France
XAnge et al. invest €1.3m in Kiwup
Deal marks second fundraising for Kiwup
CM-CIC invests €2m in Mojovida
GP secures minority stake
Seventure’s AAA plans flotation
Company received €41m in funding last year
Isatis backs Groupe SMS
Company wanted to swap angel investor for institutional backer
Eurazeo’s Elis launches IPO
Eurazeo bought Elis in 2007 for €2.276bn
Bridgepoint buys eFront in €300m SBO
Francisco Partners exits after four years
Tikehau hires Jean-Pierre Mustier
54-year-old joins as partner from previous position at UniCredit
Partech Growth Fund holds €200m first close
The vehicle will commit as much as €30m per ticket to late-stage startups
Equistone re-invests in Compin
Fresh funding to finance bolt-on acquisition of Fainsa
Idinvest, Siparex exit Julhiet-Sterwen
CM-CIC, BNP Paribas Développement take stake
Deal in Focus: Sagard et al. back Safic-Alcan MBO
Private equity backers secure minority stake in deal valued at around €250m
Siparex, Finorpa back Coquelle
Siparex partially buys out Finorpa in deal
Ardian invests €2.5m in Clever Age
Company also has bases in Switzerland and Hong Kong
Alven, Serena invest €3m in Dataiku
Deal marks Dataiku’s first funding round
CM-CIC et al. invest €22.4m in MDA
Ixo PE and Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement also take part
Siparex invests €5m in Lacoste OBO
Senior debt package arranged by CIC
PE-backed Spie refinances debt
Company launched then postponed IPO plans last year
Go Capital et al. invest in Qivivo
Company launched its product in France last year
PAI nears €3bn final close for sixth fund
Vehicle held €1.4bn first close in January 2014
Omnes’s Eratome bolts on TPM
Bolt-on increases Eratome's 2014 turnover to c€40m
Gimv’s Almaviva bolts on Paris hospital
Bolt-on increases Almaviva's 2014 revenues to €130m
Capital Croissance closes fund on €75m
Fund counts 115 private investors in its LP base
OTC invests in Accengage
Mobile First Alliance invested alongside OTC
Capzanine, SGCP back Carrera MBO
Two firms also provided mezzanine financing to the company