France
ICG to take over Courtepaille in debt-for-equity swap
ICG supplied €160m unitranche in 2010 Fondations Capital buyout
LBO France in exclusive talks to acquire IKKS
Investment will be sourced via LBO's White Knight IX fund
Ardian's CLS acquires Horizon Marine
Massachusetts-based company is second US subsidiary for CLS
Isai reaches €55m first close for latest venture fund
Total exceeds €35m target after a few weeks of fundraising
Cipio reaps 3x on Ipanema trade sale
Company was the last of the T-Venture portfolio acquired in 2004
InVivo NSA raises €215m from Eurazeo et al.
Eurazeo contributes €114m to round, secures 17% stake
Rothschild backs ACE Group
Company plans to double number of existing offices
PE-backed Drivy acquires Buzzcar
Investment marks third funding round for French company
Partech's second seed-only fund closes on €60m
Fund follows on from Partech Entrepreneur I, which closed in 2013
Sculpteo raises €5m from XAnge and Creadev
Transaction sees XAnge significantly increase its investment
Robolution Capital et al. inject €10m into Balyo
BPI France and Seventure also take part in round
Lion readies Picard exit with €2.25bn Aryzta deal
Aryzta secures option to buy remaining stake in three to five years
Augure raises €15m from Serena Capital et al.
New backers include Seventure and BPI France
French industry ready to say au revoir to FCPR fund structure
The Société de Libre Partenariat brings France closer to other popular domiciles
Deal in focus: Greenbriar shops in France with WFCI
An in-depth look at 3i's sale of WFCI to Greenbriar
Argos Soditic exits Davey Bickford in €103.3m trade sale
Company was last asset of GP's FHB buyout
Sofinnova's Cerenis in €226m IPO
French biotech company raises €53.4m as part of listing
Omnes to reap 5x return on Exclusive Networks exit
Cobepa beats private equity suitors to clinch deal
Astorg Partners promotes four
Astorg promotes Benoit Ficheur to director, among other changes
Deal in Focus: Greenbriar swoops in on WFCI
Greenbriar's purchase of WFCI marks a rare foray for an overseas PE investor in the French lower mid-market
Seventure loses out on So Factory
Business went into administration in early January
Aurinvest leads €2m series-A round for Azalead Software
GP invests from €22m Capital 3 fund
Ace and Auriga in €2.6m round for Pherecydes Pharma
Business angels also take part in round
Altrad raises further €100m from BPI France et al.
Fresh funds go towards financing bolt-on of Hertel