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French retail funds: is the model still viable?
Further consolidation of France's FCPI managers could spell an opportunity for direct secondaries
PAI's DomusVi buyout financed with €355m in senior notes
Cash raised will be used to pay down DomusVi debt
Club Med board approves Investindustrial offer
Ardian and Fosun had looked likely to buy company
Siparex and Calao back Enertime with €1.8m
Company had already attracted PE funding in 2011
Eurazeo’s 3S Photonics goes bankrupt
Company could not recover from major Thailand floods
Eurazeo takes majority stake in Colisée
Deal values retirement home operator at around €175m
Qualium to sell DGF to 21 Centrale Partners
21 Centrale set to take majority stake in secondary MBO
Ardian picks up Equistone’s stake in Spie Batignolles
Equistone first backed the company in 2003
Industries & Finances adds to team in wake of fundraise
GP recruits Philippe Rollin as associate
Idinvest closes second senior debt fund on €400m
Fund was on the road for only three months
XAnge closes Capital 2 fund on €62m
Fund attracted several corporate backers
Gimv et al. sell Movea
Company sold alongside a US business for $81m
Investindustrial's Polynt bolts on CCP Composites
Acquisition gives group its first French production base
Ardian underwrites €255m facility for Ceva buyout
GP had already backed Ceva in 2007 and 2012
Latest Ixo fund still open, already over €120m target
Ixo 3 reached €85m first close six months ago
France among "best in the world for PE returns" – Afic's Chabanel
Exclusive Q&A with new French association chairman
VC-backed Viadeo raises €24.4m in IPO
Company received €5m investment from A Capital just last week
Index Ventures leads $100m series-C for BlaBlaCar
Capital will fund car-sharing company's plans for global expansion
Ardian’s Trescal bolts on two
Acquisitions mark fourth & fifth bolt-ons since June 2013
Montefiore offloads Auto Escape to Expedia
Company will become part of CarRentals.com brand
Investindustrial in highest bid for Club Med
Offer continues ownership battle
VC backers take part in €50m Innate Pharma capital increase
Investors include Wellington Partners, OrbiMed and BPI France
Sun European Partners in Manoir Aerospace trade sale
Company has long history of private equity ownership
A Capital invests €5m in Viadeo
Viadeo is listing in Paris next month