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              <strong>Paris, June 13 – Six months after a change of ownership, Size Factory, the French leader in men's plus sizes clothes, announces the acquisition of Capel, the historic premium player in the sector. Supported by LBO France, Size Factory is accelerating its development strategy in a fast-growing market. The new Capel-Size Factory group brings together the complementary expertise of the two leading brands in men's plus sizes in France, both strongly committed to inclusive and responsible ready-to-wear. Its ambition is to become the benchmark player in Europe.</strong><strong> </strong>\r\n
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              In the fashion sector, tall and overweight men are often forgotten, finding it very difficult to find products in their size in traditional ready-to-wear chains or brands. As a result, they tend to turn more to specialist players. Size Factory and Capel are the two main brands and stores in France exclusively dedicated to men who are not of the standard sizes: they dress tall and overweight men with sizes and cuts adapted to all morphologies: from 2XL to 10XL, and up to 2.20m. Inclusive by nature, they enable people who are often excluded from the clothing market to finally dress well.\r\n
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              <strong>Capel, the premium brand and pioneer in plus-size fashion</strong>\r\n
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              Founded in 1958, Capel is the pioneering brand in men's plus-size fashion in France. It offers tall and overweight men up to size 78 a complete, top-of-the-range and contemporary men's wardrobe, perfectly adapted to different morphologies thanks to its unique expertise in sizes and cuts. More than 55 different sizes are available for each model, offering the perfect combination of heights and widths to suit every exceptional stature.\r\n
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              Over the years, the brand's reputation has been built on strong values: product quality with exceptional fabrics and materials, cuts designed to guarantee absolute comfort and elegance in all circumstances, and seamless service in its shops.\r\n
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              Capel is committed to responsible fashion movement: the company develops products recognised for their quality and durability. It strives to locate its production in France and Europe to offer products that are more responsible and respectful of the environment: "Capel, fashion made in not far away".\r\n
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              <strong>Creation of the Capel-Size Factory group</strong>\r\n
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              With the acquisition of Capel, Size Factory achieves the initial development objectives formulated with LBO France, and creates the Capel-Size Factory group. This acquisition, entirely financed by Zencap, is a continuation of the impact financing put in place at the time of the LBO in December 2022. The achievement of ESG targets, determined in close collaboration with management and LBO France, will enable the group to accelerate its CSR strategy, with a consequent margin adjustment. The new group's ambition is to become the leading men's plus-size group in Europe, resolutely committed to inclusive and responsible fashion.\r\n
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              Capel-Size Factory now operates two brands with complementary positioning: Capel, the sector's premium brand, distributed in its three shops located on the finest shopping streets in Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg; and Size Factory, the multi-brand chain dedicated to men's plus sizes, present in 30 shops on the cities’ outskirts. The new group now brings together the best men's plus-size offering in France and the most expert teams in the market. Capel-Size Factory will thus have the resources to pursue a broader objective of international expansion, alongside LBO France, a multi-specialist investment platform.\r\n
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              Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner in charge of LBO France Small Caps activity:<em> "Six months after acquiring a stake in Size Factory, we have already reached a new step in our strategic development. We are particularly pleased to be supporting Capel-Size Factory on this new growth path and to be playing our part in reinventing the ready-to-wear sector, in favour of a more responsible and inclusive fashion."</em>\r\n
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              Ambroise Fondeur, CEO of Capel-Size Factory: <em>"The acquisition of Capel should enable us to create the reference group for men's plus sizes in France and Europe. It's an ideal marriage between Capel, the historic player that has developed a strong brand, and Size Factory, the leading specialist player in the sector. By combining the unique expertise of the two teams, we will be strengthening our group and our ability to provide even better clothing for tall and overweight men in France, and globally in the future.”</em>\r\n
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              <strong><u>About Size Factory</u></strong>\r\n
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              Size Factory is France's leading brand for men's plus sizes. With its e-commerce site and its network of 30 shops, the company exclusively distributes a wide range of major brands and own brands. Its digital and omnichannel strategy has enabled it to achieve steady growth in its business and very high levels of customer satisfaction. The company places CSR at the heart of its model and has already developed a second-hand clothing business. Founded in 2011 and now headed by Ambroise Fondeur, the company employs 100 people and has achieved a turnover of more than €20m during the 2021/2022 fiscal year.\r\n
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              <strong><u>About Capel</u></strong>\r\n
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              Capel is the pioneering premium brand for men's plus sizes clothes in France. Founded in 1958, Capel is recognised as the top-of-the-range brand for plus-size fashion. With its unique expertise, it offers its customers, whether tall or overweight a complete wardrobe with the most beautiful cuts, the most beautiful fabrics, the greatest comfort and an unrivalled quality of service in its shops. Capel: Elegance. Without limits.\r\n
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              Capel had a turnover of €5m in 2022 and employs 20 people.\r\n
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              <strong><u>About LBO France</u></strong>\r\n
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              A pioneer in private equity in France, LBO France is today a leading multi-specialist and multi-country investment platform. Active in Private Equity, Real Estate, Venture and Listed Investment, the Company has been expanding for several years its activities in Europe, especially in Italy via its subsidiary Polis Fondi SGR, as well as on the African continent via its subsidiary CGF bourse. Wholly owned by its managers, LBO France is one of the founding members of the International Climate Initiative and one of the first signatories of the France Invest charter for parity.\r\n
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              <strong>Find out more: </strong><a href="http://www.lbofrance.com"><strong>www.lbofrance.com</strong></a>\r\n
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              <strong><em><u> </u></em></strong>\r\n
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              <strong><em><u>Media contacts</u></em></strong>\r\n
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              <em>Antoine Denry: +33 (0)6 18 07 83 27 / </em><a href="mailto:antoine.denry@taddeo.fr"><em>antoine.denry@taddeo.fr</em></a>\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>Julia Paget: +33 (0)6 38 55 68 78 / </em><a href="mailto:julia.paget@taddeo.fr"><em>julia.paget@taddeo.fr</em></a>
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              Paris, [May 23rd] 2023 – LBO France, a multi-specialist investment platform, announces the signature of a 9-year firm lease with CDC Informatique on the entire NETWORK 2 office building in Bagneux via its White Stone VII fund, the second phase of an office development program initiated by LBO France in 2018 with the acquisition of the neighbouring Network 1 building.\r\n
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              Located at the entrance to the city of Bagneux, in the immediate vicinity of metro line 4 and RER B stations "Laplace" and "Arcueil Cachan", the NETWORK 2 building offers 16,000 sq.m of office space organised around 2 interior gardens, multiple spaces dedicated to services on the ground floor and an attic space with a roof-top of over 300 sq.m.\r\n
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              At the forefront of this eco-district, which is about to complete its full redevelopment, NETWORK 2 offers CDC Group's IT services teams a new location with a strong architectural identity and exceptional visibility, where they will move into in S1 2024.\r\n
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              Owned since the end of 2020 by LBO France (via its White Stone VII fund) and CDC Investissement Immobilier (on behalf of the Caisse des Dépôts) from the developers Codic and Nexity, this new complex, which is committed to an ecological and responsible approach, benefits from HQE ("Excellent" level) and BREEAM ("Excellent" level) certifications and environmental labels to offer an energy performance in line with RT 2012 - 30%, while also benefiting from a WiredScore "Platinum" level certification.\r\n
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              In line with the ESG commitments of LBO France and CDC Investissement Immobilier, these certifications will be supplemented, in collaboration with the future user, by several initiatives in terms of accessibility for people with reduce mobility, equipment for electric vehicles, additional services and catering areas.\r\n
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              Julien Rouillon, Managing Director, LBO France: "We are very pleased to welcome the CDC Informatique teams to NETWORK 2, of which the construction works have just been completed. This lease confirms our belief in the attractiveness of the Bagneux sector, which is currently undergoing a major renewal. It also rewards the particular attention paid by our teams and those of our partners to\r\n
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              the ESG issues that make up tomorrow's real estate and to the need to reinvent office spaces into sustainable and attractive places for users seeking quality and flexibility”.\r\n
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              Philippe Jeanneau, Executive Chairman of CDC Informatique, said: "This new location represents a true opportunity for CDC Informatique to embody our values and thus reflect our technological expertise and our commitment to the CDC Group.”\r\n
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              Within the framework of this sale, LBO France (Julien ROUILLON) was advised by ALLEN &amp; OVERY (Jean-Dominique CASALTA and Corentin DOLIVET) and ROM (Hervé ROUX), technical advisor and AMO of the operation.\r\n
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              About LBO France\r\n
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              A pioneer in private equity in France, LBO France is today a leading multi-specialist investment platform with €5.4 billion under management including participating interests in Twenty-First Capital in France and Polis Fondi SGR in Italy. Its investment strategy is based on five distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: Mid and Small Cap LBO, Digital Health Venture, Real Estate and Proptech, Infrastructure Debt, and Listed Investment. For several years, the Company has expanded its activities in Europe, particularly in Italy with teams in Milan and Rome, as well as on the African continent. Wholly owned by its managers, LBO France is one of the founding members of the International Climate Initiative and one of the first signatories of the France Invest charter for parity.\r\n
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              Find out more: www.lbofrance.com Press\r\n
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              Agence Taddeo\r\n
              Antoine Denry : +33 (0)6 18 07 83 27 / antoine.denry@taddeo.fr Julia Paget : +33 (0)6 38 55 68 78 / julia.paget@taddeo.fr\r\n
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              About CDC Investissement Immobilier\r\n
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              CDC Investissement Immobilier is the real estate investment management subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts. It manages a portfolio of more than € 10 billion of assets on behalf of the Institution, mainly comprising offices, PRS residential, retail, hotels and logistic platforms.\r\n
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              Active on the French and main European markets, CDC Investissement Immobilier invests mainly in value-creating transactions.\r\n
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              The majority of the portfolio managed by CDC Investissement Immobilier consists of assets wholly owned by Caisse des Dépôts or in club deals.\r\n
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              Malek Prat – service.presse@caissedesdepots.fr – +33 6 71 43 46 38 About CDC Informatique\r\n
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              Informatique CDC, subsidiary of Group Caisse des Dépôts is a key player in IT services and digital trust\r\n
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              Press\r\n
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              Malek Prat – service.presse@caissedesdepots.fr – +33 6 71 43 46 38\r\n
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              <strong>Paris, January 26 – hemea, an architecture and renovation studio, has received the support of two trusted investors to accelerate its development and support its ambitions in the renovation market. LBO France and Daphni are investing €10 million in the company, which has experienced notable growth since its creation in 2015. The two investors are banking on the renovation market, a sector driven by new energy regulations and the desire of individuals to improve their homes.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>The added value of the hemea concept, the human digital</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              hemea offers support to private individuals from the design to the completion of architectural, renovation, elevation or extension projects. The company's strength is that it has rethought the often stressful "refurbishment works" experience by combining digital technology with direct support on the building site. The client is thus accompanied from A to Z by architects, project managers and support experts who facilitate and secure the completion of the work.\r\n
              \r\n
              With 90 employees so far, the company has already completed more than 3,000 projects.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Objective: to become the reference for renovation in France by 2025</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              With 9 agencies in France, hemea intends to continue its development and cover the entire French territory by 2025. It is based on a solid business model, which enables the company to be profitable in Paris and Lyon, the first two cities in which it has established.\r\n
              \r\n
              Thanks to a tailor-made offer, adapted to the specificities of the local market, the Company generates remarkable results in a competitive market.\r\n
              \r\n
              Its ambition, based on a strong social and environmental project, has enabled it to raise €10 million from LBO France and Daphni. These two investors share a common approach: support companies that are committed, meaningful and focused on environmental issues.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A growing renovation market driven by energy efficiency</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              The fundraising will enable hemea to develop a specific offer in favour of energy renovation because renovation is taking over from new construction!\r\n
              \r\n
              This is one of the main trends of the Opinionway<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> study carried out in 2021 for hemea and Artemis Courtage, which reveals that 3 out of 5 French people are planning to buy a main home requiring work and are therefore prioritising renovation over construction.\r\n
              \r\n
              hemea is committed to supporting private individuals in their renovation projects while providing them with sound advice on the importance of energy renovation. Supported and surrounded by trusted partners and contractors with the hemea label, the company offers a certified service to meet the growing expectations in this area. A structurally buoyant market, renovation will also be strongly supported in the coming months and years by the new legislation introduced at the beginning of the year, which prohibits the rental of energy sieves.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>Yann Depoys, managing director of hemea et Matthieu Burin, president and founder of hemea </em>“<em>As CEO and founder of hemea, I am very proud of this milestone with renowned investors and I am convinced that this fundraising will allow us to continue to grow and innovate in order to offer even more value to our customers and to our entire ecosystem</em>” said Matthieu Burin, president and founder of hemea.\r\n
              \r\n
              Stéphanie Casciola, CEO of LBO France and Head of Real Estate and Proptech said: <em>“With hemea, we are completing the fourth investment of Newstone, our impact fund dedicated to Proptech. The demand for property renovation, and more specifically the demand for energy-efficient renovation of these properties, is huge. LBO France is mobilising all of its knowledge and experience in this field to accelerate the development of hemea, a fast-growing company that enables people to project themselves into a greener habitat.”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              Laura Panquet, Director of Proptech Investment, adds: “<em>The challenges of renovation are massive and individuals are often helpless when faced with the complexity of a project. We chose to support hemea in its growth because the startup has found the solution to provide its customers with a very high level of services: develop the loyalty of quality contractors by providing them with digital tools that simplify their day-to-day work.”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              “<em>hemea is a player that has emerged as a trusted third party in the world of renovation work, providing the necessary guarantee of quality to satisfy the platform's customers. We are very pleased to continue to participate in financing growth, particularly in the energy renovation segment, which is one of the main levers identified to slowdown climate change</em>”, emphasise Pierre-Yves Meerschman and Stanislas Lot of daphni.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong><u>About LBO France </u></strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              A pioneer in private equity in France, LBO France is today a leading multi-specialist investment platform with €5.4 billion under management including participating interests in Twenty-First Capital in France and Polis Fondi SGR in Italy. Its investment strategy is based on five distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: Mid and Small Cap LBO, Digital Health Venture, Real Estate and Proptech, Infrastructure Debt, and Listed Investment. For several years, the Company has expanded its activities in Europe, particularly in Italy with teams in Milan and Rome, as well as on the African continent. Wholly owned by its managers, LBO France is one of the founding members of the International Climate Initiative and one of the first signatories of the France Invest charter for parity. <strong>Find out more: </strong><a href="http://www.lbofrance.com"><strong>www.lbofrance.com</strong></a>\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> <em>Étude Opinionway hemea et Artemis Courtage “</em><em>Travaux immobiliers : quelles tendances chez les Français?” : </em><a href="https://www.hemea.com/fr/qui-sommes-nous/presse/etude-opinionway-hemea-travaux"><em>https://www.hemea.com/fr/qui-sommes-nous/presse/etude-opinionway-hemea-travaux</em></a>
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              <h2 style="text-align: center;">LBO France invests as a majority shareholder in Size Factory, the French leader in men's plus sizes clothes</h2>\r\n
              <strong>Paris, December 13 – LBO France announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Size Factory, a company specialising in men's plus size fashion, alongside the management team and co-founders. This transaction is the sixth investment of its Small Caps Opportunities II fund, dedicated to the development of French and Italian SMEs. The themes of inclusiveness and circular economy, which are part of the company's DNA, reflect LBO France's ESG and climate commitment. With this transaction, Size Factory intends to expand its retail network in France and in Europe and to strengthen its online presence.</strong>\r\n
