Disposal of Centdegrés, an advertising agency, to Innovative Beauty Group (IBG) controlled by the private equity company Fremman Capital.

Primary LBO with Raise Invest. SPARTEO is an Adtech ranked in the top 3 in its segment by the Financial Times.

Acquisition of Parc Saint Paul, ranked in France’s top 10 theme parks, by Looping Group, European operator of regional leisure parks.

Disposal of Bluenove, the French pioneer of collective intelligence, to Groupe Alpha.

Disposal of Tiempo Secure, a hardware cybersecurity solutions specialist, to Qualcomm, semiconductors world leader.

Disposal of Skills & Affinity, an IT Services specialist company, to Scalian.

LBO by LFPI and a continuation fund managed by Apheon on Haudecoeur, the French leader in the distribution of ethnic food through traditional channels and large retailers.

Hippocrate (code name), a challenger in walk-in clinics, raises equity from private investors.

The founding shareholders of Chenue, the world leader of the fine art logistics, sell a minority stake to Andera. Pemberton finances the LBO.

Hivest Capital Partners leads an LBO on SPHERE GROUP, an household packaging european leader.

Andera Acto, alongside the founders and the management, leads a sponsorless LBO on Gosto Group, a leading French distributor of professional furniture and equipment.

Lacour Group, majority-owned by Carlyle, acquires Kepler VO, a SaaS B2B solutions for used cars sales.

Impaakt, a fintech company that uses collective intelligence and AI to measure the real impact companies have on the environnement and society, raises close to 8 million USD in latest fundraising round.

Providence, advised by Raphaël, co-leads a new LBO on A2MAC1. A2MAC1 is the 2nd deal done by Providence in France advised by Raphaël, after La Centrale. A2MAC1 is the world leader in data benchmarking for the auto industry.

Smart Traffik joins forces with Dékuple, a listed data marketing and business performance group. Smart Traffik proposes SaaS Solutions for point of sale (Drive-to-store, attribution marketing).

LBO France, alongside the management and the founders, leads an LBO on Size Factory, the French leading retailer of plus-size men’s apparels.

Disposal of Belisoft, a French leading online distributor of sexual wellness products.

Vebio, a veterinary reference lab, combines with Inovie owned by biologists and Ardian.

Lifen, the e-health platform, raises €50m.

Tikehau acquires 40% of Egis, a world leader in mobility infrastructure engineering, from Caisse des Dépôts.

Charterhouse, alongside the Management, leads an LBO on Labelium, a digital marketing agency.

WYZ Group has raised over €21m from Bpifrance (Fonds Avenir Automobile 2), BNP Paribas Développement and Generis to accelerate its growth. The transaction also allows the exit of some shareholders and includes moderate leverage. WYZ Group designs and develops digital B2B solutions, mainly for major automotive accounts (manufacturers, after-sales networks, and corporate fleets) to manage and optimize their tire supply. WYZ Group achieved c.€60m in revenues in 2020, with an average growth of more than 30% per year since 2012.

Disposal of Gault & Frémont to Groupe Guillin (listed). Gault & Frémont manufactures paper and cardboard food packaging solutions.

Disposal of Uside (management and transformation consulting firm) to Sia Partners.

LBO of Providence on Groupe La Centrale (La Centrale, Promoneuve, Caradisiac, maVoitureCash), the leading online classified car in France, disposed by Axel Springer.

Sirsa, an SaaS platform for ESG and extra-financial data/related advisory services, opens its capital to Capza, Raise and Andera.

LBO of Ardian on Finaxy, an insurance brokerage firm.

Raphaël acted as M&A advisor to Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned perfume and taste company (€3.7bn turnover) based in Switzerland, in its acquisition of DRT (€550m turnover) from private equity fund Ardian. DRT is a world leading producer of plant-based, renewable ingredients. On this landmark transaction (1,7 billions of euros), Firmenich leveraged on Raphaël insight on the company and expertise on the sector to rapidly enter into one-to-one discussions despite the launch of an auction process.

The founders of Le Wagon opened up their capital to boost the company’s growth mainly through external growth, new verticals development (with a focus on data science) and expanding its international footprint. PE funds Cathay and AfricInvest have invested €17 million. Le Wagon is one of the leading independent players in the sector of bootcamps (accelerated training) dedicated to digital and technology fields. It is present in Europe and Asia, with campuses in many countries.

Disposal of SoCloz, a point-of-sales digitalisation SaaS solutions to Savoye/ Noblelift.

LBO of Ardian on Staci, a leader in retail logistics, and Cobepa exit.

Disposal of Temelio, a data marketing specialist, to RedPill/ Ermes.

Patchwork, a challenger player in the coworking sector, raises 5m€ of venture loan from Extendam to accelerate its development.

Primary LBO of Ergon Capital on family-owned Haudecoeur, the French leader in the distribution of ethnic food through traditional channels and large retailers.

Kujten, a cashmere brand apparel, opens its capital to private individuals.

Disposal of Beyond Ratings, the ESG rating agency, to the London Stock Exchange Group.

Chenue, the fine art logistics leader, acquires the German group Knab.

The French leader of the fine art logistics market (museums, galleries, fair trades, collectors) becomes n°1 in Asia with the acquisition of a leading player well established on active art markets like Hong Kong. The group is dedicated to warehousing, pack and carry fine art to exhibitions.

Acquisition of the family group La Chambre aux Confitures, a manufacturing and retailing of fine jam company, by Weaving Group.

The shipyards specialised in aluminium boats reshuffles its capital to the benefit of Unexo, Ouest Croissance and Océan Participations.

