France

FRANCE – Activa sell Malherbe to N.I Partners

Activa Capital has sold Groupe Malherbe in a secondary buyout to Natixis Private Equity subsidiary N.I Partners. Following the deal the group’s CEO Alain Samson, whom Activa Partnered in an OBO in 2004, becomes the majority shareholder alongside N.I....

FRANCE – Activa Backs MBO of Bruno Saint Hilaire

Activa Capital has taken a majority stake in Bruno Saint Hiliaire (BSH) alongside managers Dominique de la Tournelle and Nicholas Roux. Activa has purchased CDC Capital Investissement and Banque de Vizille’s interests in the company. The deal was proprietary.

EUROPE – DN Capital reaches EUR 50m first close

Unquote” has learned from a limited partner that European early stage and growth equity investor DN Capital has reached a first close of its second fund, Global Venture Capital II (GVC II). The fund raised just under half of its EUR 100m target and...

Fund-a-mentals for 2008

The French private equity market has had a limited amount of deals completed recently, especially in the large LBO space. There was, however, one buyout of note: Hellman & Friedman signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saipem's 30% share of Gaztransport...