France
Charterhouse secures 50% Comexposium stake
Offer values French events business at €550m
Robolution Capital et al. inject €10m into Balyo
BPI France and Seventure also take part in round
Lion readies Picard exit with €2.25bn Aryzta deal
Aryzta secures option to buy remaining stake in three to five years
Augure raises €15m from Serena Capital et al.
New backers include Seventure and BPI France
French industry ready to say au revoir to FCPR fund structure
The Société de Libre Partenariat brings France closer to other popular domiciles
Deal in focus: Greenbriar shops in France with WFCI
An in-depth look at 3i's sale of WFCI to Greenbriar
Argos Soditic exits Davey Bickford in €103.3m trade sale
Company was last asset of GP's FHB buyout
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
PE-backed Groupe Fleuret acquires Sati and Paoletti
Group turnover expected to triple to €13m
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
Seventure holds second close for biotech fund on €100m
Health for Life Capital expected to reach €120m target
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
Alven and Newfund exit MobPartner to Cheetah in $58m deal
Trade buyer will expand products into mobile advertising
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