Disposal of Groupe Thiolat to Groupe Guillin (listed). Groupe Thiolat manufactures cardboard food packaging solutions.

The family holding Horus Finance sold its investment in Eurodislog to Staci. Eurodislog is a leading player of the logistics market of communication materials, promotional objects and POS materials. Horus Finance wants to focus on fine art logistics.

Raphaël advises founders and investors of WayKonect (Partech, Breega Capital, 360 Capital Partners and business angels including Olivier Mathiot and Thierry Petit) regarding sale of the company to Total Group. WayKonect develops B2B SaaS solutions for intelligent and connected fleet management. With the backing of Total Marketing services, WayKonect will be able to accelerate its development.

Primary LBO on Infimed, a leasing of material destinated to healthcare professionals, by the management and Turenne Capital.

Inovelan founders and their partners sell 100% of the share capital to Agfa-Gevaert (Agfa Healthcare division), after a selective competitive process including large international IT services groups dedicated to the healthcare sector. Inovelan is a reference e-healthcare player in France.

Digiteka, an ad tech/ video technology company that helps publishers and media companies generate and monetize premium and contextualized instream video inventory, has been sold to media groups Rossel and Ouest France. Set up in 2017, Digiteka had closed several funding rounds with VCs and business angels.

The group of contemporary accessible art galleries with presence in Europe, the US and Asia raises money from Laurent Dassault, Sofipaca (Crédit Agricole) and BPI to finance the opening of new galleries and the digitalization of the group. One of the 2 co-founders exits.

Ardian, advised by Raphaël (which is historically close to DRT), has designed a friendly non-sollicited offer (no sale process) that is disclosed to the Board, which represents the c. 150 family shareholders. This offer is accepted and values DRT at more than € 1 bn, which makes it one of the largest LBOs in France in 2017. DRT is one of the main worlddwide players in ingredients and chemicals derived from pine.

Joël Boumendil and his partner EDRIP (private equity house), advised by Raphaël, sell ACE Crédit (n°4 French mortgage broker) to Financière CEP (CBP, Empruntis) ; this disposal is the outcome of a sale process voluntarily restricted to very few selected strategic buyers.

Raphaël advises the founders of Gekko in the sale of their company to Accor group; the founders remain shareholders with an exit formula; Raphaël had previously advised the founders in their LBO transaction with private equity investor HLD ; Gekko in an innovative B to B hotel booking platform for corporates (HCorpo) and travel agencies (Teldar).

The French leader of the fine art logistics market (museums, galleries, fair trades, collectors) took over the Swiss leader of the fine art logistics market (based in Geneva). The group is dedicated to warehousing, pack and carry fine art to exhibitions

Vectans Pharma raises funds from Gérard Leduc, founder of Etypharm, and other pharma and private equity professionals in order to finance the acquisition of two products from Onxeo and its commercial development

Vectans Pharma acquires two products in oral pathologies, Sitavig (treatment of herpes labialis) and Loramyc (treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis) from Onxeo (ex-BioAlliance Pharma). These two products are authorised and distributed in Europe, North America and Asia.

Advised by Raphaël, the founders and their venture capital partners sell a large controlling stake to TF1; this transaction will also allow MinuteBuzz to accelerate its development ; the founders remain shareholders with an exit formula; MinuteBuzz is one of the leading video media on social networks and dedicated to millennials in France.

Advised by Raphaël, some family shareholders and Céréa Capita sell their stake to Idinvest; this transaction is the outcome of a competitive sale process towards priovate equity investors

AMS Industries, the holding company of Jean-Paul Bize, acquired 100% of the accessible luxury fashion brand Tara Jarmon, created by David Jarmon. Jean-Paul Bize added Tara Jarmon to his newly created luxury already including Poiray (watches) and Aurélie Bidermann (Jewellery).

Disposal of Antoine & Lili, a ready to wear company, to an outside management (MBI) and the family holding Dzeta.

Tok Tok Tok, an on-demand delivery platform, has been sold to Just Eat plc, the leading global marketplace for online food delivery (136m orders in 2016).

Disposal of Biologistic, the temperature-controlled transportation for healthcare company, to Chronopost.

Auto parts and car repair chain Speedy (close to 500 outlets) joins Bridgestone Group, after a restricted sale process conducted by Raphael and very selective sale process restricted to a handful of large international strategic buyers. In 2011, Speedy had been acquired by its management team led by Jacques Le Foll.

Advised by Raphaël, the founders and their family partners sell Cerise Media , a high-growth video and digital media group, to Prisma, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann Group, after a very competitive sale process conducted towards large international strategic buyers in the media sector.

Advised by Raphaël, BNP Développement sells its stake in Rivolier to the Van Robais family.

Advised by Raphaël, the founders and their venture capital partners sell part of their stake through an LBO transaction with private equity investor HLD; venture capital investors exit; founders cash out partially and reinvest partially; this transaction follows a tailor-made sale process.

Secondary LBO by the management and Eurazeo PME, on FLASH, a premium logistics company.

Porcher Industries, manufacturer of technical textiles and composites for various industries (17 sites across the world, €265m revenues) is sold private equity fund Warwick Capital.

Compagnie des Alpes refocuses its leisure parks portfolio and sells two regional leisure parks (Mer de Sable, near Paris, and Planète Sauvage, near Nantes) to Looping Group.

Disposal of Barat Etiquettes, a wine label company, to Multi-Color Corporation.

Disposal of Axson Technologies, a specialty chemicals company, to Sika.

Disposal of Revocoat, a specialty chemicals company, to PPG Industries.

Disposal of 100% of mister-auto.com, a E-retail of auto spare parts, to PSA Peugeot Citroën.