France
Experienced Capital to launch second fund in 2019
Experienced Capital's maiden fund held a final close on €78m in 2016 and is now fully deployed
Experienced Capital backs NV Gallery
NV Gallery founders Natalie Hanczewski and Thibaut Saguet retain a majority stake
Q4 Barometer: European deal volume sets new annual record
Despite a slowdown in the final quarter of the year, private equity activity reached an all-time high over the course of the year
Index Ventures leads €30m series-B for Lunchr
Daphni and Idinvest previously invested €11m in the France-based startup in Q2 2018
Alven, Blackfin lead €8m series-A for Pretto
Pretto previously raised €1.3m in a seed round led by angel investor Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
Keensight inks first Spanish deal with Asti Mobile Robotics
French GP Keensight enters the Spanish market with a growth capital investment
Cathay backs Finance Active
Finance Active’s founders and managers also acquire stakes in the digital finance business
Eurazeo holds first close on €500m for Capital IV
Asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and family offices back the fund
Permira buys Hana Group in SBO
GP buys France-based Hana Group, based on 2019 projected EBITDA of €43m, from TA Associates
Idinvest's, Cherry Tree's Molotov in exclusivity with Altice
Deal will reportedly value the online video streaming company in the hundreds of millions of euros
Siparex backs Groupe Packing
Siparex uses Siparex Midcap 3 to back the France-based wine packaging specialist
Montagu's Maincare bolts on Anticyclone
Deal for the speech recognition software developer comes eight months after the GP's backing
CM-CIC backs Septeo MBO
GP, buying a minority stake, will help France-based Septeo to grow internationally
French buyout value climbs to post-crisis peak
Total deal value comfortably surpasses 2017's figure in a market driven by fierce competition, high prices and easy access to debt
Argos-backed Factum makes two bolt-ons
Integration of these two companies will enable Factum to offer asset valuation services
EMZ Partners to launch ninth fund
After closing EMZ8 on €815m in 2017, EMZ plans to officially return to the fundraising trail in Q2
MPEP launches fund-of-funds
First time the fund-of-funds manager has widely marketed its programme to external LPs
IK backs NetCo MBO
IK, drawing capital from its Small Cap II Fund, invests alongside historical backer Andera
CM-CIC Innovation et al. invest €7m in Diota
Safran Corporate Ventures, Supernova Invest and Calao Finance reinvest in the company
Eurazeo leads $60m series-C for Contentsquare
Existing investors Highland Europe, Canaan Partners and H14 also take part in the latest financing
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Minority report
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which our Precogs envision PE's future of non-controlling stakes
BPI France, CM-CIC back Bretagne Télécom
GPs inject €20m into telecoms specialist Bretagne Telecom in the form of equity and debt
OpenGate Capital's EverZinc bolts on GHC
Belgium-based EverZinc acquires GHC, a zinc oxide products manufacturer and exporter
Idia backs LGI Wines in SBO
Historical backers Initiative & Finance and Agribev Holding divest their LGI Wines stakes