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              Since 2011, Size Factory has specialised in men's plus size fashion, first by offering high-end clothing online, then by extending its network of physical shops. Size Factory distinguishes itself from other players thanks to its premium positioning and its wide range of products, made up of both well-known brands and its own brands. The brand is now the leading dedicated e-commerce site and the leading specialist network with 28 points of sale in France, while showing strong profitability.\r\n
              Size Factory offers a range of clothing from 2XL to 8XL for overweight and tall men, thus meeting a demand that is poorly addressed by traditional players, particularly in the off-line segment. Tall and overweight men find at Size Factory the adapted offer of quality clothing and the personalized advice they need: Size Factory contributes to the well-being and self-affirmation of its customers.\r\n
              This market segment is currently worth more than 1 billion euros in France, including approximately €600 million in the mid and premium segments that the company is targeting.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Strengthening its leadership position in France and duplicate the model at the European level</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              With this capital reorganisation, Size Factory aims at expanding its retail network in France and in Europe and thus develop its presence in the overweight and tall man market.\r\n
              At the same time, Size Factory intends to capitalise on its very high quality of service by reinforcing its omnichannel distribution strategy, which enriches the customer’s experience and increases the number of purchasing possibilities.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Affirm and amplify its commitment to a circular economy</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              This operation should also enable Size Factory to extend its commitment to a circular economy, with the development of a second-hand clothing sales activity. Launched a few months ago, the Troc Your Size application allows exchanges between individuals based on a Vinted-like model, and is intended to become the reference application in the large size segment.\r\n
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              <strong>Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner in charge of LBO France Small Caps activity, said: "</strong><em>We are particularly pleased to lead this transaction. Size Factory is a unique player in France, in a market where supply is scarce, and demand is increasingly strong. Indeed, Size Factory contributes significantly to the well-being and self-affirmation of its customers. Size Factory is also committed to responsible and sustainable fashion and is fully in line with LBO France's strategic positioning on ESG and climate challenges.</em><strong>"</strong>\r\n
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              <strong>Ambroise Fondeur, CEO of Size Factory since the beginning of 2022 and a personal investor in this fundraising, said: "</strong><em>We are delighted to open this new chapter in our development alongside a recognised player like LBO France. This partnership opens up exciting new prospects for Size Factory, amongst the consolidation of its presence on the French market and the development of its model in other European countries.</em><strong>"</strong>\r\n
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              &nbsp;\r\n
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              <h2 style="text-align: center;">LBO France strengthens its digital health team and consolidates its European ambitions with the recruitment of Matthes Seeling as Investment Director based in Berlin</h2>\r\n
              <strong>Paris, October 7, 2022 - As a multi-specialist investment platform, LBO France has developed a Venture - Digital Health activity since 2016 through its SISA and Digital Health 2 funds. The arrival of Matthes Seeling, a medical doctor and Medtech specialist, who will be based in Berlin, will enable the Digital Health team to continue its development in Europe and, in particular, to take advantage of investment opportunities in digital health offered by the DACH region by having a local presence.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As part of its platform strategy, LBO France is developing in-depth expertise in market segments identified as promising. In digital health, LBO France supports companies in the late stage of development whose ambition is to contribute to improving healthcare systems by becoming world leaders in their sector.\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France's Venture – Digital Health investment team has both sector and business expertise, being composed of doctors and tech specialists. A pioneer in this segment, it was one of the first in Europe to set up a specialized fund and has a track record of 20 investments in France and in the UK.\r\n
              \r\n
              The arrival of Matthes Seeling, a physician and Medtech specialist, will enable the Venture – Digital Health team to directly address companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), one of the most dynamic in Europe with approximately €2 billion in cumulative investments between 2010 and 2020 and about the same amount since 2020. By being based in Berlin, Matthes Seeling will be at the heart of one of Europe's most promising ecosystems in the medical field. With 40,000 new companies founded every year, Berlin has become one of the most attractive cities in Europe for start-ups, especially in the field of life sciences and digital health.\r\n
              \r\n
              Matthes Seeling holds a medical degree from the Freie Universität Berlin, a doctorate in medicine from the Charité Berlin and a master's degree in Health Systems Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He began his career within the German hospital group Vivantes as a physician in various Berlin sites.\r\n
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              He then joined Berlin's Charité University Hospital first as a specialist physician, before taking over the commercial management of the hospital's Center for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Operating Room Management. Since 2018, he held the position of Director Integrated Healthcare Solutions for Germany at Medtronic, a global American medical technology company. From 2009 to 2011, Matthes Seeling was a consultant and then Deputy Director at the German Hospital Federation.\r\n
              \r\n
              "<em>I am very pleased that Matthes Seeling is joining us. We are convinced that the DACH market has great potential in digital health, which we will be able to seize. Thanks to Matthes, we now have an office in Berlin. His</em>\r\n
              <em>international background and vision of tomorrow's healthcare will also be invaluable in our European ambition to support the dynamics of our Venture - Digital Health activities</em>" <strong>says Valéry Huot, Partner, Head of Venture - </strong><strong>Digital Health.</strong>
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>French construction tech startup Teamoty raises €3 million in Serie A led by </strong><strong>LBO France to expand in France and Europe</strong></h2>\r\n
              Paris, 27 September 2022 –<strong> Teamoty, a pioneer in the digitalisation of the supply chain for construction projects, has raised €3 million to accelerate the marketing of its software suite on the French and European markets. LBO France, a multi-specialist investment platform, is leading the round through NewStone, its impact fund dedicated to Proptech, together with Rise PropTech Fund and BTP Capital Investissement.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A new player in the sector for greater efficiency and positive impact on construction sites</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Founded in 2018, Teamoty has developed a software suite capable of digitising site logistics and thus enabling construction professionals to better control costs and deadline management, to improve project productivity, and to reduce the environmental footprint of sites that are very high CO2 and waste emitters. Teamoty's solutions meet an environmental challenge and have a particularly positive impact by limiting the number of deliveries, drastically reducing waste and promoting better recycling by optimising sorting management.\r\n
              \r\n
              In the construction sector, nearly 80% of projects are delivered late or end up over budget due to management tools that are not adapted to the complexity of the sites. To overcome this problem, Teamoty was one of the first in France to use Lean Construction techniques, which optimise the management of construction sites using collaborative management tools. This approach has already convinced more than 100 construction companies, including major players such as Bouygues and Spie Batignolles in France and BPC Group in Belgium. Already translated into 5 languages and tested in more than 11 countries by more than 5,000 users, the software suite is now\r\n
              ready for international deployment.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A digital offer to support the global transformation of the construction sector and to improve the attractiveness of the profession to young people</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              A software suite 100% dedicated to the planning and logistics of construction sites, Teamoty is not a simple digitalization solution, it also helps companies in the sector to transform themselves in a more global and sustainable way. Its solutions, which include two modules published in Saas mode, cover both upstream planning and real-time monitoring of the site, as well as logistics via supply management. They enable each of the trades to be coordinated in real time, to change the way they work together and ultimately to improve the performance of the sites. The aim is to create value and save resources: build faster, better and at lower cost. With this new tool, a real transformation of the sector is underway.\r\n
              \r\n
              Furthermore, solutions such as those offered by Teamoty actively contribute to improving the image and attractiveness of a sector that is still poorly digitalised and still suffers from a lack of manpower and recruitment difficulties, particularly among young people.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Deployment and expansion strategy of the offer in Europe</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              With this first round of financing, Teamoty's strategy is to continue to develop and support the transformation of the sector. The support of LBO France, Rise PropTech Fund and BTP Capital Investissement will enable the company to accelerate its commercial development in France and Europe and to continue to enhance its software suite. This strategy includes the rapid and significant recruitment of new skills.\r\n
              \r\n
              The market on which Teamoty is positioned is developing rapidly due to the awareness of the players in the ecosystem and the regulatory requirements. The objective is to anchor its offer to various clients in new countries and to allow the use of the software suite on all types of projects, in new construction as well as in rehabilitation, for housing as well as for offices, and in the context of public works or civil engineering.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Fabien Font, Co-founder and CEO of Teamoty, says:</strong><em> "Over the past 3 years, we have proven that the way projects are planned and organised should and can change. With the help of our shareholders, we will be able to deploy our solutions more widely in Europe and accelerate their commercialisation. Our strategy is completely in line with the environmental challenges that are driving the construction industry to optimise resources on site while improving productivity and efficiency in the construction process.”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Stéphanie Casciola, Managing Director of LBO France and in charge of the real estate and proptech business, said:</strong><em> "With Teamoty, we are making our third investment in NewStone, our impact fund dedicated to Proptech. After ZePlug in the energy transition and Hosman in digital transactions, Teamoty addresses a key issue in the construction industry by enabling better resource tracking and supply chain optimisation. LBO France will mobilise all of its experience in impact and its broad knowledge of the real estate sector to accelerate the development of Teamoty, a promising investment that allows us to project ourselves into a sustainable future..”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Laura Panquet, Protech's Investment Director, said:</strong> "<em>We are particularly pleased to be leading this financing round and to support Teamoty in a new phase of growth. Through the development of its solution, Teamoty has the potential to bring about a real change in the way construction projects and site logistics are approached.</em>"
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong><strong>Incepto, the French digital health specialist, is raising </strong><strong>€27 million to support its European development</strong></h2>\r\n
              Paris, September 19, 2022 -<strong> Founded in 2018, Incepto is a unique platform on the market that offers doctors and hospitals access to a portfolio of solutions based on artificial intelligence, designed to improve the quality of diagnoses, and save time for medical teams, without having to change equipment. In order to support its growth at a European scale, Incepto is raising €27 million today. The financing round is led by LBO France's Venture - Digital Health team, with the participation of Wille Finance and the historical investors AXA Venture Partners, the Patient Autonome fund of Bpifrance and Karista. This financing marks a new stage for Incepto, which is launching its offer in four new countries in Europe (Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal).</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As part of Incepto’s development, four new subsidiaries are created in Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal with the aim of anchoring its position as European leader in the sector. with the goal to treat one million European patients per month by 2024.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>From a French start-up to a European scale-up</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Incepto is also announcing the signing of five new partnerships (IBlab, Milvue, PAIRE, Smartsoft and Thirona) to expand its portfolio of medical imaging applications for emergency care, oncology, orthopaedics, rheumatology and pneumology.\r\n
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              ▪      <strong>Creating, with doctors new </strong>applications that meet real needs but that do not exist yet: ARVA and KEROS are thus the first products co-developed by Incepto for the diagnostic assistance of aortic aneurysms in CT scanners and for MRI of the knee<strong>;</strong>\r\n
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              ▪     <strong>Supporting the transformation of organisations </strong>and working methods by rethinking patient care with medical teams to exploit the full potential of artificial intelligence technologies.
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              <h2><strong>SiVIEW, a specialist in AI-driven visual diagnostics, announces with LBO France </strong><strong>a capital increase of €5.5M</strong></h2>\r\n
              <strong>The funds will allow the acceleration of SiVIEW's growth and R&amp;D roadmap with the ambition of revolutionizing visual health care.</strong>\r\n
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              <strong>SiVIEW is a French start-up which has developed a unique artificial intelligence technology that enables reliable, accurate, and fast eye examinations to be performed. This can be delegated by the healthcare professional in order to focus on the patient and optimize the overall care plan. SiVIEW announces that it has raised €5.5M in a Series A round with LBO France's Digital Health 2 fund to accelerate its global expansion and R&amp;D roadmap.</strong>\r\n
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              Founded by vision specialists, SiVIEW addresses a global health issue: to obtain the correct prescription simply and quickly, regardless of the complexity of the visual profile.\r\n
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              Marketed after 6 years of R&amp;D, the SiviewExam® solution is compatible with almost all optical equipment on the market and offers quality results (measurements and reports) in less than 8 minutes. It supports the decision-making process, allowing the vision expert to save time and improve efficiency for better patient care. The solution is already used in many European countries and is experiencing a strong growth phase that will accelerate with access to the North American and Asian markets.\r\n
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              <strong>Paris/Milan, 12 September 2022</strong>\r\n
              <h2><strong>LBO France announces the acquisition of a majority stake in</strong> <strong>Zato, a leader in the design and manufacture of ferrous and non-ferrous metal recycling facilities</strong></h2>\r\n
              <strong>Paris/Milan, 12 September 2022</strong> - Gioconda, the Italian subsidiary of LBO France, announced today the acquisition of a majority stake, through the Small Caps Opportunities II fund, in Zato, an Italian company founded in Brescia and a major player in the energy transition for over twenty years. Zato's founders, Valerio Zanaglio and Alessandra Bresciani, who reinvested in this transaction, will continue to manage the Company. Banca Ifis S.p.A. enters as a co-investor and confirms its role in supporting highly innovative companies committed to the green economy.\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, June 13 – Six months after a change of ownership, Size Factory, the French leader in men's plus sizes clothes, announces the acquisition of Capel, the historic premium player in the sector. Supported by LBO France, Size Factory is accelerating its development strategy in a fast-growing market. The new Capel-Size Factory group brings together the complementary expertise of the two leading brands in men's plus sizes in France, both strongly committed to inclusive and responsible ready-to-wear. Its ambition is to become the benchmark player in Europe.</strong><strong> </strong>\r\n
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          In the fashion sector, tall and overweight men are often forgotten, finding it very difficult to find products in their size in traditional ready-to-wear chains or brands. As a result, they tend to turn more to specialist players. Size Factory and Capel are the two main brands and stores in France exclusively dedicated to men who are not of the standard sizes: they dress tall and overweight men with sizes and cuts adapted to all morphologies: from 2XL to 10XL, and up to 2.20m. Inclusive by nature, they enable people who are often excluded from the clothing market to finally dress well.\r\n
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          <strong>Capel, the premium brand and pioneer in plus-size fashion</strong>\r\n
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          Founded in 1958, Capel is the pioneering brand in men's plus-size fashion in France. It offers tall and overweight men up to size 78 a complete, top-of-the-range and contemporary men's wardrobe, perfectly adapted to different morphologies thanks to its unique expertise in sizes and cuts. More than 55 different sizes are available for each model, offering the perfect combination of heights and widths to suit every exceptional stature.\r\n
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          Over the years, the brand's reputation has been built on strong values: product quality with exceptional fabrics and materials, cuts designed to guarantee absolute comfort and elegance in all circumstances, and seamless service in its shops.\r\n
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          Capel is committed to responsible fashion movement: the company develops products recognised for their quality and durability. It strives to locate its production in France and Europe to offer products that are more responsible and respectful of the environment: "Capel, fashion made in not far away".\r\n
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          <strong>Creation of the Capel-Size Factory group</strong>\r\n
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          With the acquisition of Capel, Size Factory achieves the initial development objectives formulated with LBO France, and creates the Capel-Size Factory group. This acquisition, entirely financed by Zencap, is a continuation of the impact financing put in place at the time of the LBO in December 2022. The achievement of ESG targets, determined in close collaboration with management and LBO France, will enable the group to accelerate its CSR strategy, with a consequent margin adjustment. The new group's ambition is to become the leading men's plus-size group in Europe, resolutely committed to inclusive and responsible fashion.\r\n
