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Deal in Focus: Astorg sells Ethypharm after nine-year holding
Resisting regular suitors, the GP's nine-year tenure of the pharmaceutical company allowed it to fully implement a long-term acquisitive strategy
CBPE acquires ABI in secondary buyout from LGV
Caravan company's management team will take a minority stake in the deal
BPI France launches €505m Eiffage share sale
Following the sale, BPI's remaining stake in the group will amount to 5.67%
Dojo Madness raises $4.5m from March et al.
Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners joins a group of European investors
Showpad secures $50m in series-C round led by Insight
Belgian tech company more than doubled its revenues for the third consecutive year in 2015
Tink raises $10m series-B from SEB Venture at al.
Investment firm Creades leads the round alongside SEB Venture and existing investor Sunstone Capital
Octopus leads $8m series-A for Stratajet
Online platform for private jet hire will explore US expansion options
Nauta Capital et al. in €6.5m series-B for BeMyEye
Backers include P101, alongside existing investor 360 Capital Partners
Polaris buys Akademikliniken from Valedo
Danish GP makes inaugural Swedish acquisition for 2015-vintage fourth fund
Accel leads $10m series-A for Shift Technology
French SaaS developer will expand internationally and invest in product development
Quadrivio and Aksìa score 1.3x on Emmeci trade sale
Private equity houses Quadrivio and Aksìa have sold the company after a nine-year holding period
Isatis reinvests in SPPP group alongside BPI France
Both investors had backed the plastics coating business in an MBO in 2012
LSP and Versant back Nouscom's €12m series-A
Founders collaborated on an earlier venture, Okairos, which was exited to GlaxoSmithKline
Verdane acquires wind power portfolio from Pentaco
Portfolio consists of wind turbine industry suppliers JSB Group, Polytech and Jupiter Group
Cast adrift: What next for PE-backed oil & gas companies?
Exit opportunities for funds exposed to the oil & gas market have been severely impacted by the drastic drop in oil prices over the past two years
Ardian to acquire farming hygiene firm Hypred from Roullier
Agri-food hygiene specialist Hypred represented 3% of Roullier Group's activity
Seaya Ventures leads €4.1m series-A for Hundredrooms
Backers include existing investors Inveready, Bankinter and Media Digital Ventures
Apax acquires Sandaya from Pragma Capital
French outdoor accomodation group will use €150m envelope to keep acquiring new sites
Cinven's Synlab completes €190m refinancing
Laboratory analysis company will repay capital drawn from its revolving credit facility
LDC backs MBO of TXM Plant
Business doubled its turnover to ТЃ45m over the last three years due to new contracts
Quadrivio's Directa Plus to float on AIM
Company backer Quadrivio will exit the business after a seven-year holding period
Menlo Ventures backs Dedrone's $10m round
Lead investor Menlo Ventures invests from a $400m fund and has backed Uber in the past
Investcorp's Tyrrells bolts on Aroma Snacks
Deal marks a second international acquisition for the crisps and snacks producer
Vertis buys Preziosi Food
Italian holding company Hat also invests in the snacks business