France
M Capital, D&P and Siparex exit Groupe Faubourg
Company shares have been reacquired by company management
CM-CIC to take over FDG Group
DBAG entered the group's ownership structure in 2011, taking a majority stake for an undisclosed amount
MBO Partenaires exits Dron Location
MBO Partenaires took a 30% stake in the group through an MBO in 2011
HgCapital raises £3.1bn in double fund close
GP successfully closes HgCapital 8 and Mercury 2 on £2.5bn and £575m respectively
BNP Paribas, UI Gestion invest in La Boucherie
Existing backer Naxicap first entered the group in 2008 via an €8m expansion round
Q4 Barometer: Large-cap deals boost value in a shrinking market
Spike in megadeals boosted aggregate deal value in Q4, though volume was down 20% year-on-year
Initiative & Finance backs Extruflex SBO
French vinyl extrusion was notably backed by Chequers Capital between 2003-2013
Macquarie sells 40% Pisto stake to Crédit Agricole entity Predica
Macquarie Group became sole shareholder in the group last year after acquiring Antin Infrastructure's shares
Eurazeo spins out Fonroche solar division
InfraVia recently closed its third European infrastructure fund, InfraVia European Fund III, on €1bn
Colony Capital exits AccorHotels
Colony first entered the Accor group in 2005, making a €1bn investment in the listed entity
Karmijn Kapitaal sells Tuvalu Media
Karmijn acquired a controlling stake in the group in 2013 alongside company management
HTGF, Tengelmann et al. sell Trademob
Paris-based marketing company Adikteev becomes the majority shareholder of the company after the exit
Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office
Argos Soditic, Main Capital and BlackFin Capital Partners are among the firms to have also increased their German activity recently
Ouest Croissance and CM-CIC back Sidamo’s MBO
Arkéa Capital Investissement backed the group's first MBO in 1994
Partech appoints Noël as new general partner
Karen Noël leaves the role of partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
Idinvest appoints Wyniecki as investment director
Alban Wyniecki leaves Partech Ventures to join Idinvest
Ixo leads €5.2m round for Care Labs
French VC's investment marks the second round of funding for Care Labs
Euro PE holds first close on €82.5m for France Sélection III
Fund completes France-focused investment programme launched in 2007 by the GP
Osmozis prices IPO at €10.5 per share
Capital increase may be increased to €9.4m in the event of full exercise of the overallotment option
Deal in Focus: Cobalt makes 3.5x on TCS sale to Meeschaert
Vendor extended its holding period with LPs' blessing in order to fully implement its buy-and-build growth strategy
Omnes Capital promotes partners, expands teams
Eric Rey, Camille Delibes and Laurent Espic promoted; Fabien Collangettes, Corentin Defond, Pierre-Axel Botuha and Etienne Chemel hired
Silver Investment nets Varicor
GP aims to affiliate the business to its portfolio company Schüschke to expand into new sectors
Ardian to launch new primary fund
Ardian's latest fund registration follows a year that saw the GP raise $19bn across three funds
Building bridges between France and Africa
New BPI France and AfricInvest fund could incentivise French funds to increase investments on the African continent