France
Ardian's Kallista completes €155m refinancing
Company claims to have doubled capacity under GP’s ownership
French exit activity continues rebound in Q2
GPs across Europe continue to take advantage of seller's market
Deal in Focus: Blackstone sells Vitalia to CVC's Vedici
Transaction mirrors consolidation trend in French private hospitalisation sector
UI Gestion et al. in OBO for Jet Freeze
Maiden deal for UI Gestion’s latest fund
Bridgepoint to exit Ponant to Artémis
Sale comes three years after carve-out by Bridgepoint
PE-backed Alain Afflelou bolts on Optical Discount
Add-on to lead to creation of low-cost optical retail network
Seventure injects further €1m into MaaT
Investment comes after first €1m round by VC in January
Mega-buyout bonanza: Q2's five largest deals
Taking stock of the five largest European buyouts inked in the past quarter
Gimv's Almaviva buys Arago and Domus
Bolt-on is the latest in a series by the business since inception
Novartis et al. in $36m series-B for GenSight
Capital to be used for development of GS010 therapy
BlackFin holds €300m second close
Interim close puts GP on track to hit €400m hard-cap
Mid-cap PE valuations back to pre-crisis heights – Argos research
PE houses and corporates neck and neck on pricing
D-Bi raises €3.5m from Jaina Capital et al.
Funds to finance 20 hires and launch of UK and Germany offices
CapDecisif et al. in €3.6m round for InnaVirVax
Third funding round for French biopharma
Felix Capital et al. in $20m series-B round for Mirakl
Deal represents largest investment by Felix to date
Isatis backs Lermite MBI from Siparex et al.
Second exit by Siparex in the space of a week
Silverfleet recruits two, promotes two
Second wave of appointments by GP in a year
Activa's Findis refinances, acquires Désamais
GP bought business in 2011 SBO
Blackstone offloads Vitalia to CVC's Vedici
Transaction believed to value Vitalia around €950m mark
Capital Croissance buys minority stake in Altima
Enterprise value understood to sit below €30m mark
Initiative & Finance invests in FAK
Capital to finance bolt-on of Armony Signalétique
Siparex reaps 20% IRR on Sogexi exit to Lacroix
GP thought to have scored returns in the 2-4x region
Callista buys PCH Metals
Buyout sees Callista buy all shares in PCH
Activa-backed Armatis completes refinancing
Deal understood to have involved dividend recap