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Impact Partenaires launches €50m Impact Création fund
Fund should support the launch of 250-300 franchised businesses over the next five years
Ixo acquires Alpha Services Group
Marseille-based roofing and building construction company generates a turnover in the region of €18m
Omnes Capital and BPI France exit Grain d'Or Gel
Grain d'Or Gel will merge with Lubrano & Fils to form a new group, branded as Novepan
BNP Paribas, UI Gestion invest in La Boucherie
Existing backer Naxicap first entered the group in 2008 via an €8m expansion round
unquote" LP and secondaries round-up
US and European LPs bring PE investments in-house in our latest round-up of LP and secondaries news
BNP Paribas Capital Partners closes Fundexi IV on €333m
Fund will follow strategy established in 2005, similar to previous generations
BPI France, BNP Paribas invest €23m in Algonquin
Investors are taking a minority stake in the group while company founder remains majority shareholder
BPI, BNP and Amundi in €10m round for Splio
Transaction marks first funding round for the French SaaS group, founded in 2001
BNP Paribas, CapDecisif in €12m round for Linkfluence
Latest round brings total amount of funding raised by startup above €20m mark
BNP Paribas closes €500m debt fund
Fund will finance European SMEs through a mix of bank lending and fund financing
21 Centrale reaps 8.5x return in Digital Virgo exit
Digital Virgo was created in 2008, when the GP re-invested in Jet Multimedia group
Siparex buys Ligier Group from 21 Partners
21 Partners had acquired a 75% stake in the recreational vehicles group in 2008
Naxicap exits robotics specialist Machines Pagès
Naxicap Partners has been invested in the group since 2007
Ardian takes over Diam from LBO France
LBO France raised the group's turnover from €166m to €200m over the holding period
Interway nets €3m funding from BNP Paribas and BPI
IT services' revenues went up by 49% in 2015, reaching €41m
Smartangels in €3.5m round from Idinvest et al.
Round comes two years after a first €1m funding round for the crowdfunding platform
Weinberg Capital-backed Climater acquires Aditec
Weinberg Capital Parners had acquired a majority stake in Climater in 2011
BPI, BNP Paribas invest €1m in spa software firm SequoiaSoft
Group will use the funds to acquire DL Software subsidiary Thelis
Pamplona-backed OGF acquires funeral service Serenium
Buyout will support OGF's expansion in France's Grand-Ouest region
Activa Capital adds four to partnership
French mid-cap GP promotes Pierre Chabaud, Alexandre Masson, Benjamin Moreau and Jean-François Briand
A Plus Finance et al. in Saint-Aubin MBI
Second French MBI to involve GP in recent weeks
Parquest et al. buy Creadev's Homeperf
Creadev had acquired business from minority owner 3i in 2009
Ouest Croissance et al. in €10m second round for Qowisio
Company has plans for 70 hires within three years
Innov8 raises €24m from CM-CIC et al.
Capital to be used to support French technology start-ups