France
Ardian backs smart city specialist Wintics
Company plans to use the fresh capital to scale up its technology and accelerate its expansion
LBO France completes sale of EI-Technologies to trade
French GP invested in the company in 2008 through its venture fund
Oaktree Capital buys Stade Malherbe Caen
GP invests in the company alongside French entrepreneur Pierre-Antoine Capton, who is appointed as chair
Ambienta opens Paris office, hires two new partners
Gwenaelle Le Ho Daguzan is appointed as partner in France and Hans Haderer in Germany
EQT Infrastructure in exclusivity to acquire IK's Colisée
During IK's three-year holding period, the company tripled in size, according to a statement
Ardian's Unither buys Chinese pharma company NRB
With this acquisition, Unither plans to accelerate the development of its business in China
STIC Investment, SoftBank Korea et al. acquire Systran
Fresh capital will go towards increasing delivery speed and geographic footprint
Calao Finance backs acquisition of Raidlight-Vertical
Raidlight and Vertical were since 2016 owned by Rossignol Group, a French winter sports group, which is owned by PE firm Altor
Antin to buy PE-backed Babilou
Company's founders Rodolphe and Edouard Carle will retain a minority stake in the business
Marlin invests in Pentalog
Marlin is currently investing from its Marlin Equity V vehicle, which closed on €2.5bn in March 2017
Cathay, BPI-backed AD Education bolts on Ces
Add-on shortly follows the acquisition of Italian university Accademia Italiana Arte Moda e Design
Peninsular backs NovaSparks MBO
GP will partner with NovaSparks CEO Luc Burgun to consolidate in a range of financial markets
Siparex acquires French consultancy firm Fixage
GP acquires a minority while the company's founders retain their majority ownership
HLD to acquire majority stake in Microwave Vision Group
HLD will issue a public takeover offer following the expected deal completion at the end of 2020
Eurazeo to buy majority stake in Utac Ceram
BPI France-backed FCDE II bought a majority stake in the transport services company in 2017 for €50m
PAI to acquire Amplitude from Apax
Apax, which currently owns 41.4% of the listed company, would fully exit its stake
Ciclad acquires majority stake in ReportOne
GP will help the company accelerate its strategy to become more data-driven
Ardian buys Finaxy from Equistone
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Equistone, which owned a stake of around 80% in the company
Eurazeo NAV down by 12% in H1
Companies in travel and leisure sector have been the hardest hit in the GP's portfolio
Consortium in $60m series-B for Withings
Withings plans to add 100 new positions in the US and France by the end of the year to strengthen its teams
Abénex Capital to carve out InLog from Haemonetics
Deal will help Haemonetics shift its portfolio towards growth segments
Aurelius sells Office Depot's Spanish business to trade
Deal is part of the ongoing restructuring of the company started under Aurelius's ownership
Silver Lake in exclusivity to acquire Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs
Deal follows Silver Lake's acquisition of France-based HR software Silae in July 2020
Eurazeo to acquire EasyVista in €131m deal
Following the deal, Eurazeo will file a public offer targeting all remaining securities of the company