France
Cathay to buy Smart AdServer for €37m
Firm invests via two funds, including €500m Sino-French mid-cap fund
XAnge et al. invest €1.3m in Ledger
Company closes seed round, two months after public product launch
TA to sell DNCA Finance to Natixis
Natixis will initially buy 71% stak for €549m
Natixis to buy Leonardo France
Leonardo France to become Natixis's mid-cap M&A advisory unit
Ardian sells Charlois to ICG
Company president's stake increases by 16% through sale
Swiss currency move: the potential impact on private equity
Cap removal does not lead to loss of interest
Eurazeo in exclusive talks with Union InVivo
GP to take minority stake in InVivo NSA through capital increase
LBO France hires new operating director
Franck Abadia joins as director following three-year stint at AlixPartners
Idinvest's Appsfire bought by MNG
Idinvest backed the company in 2011
Alven, Siparex exit MakeMeReach
Perion wholly acquires business from shareholders
Ardian to buy Siaci from Edmond de Rothschild
Investment bank retains 20% stake in the business
Founder Jean-Marie Lavirotte leaves Perfectis
Lavirotte plans to remain involved in private equity
Fosun, Ardian clinch Club Med deal
Bidding war for French resort operator finally comes to an end
France's Sigfox raises €100m
Wealth of new corporate investors back cellular network operator
Omnes invests €9m in Cogepart OBO
French investor Finadvance also takes part in transaction
Eurazeo's Elis lists with €1.5bn market cap
Eurazeo and other selling shareholders raise €50m in IPO
Peaked Hill invests €60m in Arc
Company was previously in talks with HIG Capital
Terra Firma to invest from €1bn committed capital
Firm says it has тЌ1bn of own money ready to be deployed
Ixo, BPI invest €5m in i-Run
BNP Paribas and Crédit Mutuel also provide debt package
Azulis Capital holds first close for latest vehicle
Middle Market Fund V raises €121m towards €200m target
Sagard invests in Les Délices
Company hopes to double its industrial capacity
Naxicap sells Nord-Sud Brasseries
Company's MD buys back business via holding Pôl Développement
European private equity outlook: building on the momentum
A look ahead at what is in store for European private equity in 2015
Equistone's Bretèche Industrie buys IsernHäger
Bolt-on executed with backing from the GP