France
Consortium raises $20m for Agorize
Agorize plans to expand in Canada and said 12% of its turnover is generated in North America
Intuitis acquires Laboratoires Humeau
GP invests in Laboratoires Humeau alongside new managing director Jean-Christophe Toux
Trajan Capital backs Thomas Plants MBI
Nicolas Paul takes the helm of the France-based producer of organic vegetables
FrenchFood Capital holds €132m final close for maiden fund
Fund, which has a focus on French companies operating in the food sector, surpasses €120m hard-cap
Ardian's Trigo bolts on QSSL Industrieservice
Ilkin Bananyarli, a court-appointed administrator of Germany-based QSSL, brokered the deal
Eurazeo et al. invest €110m in ManoMano
Eurazeo buys a minority stake in French online marketplace ManoMano investing €50m
3i-backed Ponroy buys Pasquali Healthcare
Following the deal, Ponroy expects to expand its offering and strengthen its presence in Italy
Cathay et al. sell Amplitude Laser to L-GAM
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for the GP's €200m Cathay Capital II vehicle
LBO France buys Infodis majority stake in SBO
France-based IT services firm Infodis has been controlled by the PE firm Ciclad since 2016
Bain Capital backs Maesa in SBO
Global private equity investor is replacing funds managed by Andera Partners (formerly EdRip)
Towerbrook sells Groupe GSE to trade in €127m deal
Towerbrook backed the France-based commercial real estate developer Groupe GSE in 2006
Ardian sells Indigo to Mirova and Meag
Mirova and Meag and Crédit Agricole Assurances intend to help the group develop in China
Impala exits Electropoli in sale to Trail
CICC's China Synergy Fund and TPG will also invest in the company alongside management
Novalpina holds €1bn final close for debut fund
Novalpina Capital Partners I intends to make between seven and nine equity investments of €75-200m
Cita Investissement backs Atrium Capital
Cita is sponsored by sovereign wealth funds BPI France and Kuwait Investment Authority
Ouest Croissance et al. back Ocea Group
Andera Partners, which first backed Ocea Group in 2007, sells its stake in the business
CIC and BNP Paribas pursue China strategy with Eurazeo
Eurazeo will manage a fund dedicated to European companies seeking to expand in China
Equistone hires four for investment team
Hubert van Wolfswinkel and Julia Brunswicker join the Munich office from Montagu and DBAG
BlackRock to buy eFront in $1.49bn deal
Sale of investment management software provider generates 4.8x return for Bridgepoint
Capzanine hires Tourmente
Renaud Tourmente will join as partner and be part of Capzanine's executive committee
Go Capital et al. invest €4.1m in Graftys
Graftys sells products in 25 countries and plans to penetrate new markets with the funding
Cobepa buys Scalian in SBO
Andera sells majority stake in the France-based engineering consultancy and reinvests
Apax France promotes five
Apax Partners has promoted three directors, one business development director and one principal
Capital Croissance bolsters team with three hires
Julien Berger-Perrin joins as managing partner, alongside analysts Jeanne Duflot and Philibert Basquin