French buyout value climbs to post-crisis peak
French buyouts reached a post-crisis peak in terms of aggregate value in 2018, comfortably surpassing 2017's figure. Francesca Veronesi reports on competition within the region, high prices, availability of debt and political unrest
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Essling backs Evolucare Group
GP invests in the software company via Essling Expansion, a fund that recently held a first close
Hi Inov holds first close for Hi Inov 2 on €90m
Series-A specialist also partners with Axeleo Capital for expansion into seed transactions
Chequers, TCR sell Thermocoax to trade in €158m deal
TCR has been an investor in heating technology specialist Thermocoax since 2000
Index in €40m series-B for Alan
Latest round for the French digital health insurance firm comes 10 months after its €23m series-A
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Essling backs Evolucare Group
GP invests in the software company via Essling Expansion, a fund that recently held a first close
Naxicap-backed BVA bolts on Doxa
BVA expects to become one of the main market research groups in Europe and reach revenues of €200m
Palamon announces roll-over investment into Ober Scharrer
GP sold Ober Scharrer to Nordic last year, generating a 3.6x return on its original investment
Augmentum leads £150m debt and equity round for Iwoca
NIBC and existing investors including Prime also took part in the round for the SME lender