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Omnes, BIP buy Captain Tortue
Founders, Philippe and Lilian Jacquelinet, have reinvested for a significant stake
Panakès et al. back €9m series-B for Carthera
Consortium of investors back Carthera to accelerate the development of its clinical pipeline
Natixis launches global PE manager
Natixis has launched Flexstone Partners by merging three of its private equity affiliates
Draper Esprit leads $40m series-C for Finalcad
VC houses Cathay Innovation and Salesforce Ventures also take part in the funding round
Ardian-backed Indigo sells car parks to Saba
Following the deal, Saba intends to enter new markets and further expand internationally
Tikehau holds €350m first close for energy fund
T2 Energy Transition Fund invests in European companies operating in the field of energy transition
Weinberg CP launches impact fund
WCP Impact Dév expects to hold a first close in 2019 and will inject €5-20m in businesses
Omers-backed Trescal makes two overseas bolt-ons
French calibration services specialist buys Texas-based MATSolutions and Asia-based NorthLab
Ciclad backs VitrineMedia OBO, Siparex exits
Previous backer Siparex sells its minority stake in the business, having invested €1m in 2013
Parquest et al. carve out Sopral from Avril Group
Parquest, Idia Capital Investissement, Agro Invest and Unexo acquire stakes in Sopral
French PE investment in aerospace soars to new heights
Asset class is fuelling growth in the industry, with aggregate value in France picking up pace in recent years
Arkéa et al. buy Malherbe from Siparex, NCI
Consortium of backers buy a minority stake in the logistics and transport specialist
One Equity Partners-backed Inside Secure buys Verimatrix
GP participates in the equity financing with a view to becoming the cornerstone investor of Inside Secure
NewAlpha Verto holds first close for maiden fund
France-based NewAlpha Verto aims to hold a second close for first-time vehicle mid-2019
Andera closes WC4 on €445m
Andera's independence from Edmond de Rothschild Group encourages new LPs to back WC4
21 Invest France closes fifth fund on €230m
Fund comes short of target but LPs agree to commit an extra €70m via co-investment programme
PE-backed Sentryo raises €10m series-A
French industrial internet cybersecurity specialist previously raised a €2m seed round in 2016
Creadev et al. inject €40m in InnovaFeed
Investors back InnovaFeed, a biotech company producing insect-based protein flour
Arkéa, Sofimac back Decortiat Estelle MBI
Dominique Bidaut buys a majority stake in Decortiat, a perfumes and luxury cosmetics packaging company
Mubadala, BPI France sign new investment agreement
Vehicle will target French startups operating in the technology and innovation space
UI Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Treo BIMBO
Thierry Girardeau and Dominique Marrast are appointed as director and sales manager of Treo
Charterhouse reaps 2.4x on sale of Comexposium
Comexposium is sold to Crédit Agricole Assurances after three years under Charterhouse's ownership
Investindustrial's Benvic bolts on Alfa PVC
Company will continue to be managed by its current CEO and co-founder Andrzej Trebicki
CM-CIC exits Coprodex to trade
CM-CIC sells its stake in profiles maker Coprodex to an aluminium products manufacturer