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          Capel-Size Factory now operates two brands with complementary positioning: Capel, the sector's premium brand, distributed in its three shops located on the finest shopping streets in Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg; and Size Factory, the multi-brand chain dedicated to men's plus sizes, present in 30 shops on the cities’ outskirts. The new group now brings together the best men's plus-size offering in France and the most expert teams in the market. Capel-Size Factory will thus have the resources to pursue a broader objective of international expansion, alongside LBO France, a multi-specialist investment platform.\r\n
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          Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner in charge of LBO France Small Caps activity:<em> "Six months after acquiring a stake in Size Factory, we have already reached a new step in our strategic development. We are particularly pleased to be supporting Capel-Size Factory on this new growth path and to be playing our part in reinventing the ready-to-wear sector, in favour of a more responsible and inclusive fashion."</em>\r\n
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          Ambroise Fondeur, CEO of Capel-Size Factory: <em>"The acquisition of Capel should enable us to create the reference group for men's plus sizes in France and Europe. It's an ideal marriage between Capel, the historic player that has developed a strong brand, and Size Factory, the leading specialist player in the sector. By combining the unique expertise of the two teams, we will be strengthening our group and our ability to provide even better clothing for tall and overweight men in France, and globally in the future.”</em>\r\n
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          <strong><u>About Size Factory</u></strong>\r\n
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          Size Factory is France's leading brand for men's plus sizes. With its e-commerce site and its network of 30 shops, the company exclusively distributes a wide range of major brands and own brands. Its digital and omnichannel strategy has enabled it to achieve steady growth in its business and very high levels of customer satisfaction. The company places CSR at the heart of its model and has already developed a second-hand clothing business. Founded in 2011 and now headed by Ambroise Fondeur, the company employs 100 people and has achieved a turnover of more than €20m during the 2021/2022 fiscal year.\r\n
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          <strong><u>About Capel</u></strong>\r\n
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          Capel is the pioneering premium brand for men's plus sizes clothes in France. Founded in 1958, Capel is recognised as the top-of-the-range brand for plus-size fashion. With its unique expertise, it offers its customers, whether tall or overweight a complete wardrobe with the most beautiful cuts, the most beautiful fabrics, the greatest comfort and an unrivalled quality of service in its shops. Capel: Elegance. Without limits.\r\n
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          Capel had a turnover of €5m in 2022 and employs 20 people.\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          <strong><u>About LBO France</u></strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          A pioneer in private equity in France, LBO France is today a leading multi-specialist and multi-country investment platform. Active in Private Equity, Real Estate, Venture and Listed Investment, the Company has been expanding for several years its activities in Europe, especially in Italy via its subsidiary Polis Fondi SGR, as well as on the African continent via its subsidiary CGF bourse. Wholly owned by its managers, LBO France is one of the founding members of the International Climate Initiative and one of the first signatories of the France Invest charter for parity.\r\n
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          <strong>Find out more: </strong><a href="http://www.lbofrance.com"><strong>www.lbofrance.com</strong></a>\r\n
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          <strong><em><u> </u></em></strong>\r\n
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          <strong><em><u>Media contacts</u></em></strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <em>Antoine Denry: +33 (0)6 18 07 83 27 / </em><a href="mailto:antoine.denry@taddeo.fr"><em>antoine.denry@taddeo.fr</em></a>\r\n
          \r\n
          <em>Julia Paget: +33 (0)6 38 55 68 78 / </em><a href="mailto:julia.paget@taddeo.fr"><em>julia.paget@taddeo.fr</em></a>
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          Paris, [May 23rd] 2023 – LBO France, a multi-specialist investment platform, announces the signature of a 9-year firm lease with CDC Informatique on the entire NETWORK 2 office building in Bagneux via its White Stone VII fund, the second phase of an office development program initiated by LBO France in 2018 with the acquisition of the neighbouring Network 1 building.\r\n
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          Located at the entrance to the city of Bagneux, in the immediate vicinity of metro line 4 and RER B stations "Laplace" and "Arcueil Cachan", the NETWORK 2 building offers 16,000 sq.m of office space organised around 2 interior gardens, multiple spaces dedicated to services on the ground floor and an attic space with a roof-top of over 300 sq.m.\r\n
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          At the forefront of this eco-district, which is about to complete its full redevelopment, NETWORK 2 offers CDC Group's IT services teams a new location with a strong architectural identity and exceptional visibility, where they will move into in S1 2024.\r\n
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          Owned since the end of 2020 by LBO France (via its White Stone VII fund) and CDC Investissement Immobilier (on behalf of the Caisse des Dépôts) from the developers Codic and Nexity, this new complex, which is committed to an ecological and responsible approach, benefits from HQE ("Excellent" level) and BREEAM ("Excellent" level) certifications and environmental labels to offer an energy performance in line with RT 2012 - 30%, while also benefiting from a WiredScore "Platinum" level certification.\r\n
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          In line with the ESG commitments of LBO France and CDC Investissement Immobilier, these certifications will be supplemented, in collaboration with the future user, by several initiatives in terms of accessibility for people with reduce mobility, equipment for electric vehicles, additional services and catering areas.\r\n
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          Julien Rouillon, Managing Director, LBO France: "We are very pleased to welcome the CDC Informatique teams to NETWORK 2, of which the construction works have just been completed. This lease confirms our belief in the attractiveness of the Bagneux sector, which is currently undergoing a major renewal. It also rewards the particular attention paid by our teams and those of our partners to\r\n
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          the ESG issues that make up tomorrow's real estate and to the need to reinvent office spaces into sustainable and attractive places for users seeking quality and flexibility”.\r\n
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          Philippe Jeanneau, Executive Chairman of CDC Informatique, said: "This new location represents a true opportunity for CDC Informatique to embody our values and thus reflect our technological expertise and our commitment to the CDC Group.”\r\n
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          Within the framework of this sale, LBO France (Julien ROUILLON) was advised by ALLEN &amp; OVERY (Jean-Dominique CASALTA and Corentin DOLIVET) and ROM (Hervé ROUX), technical advisor and AMO of the operation.\r\n
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          About LBO France\r\n
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          A pioneer in private equity in France, LBO France is today a leading multi-specialist investment platform with €5.4 billion under management including participating interests in Twenty-First Capital in France and Polis Fondi SGR in Italy. Its investment strategy is based on five distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: Mid and Small Cap LBO, Digital Health Venture, Real Estate and Proptech, Infrastructure Debt, and Listed Investment. For several years, the Company has expanded its activities in Europe, particularly in Italy with teams in Milan and Rome, as well as on the African continent. Wholly owned by its managers, LBO France is one of the founding members of the International Climate Initiative and one of the first signatories of the France Invest charter for parity.\r\n
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          Find out more: www.lbofrance.com Press\r\n
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          Agence Taddeo\r\n
          Antoine Denry : +33 (0)6 18 07 83 27 / antoine.denry@taddeo.fr Julia Paget : +33 (0)6 38 55 68 78 / julia.paget@taddeo.fr\r\n
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          About CDC Investissement Immobilier\r\n
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          CDC Investissement Immobilier is the real estate investment management subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts. It manages a portfolio of more than € 10 billion of assets on behalf of the Institution, mainly comprising offices, PRS residential, retail, hotels and logistic platforms.\r\n
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          Active on the French and main European markets, CDC Investissement Immobilier invests mainly in value-creating transactions.\r\n
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          The majority of the portfolio managed by CDC Investissement Immobilier consists of assets wholly owned by Caisse des Dépôts or in club deals.\r\n
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          Malek Prat – service.presse@caissedesdepots.fr – +33 6 71 43 46 38 About CDC Informatique\r\n
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          Informatique CDC, subsidiary of Group Caisse des Dépôts is a key player in IT services and digital trust\r\n
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          Malek Prat – service.presse@caissedesdepots.fr – +33 6 71 43 46 38\r\n
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          <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>hemea raises €10m to become the reference for renovation in France</strong></h2>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, January 26 – hemea, an architecture and renovation studio, has received the support of two trusted investors to accelerate its development and support its ambitions in the renovation market. LBO France and Daphni are investing €10 million in the company, which has experienced notable growth since its creation in 2015. The two investors are banking on the renovation market, a sector driven by new energy regulations and the desire of individuals to improve their homes.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>The added value of the hemea concept, the human digital</strong>\r\n
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          hemea offers support to private individuals from the design to the completion of architectural, renovation, elevation or extension projects. The company's strength is that it has rethought the often stressful "refurbishment works" experience by combining digital technology with direct support on the building site. The client is thus accompanied from A to Z by architects, project managers and support experts who facilitate and secure the completion of the work.\r\n
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          With 90 employees so far, the company has already completed more than 3,000 projects.\r\n
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          <strong>Objective: to become the reference for renovation in France by 2025</strong>\r\n
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          With 9 agencies in France, hemea intends to continue its development and cover the entire French territory by 2025. It is based on a solid business model, which enables the company to be profitable in Paris and Lyon, the first two cities in which it has established.\r\n
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          Thanks to a tailor-made offer, adapted to the specificities of the local market, the Company generates remarkable results in a competitive market.\r\n
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          Its ambition, based on a strong social and environmental project, has enabled it to raise €10 million from LBO France and Daphni. These two investors share a common approach: support companies that are committed, meaningful and focused on environmental issues.\r\n
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          <strong>A growing renovation market driven by energy efficiency</strong>\r\n
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          The fundraising will enable hemea to develop a specific offer in favour of energy renovation because renovation is taking over from new construction!\r\n
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          This is one of the main trends of the Opinionway<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> study carried out in 2021 for hemea and Artemis Courtage, which reveals that 3 out of 5 French people are planning to buy a main home requiring work and are therefore prioritising renovation over construction.\r\n
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          hemea is committed to supporting private individuals in their renovation projects while providing them with sound advice on the importance of energy renovation. Supported and surrounded by trusted partners and contractors with the hemea label, the company offers a certified service to meet the growing expectations in this area. A structurally buoyant market, renovation will also be strongly supported in the coming months and years by the new legislation introduced at the beginning of the year, which prohibits the rental of energy sieves.\r\n
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          <em>Yann Depoys, managing director of hemea et Matthieu Burin, president and founder of hemea </em>“<em>As CEO and founder of hemea, I am very proud of this milestone with renowned investors and I am convinced that this fundraising will allow us to continue to grow and innovate in order to offer even more value to our customers and to our entire ecosystem</em>” said Matthieu Burin, president and founder of hemea.\r\n
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          Stéphanie Casciola, CEO of LBO France and Head of Real Estate and Proptech said: <em>“With hemea, we are completing the fourth investment of Newstone, our impact fund dedicated to Proptech. The demand for property renovation, and more specifically the demand for energy-efficient renovation of these properties, is huge. LBO France is mobilising all of its knowledge and experience in this field to accelerate the development of hemea, a fast-growing company that enables people to project themselves into a greener habitat.”</em>\r\n
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          Laura Panquet, Director of Proptech Investment, adds: “<em>The challenges of renovation are massive and individuals are often helpless when faced with the complexity of a project. We chose to support hemea in its growth because the startup has found the solution to provide its customers with a very high level of services: develop the loyalty of quality contractors by providing them with digital tools that simplify their day-to-day work.”</em>\r\n
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          “<em>hemea is a player that has emerged as a trusted third party in the world of renovation work, providing the necessary guarantee of quality to satisfy the platform's customers. We are very pleased to continue to participate in financing growth, particularly in the energy renovation segment, which is one of the main levers identified to slowdown climate change</em>”, emphasise Pierre-Yves Meerschman and Stanislas Lot of daphni.\r\n
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          <strong><u>About LBO France </u></strong>\r\n
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          A pioneer in private equity in France, LBO France is today a leading multi-specialist investment platform with €5.4 billion under management including participating interests in Twenty-First Capital in France and Polis Fondi SGR in Italy. Its investment strategy is based on five distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: Mid and Small Cap LBO, Digital Health Venture, Real Estate and Proptech, Infrastructure Debt, and Listed Investment. For several years, the Company has expanded its activities in Europe, particularly in Italy with teams in Milan and Rome, as well as on the African continent. Wholly owned by its managers, LBO France is one of the founding members of the International Climate Initiative and one of the first signatories of the France Invest charter for parity. <strong>Find out more: </strong><a href="http://www.lbofrance.com"><strong>www.lbofrance.com</strong></a>\r\n
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          <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> <em>Étude Opinionway hemea et Artemis Courtage “</em><em>Travaux immobiliers : quelles tendances chez les Français?” : </em><a href="https://www.hemea.com/fr/qui-sommes-nous/presse/etude-opinionway-hemea-travaux"><em>https://www.hemea.com/fr/qui-sommes-nous/presse/etude-opinionway-hemea-travaux</em></a>
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          <strong>Paris, December 13 – LBO France announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Size Factory, a company specialising in men's plus size fashion, alongside the management team and co-founders. This transaction is the sixth investment of its Small Caps Opportunities II fund, dedicated to the development of French and Italian SMEs. The themes of inclusiveness and circular economy, which are part of the company's DNA, reflect LBO France's ESG and climate commitment. With this transaction, Size Factory intends to expand its retail network in France and in Europe and to strengthen its online presence.</strong>\r\n
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          Since 2011, Size Factory has specialised in men's plus size fashion, first by offering high-end clothing online, then by extending its network of physical shops. Size Factory distinguishes itself from other players thanks to its premium positioning and its wide range of products, made up of both well-known brands and its own brands. The brand is now the leading dedicated e-commerce site and the leading specialist network with 28 points of sale in France, while showing strong profitability.\r\n
          Size Factory offers a range of clothing from 2XL to 8XL for overweight and tall men, thus meeting a demand that is poorly addressed by traditional players, particularly in the off-line segment. Tall and overweight men find at Size Factory the adapted offer of quality clothing and the personalized advice they need: Size Factory contributes to the well-being and self-affirmation of its customers.\r\n
          This market segment is currently worth more than 1 billion euros in France, including approximately €600 million in the mid and premium segments that the company is targeting.\r\n
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          <strong>Strengthening its leadership position in France and duplicate the model at the European level</strong>\r\n
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          With this capital reorganisation, Size Factory aims at expanding its retail network in France and in Europe and thus develop its presence in the overweight and tall man market.\r\n
          At the same time, Size Factory intends to capitalise on its very high quality of service by reinforcing its omnichannel distribution strategy, which enriches the customer’s experience and increases the number of purchasing possibilities.\r\n
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          <strong>Affirm and amplify its commitment to a circular economy</strong>\r\n
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          This operation should also enable Size Factory to extend its commitment to a circular economy, with the development of a second-hand clothing sales activity. Launched a few months ago, the Troc Your Size application allows exchanges between individuals based on a Vinted-like model, and is intended to become the reference application in the large size segment.\r\n
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          <strong>Jean-Marie Leroy, Partner in charge of LBO France Small Caps activity, said: "</strong><em>We are particularly pleased to lead this transaction. Size Factory is a unique player in France, in a market where supply is scarce, and demand is increasingly strong. Indeed, Size Factory contributes significantly to the well-being and self-affirmation of its customers. Size Factory is also committed to responsible and sustainable fashion and is fully in line with LBO France's strategic positioning on ESG and climate challenges.</em><strong>"</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Ambroise Fondeur, CEO of Size Factory since the beginning of 2022 and a personal investor in this fundraising, said: "</strong><em>We are delighted to open this new chapter in our development alongside a recognised player like LBO France. This partnership opens up exciting new prospects for Size Factory, amongst the consolidation of its presence on the French market and the development of its model in other European countries.</em><strong>"</strong>\r\n
