France
Hélicéo raises €1.5m in first round of funding
The drone-maker will aim to commercialise its products internationally
Iris Capital promotes two to managing partner
Erik de la Rivière and Erkan Kilicaslan have been part of the firm for more than 10 years
Nestlé Health Science joins €14.5m Enterome series-C
Funds will help Enterome push research into gut bacteria-related diseases
Silver Lake in €580m take-private bid for Cegid
GP and UK-based investment firm AltaOne have agreed to buy a 38% stake in the SaaS company
Corporate finance firms Capitalmind, EquityGate to merge
Business will operate under the Capitalmind brand out of six European offices
Ardian raises $14bn secondaries vehicle
Ardian's new fund attracted 180 investors from 26 different countries
Astorg acquires Parkeon in €450m deal, nears close on 6th fund
Astorg's sixth buyout fund is expected to close on its €2.1bn hard-cap in May
Cathay's SeaOwl acquires Wellstaff
Cathay secured a minority stake in oil & gas services company SeaOwl in 2015
Daniel Balmisse joins Cathay Capital as COO
French VC professional's appointment will be effective from July 2016
Seventure leads €5.8m series-A for appetite researcher TargeDys
Funds will help bring the company's 10-year research project to fruition
Eurazeo sells €281m stake in professional clothing firm Elis
Sale represents a third of Eurazeo's stake in the company, which listed in 2015
Cinven in final Numericable exit, reaps 4.7x multiple
European private equity firm Cinven has fully realised its investment in Numericable by selling its remaining shares in media and telecoms business Altice, Numericable’s listed parent.
Ardian and Generis inject €4m into TabMo
First round of funding will help the group strengthen its European operations
Crosscall raises €4.5m from ACG in first round of funding
The mobile phone manufacturer has been self-financed since its foundation in 2009
Ardian in exclusive talks with IK to acquire Trigo Group
Parisian GP is looking to acquire IK's majority stake in the target group
BlackFin promotes Sabine Mathis to partner
Mathis is currently BlackFin's CFO, having joined the GP in 2011 from Natixis
Tiller Systems raises €4m from 360 Capital et al.
The fresh capital should allow the French tech company to expand its team significantly
XAnge, Entrepreneur Venture back €4m HomeRez round
Funding round also features several business angels and will mainly support technological development
CapHorn holds €100m first close for second tech fund
Fundraising for the second fund started in September 2015, with a target set at €125m
PAI names four new partners
The promotions are part of PAI's investment of its €3.3bn sixth fund
EdRip leads €34m series-B for MedDay
French biotech is to begin the third US testing phase for its multiple sclerosis drug
Aster Capital names Hervé Touati as venture adviser
Energy expert's appointment is in line with the firm's investment strategy in the US
AntVoice raises €1.3m from two new backers
New investors CapHorn and Adeo join previous backers Alven Capital and Nestadio
Goodwin Procter appoints PE lawyers to new Paris office
Maxence Bloch, Christophe Digoy, Jérôme Jouhanneaud and Thomas Maitrejean join from KWM