France
Findspire raises €800,000 from ILP Sadepar et al.
Investment is the first by the firm’s Fonds Venture Numérique Lorrain
Qualium exits Marais to Tesmec in €14m trade sale
Company's turnover dropped from €52m to €27m since 2009 buyout
Ardian-backed Anios acquires Deren
Deal marks first foreign acquisition by Anios since 2013 MBO
Corvm Capital appoints senior adviser
Philippe Jous joins investment team
Alter Capital closes latest fund on €33m
Fund raised €21m in first close in October 2013
Truffle Capital promotes two to partner
Truffle Capital promotes Antoine Pau and Alexandre Ouimet-Storrs to partners
Ardian secures minority stake in Serma
SBO sees management co-invest to secure 57% stake
HG Europe's Tres60 bolts on Monal
GP intends to further consolidate European post-production market
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
Keensight scores 12x on final LDR exit
Firm injected a total of €10m in LDR since first investment in 2005
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
Charterhouse secures 50% Comexposium stake
Offer values French events business at €550m
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