Michel Desbard

OneAccess SA designs, manufactures and markets broadband access equipment for telecommunications carriers and corporate networks. The firm’s products include multi-service access routers and carrier Ethernet devices and WAN optimization appliances. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Clamart, France.

Supertec SAS specializes in point-of-purchase advertising and point-of-sale communication tools. It allows clients to create statistics on customer behaviors, measure promotions efficiency, evaluate the number of lost sales, measure the customer interest for each product, and act in real-time on product assortments. Supertec SAS was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Échirolles, France.

Perigee is a software editor, headquartered in France. The Perigee Software Suite jumpstarts the production of catalogues, brochures, websites, POS, and other content-critical publications by centralising information, facilitating team collaboration and repurposing the maximum amount of content possible. PSS is modular and very adaptable to different types of businesses as well as remote teams or subcontracting. In addition to the Perigee Software Suite (PSS), it also provide a full range of professional services to help clients implement best-practice methods as well as to support of growing number of solutions.

ASK SA designs, manufactures and markets identification solutions. Its products include: contactless cards, tickets, RFID tags, inlays, contactless readers and couplers for public transport, access control, object and people identification, payment and electronic documents such as e-drivers licenses, e-identity cards, or electronic and biometric passports. The company was founded by Bruno Moreau and Georges Kayanakis in 1997 and is headquartered in Sophia-Antipolis, France.

Part of SSCV Investments SARL, DST Holding SAS operates as a holding French company.

AdRoxx, Inc. provides big data related to geo-targeted information to advertisers. The private company is based in San Jose, CA.

FittingBox SA provides interactive solutions and digital contents to the eyewear industries. It builds and maintains the largest database of 3D views of frames for virtual try-on solutions. The firm also provides web modules that allow visitors to website to try on, in just a few clicks, entire eyewear collection will be presented on photos. The company was founded by Ariel Choukroun and Benjamin Hakoun in August 2006 and is headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Teem Photonics SA manufactures optical network components. The firm specializes in Q-switched micro lasers as well as photonics integrated circuits based on ion exchange technology. Its products are used in a variety of industrial and biophotonics applications includes fluorescence, spectroscopy, gem marking, microdissection, communications, ranging, and as seeds for fiber lasers and supercontinuum generation. The company was founded by Antoine Kévorkian and Denis Barbier in 1998 and is headquartered in Meylan, France.

VPSA SAS is a global private equity investment firm specialized in early-stage investing, and a subsidiary of the Californian venture capital firm GAC-Global Asset Capital, LLC. VPSA is headquartered in Paris with an American office in Silicon Valley and an Asian representation in Singapore. Previously named Viventures Partners, the firm was established in 1998 by Vivendi SA (XP: VIV), a leading French media conglomerate formerly known as Vivendi Universal. In 2003 VPSA was acquired by GAC in association with Hamilton Lane Advisors. VPSA manages international venture capital funds. Their clientele comprises financial institutions, high-net worth private individuals and blue-chip industrial corporations with a significant interest in technology. Their investors are in Europe, the US and Asia.

National Semiconductor (Maine), Inc. develops and manufactures silicon diffused transistors and other semiconductor devices. The company was founded on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in South Portland, ME.

LBO France Gestion SAS (LBO France) is one of the oldest independent private equity firms in France. Established in 1985, the firm manages leveraged buyout transactions through their small-cap, mid-cap and real estate funds. Headquartered in Paris, LBO France primarily targets French firms or companies which are based or which transact most of their business in France.

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. designs, develops and markets analog discrete, logic, and non-volatile memory semiconductors. The company was founded by Gordon E. Moore, C. Sheldon Roberts, Eugene Kleiner, Robert N. Noyce, Victor H. Grinich, Julius Blank, Jean A. Hoerni and Jay T. Last on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.