France
Idinvest boosts growth capital team with new hire
Guillaume Santamaria joins as investment director in Idinvest's Growth Capital team
BPI France in €7m funding round for eLichens
Demeter, Sofimac Innovation, Aereco and BNP Paribas Développement also take part
Platina Equity Solutions backs Univet
Platina invests around €5m and plans to inject up to €15-25m further down the line
Nordian sells Unicorn Grain Specialties to trade
France-based Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients acquires Dutch ingredients business Unicorn Grain
Indigo Capital backs Ozitem MBO
Ozitem's general manager, Francois Espieux, will lead the management team following the takeover
Activa, BPI France invest in Active Assurances
Following the deal, the new investors will join the founding shareholders in Active Assurances
Keensight, Eres acquire Biovian
Keensight and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies funds buy the Finnish CDMO
Apax France promotes four
GP promotes an HR & ESG director, a principal, an associate and a CIO
21 Centrale Partners hires Cathay's Chatain as principal
In her new role, Chatain will work on the sourcing and investment of 21 Centrale's portfolio
BC Partners launches real estate arm
StУЉphane Theuriau, former CEO of Altarea Cogedim, is hired as managing partner
Montefiore backs Groupe Premium
GP buys a 70% stake in insurance business Groupe Premium via Montefiore Investment IV
Lone Star backs €1bn carve-out of Imerys tiles division
Deal, the GP's third since 2016 in the building materials sector, is valued at 9x EBITDA
Carlyle in exclusivity for HGH Infrared Systems
GP is to draw equity from its €656m European technology fund to acquire the infrared systems company
IK backs Domia Group in SBO
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Metric, which bought the company in May 2013
Activa's Mecadaq acquires US-based Hirschler Manufacturing
Mecadaq gets additional funding injection from Activa to buy the hard-metal machining business
GA leads $60m series-B for OpenClassrooms
Existing investors Alven Capital, Citizen Capital and BPI France are also taking part
French fundraising on course for bumper year
Country has seen funds closing with a combined €6bn in commitments in Q1, more than half the total seen in 2017 as a whole
Turenne Capital announces raft of hires
French GP hires an investment director, two analysts and two chargés d'affaires
Draper Esprit leads $29m series-B for Aircall
Call centre software developer will make senior appointments in its US- and Europe-based teams
Idinvest holds €715m final close for Private Debt IV
Idinvest Private Debt IV surpasses its initial target of €600m and is already deployed at 60%
Alliance of equals: PE's evolving buy-and-build approach
Portfolio companies are increasingly making larger bolt-ons, as GPs look for new ways to boost returns in a market with high entry multiples
France Fundraising Report 2018
The first quarter of 2018 has set the tone for what is likely to be a busy year for fundraising in the region
BPI France et al. in €7m round for Welcome to the Jungle
Latest funding round follows on from a first held in January 2017, when the firm raised €2m
BNP Paribas Développement, BPI France sell Algonquin
Schroders wholly acquires Algonquin, a French equity investor and hotel operator with €1.8bn AUM