France
Iris, Elaia invest €1.4m in Shift
SaaS designed to detect potential insurance fraud
Meeschaert launches maiden mid-cap fund
Meeschaert Private Equity Fund launched with €150m target
EdRip backs A2IA MBO
Management takes majority stake through the deal
Alven et al. invest €5.5m in Capitaine Train
Company plans to double its workforce over 12 months
Butler to sell Anovo to Ingram Micro
Sale comes three years after Butler bought Anovo from administration
XAnge et al. invest €3.6m in Lydia
Company's second funding round follows €600,000 injection from angels in 2013
Iris, Capnamic inject €2m into Agorize
Deal marks Agorize's second round of funding
Gimv leads €9m round for Melijoe.com
Deal marks company's fourth round of institutional funding
MML invests €10m in Nactis
MML provided €5m in equity and €5m in bonds
Motion Equity Partners acquires CDL
GP back on the investment front
Theranexus raises €3.6m
Company will use funds to start its first clinical programme
EdRip, BPI France invest in Finsecur
Fresh capital to be used for new product research and development
Finsight in Finexkap's series-A
Company already received $4.1m of the round in July
Eurazeo's Asmodée buys Fantasy Flight Games
Company has long history of acquisitive growth
LBO France buys Fournitures Hospitalières
GP carried out the deal via €154m small-cap Hexagone III fund
Timid progress for diversity in French private equity houses
Women still under-represented in investment teams
Investindustrial ups Club Med bid, now backed by KKR
Global Resorts comes back with counter-offer for Ardian/Fosun's latest bid
Highland et al. invest $20m in Intersec
Company plans to expand further in the US
Partech backs 123Venture-founded Lendix
123Venture founder Olivier Goy founded Lendix
Keensight's Sogelink bolts on Atlog
Company received financing for the acquisition from several banks
Idinvest et al. inject $29m into Menlook.com
Company's existing backers took part in the round
Qualium to buy IMV Technologies from Pragma
Deal marks tertiary buyout for animal artifical insemination specialist
EdRip's Saphymo sold to CNIM's Bertin
Bertin is former portfolio company of LBO France
Ace et al. invest €5m in Spring Technologies
Company will begin looking at potential acquisitions in Europe