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Charterhouse-backed Comexposium in €355m refinancing
Comexposium secures a term loan B facility from ING, Natixis, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale
Ventech et al. in series-B round for The Agent
GPs invest €7m in the French e-commerce retail platform to fund international growth
Ardian raises €700m for first European real estate fund
Investors comprise pension funds, insurance companies and high-net-worth individuals
CM-CIC invests €9.5m in Index Education
OBO sees CM-CIC acquire a minority stake in the French education software publisher
BNP Paribas launches venture fund
BNP Paribas Capital Partners' vehicle targets financial services and insurance startups
Bain's Autodis eyeing float in 2018
GP owns 93% of the French auto parts distributor, following the company's fourth buyout
DLA Piper overhauls Paris office's tax team
Paris office hires nine lawyers, including three tax-focused partners and a corporate law partner
Partech invests $2.5m in QuasarDB
Funding will be used to expand to the US market and finance research and development
XAnge, Idinvest inject €10m into HabX
French home design technology startup HabX plans to hire more staff and expand globally in 2019
VC firms invest €4m in Kaliti
VC firms invest €4m in French construction and real estate software developer Kaliti
Fosun acquires French luxury brand Lanvin
Chinese GP buys majority stake in French luxury couture house Lanvin alongside management
EQT et al. back Tinyclues in $18m series-B
Investors back the French AI-first marketing campaign intelligence service Tinyclues
Siparex sells Francetruck to trade
Manuloc acquires Francetruck, a French heavy-handling equipment rental and maintenance service
Parcom's MGG Group buys Eurotech
PE-backed aluminium castings developer MGG Group acquires its Dutch peer Eurotech Benelux
iBionext in series-B follow-up for Prophesee
Series-B round for French computer vision technology developer Prophesee now totals $19m
Permira's Vacalians undergoes refinancing
Total of €345m is secured via a pool of 20 lenders, led by Crédit Agricole CIB
Capzanine to hold final close for €950m private debt fund in Q1
Launched in Q1 2017, Capzanine 4 Private Debt fund should hold a final close in March
Alven backs €2.5m series-A for Supermood
VC firm 50 Partners also takes part in the financing, as well as Blablacar CTO Francis Nappez
Idinvest backs Vision Systems in SBO
GP buys 20% of French aeronautics and automotive systems developer Vision Systems
PE-backed footwear retailer Sarenza sold to trade
French retail chain Monoprix buys Sarenza from HLD, BPI France and Akila Finance
Activa's Alliance Etiquettes bolts on Groupe Etienne
Acquisition is Alliance Etiquettes’s sixth add-on since Activa's investment in 2015
Isatis invests in Hotline to finance Groupe Metalis bolt-on
Isatis-backed outsourced IT service Hotline acquires competitor Groupe Metalis in bolt-on
iBionext closes maiden fund iBionext Growth on €90m
Backers of the fund include French and international investors, including a Chinese corporate
Essling closes second co-investment fund on €115m
Hard-cap was originally set at €100m, but was raised in order to meet increasing demand