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          <h2 style="text-align: center;">LBO France strengthens its digital health team and consolidates its European ambitions with the recruitment of Matthes Seeling as Investment Director based in Berlin</h2>\r\n
          <strong>Paris, October 7, 2022 - As a multi-specialist investment platform, LBO France has developed a Venture - Digital Health activity since 2016 through its SISA and Digital Health 2 funds. The arrival of Matthes Seeling, a medical doctor and Medtech specialist, who will be based in Berlin, will enable the Digital Health team to continue its development in Europe and, in particular, to take advantage of investment opportunities in digital health offered by the DACH region by having a local presence.</strong>\r\n
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          As part of its platform strategy, LBO France is developing in-depth expertise in market segments identified as promising. In digital health, LBO France supports companies in the late stage of development whose ambition is to contribute to improving healthcare systems by becoming world leaders in their sector.\r\n
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          LBO France's Venture – Digital Health investment team has both sector and business expertise, being composed of doctors and tech specialists. A pioneer in this segment, it was one of the first in Europe to set up a specialized fund and has a track record of 20 investments in France and in the UK.\r\n
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          The arrival of Matthes Seeling, a physician and Medtech specialist, will enable the Venture – Digital Health team to directly address companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), one of the most dynamic in Europe with approximately €2 billion in cumulative investments between 2010 and 2020 and about the same amount since 2020. By being based in Berlin, Matthes Seeling will be at the heart of one of Europe's most promising ecosystems in the medical field. With 40,000 new companies founded every year, Berlin has become one of the most attractive cities in Europe for start-ups, especially in the field of life sciences and digital health.\r\n
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          Matthes Seeling holds a medical degree from the Freie Universität Berlin, a doctorate in medicine from the Charité Berlin and a master's degree in Health Systems Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He began his career within the German hospital group Vivantes as a physician in various Berlin sites.\r\n
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          He then joined Berlin's Charité University Hospital first as a specialist physician, before taking over the commercial management of the hospital's Center for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Operating Room Management. Since 2018, he held the position of Director Integrated Healthcare Solutions for Germany at Medtronic, a global American medical technology company. From 2009 to 2011, Matthes Seeling was a consultant and then Deputy Director at the German Hospital Federation.\r\n
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          "<em>I am very pleased that Matthes Seeling is joining us. We are convinced that the DACH market has great potential in digital health, which we will be able to seize. Thanks to Matthes, we now have an office in Berlin. His</em>\r\n
          <em>international background and vision of tomorrow's healthcare will also be invaluable in our European ambition to support the dynamics of our Venture - Digital Health activities</em>" <strong>says Valéry Huot, Partner, Head of Venture - </strong><strong>Digital Health.</strong>
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          <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
          <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>French construction tech startup Teamoty raises €3 million in Serie A led by </strong><strong>LBO France to expand in France and Europe</strong></h2>\r\n
          Paris, 27 September 2022 –<strong> Teamoty, a pioneer in the digitalisation of the supply chain for construction projects, has raised €3 million to accelerate the marketing of its software suite on the French and European markets. LBO France, a multi-specialist investment platform, is leading the round through NewStone, its impact fund dedicated to Proptech, together with Rise PropTech Fund and BTP Capital Investissement.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>A new player in the sector for greater efficiency and positive impact on construction sites</strong>\r\n
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          Founded in 2018, Teamoty has developed a software suite capable of digitising site logistics and thus enabling construction professionals to better control costs and deadline management, to improve project productivity, and to reduce the environmental footprint of sites that are very high CO2 and waste emitters. Teamoty's solutions meet an environmental challenge and have a particularly positive impact by limiting the number of deliveries, drastically reducing waste and promoting better recycling by optimising sorting management.\r\n
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          In the construction sector, nearly 80% of projects are delivered late or end up over budget due to management tools that are not adapted to the complexity of the sites. To overcome this problem, Teamoty was one of the first in France to use Lean Construction techniques, which optimise the management of construction sites using collaborative management tools. This approach has already convinced more than 100 construction companies, including major players such as Bouygues and Spie Batignolles in France and BPC Group in Belgium. Already translated into 5 languages and tested in more than 11 countries by more than 5,000 users, the software suite is now\r\n
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          <strong>A digital offer to support the global transformation of the construction sector and to improve the attractiveness of the profession to young people</strong>\r\n
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          A software suite 100% dedicated to the planning and logistics of construction sites, Teamoty is not a simple digitalization solution, it also helps companies in the sector to transform themselves in a more global and sustainable way. Its solutions, which include two modules published in Saas mode, cover both upstream planning and real-time monitoring of the site, as well as logistics via supply management. They enable each of the trades to be coordinated in real time, to change the way they work together and ultimately to improve the performance of the sites. The aim is to create value and save resources: build faster, better and at lower cost. With this new tool, a real transformation of the sector is underway.\r\n
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          Furthermore, solutions such as those offered by Teamoty actively contribute to improving the image and attractiveness of a sector that is still poorly digitalised and still suffers from a lack of manpower and recruitment difficulties, particularly among young people.\r\n
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          <strong>Deployment and expansion strategy of the offer in Europe</strong>\r\n
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          With this first round of financing, Teamoty's strategy is to continue to develop and support the transformation of the sector. The support of LBO France, Rise PropTech Fund and BTP Capital Investissement will enable the company to accelerate its commercial development in France and Europe and to continue to enhance its software suite. This strategy includes the rapid and significant recruitment of new skills.\r\n
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          The market on which Teamoty is positioned is developing rapidly due to the awareness of the players in the ecosystem and the regulatory requirements. The objective is to anchor its offer to various clients in new countries and to allow the use of the software suite on all types of projects, in new construction as well as in rehabilitation, for housing as well as for offices, and in the context of public works or civil engineering.\r\n
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          <strong>Fabien Font, Co-founder and CEO of Teamoty, says:</strong><em> "Over the past 3 years, we have proven that the way projects are planned and organised should and can change. With the help of our shareholders, we will be able to deploy our solutions more widely in Europe and accelerate their commercialisation. Our strategy is completely in line with the environmental challenges that are driving the construction industry to optimise resources on site while improving productivity and efficiency in the construction process.”</em>\r\n
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          <strong>Stéphanie Casciola, Managing Director of LBO France and in charge of the real estate and proptech business, said:</strong><em> "With Teamoty, we are making our third investment in NewStone, our impact fund dedicated to Proptech. After ZePlug in the energy transition and Hosman in digital transactions, Teamoty addresses a key issue in the construction industry by enabling better resource tracking and supply chain optimisation. LBO France will mobilise all of its experience in impact and its broad knowledge of the real estate sector to accelerate the development of Teamoty, a promising investment that allows us to project ourselves into a sustainable future..”</em>\r\n
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          <strong>Laura Panquet, Protech's Investment Director, said:</strong> "<em>We are particularly pleased to be leading this financing round and to support Teamoty in a new phase of growth. Through the development of its solution, Teamoty has the potential to bring about a real change in the way construction projects and site logistics are approached.</em>"
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          <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong><strong>Incepto, the French digital health specialist, is raising </strong><strong>€27 million to support its European development</strong></h2>\r\n
          Paris, September 19, 2022 -<strong> Founded in 2018, Incepto is a unique platform on the market that offers doctors and hospitals access to a portfolio of solutions based on artificial intelligence, designed to improve the quality of diagnoses, and save time for medical teams, without having to change equipment. In order to support its growth at a European scale, Incepto is raising €27 million today. The financing round is led by LBO France's Venture - Digital Health team, with the participation of Wille Finance and the historical investors AXA Venture Partners, the Patient Autonome fund of Bpifrance and Karista. This financing marks a new stage for Incepto, which is launching its offer in four new countries in Europe (Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal).</strong>\r\n
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          As part of Incepto’s development, four new subsidiaries are created in Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal with the aim of anchoring its position as European leader in the sector. with the goal to treat one million European patients per month by 2024.\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>From a French start-up to a European scale-up</strong>\r\n
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          Incepto is also announcing the signing of five new partnerships (IBlab, Milvue, PAIRE, Smartsoft and Thirona) to expand its portfolio of medical imaging applications for emergency care, oncology, orthopaedics, rheumatology and pneumology.\r\n
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          By extending its geographical coverage and developing its portfolio of applications, Incepto is responding to major public health issues: reducing waiting times for examinations, mitigating the lack of specialists for certain serious diseases and supporting doctors' work in the face of the increasing amount of data to be analysed.\r\n
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          In light with the explosion of the AI market in Europe, Incepto has three strategic objectives:\r\n
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          ▪      <strong>Creating, with doctors new </strong>applications that meet real needs but that do not exist yet: ARVA and KEROS are thus the first products co-developed by Incepto for the diagnostic assistance of aortic aneurysms in CT scanners and for MRI of the knee<strong>;</strong>\r\n
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          ▪     <strong>Supporting the transformation of organisations </strong>and working methods by rethinking patient care with medical teams to exploit the full potential of artificial intelligence technologies.
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          <h2><strong>SiVIEW, a specialist in AI-driven visual diagnostics, announces with LBO France </strong><strong>a capital increase of €5.5M</strong></h2>\r\n
          <strong>The funds will allow the acceleration of SiVIEW's growth and R&amp;D roadmap with the ambition of revolutionizing visual health care.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>SiVIEW is a French start-up which has developed a unique artificial intelligence technology that enables reliable, accurate, and fast eye examinations to be performed. This can be delegated by the healthcare professional in order to focus on the patient and optimize the overall care plan. SiVIEW announces that it has raised €5.5M in a Series A round with LBO France's Digital Health 2 fund to accelerate its global expansion and R&amp;D roadmap.</strong>\r\n
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          While the need for reliable visual diagnostics is constantly increasing (e.g., due to a pandemic of myopia, increased screen-time, and an aging population), the number of experts able to perform the required examinations is decreasing, and SiVIEW has designed a disruptive innovation that allows quick and easy eye examinations, that are both precise and detailed, to be performed intuitively to support diagnosis and prescription.\r\n
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          Founded by vision specialists, SiVIEW addresses a global health issue: to obtain the correct prescription simply and quickly, regardless of the complexity of the visual profile.\r\n
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          Marketed after 6 years of R&amp;D, the SiviewExam® solution is compatible with almost all optical equipment on the market and offers quality results (measurements and reports) in less than 8 minutes. It supports the decision-making process, allowing the vision expert to save time and improve efficiency for better patient care. The solution is already used in many European countries and is experiencing a strong growth phase that will accelerate with access to the North American and Asian markets.\r\n
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          Just a few days before two major industry trade shows, ESCRS in Milan and SILMO in Paris, SiVIEW has completed this fundraising to:\r\n
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           \t<li>Accelerate its international growth by increasing its investments in sales, marketing, and R&amp;D (e.g., new testing and analysis modules, enhanced instrument interconnectivity, new innovation techniques);</li>\r\n
           \t<li>Position the company as a key player in the management of visual disorders worldwide.</li>\r\n
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          <strong>Laure Pichereau, CEO &amp; Co-founder of SiVIEW</strong>: "<em>Our ambition from the beginning was to become the reference in artificial intelligence-driven eye exams. Once the SiVIEW solution was ready for commercialization, we received the support of major optical and ophthalmology chains in France and abroad. We are honored to welcome LBO France, leading specialist in digital health, as an investor and partner. I am personally very pleased with the trusting relationship that we have built together and which will enable us to work efficiently in this new phase of growth. I would also like to thank our historical investors, CARENCEAU and FIME, for their unwavering support since they joined the capital structure in 2018</em>."\r\n
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          <strong>Franck Noiret, Managing Director of LBO France</strong>: "<em>We are very pleased to partner with SiVIEW and its founders who are recognized experts in the field. With its dual expertise in AI and optometry, SiVIEW has developed a unique software solution based on an intelligent and intuitive algorithm that automates eye exams and improves patient care. Commercialized in SaaS mode, the SiVIEW solution is aimed at the global market. This is the 7th investment of our Digital Health 2 fund, which is dedicated to financing innovative digital health companies in Europe. We are delighted to support them in their ambitious international development</em>."\r\n
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          <strong>Paris/Milan, 12 September 2022</strong> - Gioconda, the Italian subsidiary of LBO France, announced today the acquisition of a majority stake, through the Small Caps Opportunities II fund, in Zato, an Italian company founded in Brescia and a major player in the energy transition for over twenty years. Zato's founders, Valerio Zanaglio and Alessandra Bresciani, who reinvested in this transaction, will continue to manage the Company. Banca Ifis S.p.A. enters as a co-investor and confirms its role in supporting highly innovative companies committed to the green economy.\r\n
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              <strong>High jewellery: Bluclad and Progold create an integrated platform to serve the luxury market </strong>\r\n
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              <em>The transaction has been developed thanks to the financial and operational support of LBO France, Bluclad's majority shareholder</em>.\r\n
              \r\n
              Milan, 13 July 2021 - <strong>Bluclad S.p.A.,</strong> a Florentine company active in the sector of electroplating products for the fashion and luxury market, and <strong>Progold S.p.A.,</strong> a Vicenza-based company active in the sector of alloys, master alloys and additive manufacturing for the high jewellery sector, have signed an agreement to merge their business activities, which will lead to the creation of an integrated platform serving the most important brands in the luxury and jewellery sectors.\r\n
              \r\n
              This integration will foster commercial and operational synergies, the sharing of know-how gained over the years of experience of the two companies and even greater innovation, leading to the consolidation of market leadership positions in their respective segments.\r\n
              \r\n
              The transaction has been made possible thanks to the financial and operational support of <strong>Gioconda</strong>, the Italian branch of <strong>LBO France</strong>, an independent operator and one of the most significant private equity players in Europe with 6.3 billion euros of capital raised, already the majority shareholder of Bluclad.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Marco Eruli, Chairman and CEO of Bluclad </strong>and Leandro Luconi, Technical Director, commented: "We are delighted with the conclusion of this collaboration and integration agreement between Bluclad and Progold. Although operating in different sectors of the luxury market, our companies are perfectly complementary, and the integration between the two companies will certainly lead to the creation of a global player and reference point also in the sector of components for high-level alloys and mother alloys".\r\n
              \r\n
              "I am extremely satisfied," <strong>says Damiano Zito, CEO of Progold</strong>, who continues, "We looked for each other, liked each other and decided to combine our resources and core competencies to expand our value proposition. Our business models are perfectly matched and form the basis of the strategic decision taken. We will face the future by bringing our customers to exploit the value that Bluclad will pour into the galvanic product line created specifically for the goldsmith sector. We are confident that our customers will be as satisfied as we are with this addition to our core offering. This is the beginning of a new phase of growth for Progold, a dream shared with four friends whose valuable support has enabled the company to become a leader in its reference market 25 years later and to be ready today to seize this opportunity".\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Arthur Bernardin, managing director of Gioconda and Pierluigi Rotundo, director</strong>, commented on the operation: "Bluclad and Progold are a classic example of companies in which we are enthusiastic about investing, thanks to a strong and cohesive management team, a market leadership position, a strong orientation towards growth and innovation. The integration of Progold, that will be subject to bank approval and all law related authorizations, is part of a strategy of constant support for growth, like in the implementation of extraordinary operations such as this one, and fits perfectly into the market trend that sees the fashion world increasingly pervading jewellery. We are therefore thrilled to have created a unique operator in its reference market, capable of supplying the most innovative products in the sector".
