Apr 3, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, France, News, Russia
Kima Ventures, the fund started by prominent French tech entrepreneurs Jérémie Berrebi and Xavier Niel, along with angel investors Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin, and Alexander Aivazov, have teamed up to invest in Martmania, an online marketplace focused on trading...
Mar 30, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) – Private equity firm KKR has entered into exclusive talks to buy a majority of French fashion brands Maje, Sandro and Claudie Pierlot, according to a source familiar with the transaction. The acquisition of the brands, partially owned...
Mar 29, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
Financial Times 28 March 2013 Nicolas Sarkozy has spent virtually all his professional life in politics but has long made no secret of his desire to make money after leaving office. In the months since he lost power, he and his closest advisers have been casting...
Mar 27, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) – The sale of French department store Printemps to Qatari investors could be a done deal by as early as this summer as the timetable for presenting the deal to its staff is now set, people close to the proposed deal said on Tuesday. The...
Mar 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, France, News, Russia, Western Europe
Paris (Reuters) – A Russian developer who plans to build what would be Europe’s tallest residential towers in Paris said he had provisionally lined up financing from Russia’s Sberbank towards the 2.3 billion euro ($3 billion) project. The loan amount...
Mar 11, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) – Investment group Blackstone has increased its holdings of Gecina’s debt, French newspaper Les Echos reported, potentially paving the way to taking an equity stake in the French real estate group. Acquires 160 mln euros with...
