Jean-Frédéric Chibret

Essilor of America, Inc. manufactures lenses and eyeglasses. Its products includes lenses for people with presbyopia; anti-reflective lenses; progressive lenses; eye shape designed lenses; impact resistant lenses; thinner and flatter lenses; and transitions lenses. The firm also offers educational programs and consulting services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Eurazeo Investment Managr - EIM SA (Eurazeo IM) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1997 by Christophe Bavière and part of the Eurazeo Group. Eurazeo Investment Manager - EIM SA is headquartered in Paris with additional offices in Frankfurt, Shanghai and Seoul. The firm is formerly known as Idinvest Partners SA, former AGF Private Equity SA.

Essilor Canada Ltd. manufactures contact lenses, eye glasses and other eye products. The company's trademark product, Varilux, helps in correction of presbyopia. It was founded in 1972 and is located in Sainte-Foy, Canada

CropDesign NV develops traits for cereal crops. It delivers agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. The firm focuses on enhancing grain yield in crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Its platform, TraitMill, lows evaluating the effect of genes on the performance of plants under different growing conditions, including drought and low nutrient stress. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Blgium.

Genzyme Genetics, Inc. provides laboratory testing and diagnostic services specifically for reproductive and oncology tests. It provides tests for cystic fibrosis carriers and cancers. The company is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Omnes Capital SAS /Venture/ is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Omnes Capital SAS founded in 1999. Omnes Capital /Venture/ is headquartered in Paris.

The French-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) is a non-profit, member-driven organization founded in 1985. The non-profit company is based in Atlanta, GA. The FACC is part of a network of 18 French-American chambers representing over 5,000 companies nationwide in all major industries. The company is also a proud member of CCI International, an international network of 124 French chambers of commerce in 95 countries, representing over 37,000 members worldwide. The FACC's mission is to promote, support, and enhance business opportunities among the French-American business community throughout the Southeast of the United States. The company provides opportunities for members to network, connect, collaborate, and learn from one another through events and programs. The FACC is the main professional forum and business resource for French companies and their leaders doing business in and with the Southeast of the United States, and for companies in the Southeast of the United States doing business in and with France. The company also provides a range of trade services to their local members and to French businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to develop their business in the Southeast of the United States.

Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. develops medicines for the treatment of genetic diseases. The company was founded on July 7, 1988 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company offers solutions for attention deficit & hyperactivity disorder, human genetic therapies, gastrointestinal, and renal diseases. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA

Tc Land Expression SA operates as a molecular diagnostic company. It focuses on the development and commercialisation of tests aimed at monitoring patients with immunological conditions. The firm specializes in the area of organ transplantation and immune mediated disorders. Its development programs encompass RA-INF-Dx, IMD Dx2, IMD Dx3, and L-TolX. The company was founded by Marina Guillet and Alain Huriez in November 2002 and is headquartered in Huningue, France.

Part of EssilorLuxottica SA, EOA Holding Co., Inc. is an American company that manufactures and distributes lenses and ophthalmic optical products.

Enterome SA develops personalized medical-tests and diagnostics. The firm profiles human gut microbiome to improve management of microbiome-related disease. It primarily specializes in research adn development focusing on disease management. The company was founded by Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Transitions Optical, Inc. manufactures photochromic ophthalmic lenses. It offers its products through eye care professionals and retail locations. The firm offers eyeglass lenses and sunglasses and shields. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Pinellas Park, FL.

Kurma Partners SA (KP) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Thierry Laugel. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Kurma Biofund seeks investment opportunities in life science and biotechnology companies located in Europe. The investments are done in cooperation with medical institutes and universities such as Institut Pasteur and Institut Curie. Its investment size ranges between €0.10 and €6 million.

Maisons & Cités d'HLM provides real estate services. It offers builds social housing, as well as offers renting, selling, and buying of properties. The company was founded on December 31, 1985 and is headquartered in Douai, France.

