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Omnes invests €11m in Dispam OBO
Fourth deal for €180m Omnes Croissance 4 fund in 2015
Sofinnova closes eighth fund on €300m
Biotech-focused vehicle will write €15-20m tickets to finance 15-20 deals in total
Omnes and Parquest sell Vivalto to CDC et al.
Clinic operator was created via MBO in 2009
Activa recruits Sergent as manager
Sergent will leave associate role at Nomura
FRCI et al. in €3.4m round for Mopeasy
Second round seen by the business since inception in 2010
Truffle injects €2m into Geocorail
Business to double headcount before year-end
Feeligo raises €1.5m from Iris
Business to set up offices in New York
Isai closes second fund on €75m
Post-seed vehicle was €25m-oversubscribed
LBO France's Diam in €20m refinancing
New senior package includes €10m Euro PP element
Isatis injects €5.5m into Mediameeting
Midi Capital had backed the business in 2008
A Plus Finance et al. in Saint-Aubin MBI
Second French MBI to involve GP in recent weeks
Snowleader raises €2.5m from BPI France et al.
Deal is the latest in a wave of investments by state backer
LBO France buys troubled Fram for Karavel merger
Resulting group to employ 1,100 and generate €700m sales
Arkéa invests €5m in Ingeliance buyout
Second takeover to be supported by French GP in a month
Charterhouse makes 3x on Webhelp exit to KKR
Charterhouse Capital Partners has made 3x money on the exit of French call centre operator Webhelp to KKR and the company's directors.
Initiative & Finance invests in Moustache Bikes
Final deal for GP’s €141.5m first fund
Ouest Croissance et al. in MBO for Bouvet Ladubay
Business to return to French owners after a decade
Afic research finds uptick in French female PE partners
Female professionals found to make up 41% of the industry
Monsanto et al. in €5.7m series-A for PlantResponse
Business to reinforce R&D ranks with new hires
Apax et al. launch emission curbing scheme in France
Portfolio companies' carbon footprint to be measured by 2020
Techniwood raises €11m from Electranova et al.
Founders to retain control of the business after the round
BPI France buys 5% Parrot stake for €33m
Move by state investor comes amid €299m capital increase
Initiative & Finance acquires 40% stake in Adaming
Management team to keep all remaining shares
Rothschild launches €30m feeder fund-of-funds
Vehicle to back six of the GP’s funds