New Technologies

Oriented towards venture capital investments at various stages of maturity: from start-ups to companies having already reached a certain stage in their development;

Geographic coverage centred essentially on France, although not to the exclusion of other European Union countries with appropriate innovative companies;

A multi-sector approach focused on two major economic sectors:
- Information technologies and communications, including semi-conductors, media, software, networks and telecoms.
- Engineering sciences: the environment, new energies and other related industries (aeronautics, automobiles, etc.)

The intention to support portfolio companies over the long term, while maintaining a diversified range of investments: the initial investment in each company is generally around €1-2 million, rising to at most €5 million following subsequent financing rounds.

Graitec – Civil engineering structural design and calculation software (www.graitec.fr)

Parrot – Comprehensive range of hands-free telephony systems based on Bluetooth technology (www.parrot.fr) - Holding sold in 2007.

Sarenza – Sale of shoes via the Internet (www.sarenza.com)