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NCI Gestion, BPI France invest €5m in PGS
Capital injection marks first round of funding for PGS
LBO France's Labeyrie in €275m refinancing
Placement more than 15x oversubscribed
A Plus et al. invest €1.5m in VeryLastRoom
Deal marks second round of funding for company
Omnes, A Plus invest €3.5m in Oxatis
Capital injection marks company's third round of funding
EdRip, Sofinnova lead €18m round for Inotrem
Biomed Invest and Inserm Transfert Initiative also take part
Idinvest et al. support Synthesio with €14m
VC joins company's previous backers
Demeter et al. invest €3.2m in I-Ten
Demeter Partners, Innovacom and Rhône Alpes Création have injected €3.2m into I-Ten, a French developer of compact microbatteries.
France struggles to play down SBO typecast
Early signs however hint at primary revival in 2014
VC-backed Aérophile raises €4m
Isatis and Entrepreneur Venture contributed equal amounts to the round
Linkfluence raises further €3m from French VCs
Latest investment completes earlier €3.5m funding round
Emertec holds €50m first close for latest fund
Emertec 5 targets final close in the €55-60m region
VC-backed McPhy to float on Euronext
Company could raise up to €24.2m
Montagu acquires Arkopharma
Pythotherapy business generates €200m turnover
XAnge et al. inject €6.75m into PrestaShop
Seventure and Serena Capital also take part in the round
TCR buys Locabri from Ekkio
Siparex and Carvest to co-invest in SBO
Robotics-focused fund holds €80m first close
Fund attracted mix of institutional and corporate LPs
Demeter and Emertec inject €1.8m into Ynsect
French biotech operates large-scale insect farm
CPE sells Orège stake to Eren
VC makes final exit from the listed business
HgCapital acquires Ullink
GP's fifth European software investment in a year
Idinvest promotes three in private debt team
Idinvest Partners has promoted Eric Gallerne to partner as well as Maxime de Roquette Buisson and Nicolas Nedelec to investment directors within the firm’s private debt division.
CEA Investissement leads €2m round for Microphyt
CEA Investissement, Sofimac Partners and Soridec have taken part in a €2m funding round for Microphyt, a French biotech specialising in microalgae-based bioactive products.
Citizen Capital et al. exit Trace in €40m trade sale
Citizen Capital, Entrepreneur Venture and NextStage have sold their stakes in Trace TV, a French media brand and pay-TV channel operator, to Swedish broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG).
HitecVision sells Valco Group France to Argos Soditic
Divestment from HitecVision's fourth fund
Innovation Capital holds first close on €40m
Innovation Capital has held the first close for its Services Innovants Santé et Autonomie (SISA) fund, a vehicle aimed at the “silver economy”, on €40m.