France
Average holding period stays high as quick exits lag
Lower proportion of deals are being exited within three years, and more after seven years
Creadev et al. inject €40m in InnovaFeed
Investors back InnovaFeed, a biotech company producing insect-based protein flour
Arkéa, Sofimac back Decortiat Estelle MBI
Dominique Bidaut buys a majority stake in Decortiat, a perfumes and luxury cosmetics packaging company
Q3 Barometer: European PE's strongest third quarter
European market had its most active third quarter on record in 2018 in terms of dealflow
Mubadala, BPI France sign new investment agreement
Vehicle will target French startups operating in the technology and innovation space
UI Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Treo BIMBO
Thierry Girardeau and Dominique Marrast are appointed as director and sales manager of Treo
Charterhouse reaps 2.4x on sale of Comexposium
Comexposium is sold to Crédit Agricole Assurances after three years under Charterhouse's ownership
Investindustrial's Benvic bolts on Alfa PVC
Company will continue to be managed by its current CEO and co-founder Andrzej Trebicki
CM-CIC exits Coprodex to trade
CM-CIC sells its stake in profiles maker Coprodex to an aluminium products manufacturer
Advent's Circet bolts on KN Group
Transaction for the engineering services company comes 10 months after the GP acquired Circet
Andera to close WC4 on €450m
Latest vehicle has surpassed its €400m hard-cap, according to two French publications
Oddo BHF, et al. inject €10m into Wizbii
Investors back the professional network operator to support product development
ArchiMed buys Clean Cells in SBO from Sodero Gestion
GP buys biotechnology service Clean Cells, investing alongside management
Capitem backs Cortex MBO
Deal sees Cortex CEO buy a majority stake in the mail outsourcing and document management firm
Ardian buys Technology & Strategy in SBO from Dzeta
Ardian acquires the technology-focused consultancy via Ardian Expansion Fund IV
Illumina et al. in €16m series-A for Stilla Technologies
Kurma Partners, LBO France, BNP Paribas, Paris Saclay Seeds and Idinvest Partners also take part
Eurazeo buys Efeso Consulting from Argos Wityu for €56m
Acquirer buys a 70% stake in the France-based consultancy firm, ending an eight-year tenure for Argos
IDI-backed Alkan acquires Seca Automatismes
Deal for the data processing and electronic equipment firm will create a group with €50m in revenues
PE-backed Creations & Parfums buys Floressence
BPI France, BNP Paribas Developpement acquire stakes in C&P, which buys Floressence
PAI to buy Stella Group in €600m deal
PAI enters talks to buy building-closure equipment specialist Stella Group from ICG
3i appoints six across PE team
GP hires Simon Andersen as digital director, along with five further hires in Europe and the US
Siparex closes Midcap 3 fund on €170m
GP's latest vehicle is larger than its predecessor, Siparex Midcap 2, which closed on €130m in 2012
EMZ in talks to buy Vignal Lighting in SBO
Eurazeo PME stands to make €119m in proceeds from the sale, representing a return of 2.8x
Sagard, BPI France to buy Sabena Technics
Reports say the transaction would value Sabena at €350m, equivalent to 9x its EBITDA