Laurent Assaraf

Ventech SA is part of the venture capital arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Private Equity (NPE), which in turn is a subsidiary of Paris-based Natixis SA (XP: KN). Ventech was established in 1998 and is located in Paris. The firm specializes in technology venture capital investing. Ventech manages venture capital funds for a clientele of European institutional investors, with NPE as their sponsor. The firm relies on international strategic alliances with seeding funds and venture capital firms in Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Japan and the US.

Turenne Capital Partenaires SA (Turenne Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Turenne Associés SA founded in 1999 by Aymard de Lasteyrie. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Physio-Assist SAS develops an expertise in bronchial mucus analysis and clearance. The company was founded by Adrien Mithalal on September 17, 2012 and is headquartered in Aix en Provence, France.

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.

Eye Tech Care SA develops medical devices for non-invasive eye disease treatment. It offers an ultrasound device which offers a non-invasive treatment that utilizes the ultrasound circular cyclo-coagulation procedure that reduces the intraocular pressure in refractory glaucoma. The firm serves the ophthalmology market in France and Europe. The company was founded by Fabrice Romano, Laurent Farcy and Philippe Chapuis in 2008 and is headquartered in Rillieux-la-Pape, France.

Millendo Therapeutics SAS provides pharmaceutical research services. It engages in the development of biopharmaceutical drugs, proteins and peptides for the treatment of metabolic diseases and rare diseases. The company was founded by Thierry Abribat, André de Villers, Ezio Ghigo and Aart Jan van der Lely on April 23, 2007 and is headquartered in Ecully, France.

Themis Bioscience GmbH operates as a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of prophylactic vaccinations from preclinical to early clinical phase. The firm focuses on the prevention of tropical infectious diseases. Its proprietary Themaxyn technology platform, in-licensed from Paris-based Institute Pasteur, forms the basis of all of the company's vaccine candidates. The company was founded by Erich Tauber in 2009 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Intrexon ActoBiotics NV manufactures biopharmaceutical products. It focuses on the development and commercialization of a new generation of biological drugs. The company represents a novel concept for oral administration of therapeutic proteins, and is designed to be safer and more effective than injectable biopharmaceuticals. Intrexon Actobioticswas founded by Mark Vaeck, Emil Pot and Bernard Coulie in June 2006 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Covagen AG engages in the research in as well as development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products and technologies. The company was founded by Julian Bertschinger and Dragan Grabulovski in 2007 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale provides medical services. The firm specializes in biomedical research and public health research. The company is headquartered in Paris, Cedex, France.

Founded in 2004, Cellerix is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative treatments based on cell therapy. Cellerix was founded within the Genetrix Group, group of biotechnology companies specialising in biomedicine. The Genetrix Group began its activities in 2001 at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB), which belongs to the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). One of the main objectives of Genetrix is to convert basic research results into therapeutic realities. Cellerix is leading the development of a new generation of medicines using expanded adult stem cells from adipose tissue (eASCs). Development is at a clinically advanced stage and the results from clinical trials in Phase I and II have been very promising. Obtaining these eASCs has big advantages because the process makes use of tissue that is almost always discarded from surgical procedures such as liposuction. eASCs have the capacity to activate physiological repair mechanisms through interaction with affected tissue. This technology represents a revolution in the treatment of some diseases that cannot satisfactorily be cured at present. Cellerix is working actively to adapt this new therapeutic strategy to treat autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. The main goal of the company is to market new tools for treating these diseases, which have a considerable negative impact of the quality of life of the sufferers. Cellerix also researches and develops medicines in other areas such as the development of skin equivalents, which are initially intended for the treatment of hereditary diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa.

BioVex, Inc. develops vaccines for the treatment of cancer and the prevention of chronic infectious diseases. Its products include OncoVEX oncolytic and ImmunoVEX technology. The company was founded in 1999 by Dr. Robert Coffin and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Sofimac Innovation SAS is an independent, early-stage venture capital firm which was created in 1998 by Eric Harlé and Didier Moret. Headquartered in Paris, France, Sofimac Innovation manages venture capital funds which provide equity financing for start-ups and early-stage companies in the Information and Communication Technologies (Software, SaaS, Multimedia and Telecom) sector.