France
Ekkio closes Ekkio Capital IV on €161m
GP surpasses €150m target with final close, and plans deals in Germany as well as its usual presence in France
Wellington Partners et al. in €22m series-B for Tricares
Investors back France-based Tricares, a specialist in tricuspid regurgitation treatment
VC firms invest €15m in PerfectStay
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate the Paris-based company's international expansion
Apax France exits RC Concept
CM-CIC Investissement has acquired a stake in the company and plans to support its expansion
Otium, Daphni back Comet in series-A round
Otium Capital and Kima Ventures previously invested €2m in the recruitment specialist
Korea Post allocates $200m to global buyout funds
Korea Post Insurance plans to allocate $200m to as many as three managers focusing on global buyouts, predominantly in North America and Europe.
Advent-backed IPH acquires Outilacier
French industrial supplies provider IPH was acquired by Advent from PAI Partners last year
XAnge holds second close for XAnge Digital 3
Second close of the early-stage innovation-focused fund brings it closer to its €120m target
White Star Capital et al. back Klaxoon with $50m
White Star Capital, Sofiouest, BPI France and Idinvest back the training platform
Weinberg backs carve-out of Besson Chaussures
France-based Vivarte sells the footwear retailer, following the sale of Naf Naf sale earlier in Q2
Motion Equity Partners buys Holweg Weber in SBO
Azulis Capital sells its majority stake in the French paper-bag machinery manufacturer
Daphni, Idinvest back Lunchr
Daphni has previously invested €2.5m in the France-based booking platform
Goldman Sachs invests in games developer Voodoo
Goldman Sachs invests in France-based Voodoo via the $7bn West Street Capital Partners VII fund
Tikehau Capital backs Nexteam Group
Tikehau Capital draws equity from its mid-sized growth fund, TGE II, and the Novi vehicle
Argos Soditic rebrands to Argos Wityu
Maurice Dwek, the founder of Soditic bank, had previously owned a minority stake in the GP
Euro PE holds €100m final close for France Sélection III
France Sélection III held an €82.5m first close in February 2017 and is already 55% deployed
Apax France buys Expereo in SBO
Carlyle sells its majority stake, acquired in 2014 via Europe Technology Partners III fund
Schroder Adveq reshuffles management following CEO departure
Schroders acquired Adveq in April last year and Schwager was appointed as new CEO in October
Montagu acquires Maincare
Company will use the fresh capital to consolidate its market position and expand internationally
Blackfin sells Owliance to Tessi
Financial-services-focused GP backed the insurance business process outsourcing service in 2010
Andera, BPI France sell A2IA to trade
French artificial intelligence and image analysis firm is sold to US-based Mitek Systems
Partech et al. inject $34m into Platform.sh
Partech leads the series-C round for French cloud platform-as-a-service Platform.sh
Eurazeo PME-backed In'Tech acquires Bradshaw Medical
Transaction is expected to double In'Tech Medical's local presence in the US
Siparex backs Bebe Boutik in MBO
GP will help the French baby products private sales specialist to expand abroad