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          1 => WP_Post {#7740
            +ID: 5542
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              Press release\r\n
              \r\n
              Paris, July 7<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Groupe RG refinances with an impact loan to support future growth</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France has helped Groupe RG to arrange a new impact loan to support its strong growth and refinance existing Mezzanine debt.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Founded in 1987, headquartered in Saint Priest and led by Pierre Manchini (CEO), Groupe RG is the French leading specialized distributor of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The group distributes a wide range of products (c. 40,000 references) covering 6 main protection fields: Head, Hand, Foot, Body, Breathing, and Hygiene &amp; Safety in the working environment. The group is also successfully selling products under its own brand, Ergos, and addresses a large customer base encompassing large corporations, SMEs from the industry and service sectors, as well as public sector entities.\r\n
              \r\n
              In this context, Groupe RG, alongside LBO France, has decided to adapt its financing structure, by implementing a new €128 million all senior debt as well as a revolving credit line, to support future growth and refinance existing Mezzanine debt. The new debt was subscribed for by several impact lending and private debt funds (Eiffel, Amundi, Schelcher Prince, Lyxor and CIC PD), and by the company’s long-standing banks (Crédit Lyonnais, Palatine, Crédit Agricole, Banque Populaire and BNP).\r\n
              \r\n
              Since LBO France became the shareholder of Groupe RG in September 2017, the group has grown significantly while spreading its breadth of product and service offering (Category III PPE against deadly risks, over the counter sales) while continuously enlarging its customer base in France and Europe, with large national accounts gained through tenders. The group has also conducted an active external growth strategy with 9 build-ups since 2018, especially in Spain and Italy, where Groupe RG is now the leading player.\r\n
              \r\n
              This is the second impact loan that LBO France has implemented in its private equity mid cap portfolio after Moustache Bikes’ refinancing in January 2021. The aim is to combine customary financial criteria with a set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives that, if met, reduce the cost of debt.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Pierre Manchini, CEO of Groupe RG</strong>: <em>“This new loan will allow Groupe RG to continue its organic growth and develop its European footprint. Groupe RG remains fully committed and determined to pursue its development. LBO France has been a faithful ally that has understood the DNA of the group and supported the project. Our customers’ satisfaction remains paramount. This new step will allow us to prepare the future and to reinforce our PPE service and expertise in France and Europe. Our customers’ confidence is key, we want to constantly earn it. Protect Women and Men at work is our commitment!”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>Simon Couturier, Investment Director Mid Cap at LBO France</strong>: <em>“I’m thrilled to have worked along Groupe RG on this refinancing and the implementation of this new impact loan. It will support further development, both organically and through external growth, while emphasizing and leveraging the numerous ESG initiatives launched by the group in its markets.”</em>
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          2 => WP_Post {#7746
            +ID: 5498
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            +post_date: "2021-06-08 11:45:11"
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              Press release\r\n
              \r\n
              Paris, June 8<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France expands into Public Equity</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Paris, 8 June 2021 – LBO France is moving into the area of Public Equity with the launch of the France Développement fund which has been granted the “Relance” Label</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France expands today beyond its ground-breaking private equity business in announcing the launch of a new listed investments business via France Développement. This initial fund has been granted the “Relance” Label, a French government stimulus program, and will take out minority stakes in a limited number of listed French small and mid caps with market caps between €100m and €3bn.\r\n
              \r\n
              Initiated by a recognised equity manager, Pierre Nebout, backed by Stéphane Sumar, France Développement benefits from LBO France’s know-how as a major private equity player specialising in French small and mid caps. The fund will be managed with all the thoroughness of private equity, with the resources to play its investor role in full as an active, constructive and long-term shareholder.\r\n
              \r\n
              Listed and non-listed market strategies are synthesized by private-equity experts and the fund manager on the Investment Committee. The Committee ensures a conviction-based management style while supervising risk-taking, which is a trademark of private equity.\r\n
              \r\n
              Investment holdings will be monitored with a focus on value creation. With the backing of the LBO France Operating Performance team, France Développement aims to make invested companies: 1/ easier to understand and more visible by assisting them in their financial and extra-financial communication; 2/ better performing with its value proposition in operating strategy and financial management; and 3/ more attractive by promoting a constructive dialogue with managers and supervisory bodies, particularly on ESG issues that are essential to economic sustainability.\r\n
              \r\n
              France Développement has undertaken the process of SRI certification, driven by its conviction that a company must meet the expectations of all stakeholders for its development model to be sustainable in the long term.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              France Développement managers comment on the fund’s launch:\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Pierre Nebout, Head of Public Equity at LBO France: </strong><em>"I am particularly enthusiastic about the idea of giving new meaning to the profession of investor through contact with entrepreneurs. The context of the launch of France Développement is particularly attractive. The end of the health crisis has seen a return of investment flows to small and mid caps seeking equity capital to accelerate their growth. The increase in the number of deals reflects the vitality of this market. Our discipline in fundamental analysis is an asset in identifying good business models and assessing risks, a necessity reinforced by the weakening of market research. Finally, rarely has the valuation gap been so wide in favour of listed companies”.</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Stéphane Sumar, Investment Director Public Equity: </strong><em>"Joining LBO France just as the France Développement fund is being launched is the logical conclusion of my 20-plus-year career devoted to the financial research on listed small and mid caps.” </em>\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Robert Daussun, CEO at LBO France:</strong> <em>"France Développement stands astride the worlds of private and public equity. It adds a natural strategy to the LBO France platform by providing small and mid caps with patient, committed and long-term capital for their development projects and their financial and extra-financial valuation objectives."</em>
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          3 => WP_Post {#7749
            +ID: 5478
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            +post_date: "2021-06-03 16:15:57"
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              Press Release\r\n
              \r\n
              New York, NY, June 3, 2021\r\n
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              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Antidote Raises $23 Million to Scale Digital Patient Engagement Services</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>The funding, led by LBO France, will be used to enhance Antidote’s platform and accelerate new data products, connecting patients to research globally.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>New York, NY June 3, 2021</strong> — Antidote Technologies Limited (“Antidote”) today announced it has closed $23.2 million in funding to expand its digital patient engagement programs and clinical trial recruitment services. The funding round was led by LBO France, a private equity firm committed to supporting the growth of digital health, both in transforming health systems and accelerating medical R&amp;D.\r\n
              \r\n
              Through its Digital Health 2 fund, LBO France is investing $10 million, joining existing major investors Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Smedvig Capital, and Octopus Ventures, who between them are investing $13.2 million. Sebastien Woynar and Franck Noiret of LBO France will join the Antidote Board as a director and an observer, respectively.\r\n
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              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              “The importance of clinical research has never been more clear than in the past year, as the industry stepped up to develop treatments and vaccines faster than could ever have been imagined,” said <strong>Laurent Schockmel, CEO of Antidote</strong>. “But despite the speed of response to Covid-19, some 80% of clinical trials are still delayed or closed due to a lack of participants. We welcome LBO France as a partner to help us achieve our mission of transforming the way that researchers and patients connect in an effort to accelerate medical research.”\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              This new round of funding will allow the company to build on recent commercial success and accelerate growth. In 2020, Antidote increased its annual revenue by 66% and the number of projects handled by 158% over the previous year. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, the company surpassed its entire 2020 revenue.\r\n
              \r\n
              In concert with its extensive partner network of patient advocacy groups, Antidote operates with a truly patient-centric approach, balancing technology with a human touch. The funding will be used to enhance its clinical trial search engine, launch new products and services (including data insights), and expand its footprint internationally.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              “Antidote is a company in high-growth mode aiming to solve one of the most difficult problems of clinical research — connecting patients to trials,” said <strong>Sebastien Woynar</strong>, <strong>Investment Director at LBO France</strong>, “We’re excited to invest in an impressive team and a business that aligns so well with our investment objectives, to support their important mission.”\r\n
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              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Franck Noiret, Managing Director at LBO France</strong>, added “We believe that Antidote, as the fifth investment of our Digital Health 2 fund, will greatly benefit from our sectoral expertise and significant experience in the field of clinical trials.”\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              Antidote understands that solving the problem of clinical trial patient recruitment will require innovative solutions to help willing and interested patients find, screen for, and enroll in medical research. With this new round of funding, the company will continue to lead the field in delivering such solutions. To learn more about Antidote’s work to accelerate medical research, please <a href="https://www.antidote.me/researchers/contact">get in touch</a>.
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          4 => WP_Post {#7744
            +ID: 5424
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            +post_date: "2021-05-26 08:56:52"
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              Hosman Press Release\r\n
              \r\n
              Paris, 26/05/2021\r\n
              \r\n
              <em> </em><strong>REAL ESTATE ONLINE AGENCY HOSMAN RAISES 6 MILLION EUROS TO ACCELERATE THE REAL ESTATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Paris, 26 May 2020 - </strong><a href="https://www.hosman.co/"><strong>Hosman</strong></a><strong>, the French fixed-price real estate online agency, announces €6 million in financing raised by LBO France through its proptech-dedicated NewStone fund, with the support of the Waterstart accelerator fund,</strong><strong> UL Invest, and former Axel Springer CEO Andreas Wiele. With this new round of financing, Hosman will stay on its exponential growth track and continue to shake up the model of traditional real estate agencies by offering its fixed-price services throughout France, with its new generation of real estate experts.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>Spectacular, innovation-based growth</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              By combining the best of human expertise with the efficiency of digital tools developed in-house, Hosman has succeeded in becoming the leading online real estate agency. Just three years in, the start-up has surpassed 3,000 properties sold (estimated savings on agency fees of €55m) and has won more than 2% of the market in Paris and the surrounding suburbs. Today, more than 300 customers are turning to Hosman every month to sell their property.\r\n
              \r\n
              Thanks to their organisation and technology, a Hosman expert can focus on the core business of consulting and negotiating. That’s how they make eight to ten sales each month, compared to a traditional agent’s five to eight. The start-up aims to win 10% of the real estate market by 2024.\r\n
              \r\n
              Hosman’s success is down to the service quality, innovation, technology and operational excellence that the agency draws on when serving its customers.\r\n
              \r\n
              In measurable terms, this means very high customer satisfaction (ranked #1 on the Trustpilot customer review platform (4.9/5 stars) in the “real estate agency” and “real estate agents” categories) – in a sector the French are often highly critical of – and growth based on customer referrals.\r\n
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              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Funds raised to accelerate its growth throughout France</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              With this new fundraising, Hosman, which already has a presence in the Greater Paris, Nantes, and Bordeaux regions, can move into France's other big cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice and Lille, offering its five-star fixed-price service and continuing to innovate to serve sellers and buyers alike. Hosman will strengthen its team by <strong>hiring some 100</strong> permanent employees over the next twelve months.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Stanislas de Dinechin</strong>, Hosman's co-founder, says<em>: </em>“<em>At Hosman, we want to release the brakes on property deals and restore the real estate agent's image by reinventing the profession. Our digital-based structure gives us the efficiency and transparency our experts need to deliver exceptional customer service and focus on consulting and negotiating. Using our new financing, we will ramp up the sector's digital transformation and keep innovating to serve both buyers and sellers. We have put in two years of intense work to create a solid service in the Greater Paris region, Nantes, and Bordeaux. Now we want to bring the Hosman advantage to as many people in France as we can</em>.”\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              The fundraising is led by <strong>LBO France</strong> via NewStone, its impact fund fully dedicated to French proptech, with support from <strong>Waterstart</strong>, an accelerator fund managed by NCI and now among the most active VC funds in France, and from <strong>UL Invest</strong>. Another featured investor is <strong>Andreas Wiele, </strong>former CEO of <strong>Axel Springer, </strong>a proptech investment leader in Europe, including in Purplebricks (UK), Housell (Spain), Homeday (Germany), Seloger (France), and MeilleursAgents (France). Wiele will lend his broad expertise to Hosman's co-founders.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“With this second investment from the NewStone fund, we are continuing our deployment by focusing on start-ups in the real estate and construction sectors that are taking a bold approach. We are proud to support this change, and this committed team</em>," says <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              “<em>Hosman is not the first online agency project that we have looked at, but we were really won over by the strength of this start-up’s business model and its founders. From the outset, the company has been run with real discipline and a very clear vision: to become the benchmark for real estate agencies, based on superior service delivered by agent employees who are “enhanced” by their powerful digital model. We are so pleased to be supporting the company in its nationwide expansion – particularly in NCI's territories”, </em>says <strong>Yves Guiol</strong>, Associate Director of NCI.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>An eco-friendly, inclusive model</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As a socially responsible company, Hosman has launched an offer dedicated to eco-friendly housing and is donating a portion of its revenues to an association that promotes access to housing.\r\n
              \r\n
              Hosman recently launched the first Green service line for the sale of eco-friendly properties. These services apply to properties with <strong>A- and B-rated</strong><strong> Energy Performance Certificates</strong> (based on indicators of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions) and those that have received the Low Energy Building label. Hosman wants to empower everyone to make their property deals more environmentally responsible by lowering their fixed price by 5% and promoting energy-efficient properties. This approach echoes the government’s drive to commit to the environment with its Climate and Resilience bill, where the lease of poorly-insulated buildings will be prohibited.\r\n
              \r\n
              In line with its <strong>exacting </strong>and <strong>caring</strong> ethos, Hosman has set up a Giveback system that involves donating <strong>0.3% of its revenue </strong>to <strong>Habitat et Humanisme, </strong>a non-profit that promotes housing, inclusion, and the creation of social connections.
