France
Eurazeo's Asmodée bolts-on Lookout
French games publisher Asmodée acquires the Germany-based board and card game publisher
BPI France et al. invest in Enygea
Nord Croissance backs French portable toilets rental service provider Enygea for the first time
Turenne Capital exits Volfoni to trade
GP sells its minority stake in the French maker of 3D cinema glasses to Chinese corporate Shandong Luxin-Rio
CM-CIC Investissement backs Bougrier
GP acquires 32% of French family-owned wine business Bougrier, investing €4.2m
Alter leads €15m round for InnovaFeed
Biotech firm intends to build a second production facility to accelerate commercial capacities
Capzanine backs Alphitan in MBO
GP used its Capzanine 4 Flex Equity fund, closed in 2016 on €350m, for the transaction
Pragma Capital buys GSRI in MBO
GP buys a majority stake in the French infrastructure inspection engineering group
EdRip holds final close on €345m for BioDiscovery5
New life sciences fund will be considerably larger than its predecessor, closed in 2013
Qualium exits CMAI deal
ICG takes over from Qualium, the previous main shareholder in the maker of closets and sliding doors
Ardian backs SFAM in €1.7bn deal
GP acquires a €200m minority stake in the French broker of smartphone and multimedia insurance
M Capital backs $3.7m series-A funding round for Intuilab
Private investment company IRDI Soridec Gestion also takes part in the financing
Capzanine, Creadev back Recommerce
GPs invest €50m in the French used electronic products retailer in a series-C funding round
Eurazeo buys Idinvest in €310m deal
Eurazeo becomes majority shareholder of French asset manager Idinvest, taking over from IDI
Capitem invests in MPI to finance Scaelec bolt-on
Capitem-backed MPI bolts on French electronic devices production subcontractor Scaelec
Activa Capital promotes France to associate
Emma France will have a specific focus on ESG and digital transformation for portfolio companies
Gimv buys France Thermes
GPs Normandie Capital, Initiative et Finance and Volney Développement exit the business
Ardian adds four to executive committee
Ardian France president Dominique Gaillard has now withdrawn from the committee
Isatis Capital backs Pure Trade Worldwide in MBO
GP invests in the French manufacturer of luxury retail equipment and promotional packaging
Idinvest backs Bimedia
GP provided a unitranche facility to the French software developer back in 2015
Keensight Capital sells TravelFactory to trade
GP sells its stake in the French online provider of mountain holiday rentals
CM-CIC Innovation et al. in series-A round for ForCity
Round of funding sees €8m invested in the French urban simulation software developer
Ecofi Investissements buys Esfin Gestion
Asset manager Ecofi and general partner Esfin are both subsidiaries of French bank Crédit Coopératif
Intel Capital et al. in series-C for Aledia
Braemar Energy Ventures, Demeter, BPI France, Ikea GreenTech and Sofinnova Partners also take part
Cathay Innovation et al. in series-A round for Saagie
Consortium of investors commit €5m to the French big-data processing platform