Official Record/France
Connect backs Forest Admin in €3m round
Pietro Bezza, managing partner and co-founder of Connect Ventures, will join the company's board
Naxicap, Ouest Croissance exit Lilial to trade
GPs sell stake in French medical products provider to Danish competitor Coloplast
Isai, Keensight sell Labelium to Qualium
GPs sell their minority stakes in the French marketing and digital strategy consulting agency
Argos Soditic to buy Henri Selmer
GP enters exclusive talks to buy French saxophone manufacturer Henri Selmer Paris
Carlyle sells Companeo to Towerbrook-backed Infopro Digital
Acquisition of the French lead generation platform is an exit for Carlyle's Europe Technology Fund II
Turenne, M Capital back StaffMe
VC firms invest €3m in a series-A funding round for the French recruitment company
Argos Soditic buys Future Groep in MBI
French GP's majority stake acquisition is its first investment in the Netherlands
Parquest Capital buys Groupe Fauché
GP acquires a significant majority of French electrical equipment provider Groupe Fauché
Ardian's Diam refinances debt
New financing package replaces original loans and bond mix with an all-loan structure
Primer Capital et al. in €1.7m round for Acticor Biotech
GPs and private investors back the French biotechnology company researching thrombotic diseases
Apax et al. to acquire Eric Bompard
Apax Partners, BPI France and Xavier Marie will acquire the French cashmere knitwear retailer
Principia et al. in €32m series-D round for Enterome
Company also nets a €40m credit line provided by the European Investment Bank
Canadian pension funds invest in Ardian-backed Fives
LBO sees PSP and CDPQ back French engineering firm Fives, with Ardian reinvesting
PAI buys Albéa from Sun European
Sale comes a year after the collapse of an auction led by strategic bidder RPC
Equistone acquires French spirits business Dugas
Equistone invests alongside the management team, led by the founder, and Chevrillon Group
Newfund invests €1.2m in LoginChinese
Newfund acquires a minority of shares in the Chinese-teaching app developer
CDC IC, RDIF inject €10m into Olmix
Russian investment fund and French state investment arm extend their partnership to smaller deals
EMZ Partners reaches €815m hard-cap
EMZ 8 surpasses its target and raises €120m more than its predecessor
Abénex, Astorg sell Onduline to Naxicap
Company's management team, led by Richard Seguin, will retain a minority stake alongside Naxicap
LBO France carves out Crouzet
French manufacturer of automation components Crouzet is carved out of PAI's InnoVistaSensors
FCDE buys 70% of Utac Ceram
Transaction includes mezzanine financing provided by Tikehau and other debt by BNP Paribas
TDR Capital buys Touax Solutions Modulaires
UK-based TDR Capital uses Paris-based holding company WH Bidco for the acquistion
21 Centrale's DL Software bolts-on Futurosoft
21 Centrale Partners-backed DL Software acquires French software publisher Futurosoft
Industries & Finances-backed Calliopé bolts on IT businesses
Industries & Finances injects capital in Calliopé to make the Titanium and Groupe Diagonal bolt-ons