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ARCIS buys private equity portfolio from from French utility EDFARCIS Group has bought a private equity portfolio of a French energy company, underlining recent interest in the utilities sector.
- Sofinnova Ventures raises $440m for life sciences
The Silicon Valley firm increased the hard-cap on its eighth fund after racing toward its target by the first close earlier this year.
- Illinois Teachers’ commits $97m to Oaktree, Sofinnova
The $34.6bn pension has been ‘overhauling’ its private equity programme to expand its capabilities around co-investing, secondaries and international investments.
- SEP agrees $1bn venture exit
British venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners will sell BioVex, a company developing cancer treatments, to US trade buyer Amgen.
- Sofinnova raises €260m for Fund VI
The French venture firm missed its €300 million target despite a sealing a trio of strong exits in 2009.
- Sofinnova head heralds strength of French life sciences
As the Paris-based venture firm rings out the old year with another exit – its third to break the $500m mark during 2009 – managing partner Denis Lucquin hails ‘the depth of French life sciences innovation’.
- Sofinnova heads for a healthy year of exits
Two successful exits – one of which achieved a 6.6x multiple – and two more in the pipeline should help the French venture firm push its latest fundraising effort over the finish line.
- MTI seeks £75m for Fund VI
The early stage European venture firm has been in the market since late last summer, as LPs adopt a ‘wait and see’ stance to making commitments.
- Sofinnova scores record-breaking exit
The $700m sale of medical device company CoreValve vindicates the venture firm’s strategy, proving wrong pundits who thought the firm the ‘last of the early stage Mohicans’, according to managing partner Antoine Papiernik. The deal is expected to generate more than 10x for the firm’s investors.
- Financing round for Blyk brings in €40m
The virtual mobile network operator, which uses advertising revenue to provide young people with free mobile services, will use the funding to pursue its international expansion.