              """
            +post_title: "LBO France announces its investment in Hosman, the French fixed-price real estate online agency, through NewStone, its impact fund 100% dedicated to French “Proptech”"
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            +ID: 5043
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            +post_date: "2021-01-26 18:22:59"
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Paris, January 26<sup>th</sup>, 2021</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France has helped Moustache Bikes to arrange an impact loan to support its rapid growth, a first for the Mid Cap team of the fund.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Since it was founded in 2011, Moustache Bikes has rapidly become the leader of the premium electric bikes French market. The company now employs over 140 people and doubled revenue over the last two years to €100 million in 2020. Development has mirrored the rising sales of its bikes in France and abroad: 50,000 units were sold in 2020. This trend was driven by the expansion of soft mobilities, as well as the use of e-bikes for leisure and for short work trips, trend that has been intensified by the Covid crisis.\r\n
              \r\n
              In this context, Moustache Bikes, alongside LBO France, has decided to adapt its financing structure, by implementing an additional €41.5 million tranche of senior debt and increasing the size of its revolving credit line. The extra debt was subscribed for by a number of impact lending and private debt funds (Eiffel, Amundi, Scor, Schelcher), and by the company’s long-standing banks (Palatine, Banque Populaire, Crédit Lyonnais, CIC and Crédit Agricole).\r\n
              \r\n
              This is the first impact loan that LBO France has implemented for one of its private equity mid cap investments; a type of financing it had already resorted to in 2018 for its real estate business, when it acquired the Network I building in Bagneux through a "green loan", certified by the Climate Bond Initiative. The aim is to combine customary financial criteria with a set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives that, if met, reduce the cost of debt. In keeping with its location in the Vosges and its sustainable business model, Moustache Bikes has defined two ambitious objectives: the number of annual hires and the training rate of its teams.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Louis de Lummen, Investment Director Mid Cap at LBO France</strong>, said: <em>“We are pleased to continue supporting Moustache Bikes as it develops and to incorporate ESG criteria into this portfolio company. This forms part of a long-term approach at LBO France. With its sustainable model, Moustache Bikes seemed an obvious choice for this first impact loan, a strategy we plan on expanding in the future.”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Grégory Sand, Co-founder of Moustache Bikes</strong>: <em>“We are delighted to have this impact loan which will allow us to support Moustache Bikes' growth, in accordance with our values and ambitions. The lenders' renewed confidence in our project is another step forward in our development.”</em>
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          6 => WP_Post {#7747
            +ID: 5002
            +post_author: "2"
            +post_date: "2020-11-25 09:22:23"
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Paris, November 25<sup>th</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              <ul>\r\n
               \t<li><strong> </strong><strong>LBO France has committed €5 million in a Series B financing round to Zeplug, which installs charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles in co-owned buildings and companies.</strong></li>\r\n
               \t<li><strong>The money raised will help Zeplug to seep up its development in its markets </strong></li>\r\n
               \t<li><strong>This investment marks the launch of Newstone, the first fund dedicated to the French Proptech, led by a team of seasoned real estate professionals that will leverage their industry expertise to support fifteen startups. </strong></li>\r\n
              </ul>\r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A first investment in the startup Zeplug</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France announces the first investment of its NewStone fund in the French startup Zeplug (Series B). Zeplug was founded in 2014 by Frédéric Renaudeau, who used a <strong>cable-operator model</strong> to provide a range of electric and hybrid vehicle charging equipment for co-owned buildings and companies.\r\n
              \r\n
              Zeplug's solution, leader in its market, provides charging points in residential buildings at no charge to the building's co-owners and with no management burden on the managing agent. It is done by running a power supply, separate from that for the common areas, solely dedicated to recharging e-vehicles. The final user only pays for the installation of a charging point in its parking space, plus a flat-rate all-inclusive monthly fee (covering access, electricity consumption, maintenance). The Zeplug solution includes a 100%-renewable energy supply and the energy management of recharging.\r\n
              \r\n
              Zeplug also offers a tailor-made solution for companies, which provides on-site or at-home recharging for employees to meet the aims of “greening” auto fleets.\r\n
              \r\n
              Zeplug, with around 50 employees, is a key player in the condominium recharging sector. It has nearly 1,000 active points in its installed base of more than 500 co-owned buildings. The solution has also been approved by more than 2,000 co-owned buildings with another 3,000 still seeking approval. Development has been greatly helped by close partnerships with 17 automotive manufacturers, an expert network of recharging infrastructure installers, top-name suppliers and an experienced management team.\r\n
              \r\n
              Since its first fundraising in 2018, Zeplug has introduced a financing solution for recharging infrastructure. This latest €5 million round should allow ZEPLUG to continue its expansion in co-owned buildings and bolster its position in the corporate market.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“In a world ever more aware of the new challenges of today, value creation cannot ignore the future of humanity and its environment. We are proud of this first investment, right in the core strategy of our new fund NewStone and its objectives of sustainable development. Electric and hybrid vehicles are set to make up more than half of all vehicle sales by 2030</em><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><em><strong>[1]</strong></em></a><em>. Zeplug, which plans to support this fast-growing market, is positioned as a pioneer in e-vehicle recharging equipment. Its B2B and B2C business model, supported by strategic partnerships with the biggest automotive manufacturers, is highly promising”, </em>said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“We are delighted to have LBO France's support in this rapid-growth phase, helped by government measures to support e-mobility. Adoption of e-vehicles is growing exponentially - they had 10% of the market in October 2020 - and the rollout of charging points in co-owned buildings and companies is a key issue. LBO France has expertise in real estate and in backing successful companies, making it an ideal partner for ZEPLUG.” </em>said <strong>Frédéric Renaudeau, Founding Chairman of Zeplug.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A dedicated French Proptech fund with a strong social and environmental footprint</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France, operating in the real estate sector since 2003, has decided to also focus on “PropTech” - the startups that are revolutionising the sector with their innovative products and value-added business models. NewStone will invest in a portfolio of around fifteenn startups in France, operating in the various market verticals of such universe. The FPCI NewStone will integrate a strong environmental and societal approach including the monitoring of pre-identified sustainable development objectives alongside with a specific methodology consistent with the ESG policy of LBO France.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“LBO France’s real estate teams have a strong sector and operational expertise in the industry. As a result, it was a natural decision to launch this new promising fund and back these startups as they develop.</em> <em>Our ambition is to inject some innovation into a real estate sector long stuck in its ways and to give substance to the new thinking of real entrepreneurs</em>”, said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“The PropTech ecosystem first emerged in 2015 and now embraces some 400 startups throughout France. They are active in finance (online brokers, crowdfunding, etc.), construction (coordination software, robotisation, etc.), management (deals, property management, etc.) and in newly emerging businesses (coworking, coliving, etc.). It is the ideal time to launch a vehicle dedicated solely to these activities, backed by investment teams that know the real estate sector inside out.</em>”, adds <strong>Vincent Pavanello, co-founder of Real Estech</strong>  (a cluster of 300 start-ups) <strong>and Venture Partner at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
              \r\n
              <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> BCG report
              """
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            +ID: 4941
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              <strong>Paris, November 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France has completed the sale of FH Ortho, one of the leaders in orthopaedic implants in France, to the industrial group Olympus. </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Founded in 1964, FH Ortho is a French company that develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic implants and the associated instrumentation. The company offers a full range of orthopaedic implants, including hip and knee, and has developed high-performance products for the extremities (shoulders and feet) and sports medicine (ligaments). Its business is divided between France (which accounts for slightly more than half of its revenues) and the international market with a network of distributors in more than 30 countries as well as subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France acquired FH Ortho in 2014 through its Hexagone III fund in a pool that included Crédit Mutuel Equity, Naxicap, BNP Paribas Développement and the Hermann family. Since then, the shareholders have supported the company in its transformation from a family-owned group to a true French leader in orthopaedics. The company grew by 50% during this period, with a significant growth in exports. In addition, despite a market backdrop disrupted by price pressure and increasing regulatory requirements, FH Ortho continued its proactive strategy of developing new products.\r\n
              \r\n
              At the same time as this transaction, Spine Innovations, which groups together the spine prosthetics activities of the former FH Ortho, became independent under the aegis of a few of its current shareholders.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Arthur Bernardin, Managing Director of LBO France,</strong> said: “With the help of FH Ortho’s management team, we have been able to revitalise a very significant player in the best tradition of the French school of orthopaedics and achieve our various objectives: transforming a family-owned group, allowing it to reach a new level in terms of revenue and strengthen the company's innovation and product development DNA. We are therefore particularly proud to pass on the baton to Olympus, who approached us directly and was won over by the growing demand for FH Ortho’s products in its markets. In addition, together with a few shareholders, we wanted to continue the adventure by remaining a shareholder in one of the Group's most dynamic activities: spine prosthetics. Although it is a sideline of FH Ortho Group, spine prosthetics have grown by more than 40% per year since the beginning of our collaboration, driven by cutting edge lumbar and cervical prosthesis technology. We therefore wanted to provide this organisation with the resources it needed for its development.”\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Jean-Marc Idier, President of FH Ortho, adds:</strong> “Over the course of the past six years, we have benefited from the experience and expertise of the LBO France teams, which have enabled us to take a major step forward in our history, in particular with respect to our investment plan and international expansion. Indeed, we have created a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and strengthened our presence in the United States, a key global market for orthopaedics. In addition to our products and teams, it is also this strong international presence that attracted our new shareholder, Olympus.”\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Sandrine Carle, CEO of Spine Innovations</strong>, concludes: “This is a major milestone for Spine Innovations. The support of our financial shareholders combined with our independence will allow us to strengthen our position and aim for new achievements in the spine prosthetics market, relying, of course, on our unique and patented viscoelastic technology.”
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              <strong>Paris and Helsinki, October 30th, 2020</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France acquires a majority stake in Prenax as part of the acquisition of LM Information's subscription management business</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France, through its Small Caps Opportunities II fund, has acquired a majority stake in the French company Prenax. This move relates to the acquisition of the subscription management operations of LM Information ("LM"), based in Finland, and the takeover of one of its US subsidiaries ("LM Inc."). This deal with the management team of Prenax, which is re-investing substantially with the support of Andera Partners, will make it the leading independent European company in the sector.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Prenax, a business process outsourcing company founded in 1993, serves its clients – mainly large companies, but also government and university stakeholders – by taking charge of the information subscription's entire lifecycle, from order intake and processing all the way to billing, via its proprietary extranet. With operations in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and all four Nordic countries, Prenax has finalised 10 acquisitions since 2007 and generates nearly €140 million in business volume.\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France's investment is part of the acquisition of Finland-based LM's subscription management assets. With €110 million in revenue, LM is the fourth-largest European player in the market, operating in some ten countries for universities and governments, and, to a lesser extent, private companies.\r\n
              \r\n
              This consolidation operation makes Prenax the European leader in the procurement of information sources for corporate, government, and academic clients. The two companies are very well-matched geographically, especially in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and will be able to harness many synergies. Further external growth operations with local players are planned, including one in Australia that should close by the end of the year.\r\n
              \r\n
              With the support of LBO France, Prenax's management team, led by Jérôme Conquet, is making a significant reinvestment in the new group, with Andera Partners at its side for the past three years.\r\n
              \r\n
              As Nicolas Manardo, Managing Director at LBO France, comments, “The experience of Jérôme Conquet and the Prenax management team, coupled with the opportunity to establish a European leader in the sector, were decisive factors in LBO France's choice to carry out this complex but promising cross-border transaction. We will continue to support management in its growth projects and provide them with LBO France's experience in integrating large-scale targets.”\r\n
              \r\n
              Jérôme Conquet, President and CEO of Prenax, adds, “We want to be able to rely on a leading partner to continue our development strategy while preserving the group's culture and independence. With LBO France's expertise, we can boost our geographical development through external growth while drawing on their operational performance team during this major integration of LM.”\r\n
              \r\n
              “The merger of Prenax and LM is a unique opportunity to build a leading group in Europe,” notes Jussi Kettunen, Managing Director of LM Information. “This will open up real opportunities for our customers and all of our employees.”\r\n
              \r\n
              And Laurent Fichter, Partner at Andera Partners, states, “We’re thrilled to be extending the three-year partnership with Prenax's management team. It will be a real pleasure to accompany Prenax and LBO France through this pivotal acquisition for the group."\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As a key player in private equity with €6.2bn of commitments, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
              Find out more: www.lbofrance.com\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About Prenax</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Prenax Group started life in Sweden in 1993, and has expanded through organic growth, acquisitions, and partnerships, to become the world’s largest corporate subscription management partner to organisations. Operating from the USA, through Europe to Asia-Pacific it serves financial and legal services, advanced engineering, consulting, medical libraries, pharma, and local governments. From its local offices in 8 countries worldwide, Prenax simplifies and centralises the information resources procurement process. It manages and consolidates subscriptions and memberships through a single supplier to ensure customers benefit from lower costs, better visibility, and control.\r\n
              www.prenax.fr\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About Andera Partners</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Set up in 2001 within the Edmond de Rothschild Group, Andera Partners is a benchmark in the private equity investment sector, both in France and internationally. It manages more than EUR 2.5 billion based around life sciences (BioDiscovery), expansion and buyout capital (Winch Capital for mid-caps and Cabestan Capital for small caps) and sponsorless mezzanine financing (ActoMezz). Providing services to entrepreneurs and respect for the partners are the foremost concerns of Andera Partners, which is wholly owned by its teams. The investment company is also a signatory to France Invest's 2020 Carbon Initiative and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) for the adoption of best environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices. Based in Paris, Andera Partners is an AMF-accredited management company with more than 70 employees, including 47 investment professionals. The firm is organised as a partnership and managed by a college of ten partners.\r\n
              The performance of its funds, the diversity of its offering and its organisational model enable Andera Partners to stand out in the markets where it operates and to be recognised as a key market player.\r\n
              www.anderapartners.com\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About LM Information Delivery</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              LM Information Delivery is a leading international subscription and information management service provider. The company has local offices in 10 countries worldwide and serves customers across the globe. Our customers include academic and research libraries, municipalities, public libraries and corporate businesses across many sectors.\r\n
              <a href="https://lminfo.com/">https://lminfo.com/</a>
              """
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          <strong>High jewellery: Bluclad and Progold create an integrated platform to serve the luxury market </strong>\r\n
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          <em>The transaction has been developed thanks to the financial and operational support of LBO France, Bluclad's majority shareholder</em>.\r\n
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          Milan, 13 July 2021 - <strong>Bluclad S.p.A.,</strong> a Florentine company active in the sector of electroplating products for the fashion and luxury market, and <strong>Progold S.p.A.,</strong> a Vicenza-based company active in the sector of alloys, master alloys and additive manufacturing for the high jewellery sector, have signed an agreement to merge their business activities, which will lead to the creation of an integrated platform serving the most important brands in the luxury and jewellery sectors.\r\n
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          This integration will foster commercial and operational synergies, the sharing of know-how gained over the years of experience of the two companies and even greater innovation, leading to the consolidation of market leadership positions in their respective segments.\r\n
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          <strong>Marco Eruli, Chairman and CEO of Bluclad </strong>and Leandro Luconi, Technical Director, commented: "We are delighted with the conclusion of this collaboration and integration agreement between Bluclad and Progold. Although operating in different sectors of the luxury market, our companies are perfectly complementary, and the integration between the two companies will certainly lead to the creation of a global player and reference point also in the sector of components for high-level alloys and mother alloys".\r\n
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          "I am extremely satisfied," <strong>says Damiano Zito, CEO of Progold</strong>, who continues, "We looked for each other, liked each other and decided to combine our resources and core competencies to expand our value proposition. Our business models are perfectly matched and form the basis of the strategic decision taken. We will face the future by bringing our customers to exploit the value that Bluclad will pour into the galvanic product line created specifically for the goldsmith sector. We are confident that our customers will be as satisfied as we are with this addition to our core offering. This is the beginning of a new phase of growth for Progold, a dream shared with four friends whose valuable support has enabled the company to become a leader in its reference market 25 years later and to be ready today to seize this opportunity".\r\n
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          <strong>Arthur Bernardin, managing director of Gioconda and Pierluigi Rotundo, director</strong>, commented on the operation: "Bluclad and Progold are a classic example of companies in which we are enthusiastic about investing, thanks to a strong and cohesive management team, a market leadership position, a strong orientation towards growth and innovation. The integration of Progold, that will be subject to bank approval and all law related authorizations, is part of a strategy of constant support for growth, like in the implementation of extraordinary operations such as this one, and fits perfectly into the market trend that sees the fashion world increasingly pervading jewellery. We are therefore thrilled to have created a unique operator in its reference market, capable of supplying the most innovative products in the sector".
