France
EdRip, AccorHotels to acquire Potel & Chabot from 21 Centrale
21 Centrale backed the group's management buyout in 2007, acquiring Bongrain's gastronomy subsidiary
Cinven to acquire Chryso from LBO France
LBO France acquired Chryso from Wendel-backed Materis for €285m in 2014
Incisive Media to divest Insight division to TowerBrook's Infopro
PE houses Inflexion, Bowmark and ECI were also rumoured to have been in the running
Newfund in €1.5m round for FlexyBeauty
Paris-based VC firm invested via its maiden fund Newfund 1, closed on €72m in 2009
Idinvest, BPI, Ouest Croissance support Segex SBO
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, UI Gestion and Socadif have fully exited the group
Turenne Santé backs Easy Shower OBO
Transaction enables company founder Régis Rocton to reduce his stake in the group
Epiris sells remaining Allflex stake for £70.3m
GP held an 11% stake in the animal identification and monitoring business prior to the deal
Index Ventures in €15m series-A for Databerries
Isai Gestion and Mosaic Ventures provided a first €1.7m round in 2015
Altice acquires VC-backed Teads for €285m
Founded in 2005, the tech startup has reportedly raised a total of $127.7m in funding since inception
Impact Partenaires launches €50m Impact Création fund
Fund should support the launch of 250-300 franchised businesses over the next five years
Aquiline sells Bisam Technologies for $205.2m
Factset will expand its portfolio services offering by integrating Bisam products
Partech, Alven in £10.5m series-B round for Akeneo
Alven Capital commits capital for the second time, having led a $2.4m round for the startup in 2014
Ixo acquires Alpha Services Group
Marseille-based roofing and building construction company generates a turnover in the region of €18m
Ardian to acquire Prosol
Company founder Denis Dumont will reinvest in the group alongside the new majority shareholder
Irdi Soridec leads €16m funding round for Advicenne
Cemag Invest and MI Care also took part in the funding round for the French pharmaceutical business
Céréa promotes two in debt and mezzanine teams
Marjorie Manet is promoted to director and Alexandre Durst to investment director
Omnes Capital in €3.5m round for MultiX
Previous investors, including Kreaxi, Thales, Helea Financiere and Alto Invest reinvested in the group
Bain Capital reduces Maisons du Monde stake
GP reduces its stake in the group from 31.2% to 15.8% through the transaction
Lonsdale-backed portfolio companies bolt on two firms
Global Yachting Group and Avalon acquire ACA Marine and Plan My Funeral
Unigrains buys minority stake in Nutrisens
French GP has acquired its stake from family office Evolem, which owned the business for 10 years
Apax France closes ninth fund on €1bn hard-cap
French investor's latest vehicle comfortably exceeds the €700m raised for Apax France VIII in 2011
OGF looks for €1bn refinancing as part of OTPP takeover
Teachers' Private Capital had already secured a minority stake in the French funeral services group in 2015
Arve Industries Capital, BPI in €5m round for AlpenTech
GPs join previous backers Crédit Agricole des Savoie Capital and BP Aura to support the precision engineering group
Omnes Capital and BPI France exit Grain d'Or Gel
Grain d'Or Gel will merge with Lubrano & Fils to form a new group, branded as Novepan