France
FRANCE - Apax announces partnership with CEO of U10 Group
Apax Partners has signed an agreement with Thierry Lièvre, founder and CEO of distribution industry supplier U10 Group, and will invest funds into the firm's holding company.
FRANCE - European Capital acquires minority stake in listed-hearing aids business
European Capital has acquired a 39% stake of the holding controlling Audika, a hearing aids brand listed on Euronext Paris.
FRANCE - Global IRR of French private equity since 1988 is 12.1%
New figures published by the French private equity trade body AFIC and Ernst & Young reveal details of the industry's overall performance since 1988.
FRANCE - Argos Soditic acquires Orgasynth subsidiaries
Argos Soditic has completed the management buy-in of all of the five fine chemical and dye subsidiaries of industrial group Orgasynth.
FRANCE/ITALY - Truffle Capital takes GoAdv public
Truffle Capital has simultaneously led a capital increase and public listing of web-based media company GoAdv, in a deal which values the company at EUR 34m.
FRANCE - Astorg refinanced Geoservices in late July
Astorg Partners secured a EUR 90m refinancing of oil exploration services company Geoservices on 20 July 2007.
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.