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Having expected minimal movement in the private equity and venture markets it was a pleasant surprise to see a number of deals completed while everyone was supposedly on holiday. The largest of these, the EUR550-600m purchase of Compagnie Europeenne de...
FRANCE - A Plus and SGAM AI invest EUR 4.4m into Intrasense
A Plus Finance and SGAM Alternative Investments (SGAM AI) have made an investment of EUR 4.4m into medical software business Intrasense.
FRANCE - CAPE and CIC divest Ital Express in SBO
Crédit Agricole Priavte Equity (CAPE) and CIC Finance have sold auto parts business Ital Express in a secondary buyout to LFPI.
FRANCE - Qatari Diar buys 22.7% of SFCMC
Qatari Diar, an investment firm belonging to the Qatari Investment authority, has purchased 22.76% of Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes (SFCMC), which operates hotels and casino's in Cannes. The Desseigne Barrière family retains a majority...
FRANCE - Apax recruits new senior adviser
Apax Partners France has recruited Bernard Bourigeaud as senior adviser.
FRANCE - ACG appoints two
ACG, formerly known as Altium Capital Group, has recruited Eliza Nikolova and Nicola Gobbo.
FRANCE - Naxicap invests in Nuxe
Naxicap Partners has taken a minority stake in cosmetics company Nuxe.
FRANCE - CDC et al invests EUR 15m into Novagali Pharma
A syndicate of existing investors, including CDC Innovation, AGF Private Equity, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners and Crédit Agricole Private Equity, has invested EUR 15m in a fourth round of financing for pharmaceuticals company Novagali Pharma.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole invests EUR 4m into Urbasolar
Crédit Agricole Private Equity, via its fund Capenergie FCPR, has invested EUR 4m into photovoltaic business Urbasolar.
FRANCE - CDC leads EUR 6m Quotatis funding
CDC Enterprises has invested EUR 4m as part of a EUR 6m funding round for Quotatis, a provider of pay-as-you-go business leads to reputable trademen, with the remainder being provided by existing investor Banexi Ventures.
FRANCE – AtriA backs EUR 65m AltéAd MBO
AtriA Capital Partenaires has backed the EUR 65m management buyout of heavy industry support services company AltéAd, alongside historic investors IPO, Ouest Croissance and Synergie Finance. The company managers, Jean-François Torres and Jean-Baptiste...
EUROPE - 3i reports 40% drop in new investments
3i Plc has announced a year-on-year drop of almost 40% in new investments for the five months to 31st August, which fell to £622m in 2008 compared to more than £1bn for the same period in 2007.