André-Paul Leclercq

ELO SA operates as a holding company which manages autonomous firms with complementary activities. Its businesses include Auchan Retail, New Immo Holding, and Oney. The company was founded by Gerard Mulliez in 1961 and is headquartered in Croix, France.

Decathlon SA manufactures and distributes athletic products. It offers apparel and equipment for sports such as mountain, water and team sports, cycling, fishing, golfing, horseback riding, running, skating and skiing. The firm?s services encompass finance solutions, product personalization and repair, personal mp3 coach, social networking and sports insurance. The company was founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976 and is headquartered in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

Finorpa SCR invests in startups and small to medium-sized companies located in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The fund invests in all sectors aside from real estate, retail trade, services industry, information technology, health, logistics, distribution, tourism, leisure, and personal services. It provides financing for seed, early and later-stage as well as buyouts and co-investments. It makes investments with an investment size of EUR 80,000 to EUR 1.5 million and it invests EUR 10 to EUR 12 million each year. The fund seeks to take a minority stake in the portfolio company. The investment last for 5 to 7 years.

Part of Finorpa Gie, Finorpa PP SAS engages in credit distribution services. The private company is based in Lens, France.

Immochan France SAS provides real estate management services. The firm expertise in commercial real estate and value creation chain from investment to dynamic asset management via the design, marketing, management and promotion of shopping centers. The company was founded on April 24, 1991 and is headquartered in Croix, France.

Auchan Romania SA operates a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets. It offers appliances; beauty and personal care items; clothes and shoes; gardening tools; fruits and vegetables; meat, fish, and sausages; dairy, eggs, and ice cream; bakery, pastry and confectionery; and household products. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania.

Banque Publique Dinvestissement (Bpifrance) is the French Government's public investment institution which was created in 2013 to 'serve the future' by providing financing solutions tailored to each stage of a company's life. Located in Maisons-Alfort, Bpifrance aims to invest EUR 12 billion in French companies by 2017. Their three main tasks are: to help overcome market failures that hamper the financing of enterprises, especially SMEs; to invest in the development of strategic sectors such as digital conversion, environmental and energy, and the social and solidarity economy; and to act as a lever to develop territories in connection with regions in France. Bpifrance includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI and FSI Regions. OSEO is a public institution whose mission is to support innovation and growth of SMEs. CDC Entreprises is a management company that invests directly or indirectly in SMEs and ETIs at all stages of their development. FSI is an investment fund established by the French government in 2008 to help French companies seeking stable investors to finance their development projects and FSI Régions is a management company which provides regional investment capital. In 2013, OSEO will become Bpifrance Financement and Bpifrance Investissement will regroup CDC Entreprises, FSI and FSI régions. CDC Entreprises, FSI and FSI Régions will merge to become Bpifrance Investment.