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          Press release\r\n
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          Paris, July 7<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
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          <strong>Groupe RG refinances with an impact loan to support future growth</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France has helped Groupe RG to arrange a new impact loan to support its strong growth and refinance existing Mezzanine debt.</strong>\r\n
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          Founded in 1987, headquartered in Saint Priest and led by Pierre Manchini (CEO), Groupe RG is the French leading specialized distributor of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The group distributes a wide range of products (c. 40,000 references) covering 6 main protection fields: Head, Hand, Foot, Body, Breathing, and Hygiene &amp; Safety in the working environment. The group is also successfully selling products under its own brand, Ergos, and addresses a large customer base encompassing large corporations, SMEs from the industry and service sectors, as well as public sector entities.\r\n
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          In this context, Groupe RG, alongside LBO France, has decided to adapt its financing structure, by implementing a new €128 million all senior debt as well as a revolving credit line, to support future growth and refinance existing Mezzanine debt. The new debt was subscribed for by several impact lending and private debt funds (Eiffel, Amundi, Schelcher Prince, Lyxor and CIC PD), and by the company’s long-standing banks (Crédit Lyonnais, Palatine, Crédit Agricole, Banque Populaire and BNP).\r\n
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          Since LBO France became the shareholder of Groupe RG in September 2017, the group has grown significantly while spreading its breadth of product and service offering (Category III PPE against deadly risks, over the counter sales) while continuously enlarging its customer base in France and Europe, with large national accounts gained through tenders. The group has also conducted an active external growth strategy with 9 build-ups since 2018, especially in Spain and Italy, where Groupe RG is now the leading player.\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>Simon Couturier, Investment Director Mid Cap at LBO France</strong>: <em>“I’m thrilled to have worked along Groupe RG on this refinancing and the implementation of this new impact loan. It will support further development, both organically and through external growth, while emphasizing and leveraging the numerous ESG initiatives launched by the group in its markets.”</em>
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          Paris, June 8<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France expands into Public Equity</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, 8 June 2021 – LBO France is moving into the area of Public Equity with the launch of the France Développement fund which has been granted the “Relance” Label</strong>\r\n
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          LBO France expands today beyond its ground-breaking private equity business in announcing the launch of a new listed investments business via France Développement. This initial fund has been granted the “Relance” Label, a French government stimulus program, and will take out minority stakes in a limited number of listed French small and mid caps with market caps between €100m and €3bn.\r\n
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          Initiated by a recognised equity manager, Pierre Nebout, backed by Stéphane Sumar, France Développement benefits from LBO France’s know-how as a major private equity player specialising in French small and mid caps. The fund will be managed with all the thoroughness of private equity, with the resources to play its investor role in full as an active, constructive and long-term shareholder.\r\n
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          Listed and non-listed market strategies are synthesized by private-equity experts and the fund manager on the Investment Committee. The Committee ensures a conviction-based management style while supervising risk-taking, which is a trademark of private equity.\r\n
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          Investment holdings will be monitored with a focus on value creation. With the backing of the LBO France Operating Performance team, France Développement aims to make invested companies: 1/ easier to understand and more visible by assisting them in their financial and extra-financial communication; 2/ better performing with its value proposition in operating strategy and financial management; and 3/ more attractive by promoting a constructive dialogue with managers and supervisory bodies, particularly on ESG issues that are essential to economic sustainability.\r\n
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          France Développement has undertaken the process of SRI certification, driven by its conviction that a company must meet the expectations of all stakeholders for its development model to be sustainable in the long term.\r\n
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          France Développement managers comment on the fund’s launch:\r\n
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          <strong>Pierre Nebout, Head of Public Equity at LBO France: </strong><em>"I am particularly enthusiastic about the idea of giving new meaning to the profession of investor through contact with entrepreneurs. The context of the launch of France Développement is particularly attractive. The end of the health crisis has seen a return of investment flows to small and mid caps seeking equity capital to accelerate their growth. The increase in the number of deals reflects the vitality of this market. Our discipline in fundamental analysis is an asset in identifying good business models and assessing risks, a necessity reinforced by the weakening of market research. Finally, rarely has the valuation gap been so wide in favour of listed companies”.</em>\r\n
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          <strong>Stéphane Sumar, Investment Director Public Equity: </strong><em>"Joining LBO France just as the France Développement fund is being launched is the logical conclusion of my 20-plus-year career devoted to the financial research on listed small and mid caps.” </em>\r\n
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          <strong>Robert Daussun, CEO at LBO France:</strong> <em>"France Développement stands astride the worlds of private and public equity. It adds a natural strategy to the LBO France platform by providing small and mid caps with patient, committed and long-term capital for their development projects and their financial and extra-financial valuation objectives."</em>
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          <strong>Antidote Raises $23 Million to Scale Digital Patient Engagement Services</strong>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>The funding, led by LBO France, will be used to enhance Antidote’s platform and accelerate new data products, connecting patients to research globally.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>New York, NY June 3, 2021</strong> — Antidote Technologies Limited (“Antidote”) today announced it has closed $23.2 million in funding to expand its digital patient engagement programs and clinical trial recruitment services. The funding round was led by LBO France, a private equity firm committed to supporting the growth of digital health, both in transforming health systems and accelerating medical R&amp;D.\r\n
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          Through its Digital Health 2 fund, LBO France is investing $10 million, joining existing major investors Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Smedvig Capital, and Octopus Ventures, who between them are investing $13.2 million. Sebastien Woynar and Franck Noiret of LBO France will join the Antidote Board as a director and an observer, respectively.\r\n
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          “The importance of clinical research has never been more clear than in the past year, as the industry stepped up to develop treatments and vaccines faster than could ever have been imagined,” said <strong>Laurent Schockmel, CEO of Antidote</strong>. “But despite the speed of response to Covid-19, some 80% of clinical trials are still delayed or closed due to a lack of participants. We welcome LBO France as a partner to help us achieve our mission of transforming the way that researchers and patients connect in an effort to accelerate medical research.”\r\n
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          This new round of funding will allow the company to build on recent commercial success and accelerate growth. In 2020, Antidote increased its annual revenue by 66% and the number of projects handled by 158% over the previous year. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, the company surpassed its entire 2020 revenue.\r\n
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          In concert with its extensive partner network of patient advocacy groups, Antidote operates with a truly patient-centric approach, balancing technology with a human touch. The funding will be used to enhance its clinical trial search engine, launch new products and services (including data insights), and expand its footprint internationally.\r\n
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          “Antidote is a company in high-growth mode aiming to solve one of the most difficult problems of clinical research — connecting patients to trials,” said <strong>Sebastien Woynar</strong>, <strong>Investment Director at LBO France</strong>, “We’re excited to invest in an impressive team and a business that aligns so well with our investment objectives, to support their important mission.”\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          <strong>Franck Noiret, Managing Director at LBO France</strong>, added “We believe that Antidote, as the fifth investment of our Digital Health 2 fund, will greatly benefit from our sectoral expertise and significant experience in the field of clinical trials.”\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          Antidote understands that solving the problem of clinical trial patient recruitment will require innovative solutions to help willing and interested patients find, screen for, and enroll in medical research. With this new round of funding, the company will continue to lead the field in delivering such solutions. To learn more about Antidote’s work to accelerate medical research, please <a href="https://www.antidote.me/researchers/contact">get in touch</a>.
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          Hosman Press Release\r\n
          \r\n
          Paris, 26/05/2021\r\n
          \r\n
          <em> </em><strong>REAL ESTATE ONLINE AGENCY HOSMAN RAISES 6 MILLION EUROS TO ACCELERATE THE REAL ESTATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>Paris, 26 May 2020 - </strong><a href="https://www.hosman.co/"><strong>Hosman</strong></a><strong>, the French fixed-price real estate online agency, announces €6 million in financing raised by LBO France through its proptech-dedicated NewStone fund, with the support of the Waterstart accelerator fund,</strong><strong> UL Invest, and former Axel Springer CEO Andreas Wiele. With this new round of financing, Hosman will stay on its exponential growth track and continue to shake up the model of traditional real estate agencies by offering its fixed-price services throughout France, with its new generation of real estate experts.</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong> </strong><strong>Spectacular, innovation-based growth</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          By combining the best of human expertise with the efficiency of digital tools developed in-house, Hosman has succeeded in becoming the leading online real estate agency. Just three years in, the start-up has surpassed 3,000 properties sold (estimated savings on agency fees of €55m) and has won more than 2% of the market in Paris and the surrounding suburbs. Today, more than 300 customers are turning to Hosman every month to sell their property.\r\n
          \r\n
          Thanks to their organisation and technology, a Hosman expert can focus on the core business of consulting and negotiating. That’s how they make eight to ten sales each month, compared to a traditional agent’s five to eight. The start-up aims to win 10% of the real estate market by 2024.\r\n
          \r\n
          Hosman’s success is down to the service quality, innovation, technology and operational excellence that the agency draws on when serving its customers.\r\n
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          In measurable terms, this means very high customer satisfaction (ranked #1 on the Trustpilot customer review platform (4.9/5 stars) in the “real estate agency” and “real estate agents” categories) – in a sector the French are often highly critical of – and growth based on customer referrals.\r\n
          \r\n
          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>Funds raised to accelerate its growth throughout France</strong>\r\n
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          With this new fundraising, Hosman, which already has a presence in the Greater Paris, Nantes, and Bordeaux regions, can move into France's other big cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice and Lille, offering its five-star fixed-price service and continuing to innovate to serve sellers and buyers alike. Hosman will strengthen its team by <strong>hiring some 100</strong> permanent employees over the next twelve months.\r\n
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          <strong>Stanislas de Dinechin</strong>, Hosman's co-founder, says<em>: </em>“<em>At Hosman, we want to release the brakes on property deals and restore the real estate agent's image by reinventing the profession. Our digital-based structure gives us the efficiency and transparency our experts need to deliver exceptional customer service and focus on consulting and negotiating. Using our new financing, we will ramp up the sector's digital transformation and keep innovating to serve both buyers and sellers. We have put in two years of intense work to create a solid service in the Greater Paris region, Nantes, and Bordeaux. Now we want to bring the Hosman advantage to as many people in France as we can</em>.”\r\n
          \r\n
          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          The fundraising is led by <strong>LBO France</strong> via NewStone, its impact fund fully dedicated to French proptech, with support from <strong>Waterstart</strong>, an accelerator fund managed by NCI and now among the most active VC funds in France, and from <strong>UL Invest</strong>. Another featured investor is <strong>Andreas Wiele, </strong>former CEO of <strong>Axel Springer, </strong>a proptech investment leader in Europe, including in Purplebricks (UK), Housell (Spain), Homeday (Germany), Seloger (France), and MeilleursAgents (France). Wiele will lend his broad expertise to Hosman's co-founders.\r\n
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          <em>“With this second investment from the NewStone fund, we are continuing our deployment by focusing on start-ups in the real estate and construction sectors that are taking a bold approach. We are proud to support this change, and this committed team</em>," says <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France.\r\n
          \r\n
          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          “<em>Hosman is not the first online agency project that we have looked at, but we were really won over by the strength of this start-up’s business model and its founders. From the outset, the company has been run with real discipline and a very clear vision: to become the benchmark for real estate agencies, based on superior service delivered by agent employees who are “enhanced” by their powerful digital model. We are so pleased to be supporting the company in its nationwide expansion – particularly in NCI's territories”, </em>says <strong>Yves Guiol</strong>, Associate Director of NCI.\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>An eco-friendly, inclusive model</strong>\r\n
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          As a socially responsible company, Hosman has launched an offer dedicated to eco-friendly housing and is donating a portion of its revenues to an association that promotes access to housing.\r\n
          \r\n
          Hosman recently launched the first Green service line for the sale of eco-friendly properties. These services apply to properties with <strong>A- and B-rated</strong><strong> Energy Performance Certificates</strong> (based on indicators of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions) and those that have received the Low Energy Building label. Hosman wants to empower everyone to make their property deals more environmentally responsible by lowering their fixed price by 5% and promoting energy-efficient properties. This approach echoes the government’s drive to commit to the environment with its Climate and Resilience bill, where the lease of poorly-insulated buildings will be prohibited.\r\n
          \r\n
          In line with its <strong>exacting </strong>and <strong>caring</strong> ethos, Hosman has set up a Giveback system that involves donating <strong>0.3% of its revenue </strong>to <strong>Habitat et Humanisme, </strong>a non-profit that promotes housing, inclusion, and the creation of social connections.
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          <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, January 26<sup>th</sup>, 2021</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France has helped Moustache Bikes to arrange an impact loan to support its rapid growth, a first for the Mid Cap team of the fund.</strong>\r\n
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          Since it was founded in 2011, Moustache Bikes has rapidly become the leader of the premium electric bikes French market. The company now employs over 140 people and doubled revenue over the last two years to €100 million in 2020. Development has mirrored the rising sales of its bikes in France and abroad: 50,000 units were sold in 2020. This trend was driven by the expansion of soft mobilities, as well as the use of e-bikes for leisure and for short work trips, trend that has been intensified by the Covid crisis.\r\n
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          In this context, Moustache Bikes, alongside LBO France, has decided to adapt its financing structure, by implementing an additional €41.5 million tranche of senior debt and increasing the size of its revolving credit line. The extra debt was subscribed for by a number of impact lending and private debt funds (Eiffel, Amundi, Scor, Schelcher), and by the company’s long-standing banks (Palatine, Banque Populaire, Crédit Lyonnais, CIC and Crédit Agricole).\r\n
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          This is the first impact loan that LBO France has implemented for one of its private equity mid cap investments; a type of financing it had already resorted to in 2018 for its real estate business, when it acquired the Network I building in Bagneux through a "green loan", certified by the Climate Bond Initiative. The aim is to combine customary financial criteria with a set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives that, if met, reduce the cost of debt. In keeping with its location in the Vosges and its sustainable business model, Moustache Bikes has defined two ambitious objectives: the number of annual hires and the training rate of its teams.\r\n
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          <strong>Louis de Lummen, Investment Director Mid Cap at LBO France</strong>, said: <em>“We are pleased to continue supporting Moustache Bikes as it develops and to incorporate ESG criteria into this portfolio company. This forms part of a long-term approach at LBO France. With its sustainable model, Moustache Bikes seemed an obvious choice for this first impact loan, a strategy we plan on expanding in the future.”</em>\r\n
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          <strong>Grégory Sand, Co-founder of Moustache Bikes</strong>: <em>“We are delighted to have this impact loan which will allow us to support Moustache Bikes' growth, in accordance with our values and ambitions. The lenders' renewed confidence in our project is another step forward in our development.”</em>
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          <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>Paris, November 25<sup>th</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
          <ul>\r\n
           \t<li><strong> </strong><strong>LBO France has committed €5 million in a Series B financing round to Zeplug, which installs charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles in co-owned buildings and companies.</strong></li>\r\n
           \t<li><strong>The money raised will help Zeplug to seep up its development in its markets </strong></li>\r\n
           \t<li><strong>This investment marks the launch of Newstone, the first fund dedicated to the French Proptech, led by a team of seasoned real estate professionals that will leverage their industry expertise to support fifteen startups. </strong></li>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>A first investment in the startup Zeplug</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France announces the first investment of its NewStone fund in the French startup Zeplug (Series B). Zeplug was founded in 2014 by Frédéric Renaudeau, who used a <strong>cable-operator model</strong> to provide a range of electric and hybrid vehicle charging equipment for co-owned buildings and companies.\r\n
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          Zeplug's solution, leader in its market, provides charging points in residential buildings at no charge to the building's co-owners and with no management burden on the managing agent. It is done by running a power supply, separate from that for the common areas, solely dedicated to recharging e-vehicles. The final user only pays for the installation of a charging point in its parking space, plus a flat-rate all-inclusive monthly fee (covering access, electricity consumption, maintenance). The Zeplug solution includes a 100%-renewable energy supply and the energy management of recharging.\r\n
          \r\n
          Zeplug also offers a tailor-made solution for companies, which provides on-site or at-home recharging for employees to meet the aims of “greening” auto fleets.\r\n
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          Zeplug, with around 50 employees, is a key player in the condominium recharging sector. It has nearly 1,000 active points in its installed base of more than 500 co-owned buildings. The solution has also been approved by more than 2,000 co-owned buildings with another 3,000 still seeking approval. Development has been greatly helped by close partnerships with 17 automotive manufacturers, an expert network of recharging infrastructure installers, top-name suppliers and an experienced management team.\r\n
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          Since its first fundraising in 2018, Zeplug has introduced a financing solution for recharging infrastructure. This latest €5 million round should allow ZEPLUG to continue its expansion in co-owned buildings and bolster its position in the corporate market.\r\n
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          <em>“In a world ever more aware of the new challenges of today, value creation cannot ignore the future of humanity and its environment. We are proud of this first investment, right in the core strategy of our new fund NewStone and its objectives of sustainable development. Electric and hybrid vehicles are set to make up more than half of all vehicle sales by 2030</em><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><em><strong>[1]</strong></em></a><em>. Zeplug, which plans to support this fast-growing market, is positioned as a pioneer in e-vehicle recharging equipment. Its B2B and B2C business model, supported by strategic partnerships with the biggest automotive manufacturers, is highly promising”, </em>said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
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          <em>“We are delighted to have LBO France's support in this rapid-growth phase, helped by government measures to support e-mobility. Adoption of e-vehicles is growing exponentially - they had 10% of the market in October 2020 - and the rollout of charging points in co-owned buildings and companies is a key issue. LBO France has expertise in real estate and in backing successful companies, making it an ideal partner for ZEPLUG.” </em>said <strong>Frédéric Renaudeau, Founding Chairman of Zeplug.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>A dedicated French Proptech fund with a strong social and environmental footprint</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France, operating in the real estate sector since 2003, has decided to also focus on “PropTech” - the startups that are revolutionising the sector with their innovative products and value-added business models. NewStone will invest in a portfolio of around fifteenn startups in France, operating in the various market verticals of such universe. The FPCI NewStone will integrate a strong environmental and societal approach including the monitoring of pre-identified sustainable development objectives alongside with a specific methodology consistent with the ESG policy of LBO France.\r\n
