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Artemid closes second debt fund
Launched in Q3 2017, Artemid Senior Loan II surpasses its predecessor and closes on €413m
Scor, LBO France launch Scor Mid Market Loans fund
Asset manager Scor Investment Partners teams up with GP LBO France for a leveraged loans fund
Core Equity buys IDVerde in SBO
Chequers sells its stake in the French landscaping and grounds maintenance service
Ring Capital backs $12m series-B for Adikteev
Other backers in the round include existing investors Isai, Ventech and Laurent Asscher
Idinvest/Eurazeo merger: Going global
Eurazeo's permanent capital and an international footprint will help Idinvest attract an international LP base
Capzanine backs EOS Corrugated in MBO
Capzanine secures a majority stake from Capzanine 4 and also invests mezzanine debt
Healthcare-focused ArchiMed hires Adelus, Ballester as partners
Appointments will increase the firm's number of partners from six to eight
Eurazeo's Asmodée bolts-on Lookout
French games publisher Asmodée acquires the Germany-based board and card game publisher
BPI France et al. invest in Enygea
Nord Croissance backs French portable toilets rental service provider Enygea for the first time
Turenne Capital exits Volfoni to trade
GP sells its minority stake in the French maker of 3D cinema glasses to Chinese corporate Shandong Luxin-Rio
CM-CIC Investissement backs Bougrier
GP acquires 32% of French family-owned wine business Bougrier, investing €4.2m
Alter leads €15m round for InnovaFeed
Biotech firm intends to build a second production facility to accelerate commercial capacities
Capzanine backs Alphitan in MBO
GP used its Capzanine 4 Flex Equity fund, closed in 2016 on €350m, for the transaction
Pragma Capital buys GSRI in MBO
GP buys a majority stake in the French infrastructure inspection engineering group
EdRip holds final close on €345m for BioDiscovery5
New life sciences fund will be considerably larger than its predecessor, closed in 2013
Qualium exits CMAI deal
ICG takes over from Qualium, the previous main shareholder in the maker of closets and sliding doors
Ardian backs SFAM in €1.7bn deal
GP acquires a €200m minority stake in the French broker of smartphone and multimedia insurance
M Capital backs $3.7m series-A funding round for Intuilab
Private investment company IRDI Soridec Gestion also takes part in the financing
Capzanine, Creadev back Recommerce
GPs invest €50m in the French used electronic products retailer in a series-C funding round
Eurazeo buys Idinvest in €310m deal
Eurazeo becomes majority shareholder of French asset manager Idinvest, taking over from IDI
Capitem invests in MPI to finance Scaelec bolt-on
Capitem-backed MPI bolts on French electronic devices production subcontractor Scaelec
Olivier Sarkozy's Further Global launches $1.25bn PE fund
Vehicle is registered in the Cayman Islands, with Park Hill listed as the placement agent
Activa Capital promotes France to associate
Emma France will have a specific focus on ESG and digital transformation for portfolio companies
Gimv buys France Thermes
GPs Normandie Capital, Initiative et Finance and Volney Développement exit the business