France
Sofinnova's Cerenis in €226m IPO
French biotech company raises €53.4m as part of listing
Omnes to reap 5x return on Exclusive Networks exit
Cobepa beats private equity suitors to clinch deal
Astorg Partners promotes four
Astorg promotes Benoit Ficheur to director, among other changes
Deal in Focus: Greenbriar swoops in on WFCI
Greenbriar's purchase of WFCI marks a rare foray for an overseas PE investor in the French lower mid-market
Seventure loses out on So Factory
Business went into administration in early January
Aurinvest leads €2m series-A round for Azalead Software
GP invests from €22m Capital 3 fund
Ace and Auriga in €2.6m round for Pherecydes Pharma
Business angels also take part in round
Altrad raises further €100m from BPI France et al.
Fresh funds go towards financing bolt-on of Hertel
Ventech et al. invest €8m in Unilend
Funding round comes 16 months after inception
PAI exceeds hard-cap, closes Fund VI on €3.3bn
Fundraising extended to meet investor demand, says firm
MBO Partenaires backs Logidesign
GP takes majority stake in holding company
Orkos, Emertec inject €1.6m into Enerbee
€900,000 debt package completes the round
Omnes's Groupe SVP refinances, makes Canadian bolt-on
Banking pool refinances 2011 debt package
EdRip backs Eurogiciel BIMBO
Financing provided by banking pool, mezz by Trocadero Capital
Pragma Capital exits Furnotel
GP had secured majority stake in 2011
3i et al. exit WFCI in SBO
US fund Greenbriar takes over
Apax France promotes Revel-Sillamoni to principal
Promotion bolsters healthcare and business & financial services teams
In Profile: Corvm Capital Partners
Corvm Capital Partners adds to list of new firms using deal-by-deal model
Banexi Ventures injects €1.2m into Netwave
First institutional funding round for the business
French retail fundraising up by 12% in 2014
Model still attracts individual investors despite performance concerns
Iris and Kerala inject €1m into AdotMob
Mobile advertising company posts €1m turnover in first year
VC-backed Idéol raises fresh €3.8m
Backers include Conseil Plus Gestion, HPC and Turenne Capital
Entrepreneur Venture backs ShogunMoto
Firm first backed company in 2012
PAI sells 9% Atos stake
GP sold 9.2 million shares for a total of €581.9m