France
Ixo Private Equity et al. buy OIly Gan from Syntegra
Sale comes after three years in Syntegra portfolio
Keensight Capital aiming to raise €200m by year-end
First vehicle raised since spinout from Rothschild
Generis and CEA invest €800,000 in Win MS
CEA Investissement founded the business in 2012
Partech and 360 Capital Partners in $4.5m round for TVTY
Advertising SaaS company to open US office and develop new service
Sofinnova Partners leads €16.5m series-A round for Lysogene
VC has been involved in company since seed funding stage
3i promotes 10 across worldwide team
Xavier de Prevoisin, 3i
PeopleDoc raises $17.5m from Accel et al.
Round includes investments from Alven and Kernel
Alven leads $2m round for Wheretoget
Company to introduce iPad app and open New York office
Idinvest invests €1m in Bunkr
Firm invested alongside Deezer and Free founders
Euro Private Equity acquires Dahlia Partners
French bank owns 100% stake in Dahlia and 60% stake in Euro PE
LBO France acquires Vaglio
GP invested via €154m Hexagone III fund
Ardian’s Novacap in €310m refinancing
Company also secures €65m super-senior revolving credit facility
Trip Advisor buys Otium’s LaFourchette
Deal reported to be worth around €100m
CM-CIC sells Focal & Naim to Naxicap et al.
Company to be renamed Vervent Audio Group
Ardian divests Newrest in management buy-back
GP reinvests in company via co-investment business
Index Ventures and Alven inject €6m into Drivy
French peer-to-peer car rental service to expand internationally
Enterome raises €10m series-B
Paris-based Enterome Bioscience has raised €10m in a series-B round from existing backers Seventure, Lundbeckfond Ventures and Omnes Capital.
ING Parcom PE becomes Parquest with new €300m fund
Firm spins out from ING's Parcom Capital
Argos Soditic sells Orsyp to EQT’s Automic
Argos Soditic acquired the company in 2008
Ardian-backed Laboratoires Anios acquires Soluscope
Bolt-on is company's first since GP-backed MBO
Voluntis raises €20.75m for series-D
Syndicate led by BPI France and Innovation Capital
Bridgepoint acquires LBO France’s Médi-Partenaires
Bridgepoint has supported its portfolio company Médipôle Sud Santé with the acquisition of Médi-Partenaires, a French private hospital group, from LBO France and Equistone.
Leosphere raises €20m from Electranova
Company's tech used predominantly in wind power sector