France
NCI Gestion, Unexo back Filpack in OBO
GPs invest €4.5m in the French manufacturer of packaging for the fruit and vegetables sector
Idinvest hires Cavalin as legal director
Cavalin will be involved in structuring and raising investment vehicles, as well as all legal concerns
Keensight appoints Van Eynde as CFO
Adrian Van Eynde joins from Ardian after two years in the firm's fund finance department
Charterhouse-backed Comexposium in €355m refinancing
Comexposium secures a term loan B facility from ING, Natixis, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale
Ventech et al. in series-B round for The Agent
GPs invest €7m in the French e-commerce retail platform to fund international growth
Ardian raises €700m for first European real estate fund
Investors comprise pension funds, insurance companies and high-net-worth individuals
CM-CIC invests €9.5m in Index Education
OBO sees CM-CIC acquire a minority stake in the French education software publisher
BNP Paribas launches venture fund
BNP Paribas Capital Partners' vehicle targets financial services and insurance startups
Bain's Autodis eyeing float in 2018
GP owns 93% of the French auto parts distributor, following the company's fourth buyout
DLA Piper overhauls Paris office's tax team
Paris office hires nine lawyers, including three tax-focused partners and a corporate law partner
Large-cap deals drive strong start to 2018 for European PE
GPs deploy an extra €7bn in aggregate value across European buyouts in the first two months of the year compared to 2017
Partech invests $2.5m in QuasarDB
Funding will be used to expand to the US market and finance research and development
Pantheon aims for FTSE 250 as NAV per share rises
Pantheon also announces a share restructuring and the issue of a £200m asset-linked note
XAnge, Idinvest inject €10m into HabX
French home design technology startup HabX plans to hire more staff and expand globally in 2019
VC firms invest €4m in Kaliti
VC firms invest €4m in French construction and real estate software developer Kaliti
Fosun acquires French luxury brand Lanvin
Chinese GP buys majority stake in French luxury couture house Lanvin alongside management
EQT et al. back Tinyclues in $18m series-B
Investors back the French AI-first marketing campaign intelligence service Tinyclues
Siparex sells Francetruck to trade
Manuloc acquires Francetruck, a French heavy-handling equipment rental and maintenance service
IK closes Small Cap II Fund on €550m hard-cap
Including a GP commitment of €50m, the fund closed on its €550m hard-cap on 15 February
iBionext in series-B follow-up for Prophesee
Series-B round for French computer vision technology developer Prophesee now totals $19m
Permira's Vacalians undergoes refinancing
Total of €345m is secured via a pool of 20 lenders, led by Crédit Agricole CIB
Capzanine to hold final close for €950m private debt fund in Q1
Launched in Q1 2017, Capzanine 4 Private Debt fund should hold a final close in March
Alven backs €2.5m series-A for Supermood
VC firm 50 Partners also takes part in the financing, as well as Blablacar CTO Francis Nappez
Idinvest backs Vision Systems in SBO
GP buys 20% of French aeronautics and automotive systems developer Vision Systems