Meiogenix SAS operates as a biotech company which develops breeding technologies. Its technology allows the modulation of the homologous recombination in eukaryotic cells. It facilitates the natural process that introduces genetic diversity in organisms allowing the generation of novel natural varieties. The company was founded by Giacomo Bastianelli and Alain Nicolas in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

PathoQuest SAS provides diagnostic development services for cancer and infectious diseases. Its services include viral safety testing, adventitious virus detection in cell lines under development and in Master Cell Banks, adventitious virus detection in viral stocks, and identify of the sequences of murine sarcoma virus. The company was founded by Luc Boblet and Marc Eloit on September 14, 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Minoryx Therapeutics SL engages in the development of drugs for the orphan genetic diseases of the central nervous system. The company was founded by Marc Martinell, Joan Aymami, Nigel Ten Fleming and Xavier Barril in 2011 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Amolyt Pharma SAS engages in development of biopharmaceutical drugs, proteins and peptides for the treatment of metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Thierry Abribat in 2014 and is headquartered in Ecully, France.

V-Bio Ventures BV is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2015 by Christina Takke and Willem Broekaert. V-Bio Ventures BV is headquartered in Ghent.

BliNK Biomedical SAS is a French company that specializes in cutting-edge technology for identifying rare antibody-secreting cells from humans and other species. The company is based in Marseille, France. The company's technology is based on validated platforms, isaac and vivascreen, which provide a highly efficient and deep mining process. The CEO of the company is Jack Elands.

Dynacure SA is a clinical-stage company, which engages in developing and commercializing novel therapies to transform the lives of patients with rare diseases who have limited or no treatment options. Its product includes, DYN101, an antisense oligonucleotide, or ASO, designed to be a disease-modifying medicine for treatment of the majority of ntronuclear myopathies patients with multiple mutations in adult and pediatric populations. The company was founded by Belinda Cowling in 2016 and is headquartered in Illikirch-Graffenstaden, France.

Orano Med SAS is a French biotechnology company that utilizes nuclear technology to develop new therapies for cancer patients with resistant forms of cancer. The company is based in Châtillon, France, and the CEO of the company is Julien Dodet. The company specializes in targeted alpha therapy treatments, which combines biological molecules to target cancer cells with the properties of lead-212 (212pb) to destroy them while limiting the impact on surrounding healthy cells. Orano Med has formed collaborations with prestigious institutions and biopharmaceutical companies to develop several treatments using 212pb combined with various targeting agents. The company has 212pb manufacturing facilities, laboratories, and R&D centers in France and the United States and is currently investing to expand its GMP-manufacturing capacities for 212pb radiolabeled pharmaceuticals. Orano Med is ultimately controlled by the Government of France.

Part of V-Bio Ventures BV, V-Bio Management 1 BV functions as an investment holding Belgian company. The company is based in Ghent, Belgium.

Argobio SAS is a start-up studio founded in 2021 and based in Paris, FR. The company was initiated by Kurma Partners, a leading healthcare venture capital firm based in France, and Bpifrance, the French national investment bank. The French company aims to nurture and launch at least five breakthrough biotech companies over the next five years by sourcing innovative early-stage projects from renowned European academic research institutions. The focus is on selected therapeutic areas, including rare diseases, neurological disorders, oncology, and immunology. Argobio will identify, select, and incubate these projects up to company creation and beyond, providing broad expertise in the discovery and development of novel drugs with a team of highly experienced biotech entrepreneurs. The internal team is led by Yves Ribeill, Neill Mackenzie, Poul Sørensen, and Rémi Soula. Thierry Laugel, Managing Partner at Partners, is the President of Argobio. Kurma and Bpifrance were joined by complementary strategic investors, Angelini Pharma, a private international pharmaceutical company, Evotec, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, and the Institut Pasteur, an internationally renowned center for biomedical research.

Reaction Capital (Reaction) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.