France
Duke Street loses Scott, appoints two
James Almond replaces recently departed Duke Street partner Buchan Scott
Go Capital et al. in €2.2m seed round for Mitricares
Second round to feature a French implant designer in a week
Astorg buys Cobepa’s SGG
Deal marks GP's return to activity after the summer hiatus
Capital Croissance buys minority stake in HL Trad
Deal is fourth to be financed by Cairn Capital I fund
EdRip invests in Erget buyout
GP takes minority stake via Cabestan fund
EdRip exits Novamex to Sodalis
GP acquired 25% stake in March 2011
Ciclad et al. inject €10m into Alsei
Transaction features equity injection and convertible bonds
BlaBlaCar to raise $160m from Insight et al.
Transaction comes one year after company’s $100m series-C
Gimv et al. in €31.3m series-C for Biom’up
Round comes three years after €6.8m series-B
Turenne et al. back MBI for Sopac
Enterprise value thought to sit in the €10-50m region
Blondel raises €6m from BPI France et al.
Business aiming to double current €46m revenues within five years
Idinvest et al. in €15m round for Save
Funds to fuel the company’s European expansion plans
Motion in €425m Tokheim partial exit
GP to retain sales, service and distribution subsidiaries
Siparex exits Tetra Medical to 3T Group
Exit is Siparex's latest after active summer on sell-side
Ekkio backs Thoiry buyout
GP usually deploys €5-15m per deal
Quadran raises €45m from BPI France et al.
Business aiming to drive installed capacity up to 1,000 MW
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Eurazeo et al. inject €33m into Vestiaire Collective
Listed GP contributes €20m to round
Idinvest bolsters debt and VC teams with two hires
GP’s latest debt fund recently closed on €400m
Cathay appoints managing partner for Sino-French Innovation fund
Hire takes place alongside €22m commitment by new LP Valeo
Serena et al. in €10m series-B for Lengow
Business has received €11.4m in institutional funding since creation
Conztanz raises €2m from A Plus and Pléiade
Capital to be used for airline data integration platform ConztanzOne
Omnes et al. in MBO for Bimedia
Business understood to be valued in the €20-50m range