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France unquote

Montefiore takes majority stake in BVA

French GP Montefiore Investment has bought a majority stake in opinion polls and social research business BVA.

  • France
  • 02 April 2013
KKR close to €650m SMCP deal

US buyout giant KKR is in talks to buy French clothing brands Maje, Sandro and Claudie Pierlot – regrouped under the SMCP holding – for €650m, according to media reports.

  • France
  • 02 April 2013
Afic launches ESG committee

French private equity association Afic has created a dedicated environmental and social governance (ESG) committee to strengthen its commitment to extra-financial business issues.

  • France
  • 26 March 2013
FSI Régions leads €2m funding round for Utilis

FSI Régions has led a €2m funding round for French temporary shelter manufacturer Utilis, injecting €1.6m into the company.

  • France
  • 26 March 2013
Marion Guillemain of Astorg Partners
Astorg appoints analyst

Astorg Partners has appointed Marion Guillemain as an analyst.

  • People
  • 25 March 2013
The French private equity market is making a comeback
French private equity back from the brink

Back from the brink

  • France
  • 22 March 2013
Ace Management invests €10m in Duqueine

Ace Management has injected a further €10m into French aerospace-focused parts supplier Duqueine.

  • France
  • 22 March 2013
Abénex buys RG Safety from Salvepar

Abénex has agreed to acquire French protection equipment RG Safety from industrial holding Salvepar.

  • Buyouts
  • 22 March 2013
Eurazeo posts 16% NAV increase in 2012

French listed buyout firm Eurazeo saw its NAV increase by 16% in 2012, fuelled by improved contributions from portfolio companies and an acceleration of divestments over the past six months.

  • France
  • 20 March 2013
Alpha Associés invests in ECS Group MBO

Alpha Associés Conseil has taken a stake in the secondary management buyout of French services provider to the air transportation industry European Cargo Services Group (ECS) from Chequers Capital, Equistone Partners and Indigo Capital.

  • France
  • 20 March 2013
Earlybird et al. back $6m series-A for Videdressing.com

Earlybird Venture Capital, DN Capital and Piton Capital have backed a $6m series-A funding round for Paris-based fashion marketplace Videdressing.com.

  • Expansion
  • 19 March 2013
MBO Partenaires injects €6m into Raphael Michel

MBO Partenaires has provided French wine business Raphael Michel with €6m in equity as part of a wider €27m round of funding.

  • France
  • 19 March 2013
Fondations Capital buys Mazarine from LBO France

Fondations Capital has acquired French communications agency Mazarine in a secondary buyout from LBO France and 123Venture.

  • France
  • 19 March 2013
BNP Paribas et al. invest in Systar

Systar, a French provider of operational intelligence software, has completed a €2.35m private equity offering.

  • France
  • 15 March 2013
Latour Capital buys Oxand

Latour Capital has taken a majority stake in the buyout of Oxand, a French engineering and consulting firm specialised in the risk-based management of industrial infrastructure.

  • France
  • 13 March 2013
EdRip and BNP Paribas to back RBI spinout

Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) and BNP Paribas Développement have entered exclusive negotiations to back the management buyout of French media group Reed Business Information (RBI) from its parent company Reed Elsevier.

  • France
  • 13 March 2013
Vendis backs Alexandre de Paris

Vendis Capital Management has taken a stake in the buyout of French hairdressing salon and cosmetics company Alexandre de Paris, in what marks the GP's first investment in France.

  • France
  • 12 March 2013
Omnes et al. in €10m round for EyeTechCare

Returning backer Omnes Capital has taken part in a €10m series-C round of funding for French medical devices developer EyeTechCare.

  • France
  • 12 March 2013
Equistone seals Brétèche Industrie deal

Equistone has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in French food machinery business Groupe Brétèche from Azulis Capital and Unigrains.

  • France
  • 11 March 2013
Axa PE backs Five's bolt-on of Mag Americas

Axa Private Equity has provided its French portfolio company Fives Group, an industrial engineering business, with additional funding in order to acquire US-based Mag Americas.

  • Portfolio management
  • 11 March 2013
Phillimore appoints Olivier Grandry as partner

French private equity investor Phillimore has appointed Olivier Grandry as a partner.

  • France
  • 08 March 2013
Alven Capital raises €120m for fourth venture fund

French venture firm Alven Capital is set to close its latest fund on its €120m hard-cap after nine months on the road.

  • Venture
  • 08 March 2013
Unquote Analysis France Cover
France unquote” March 2013

AFIC chairman Louis Godron had already rung the alarm bells in an interview with unquote” last July – now France’s private equity association has produced the numbers to back up its warning.

  • France
  • 06 March 2013
Cathay makes first investment from Franco-Chinese Fund

Cathay Capital has invested €5m in French sealing solutions provider Flexitallic, in what marks the first transaction for the recently raised Franco-Chinese Fund.

  • France
  • 06 March 2013
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