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Idinvest hires Steil as senior legal adviser
Caroline Steil leaves her position of senior associate at Jones Day to join the asset manager
French fundraising: Sky-high ambitions
With a number of significant closes in recent months, unquote" gauges the current appetite for French private equity funds
Ardian invests in Santédiscount
Ardian made the investment through its lower-mid-market arm Ardian Growth
Eurazeo acquires Mondelez confectionery firm for €157m
Eurazeo's takeover enables brands including Carambar and Suchard to come back under French ownership
Novartis, Columbus et al. in €37.5m series-A round for Vivet
Other investors in the round include Roche Venture Fund, HealthCap, Kurma Partners and Ysios Capital
Go Capital holds first close for €60m seed fund
Fund will invest in companies in pre-development stage across a broad range of sectors
BIVF at al. lead €20m series-A for ImCheck Therapeutics
Backers include Kurma Partners, Idinvest, Gimv and Life Sciences Partners
Elaia Partners holds €115m first close for latest fund
French VC has already made five investments via its latest vehicle, Elaia Delta Fund
Omnes backs Batiweb SBO
French GP secures a minority stake in the business while Ardian realises its 2008 investment
Qualium to spin out from Caisse des Dépôts
Management team will secure 70% of the shares, while Caisse des Dépôts will remain a sponsor in the funds
Eurazeo sells Colisée to IK Investment Partners
Sale follows a three-year tenure and reportedly values the care home operator at €236m
Eurazeo PME buys Smile from Keensight
Keensight bought its majority stake in the French open-source IT business in 2014
KKR injects $70m into Ivalua
Funding round for the spending management software firm ranks among the largest seen in France in recent years
EdRip backs group Bacacier
EdRip invests from venture fund Winch Capital 3, closed on €300m in 2014
Macron’s proposed tax reforms: what impact on French PE?
With independent candidate Emmanuel Macron currently heavily favoured to win the French presidential election in two weeks, Alice Tchernookova examines how his proposed flat capital gains tax rate could impact private equity
AnaCap buys Ellisphere
Ellisphere was hitherto a subsidiary of Natixis, which had managed the group since 2014
Perspective et Participations et al. back Société Besnard bolt-on
Previous funders Unexo and Sodero Unigestion have backed Microsteel since 2006
Advent France Biotechnology holds €64.75m first close
Firm was launched in 2016 and targets early-stage companies in the life sciences sector
Azulis Capital closes MMF V on €215m
Azulis also reshuffles its team in parallel with the fundraise, with certain partners retiring
Ixo backs Noeva's MBO
Ixo becomes the new majority shareholder of Noeva, with the balance going to management
Keensight promotes Svensson to partner
Magdalena Svensson becomes partner at Keensight after three years with the company
Pamplona sells further 33% of OGF to Teachers' Private Capital
Pamplona, which first acquired the group in 2013, had already sold a 41% stake to OTTP in 2015
LBO France to take over HMY Group
Sagard became majority shareholder in HMY Group in 2005, acquiring the company for €340m
Idinvest et al. in $75m series-D round for Actility
Expansion will focus on developing industrial internet of things solutions in additional sectors