France
Experienced Capital takes 43% stake in Sessùn
Experienced Capital was launched in 2016 and invests from a €78m fund focusing on the retail sector
PE-backed Camping and Co merges with Campsy
Newfund Capital first backed Camping and Co in 2010 via a €500,000 seed round, and was later joined by Otium Capital
Advent completes €2.42bn Safran acquisition
Advent merges the business with portfolio company Oberthur Technologies to form a €2.8bn group
Capital Grand Est and Agro Invest back MBI of TSA Inox
TSA's current CEO Eric Vinay will be replaced by Philippe Jeannot but retains a minority shareholding
European Capital provides €26m unitranche in Moria refinancing
Bridgepoint Development Capital became Moria's new majority owner in 2014 as it took over the EdRCP group
EdRip's Altavia acquires Sumis
EdRip acquired a 10% stake in Altavia in 2015, investing from the €300m Winch Capital 3 fund
Omnes, Partech, Korelya in $17m round for AB Tasty
Omnes Capital had already taken part in a €5m series-A round for the SaaS company in 2016
AAC Capital Partners exits Baarsma Wine Group
AAC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Baarsma in 2007 from the founders and a pool of banks
Felix, Verlinvest lead €30m funding round for Frichti
Food delivery business will look to expand across France, before reaching other European cities
BlueGem takes 80% stake in Big Fernand
Deal should be sealed by June 2017, with BlueGem aquiring shares from the founders and family office SEP
Parquest Capital closes second fund on €310m
Parquest Capital 2's target, originally set at €250m, was subsequently raised
Newfund holds €100m first close for second fund
Fund is a significant step-up from Newfund 1, which closed with €72m in commitments in 2009
Montefiore Investment buys QCNS Cruise from Duke Street
Duke Street acquired a majority stake in QCNS Cruise in 2011, with Kings Park Capital as co-investor
Sofinnova promotes Seghezzi to managing partner
Graziano Seghezzi joins existing managing partners Antoine Papiernik, Denis Lucquin and Monique Saulnier
French PE urged to help mend country's social divide
Panellists at the annual Afic confrence agree private equity has a large part to play in helping the country's dispossesed
Demeter, Innovacom and Kreaxi in €10m round for I-Ten
Three GPs first invested in I-Ten in 2014, injecting €3.2m into the group
Capzanine backs Moving OBO
Previous investor Développement & Partenariat is exiting the group, while M Capital Partners stays on
Aurelius acquires majority stake in catamaran maker Privilège
Privilège will share production resources with Aurelius portfolio company HanseYachts
M Capital, Normandie Participations lead €4.7m Robocath round
Backers are joined in the round by previous investors Go Capital and NCI Gestion
Bain Capital fully exits Maisons du Monde
GP had already sold around 7 million shares in March, representing around 15.5% of the share capital
Activa appoints Govare as industrial committee chair
Xavier Govare leaves Labeyrie Fine Foods to join the French GP's industrial committee
Sodero Gestion backs MBI of Mobil M
Sodero Gestion invests alongside new company head Mikaël Le Gall and takes a minority stake
Apax buys Ciprés Assurances from TA
Apax France closed its latest fund on its €1bn hard-cap in March
Deal in Focus: Eurazeo buys Mondelēz confectionery arm for €157m
Following the deal, the company's international production will be relocated to France