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Part of Merck KGaA, Serono Genetics Institute SA is a French biotechnology company specializing in synthetic DNA and genetic analysis. The company is based in Paris, France. The company was founded in 1989 by Pascal Brandys. Serono Genetics Institute was acquired by Serono SA on September 23, 2002 for $65.82 million.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Auriga Partners SA (Auriga) is an independent, management-owned venture capital firm which was founded by Patrick Bamas, Jacques Chatain and Bernard Daugeras in 1998. Headquartered in Paris, the firm's core activity is enterprise creation. In addition to providing a network of contacts capable of accelerating internationalization, and furthering strategic partnerships and business deals, Auriga manages several seed and early-stage funds specializing in information technology and life sciences.

Alpha Private Equity Funds Management Co Sarl (Alpha) is the French office of the independent European private equity firm which was established in 1985. Headquartered in Paris, the firm's additional local advisory offices are in Frankfurt, Milan and Monaco. Alpha acquires family-owned companies or spin-off divisions of large corporations through LBO transactions and manages several investment funds for world-class institutions, including pension funds, funds of funds, foundations and insurance companies.

Domain Therapeutics SA discovers and develops drug candidates targeting G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) in all major therapeutic fields. The firm?s products include technologies, such as DTect-All and BioSens-All. Its services encompass allosteric modulators identification, biased ligands selection, orphan and historically intractable GPCRs address and high throughput screening campaign. The company was founded by Maurice Isra?l, Pierre Potier, Bernard Jacques Alex Gilly, Yves Dunant and Pascal Neuville in 2008 and is headquartered in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.

Galia Gestion SAS (Galia Gestion) is a regional French private equity firm which was created in 2002 to provide capital for small- to medium-sized businesses in the Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées regions. Located in Bordeaux, Galia Gestion manages the Galia Investissements 1 and Expanso Investissements FCPRs, the Galia PME 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 FIPs, Galia Poitou Charentes FIP and Galia Venture, a venture capital firm, for institutional investors.

XAnge Capital SCR invests in companies with strong growth potential dedicated to postal-related businesses, notably the service and IT sectors. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of electronic communications & commerce, document handling, web services, logistics, and local services. It acquires substantial minority positions as a lead or co-lead investor and provides capital for buyouts, LBOs and growth financing transactions. The geographical focus includes primarily Europe, as well as North America and Israel. Its investment size ranges between €0.5 and €6 million. It seeks a seat on the board of directors of portfolio companies.

LTV Gelbe Seiten AG provides a telephony guide and is ultimately controlled by the Government of Switzerland. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

France Biotech Association is an independent association founded in 1997 that brings together healthtech entrepreneurs and their expert partners. The non-profit company is based in Paris, France. The association actively contributes to meeting the many challenges of the healthtech industry, such as companies' financing, innovation-related taxes, regulatory and market access related issues. It offers concrete competition and solutions through its commissions and working groups to help startups and SMEs become international leaders capable of rapidly developing and bringing innovative solutions to patients. The French company was founded by Philippe Pouletty, Pascal Brandys, Denis J. Lucquin.

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.

CYTOO SA operates as a contract research organization which develops physiological cell-based assays. It focuses on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing new technologies for cell analysis for life sciences research community. The company has offices in Bethesda and Grenoble. The company was founded by François Chatelain, Alexandra Fuchs and Jacques Lewiner in 2008 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

Convertigo SAS provides Internet related software. It delivers a secured and scalable disruptive all-in-one solution, integrating rapid cross platform mobile development tools and a powerful MBaaS covering challenging backend enablement, featuring a middleware optimized for mobility. The company was founded by Olivier Picciotto and Jean-Michel Cohen in 1994 and is headquartered in Orsay, France.

BonitaSoft SA develops open source software. It also provides open source business process management solutions. The firm's product, Bonita open solution, is an open source BPM solution that designs, develops, executes, and monitors business processes; Bonita Studio, a BPM notation solution for drawing processes graphically; and Bonita execution engine with Bonita open solution for integrating new services or BPM standards as they emerge. The company was founded by Rodrigue Le Gall, Charles Souillard, and Miguel Valdes-Faura in 2001 and is headquartered in Boulogne, France.

Linkeo.com SA provides information and technology services. It designs and maintains websites for business, support and search engine optimizing purposes. The firm provides search, social and digital advertising in helping small and medium local businesses. The company was founded by Jérôme Callec and Frédéric in March 2000 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Directories LLC provides telephone directory publishing services. The private company is based in Bumpliz, Switzerland.

Quadient Technologies BV supplies office equipment. The firm offers folder inserters. The company is headquartered in Drachten, the Netherlands.

eXo Platform SAS provides information technology products and services. Its offers private cloud hosting, professional services, on-demand services, services packages, and training. The company was founded by Benjamin Mestrallet in 2003 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Part of Alphabet, Inc., local.ch AG is a Swiss online directory company. The company is based in Bern, Switzerland. The company was founded by Dorian Selz.

iDbyMe SA sells clothes online. It provides online shopping related services. The firm offers sweaters, short cardigans, long and short vests, shirts, leather jackets, tops, dresses and coats. It provides to its customers the possibility to submit their own clothing designs. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Germitec SA engages in the research, design, and marketing of medical hygiene systems. It develops Antigermix, which is used in disinfecting heat-sensitive medical instruments. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.

Swisscom Directories AG provides marketing and advertising services. The firm operates Swiss directory platforms. It also offers professional website creation, online advertising materials and campaigns, as well as online appointment booking and customer management systems. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

West Web Valley SAS (West Web Valley) is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in France.

DME Communication SAS, trading as Avoloi, develops a legal assistance platform. It offers a database, that includes a listing of available lawyers. The company was founded by Maxime Delauney in 2012 and is headquartered in Nantes, France.

TechLife Capital SAS is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Jacques Rossignol, Grégoire Cayatte and Henry Huyghues Despointes. TechLife Capital SAS is headquartered in Paris.