France and Balestier, a Singaporean family fund, also take part in the financing
Project A et al. in $4.2m round for Aula
Funding will enable the education-focused online communication company to pursue product development
Mercia invests in £3m round for ITL
Automotive components supplier will undertake recruitment in its commercial and operations teams
Turenne Capital invests €9.8m in Infimed
Turenne acquires a majority stake in the medical device financing business through the transaction
Gilde Healthcare's Rad-X buys TelradKo
Acquisition will provide TelradKo with fresh capital to accelerate its expansion
VF Venture leads €5.4m series-A for OrderYoYo
Round is also backed by Danish venture capital firm Seed Capital and angel investors
Neuberger Berman and aPriori exit Guala
Guala will be acquired by special purpose acquisition company Space4 and listed on the Italian market
Arkéa et al. in Armor SBO
Existing backers reinvest in the French printing service, Unexo joins for the first time
Innogest leads €2m series-A for SoulKitchen.bio
VC house deploys capital from IPGest, a €40.9m vehicle backed by the Italian government
VC-backed NFon aims to raise €50m in Q2 IPO
Company targets gross proceeds of €50m, which will be used for further European expansion
Advent International in €1.91bn Zentiva carve-out
GP to buy generics business division Zentiva from French biopharmaceutical company Sanofi
IK to acquire Domia
Deal will be made via the investor's IK Small Cap I Fund, which recently held a final close
Bain's Autodis announces intention to float
Autodis may implement a capital increase in the range of €350-400m as part of the IPO
Azulis Capital buys Jordenen
GP acquires a 67% stake in the French designer and producer of promotional products
BGF invests £6.5m in Kids Planet
Deal comes 20 months after the GP invested ТЃ10m in the UK-based nursery school operator
CM-CIC Capital Privé divests Celeste
GP sells its stake in French B-to-B internet provider Celeste to owner Nicolas Aube
Inflexion acquires minority stake in Huws Gray
GP invested in the builders' merchant with capital drawn from its ТЃ400m partnership capital vehicle
DBAG mandates GCA for Cleanpart sale
DBAG partially exited Cleanpart in November 2017, selling the group's healthcare division
EQT lines up Tampnet sale process
Several private equity funds and infrastructure investors are expected to pitch bids
Naxicap buys European Cargo Services in SBO
Naxicap Partners acquires French outsourced airfreight operations service ECS from Alpha
Charterhouse's Cooper-Vemedia buys 12 Sanofi brands for €158m
Deal is the second major bolt-on acquisition for the group since the GP acquired it in 2015
Project A, Vito lead €4m seed round for Artisense
Chris Hitchen, an entrepreneur and venture adviser to EQT Ventures, also takes part in the round
Argos Soditic-backed I'Car Systems merges with Datafirst
Together, the companies will cover automotive manufacturers and brands in 12 countries