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Caledonia appoints Tizard as investment executive
Theo Tizard leaves Houlihan Lokey to join the unquoted team of the UK-based investment trust
French PE urged to help mend country's social divide
Panellists at the annual Afic confrence agree private equity has a large part to play in helping the country's dispossesed
Tikehau inks €60m unitranche for Terratest
Deal is the third transaction in Spain for the French listed asset management firm
Demeter, Innovacom and Kreaxi in €10m round for I-Ten
Three GPs first invested in I-Ten in 2014, injecting €3.2m into the group
Igi, Finint sell Vimec via trade sale
Deal is the first divestment for Igi's vehicle, Igi Investimenti 5, and the third for Finint's NEIP III
Ratos makes profitable Nebula exit
Swedish private equity house nets an IRR of 37% and a money multiple of 3.3x following the trade sale
VC firms back €360m series-E round for Auto1
Round is mix of debt and equity with cooperation from major banks, on the basis of a €2.5bn valuation
One Peak, Morgan Stanley invest €22m in Ecointense
Transaction constitutes an exit for BBAF and Wecken & Cie, while HTGF retains a significant stake
Capzanine backs Moving OBO
Previous investor Développement & Partenariat is exiting the group, while M Capital Partners stays on
Aurelius acquires majority stake in catamaran maker Privilège
Privilège will share production resources with Aurelius portfolio company HanseYachts
BC Partners buys DentalPro from Summit
Deal is the second transaction for the GP's 10th buyout vehicle, BC European Capital X
Spice invests £25m in casual dining chain Leon
UK-based healthy fast food chain will undertake an international expansion strategy
M Capital, Normandie Participations lead €4.7m Robocath round
Backers are joined in the round by previous investors Go Capital and NCI Gestion
Ambienta's Lakesight bolts on Chromasens
Deal is the third bolt-on acquisition for Ambienta's Munich-based buy-and-build platform Lakesight
Bain Capital fully exits Maisons du Monde
GP had already sold around 7 million shares in March, representing around 15.5% of the share capital
Activa appoints Govare as industrial committee chair
Xavier Govare leaves Labeyrie Fine Foods to join the French GP's industrial committee
Sapphire leads $24.5m series-C round for Wandera
New capital will be used to build out the company's data analytics technology, infrastructure and team
Sodero Gestion backs MBI of Mobil M
Sodero Gestion invests alongside new company head Mikaël Le Gall and takes a minority stake
Inflexion sells down £42m On The Beach stake
GP retains a 2.9% stake in the UK travel retailer, which currently has a market cap of £496m
Wise sells Boglioli to PHI Industrial Acquisitions
GP fully exits the Milan-based menswear business after a 10-year holding period
CCI invests in pharmacy group Sam McCauley Chemists
Deal is the eighth investment made from Carlyle and Cardinal Capital's Ireland-focused vehicle
CVC's Douglas buys LLG from Orlando Management
Deal follows the recent bolt-on of Spanish competitor Bodybell in March 2017
Waterland-backed Hanse-Orga buys Tembit
Transaction will be the third acquisition Hanse-Orga has made in a week after the purchases of Dolphin and e5
Silverfleet hires four in investment team
Johan Boork, Jan Kux, Guntram Kieferle and Constance d’Avout join the firm's offices across Europe