France
FRANCE - RFID specialist Tagsys receives $16m second tranche
RFID infrastructure business Tagsys has received the second tranche of its $35m series C funding round.
EUROPE - SLIPE to manage CalPERS' EUR 400m mandate
Standard Life Investments (Private Equity) Ltd (SLIPE) has been selected to manage a EUR 400m mandate focused exclusively on European private equity.
FRANCE - Turnaround fund Contrarian Capital invests in Eugene Perma
US-headquartered Contrarian Capital has invested EUR 20m in troubled hair products business Eugene Perma.
FRANCE - European Capital announces Soflog-Telis deal
As exclusively reported in Unquote News on 16 July, European Capital has invested in industrial logistics business Soflog-Telis, alongside existing investor 3i.
FRANCE - CIC LBO Partners backs buyout of Emeraude
CIC LBO Partners has won a Lincoln-run auction to acquire chemical company Emeraude.
FRANCE - Iris Capital exits Vox Mobili
Iris Capital and other investors have sold Vox Mobili to OnMobile. Vox Mobili, a software solutions provider specialising in personal mobile data management, was set up in 2000 with financing led by Iris Capital and including several other European venture...
FRANCE - Charterhouse refinanced Elior and Nocibé in the summer
Details of two recaps of Charterhouse portfolio companies, which took place this summer, have emerged.
FRANCE - Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners announces promotions
As of September 1, Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has promoted Thomas Mitard, Hervé Fonta and Sylvie Vergès.
FRANCE - CDC and Banexi Ventures invest additional EUR 5m in Kewego
CDC Entreprises, investing on behalf of government initiative France Investissement, and first-round backer Banexi Ventures Partners (BVP) have invested EUR 5m in online corporate video specialist Kewego.
FRANCE - Elaia Partners invests EUR 1m in climate risk management business
Elaia Partners has invested EUR 1m of series-A funding in climate risk managment company Climpact.
FRANCE - OFI Private Equity succesfully delists IMV Technologies
OFI Private Equity has acquired 96.45% of artificial insemination products manufacturer IMV Technologies, giving the private equity firm a large enough shareholding to delist the business from Euronext Paris.
FRANCE - XAnge invests in IPS alongside MBO Partenaires
XAnge has taken a 22.6% stake in fire equipment maintenance business IPS, alongside existing investor MBO Partenaire, which retains 35.1% of the equity.
FRANCE - Banque de Vizille backs Adetel build-up
CIC Banque de Vizille (CICBV) has invested EUR 800,000 in equity and EUR 2m in convertible bonds in a group comprising electronic industrial systems company Adeteal and CICBV portfolio company electronic small parts manufacturer ICRA.
FRANCE/BELGIUM - Ablynx and Boehringer Ingelheim join forces
Pharmaceutical companies Boehringer ingelheim and Ablynx today jointly announced a major global strategic alliance aimed at developing a range of Nanobody® therapeutics.
FRANCE - Trophos raises EUR 8.5m in series-C financing round
Biopharmaceutical company Trophos today announced it has raised EUR 8.5m in series-C funding.
FRANCE - Paluel-Marmont backs MBI of wine label business
Unquote" has learned that in the context of an MBI, Paluel-Marmont Capital has acquired 46% of Imprimerie Etienne, a printer of adhesive labels and marketing materials for the wine industry. Bred arranged the leverage.
FRANCE - Concortium backs secondary buyout of Bref Service
Galia Gestion, Socadif, Avenir Entreprises and Alliance Entreprendre have backed the secondary buyout of electrical engineering interim agency Bref Service.
GLOBAL – Pantheon makes NY hire
Pantheon, a global fund-of-funds and secondaries player, as appointed Rudy Scarpa to its secondaries team as partner.
FRANCE - Osiris backs turnaround of cooperative retailer Camif Particuliers
Osiris Partners has invested EUR 25m in Camif Particuliers, a loss-making cooperative multi-specialist retailer.
FRANCE - Electronic ticketing business raises EUR 8m
Partech International, CM-CIC Capital Privé and CIC Finance & High Co Venture have invested EUR 8m in the second round of financing for ticketing company Digitick.
EUROPE - Stoxx launches private equity index
Stock exchange monitor Stoxx today launched a new index which tracks the performance of Europe's 20 largest listed private equity firms.
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.
FRANCE - EdRIP leads buyout of Captain Tortue
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Defi Gestion and BNP Paribas Développement have backed the owner buyout of children and women's pret-a-porter brand Captain Tortue.
FRANCE - Cita Gestion backs horse riding equipment business
Unquote" has learned that Cita Gestion has invested EUR 1m in Bordeaux-based Freejumpsystem, alongside its previous inevstors regional funds Fa Dièse and SFFP.