France
Gimv leads €9m round for Melijoe.com
Deal marks company's fourth round of institutional funding
MML invests €10m in Nactis
MML provided €5m in equity and €5m in bonds
Access holds €70m first close for co-investment fund
Pan-European fund has a target of €150m
Motion Equity Partners acquires CDL
GP back on the investment front
Theranexus raises €3.6m
Company will use funds to start its first clinical programme
EdRip, BPI France invest in Finsecur
Fresh capital to be used for new product research and development
Finsight in Finexkap’s series-A
Company already received $4.1m of the round in July
Eurazeo's Asmodée buys Fantasy Flight Games
Company has long history of acquisitive growth
LBO France buys Fournitures Hospitalières
GP carried out the deal via €154m small-cap Hexagone III fund
Timid progress for diversity in French private equity houses
Women still under-represented in investment teams
Eurazeo, Bridgepoint buy out Foncia shares from BPCE
Two firms bought Foncia in May 2011 for 10.5x EBITDA
Investindustrial ups Club Med bid, now backed by KKR
Global Resorts comes back with counter-offer for Ardian/Fosun's latest bid
Highland et al. invest $20m in Intersec
Company plans to expand further in the US
Partech backs 123Venture-founded Lendix
123Venture founder Olivier Goy founded Lendix
Keensight’s Sogelink bolts on Atlog
Company received financing for the acquisition from several banks
Idinvest et al. inject $29m into Menlook.com
Company's existing backers took part in the round
Qualium to buy IMV Technologies from Pragma
Deal marks tertiary buyout for animal artifical insemination specialist
EdRip’s Saphymo sold to CNIM’s Bertin
Bertin is former portfolio company of LBO France
Ace et al. invest €5m in Spring Technologies
Company will begin looking at potential acquisitions in Europe
BPI France backs Omnes’ Neoen
BPI takes 15.4% stake in the company
Ardian and Tozzi’s TRE Solar acquires Agritre
Firms will finance renewable energy plant in southern Italy
Balderton hires Debock as principal
Balderton increases focus on France through appointment of Debock
EdRip backs Europ Net spinout
Firm invested via its €112m small-cap Cabestan fund
Banexi, BPI sell Quotatis to Adeo
Adeo buys 100% of Quotatis