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Stirling reaps 3x on Siblu Villages sale to Naxicap
Holiday park operator Siblu's EBITDA increased from €20m at entry to €39m at exit
B & Capital backs Steliau Technology SBO
Deal values electronic components specialist Steliau Technology in the €50-75m range
Omnes-backed Batiweb buys Archionline
Batiweb buys Archionline with the help of €6m in mezzanine debt raised from Idinvest
Sofina backs Nuxe
Belgian GP buys 45% of family-owned, France-based cosmetics brand Nuxe in a €500m deal
French institutional LPs urged to nurture late venture
As president Macron pledges to unlock €5bn from institutional investors, Unquote looks at the current state of French late-stage venture
MBO Partenaires rebrands, hires Chaton and Petracco
3i's Alexandre Chaton and Five Arrows' Louis Petracco join MBO & Co as directors
CD&R to back Socotec in €1.8bn deal – report
Five Arrows and BIP Investment Partners sell minority stakes in Socotec, report says
InvestIndustrial's Benvic Europe buys Dugdale
Dugdale acquisition marks the sixth add-on investment for Benvic in just over 18 months
LT Capital buys minority stake in EXTeam
GP invests in the digital engineering and consulting firm alongside its founders
Eiffel collects €80m from EIB for impact fund
Targeting a €400m final close, Eiffel Essentiel will have a lifespan of around 15 years
Apollo- and BPI France-backed Verallia sets IPO price range
BWSA, a Brazilian investment company, commits to place an order to the tune of €275m
Raise Investissement invests €200m in Epsa
Transaction sees the management team retain a majority stake in consultancy Epsa
Cipio Partners, Hi Inov et al. invest €16.5m in Agorapulse
Social media management platform Agorapulse achieved a year-on-year growth of around 65%
Lahoud becomes executive board chairman of Ace management
Marwan Lahoud succeedes Thierry Letailleur, the founder of French GP Ace Management
Idia, Carvest et al. back Groupe Mauffrey in SBO
Previous backer Siparex divests the business while the Mauffrey family retains a majority
Macron pledges €5bn investment for late-stage venture
President says €2bn will back late-stage funds, and €3bn will support publicly listed tech firms
Younan Company buys Chateau La Garelle
Chateau La Garelle is the second vineyard acquisition in the Bordeaux region for the US-based GP
InnovaHealth backs Koelis
GP provides growth equity to French developer of medical imaging products Koelis
Geneo backs Pinette Emidecau Industries SBO
GP will help industrials business Pinette to grow externally in Europe and the US
83North, Marathon Capital back Lenses.io
Series-A will help data and analytics specialist Lenses.io to expand internationally
Andera, Capital Croissance sell stakes in Snadec
Deal sees Aumndi and LFPI invest in French decontamination and asbestos removal specialist
Apax France hires DC Advisory's Hamou as TMT partner
Hamou joins from DC Advisory, where he was co-head of the business in France since 2012
Qualium backs Magnolia.fr MBO
GP invests in French online insurance brokerage, while management retains a majority stake
Ardian closes fifth co-investment fund on $2.5bn
Ardian Co-investment V is more than double the size of its predecessor, which closed in 2015