Xavier Deleplace

Odyssée is a private equity investment manager investing in direct equity as well as in third-party mutual funds. The firm's direct investments focus on sectors including information technology, life sciences, and innovation-based industry. They acquire minority interests and seek board representation. They advise their portfolio companies on key hires, strategic decisions, financing structuring, acquisitions and entry into international markets, but avoid interfering with operational management. Odyssée describes their investment approach as flexible. The firm invests between EUR 500 thousand and EUR 7 million per deal, targeting businesses with up to EUR 50 million in turnover. They focus on innovation-based companies with high growth potential, and aim to help them become market leaders. They invest across development stages, including in startups, expansion financing and pre-IPO companies. Odyssée's targeted investment horizon is two to seven years.

Crédit Mutuel invests in small and medium sized companies located in Europe. The firm focuses across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for early, growth and buyout transactions.

CM-CIC Innovation invests in companies located in France. The firm targets companies operating in deeptech, software & IT and health sectors. It provides financing for early stage transactions, It acts as a lead investor.

BPIfrance Investissement is an active manager focused on small, medium and intermdiate-sized businesses with high-growth potential. They favor sectors related to industry and technology and focus on investments in France. The firm invests either directly through dedicated investment funds or indirectly through private equity funds, partnerships and fund of funds managed by third parties. They invest across development stages, from start-ups to small LBO operations resulting from corporate succession issues. Their deal-sourcing process is both regional and national.

Provides wireless network solutions

Provides care taking services to elderly and handicapped people

BTI invests in startups in the telecommunications sector, in the form of direct equity. They focus on three investment themes, namely 1) convergence of mobile and fixed networks; 2) machine to machine communication, connected objects; and 3) Internet services providers. They may invest before or after the incubation stage, and favor projects which are highly innovative as well as original. Their chief contribution to the growth of their portfolio companies consists in providing incubation space as well as access to research facilities and expertise within the Bouygues group. They support their portfolio companies through technology, testing platforms in particular, but also in terms of market research, marketing, human resources, legal advisory and reporting. BTI aims for some of their investee companies to become part of Bouygues Telecom in the medium term.

Provides e-marketing and merchandising solutions

Provides communication services