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Sagard invests in Les Délices
Company hopes to double its industrial capacity
Naxicap sells Nord-Sud Brasseries
Company's MD buys back business via holding Pôl Développement
Equistone's Bretèche Industrie buys IsernHäger
Bolt-on executed with backing from the GP
Alto Invest et al. back EZ-Wheel
BPI France leads round via €150m Fonds Ecotechnologies
Activa’s Nexeya acquires Cabletest
Acquisition will support Nexeya's expansion across the US
Is French private equity finally turning the corner?
Following a government reshuffle, business-friendly reforms could be on the way for the French PE market
Eurazeo's Europcar to list in Q2
Car rental business has been owned by Eurazeo since 2006
Siparex, BPI invest €3m in Duralex
Initiative & Finance sells majority shareholding in the company
Ixo 3 fund reaches €150m hard-cap
Fund is already 20% invested, having deployed €35m
XAnge et al. invest €1.3m in Kiwup
Deal marks second fundraising for Kiwup
CM-CIC invests €2m in Mojovida
GP secures minority stake
Seventure’s AAA plans flotation
Company received €41m in funding last year
Isatis backs Groupe SMS
Company wanted to swap angel investor for institutional backer
Eurazeo’s Elis launches IPO
Eurazeo bought Elis in 2007 for €2.276bn
Bridgepoint buys eFront in €300m SBO
Francisco Partners exits after four years
Tikehau hires Jean-Pierre Mustier
54-year-old joins as partner from previous position at UniCredit
Partech Growth Fund holds €200m first close
The vehicle will commit as much as €30m per ticket to late-stage startups
Equistone re-invests in Compin
Fresh funding to finance bolt-on acquisition of Fainsa
Idinvest, Siparex exit Julhiet-Sterwen
CM-CIC, BNP Paribas Développement take stake
Deal in Focus: Sagard et al. back Safic-Alcan MBO
Private equity backers secure minority stake in deal valued at around €250m
Siparex, Finorpa back Coquelle
Siparex partially buys out Finorpa in deal
Ardian invests €2.5m in Clever Age
Company also has bases in Switzerland and Hong Kong
Alven, Serena invest €3m in Dataiku
Deal marks Dataiku’s first funding round
CM-CIC et al. invest €22.4m in MDA
Ixo PE and Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement also take part