France
Qualium sells Agro-Service 2000 to Naxicap
Company's president and managing director invest alongside Naxicap
PAI acquires Euro Media Group
PAI takes majority stake in film & TV company
LBO France set to sell Poult to Qualium for €180m
GP put business up for sale last year
Eurazeo’s Vignal bolts on 21 Partners’ ABL Lights
Eurazeo provides additional €15m to finance the deal
Equistone buys Finaxy from French family office
Company plans to break into French insurance brokers' top 10
Deal in Focus: Ardian sells Diana to Symrise for €1.3bn
Deal values the business at mouth-watering 14x EBITDA
Versant Ventures injects $12m into AAVLife
Inserm Transfert Initiative also took part in the series-A round
VC-backed Fermentalg raises €40m in IPO
Flotation valued the business at €106.9m
HIG acquires remainder of Groupe Looping
Alcentra and BPI France arrange unitranche financing
Keensight promotes Crochet to partner
Philippe Crochet, Keensight
VC-backed TxCell raises €16.2m in IPO
Auriga Partners and Seventure Partners among shareholders
Ardian sells Diana to Symrise for €1.3bn
Largest trade sale in France since 2011
Ardian’s Trescal bolts on two US firms
Fourth expansion deal for Trescal since Ardian acquisition
VC-backed Supersonic raises €50m in IPO
Medical imaging specialist reaches €182.6m market cap
LBO Partners, Keensight invest in Menix
Keensight Capital has taken part in a buyout of Menix Group alongside LBO Partners, which is now the majority shareholder, and existing backer Turenne Investissement.
French venture capital targets niche strategies
Niche-strategy vehicles are piquing corporate investors' appetite
VC-backed Genomic Vision in €64m IPO
Company sold 1.5 million shares at €15 apiece
PE-backed Spie confirms IPO plans
Flotation could reportedly value company at €3-4bn
VC-backed Genticel lists on Euronext
IPO values business at €119.3m
CapDecisif closes third fund on €45m
Vehicle will focus on investments in the Paris region
Industries & Finances Partenaires closes third fund on €135m
French GP focuses on buy-and-build strategies
Cinven and Carlyle in Numericable/Altice share transfer
Deal follows Altice's €17bn SFR purchase
PAI and Carlyle team up for $900m CST deal
First investment for both investors' latest vehicles
Idinvest Secondary Fund II holds €214m final close
Surpasses €200m target