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          <em>“LBO France’s real estate teams have a strong sector and operational expertise in the industry. As a result, it was a natural decision to launch this new promising fund and back these startups as they develop.</em> <em>Our ambition is to inject some innovation into a real estate sector long stuck in its ways and to give substance to the new thinking of real entrepreneurs</em>”, said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>.\r\n
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          <em>“The PropTech ecosystem first emerged in 2015 and now embraces some 400 startups throughout France. They are active in finance (online brokers, crowdfunding, etc.), construction (coordination software, robotisation, etc.), management (deals, property management, etc.) and in newly emerging businesses (coworking, coliving, etc.). It is the ideal time to launch a vehicle dedicated solely to these activities, backed by investment teams that know the real estate sector inside out.</em>”, adds <strong>Vincent Pavanello, co-founder of Real Estech</strong>  (a cluster of 300 start-ups) <strong>and Venture Partner at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
          \r\n
          <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> BCG report
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          <strong>Paris, November 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
          <strong>Paris and Helsinki, October 30th, 2020</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France acquires a majority stake in Prenax as part of the acquisition of LM Information's subscription management business</strong>\r\n
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              <strong>High jewellery: Bluclad and Progold create an integrated platform to serve the luxury market </strong>\r\n
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              <em>The transaction has been developed thanks to the financial and operational support of LBO France, Bluclad's majority shareholder</em>.\r\n
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              Milan, 13 July 2021 - <strong>Bluclad S.p.A.,</strong> a Florentine company active in the sector of electroplating products for the fashion and luxury market, and <strong>Progold S.p.A.,</strong> a Vicenza-based company active in the sector of alloys, master alloys and additive manufacturing for the high jewellery sector, have signed an agreement to merge their business activities, which will lead to the creation of an integrated platform serving the most important brands in the luxury and jewellery sectors.\r\n
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              <strong>Marco Eruli, Chairman and CEO of Bluclad </strong>and Leandro Luconi, Technical Director, commented: "We are delighted with the conclusion of this collaboration and integration agreement between Bluclad and Progold. Although operating in different sectors of the luxury market, our companies are perfectly complementary, and the integration between the two companies will certainly lead to the creation of a global player and reference point also in the sector of components for high-level alloys and mother alloys".\r\n
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              "I am extremely satisfied," <strong>says Damiano Zito, CEO of Progold</strong>, who continues, "We looked for each other, liked each other and decided to combine our resources and core competencies to expand our value proposition. Our business models are perfectly matched and form the basis of the strategic decision taken. We will face the future by bringing our customers to exploit the value that Bluclad will pour into the galvanic product line created specifically for the goldsmith sector. We are confident that our customers will be as satisfied as we are with this addition to our core offering. This is the beginning of a new phase of growth for Progold, a dream shared with four friends whose valuable support has enabled the company to become a leader in its reference market 25 years later and to be ready today to seize this opportunity".\r\n
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              Paris, July 7<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
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              <strong>Groupe RG refinances with an impact loan to support future growth</strong>\r\n
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              <strong>LBO France has helped Groupe RG to arrange a new impact loan to support its strong growth and refinance existing Mezzanine debt.</strong>\r\n
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              Founded in 1987, headquartered in Saint Priest and led by Pierre Manchini (CEO), Groupe RG is the French leading specialized distributor of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The group distributes a wide range of products (c. 40,000 references) covering 6 main protection fields: Head, Hand, Foot, Body, Breathing, and Hygiene &amp; Safety in the working environment. The group is also successfully selling products under its own brand, Ergos, and addresses a large customer base encompassing large corporations, SMEs from the industry and service sectors, as well as public sector entities.\r\n
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              Since LBO France became the shareholder of Groupe RG in September 2017, the group has grown significantly while spreading its breadth of product and service offering (Category III PPE against deadly risks, over the counter sales) while continuously enlarging its customer base in France and Europe, with large national accounts gained through tenders. The group has also conducted an active external growth strategy with 9 build-ups since 2018, especially in Spain and Italy, where Groupe RG is now the leading player.\r\n
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              This is the second impact loan that LBO France has implemented in its private equity mid cap portfolio after Moustache Bikes’ refinancing in January 2021. The aim is to combine customary financial criteria with a set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives that, if met, reduce the cost of debt.\r\n
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              <strong>Pierre Manchini, CEO of Groupe RG</strong>: <em>“This new loan will allow Groupe RG to continue its organic growth and develop its European footprint. Groupe RG remains fully committed and determined to pursue its development. LBO France has been a faithful ally that has understood the DNA of the group and supported the project. Our customers’ satisfaction remains paramount. This new step will allow us to prepare the future and to reinforce our PPE service and expertise in France and Europe. Our customers’ confidence is key, we want to constantly earn it. Protect Women and Men at work is our commitment!”</em>\r\n
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              Press release\r\n
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              Paris, June 8<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
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              <strong>LBO France expands into Public Equity</strong>\r\n
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              <strong> </strong>\r\n
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              <strong>Paris, 8 June 2021 – LBO France is moving into the area of Public Equity with the launch of the France Développement fund which has been granted the “Relance” Label</strong>\r\n
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              <strong> </strong>\r\n
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              LBO France expands today beyond its ground-breaking private equity business in announcing the launch of a new listed investments business via France Développement. This initial fund has been granted the “Relance” Label, a French government stimulus program, and will take out minority stakes in a limited number of listed French small and mid caps with market caps between €100m and €3bn.\r\n
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              Initiated by a recognised equity manager, Pierre Nebout, backed by Stéphane Sumar, France Développement benefits from LBO France’s know-how as a major private equity player specialising in French small and mid caps. The fund will be managed with all the thoroughness of private equity, with the resources to play its investor role in full as an active, constructive and long-term shareholder.\r\n
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              Listed and non-listed market strategies are synthesized by private-equity experts and the fund manager on the Investment Committee. The Committee ensures a conviction-based management style while supervising risk-taking, which is a trademark of private equity.\r\n
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              Investment holdings will be monitored with a focus on value creation. With the backing of the LBO France Operating Performance team, France Développement aims to make invested companies: 1/ easier to understand and more visible by assisting them in their financial and extra-financial communication; 2/ better performing with its value proposition in operating strategy and financial management; and 3/ more attractive by promoting a constructive dialogue with managers and supervisory bodies, particularly on ESG issues that are essential to economic sustainability.\r\n
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              France Développement has undertaken the process of SRI certification, driven by its conviction that a company must meet the expectations of all stakeholders for its development model to be sustainable in the long term.\r\n
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              France Développement managers comment on the fund’s launch:\r\n
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              <strong>Pierre Nebout, Head of Public Equity at LBO France: </strong><em>"I am particularly enthusiastic about the idea of giving new meaning to the profession of investor through contact with entrepreneurs. The context of the launch of France Développement is particularly attractive. The end of the health crisis has seen a return of investment flows to small and mid caps seeking equity capital to accelerate their growth. The increase in the number of deals reflects the vitality of this market. Our discipline in fundamental analysis is an asset in identifying good business models and assessing risks, a necessity reinforced by the weakening of market research. Finally, rarely has the valuation gap been so wide in favour of listed companies”.</em>\r\n
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              <strong>Stéphane Sumar, Investment Director Public Equity: </strong><em>"Joining LBO France just as the France Développement fund is being launched is the logical conclusion of my 20-plus-year career devoted to the financial research on listed small and mid caps.” </em>\r\n
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              <strong>Robert Daussun, CEO at LBO France:</strong> <em>"France Développement stands astride the worlds of private and public equity. It adds a natural strategy to the LBO France platform by providing small and mid caps with patient, committed and long-term capital for their development projects and their financial and extra-financial valuation objectives."</em>
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              Press Release\r\n
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              New York, NY, June 3, 2021\r\n
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              <strong>Antidote Raises $23 Million to Scale Digital Patient Engagement Services</strong>\r\n
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              <strong> </strong><strong>The funding, led by LBO France, will be used to enhance Antidote’s platform and accelerate new data products, connecting patients to research globally.</strong>\r\n
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              <strong>New York, NY June 3, 2021</strong> — Antidote Technologies Limited (“Antidote”) today announced it has closed $23.2 million in funding to expand its digital patient engagement programs and clinical trial recruitment services. The funding round was led by LBO France, a private equity firm committed to supporting the growth of digital health, both in transforming health systems and accelerating medical R&amp;D.\r\n
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              Through its Digital Health 2 fund, LBO France is investing $10 million, joining existing major investors Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Smedvig Capital, and Octopus Ventures, who between them are investing $13.2 million. Sebastien Woynar and Franck Noiret of LBO France will join the Antidote Board as a director and an observer, respectively.\r\n
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              “The importance of clinical research has never been more clear than in the past year, as the industry stepped up to develop treatments and vaccines faster than could ever have been imagined,” said <strong>Laurent Schockmel, CEO of Antidote</strong>. “But despite the speed of response to Covid-19, some 80% of clinical trials are still delayed or closed due to a lack of participants. We welcome LBO France as a partner to help us achieve our mission of transforming the way that researchers and patients connect in an effort to accelerate medical research.”\r\n
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              This new round of funding will allow the company to build on recent commercial success and accelerate growth. In 2020, Antidote increased its annual revenue by 66% and the number of projects handled by 158% over the previous year. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, the company surpassed its entire 2020 revenue.\r\n
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              In concert with its extensive partner network of patient advocacy groups, Antidote operates with a truly patient-centric approach, balancing technology with a human touch. The funding will be used to enhance its clinical trial search engine, launch new products and services (including data insights), and expand its footprint internationally.\r\n
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              “Antidote is a company in high-growth mode aiming to solve one of the most difficult problems of clinical research — connecting patients to trials,” said <strong>Sebastien Woynar</strong>, <strong>Investment Director at LBO France</strong>, “We’re excited to invest in an impressive team and a business that aligns so well with our investment objectives, to support their important mission.”\r\n
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              <strong>Franck Noiret, Managing Director at LBO France</strong>, added “We believe that Antidote, as the fifth investment of our Digital Health 2 fund, will greatly benefit from our sectoral expertise and significant experience in the field of clinical trials.”\r\n
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              Antidote understands that solving the problem of clinical trial patient recruitment will require innovative solutions to help willing and interested patients find, screen for, and enroll in medical research. With this new round of funding, the company will continue to lead the field in delivering such solutions. To learn more about Antidote’s work to accelerate medical research, please <a href="https://www.antidote.me/researchers/contact">get in touch</a>.
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            +ID: 5424
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              Hosman Press Release\r\n
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              Paris, 26/05/2021\r\n
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              <em> </em><strong>REAL ESTATE ONLINE AGENCY HOSMAN RAISES 6 MILLION EUROS TO ACCELERATE THE REAL ESTATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Paris, 26 May 2020 - </strong><a href="https://www.hosman.co/"><strong>Hosman</strong></a><strong>, the French fixed-price real estate online agency, announces €6 million in financing raised by LBO France through its proptech-dedicated NewStone fund, with the support of the Waterstart accelerator fund,</strong><strong> UL Invest, and former Axel Springer CEO Andreas Wiele. With this new round of financing, Hosman will stay on its exponential growth track and continue to shake up the model of traditional real estate agencies by offering its fixed-price services throughout France, with its new generation of real estate experts.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>Spectacular, innovation-based growth</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              By combining the best of human expertise with the efficiency of digital tools developed in-house, Hosman has succeeded in becoming the leading online real estate agency. Just three years in, the start-up has surpassed 3,000 properties sold (estimated savings on agency fees of €55m) and has won more than 2% of the market in Paris and the surrounding suburbs. Today, more than 300 customers are turning to Hosman every month to sell their property.\r\n
              \r\n
              Thanks to their organisation and technology, a Hosman expert can focus on the core business of consulting and negotiating. That’s how they make eight to ten sales each month, compared to a traditional agent’s five to eight. The start-up aims to win 10% of the real estate market by 2024.\r\n
              \r\n
              Hosman’s success is down to the service quality, innovation, technology and operational excellence that the agency draws on when serving its customers.\r\n
              \r\n
              In measurable terms, this means very high customer satisfaction (ranked #1 on the Trustpilot customer review platform (4.9/5 stars) in the “real estate agency” and “real estate agents” categories) – in a sector the French are often highly critical of – and growth based on customer referrals.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Funds raised to accelerate its growth throughout France</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              With this new fundraising, Hosman, which already has a presence in the Greater Paris, Nantes, and Bordeaux regions, can move into France's other big cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice and Lille, offering its five-star fixed-price service and continuing to innovate to serve sellers and buyers alike. Hosman will strengthen its team by <strong>hiring some 100</strong> permanent employees over the next twelve months.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Stanislas de Dinechin</strong>, Hosman's co-founder, says<em>: </em>“<em>At Hosman, we want to release the brakes on property deals and restore the real estate agent's image by reinventing the profession. Our digital-based structure gives us the efficiency and transparency our experts need to deliver exceptional customer service and focus on consulting and negotiating. Using our new financing, we will ramp up the sector's digital transformation and keep innovating to serve both buyers and sellers. We have put in two years of intense work to create a solid service in the Greater Paris region, Nantes, and Bordeaux. Now we want to bring the Hosman advantage to as many people in France as we can</em>.”\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              The fundraising is led by <strong>LBO France</strong> via NewStone, its impact fund fully dedicated to French proptech, with support from <strong>Waterstart</strong>, an accelerator fund managed by NCI and now among the most active VC funds in France, and from <strong>UL Invest</strong>. Another featured investor is <strong>Andreas Wiele, </strong>former CEO of <strong>Axel Springer, </strong>a proptech investment leader in Europe, including in Purplebricks (UK), Housell (Spain), Homeday (Germany), Seloger (France), and MeilleursAgents (France). Wiele will lend his broad expertise to Hosman's co-founders.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“With this second investment from the NewStone fund, we are continuing our deployment by focusing on start-ups in the real estate and construction sectors that are taking a bold approach. We are proud to support this change, and this committed team</em>," says <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              “<em>Hosman is not the first online agency project that we have looked at, but we were really won over by the strength of this start-up’s business model and its founders. From the outset, the company has been run with real discipline and a very clear vision: to become the benchmark for real estate agencies, based on superior service delivered by agent employees who are “enhanced” by their powerful digital model. We are so pleased to be supporting the company in its nationwide expansion – particularly in NCI's territories”, </em>says <strong>Yves Guiol</strong>, Associate Director of NCI.\r\n
              \r\n
              &nbsp;\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong><strong>An eco-friendly, inclusive model</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As a socially responsible company, Hosman has launched an offer dedicated to eco-friendly housing and is donating a portion of its revenues to an association that promotes access to housing.\r\n
              \r\n
              Hosman recently launched the first Green service line for the sale of eco-friendly properties. These services apply to properties with <strong>A- and B-rated</strong><strong> Energy Performance Certificates</strong> (based on indicators of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions) and those that have received the Low Energy Building label. Hosman wants to empower everyone to make their property deals more environmentally responsible by lowering their fixed price by 5% and promoting energy-efficient properties. This approach echoes the government’s drive to commit to the environment with its Climate and Resilience bill, where the lease of poorly-insulated buildings will be prohibited.\r\n
              \r\n
              In line with its <strong>exacting </strong>and <strong>caring</strong> ethos, Hosman has set up a Giveback system that involves donating <strong>0.3% of its revenue </strong>to <strong>Habitat et Humanisme, </strong>a non-profit that promotes housing, inclusion, and the creation of social connections.
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            +ID: 5043
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Paris, January 26<sup>th</sup>, 2021</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France has helped Moustache Bikes to arrange an impact loan to support its rapid growth, a first for the Mid Cap team of the fund.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Since it was founded in 2011, Moustache Bikes has rapidly become the leader of the premium electric bikes French market. The company now employs over 140 people and doubled revenue over the last two years to €100 million in 2020. Development has mirrored the rising sales of its bikes in France and abroad: 50,000 units were sold in 2020. This trend was driven by the expansion of soft mobilities, as well as the use of e-bikes for leisure and for short work trips, trend that has been intensified by the Covid crisis.\r\n
              \r\n
              In this context, Moustache Bikes, alongside LBO France, has decided to adapt its financing structure, by implementing an additional €41.5 million tranche of senior debt and increasing the size of its revolving credit line. The extra debt was subscribed for by a number of impact lending and private debt funds (Eiffel, Amundi, Scor, Schelcher), and by the company’s long-standing banks (Palatine, Banque Populaire, Crédit Lyonnais, CIC and Crédit Agricole).\r\n
              \r\n
              This is the first impact loan that LBO France has implemented for one of its private equity mid cap investments; a type of financing it had already resorted to in 2018 for its real estate business, when it acquired the Network I building in Bagneux through a "green loan", certified by the Climate Bond Initiative. The aim is to combine customary financial criteria with a set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives that, if met, reduce the cost of debt. In keeping with its location in the Vosges and its sustainable business model, Moustache Bikes has defined two ambitious objectives: the number of annual hires and the training rate of its teams.\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Louis de Lummen, Investment Director Mid Cap at LBO France</strong>, said: <em>“We are pleased to continue supporting Moustache Bikes as it develops and to incorporate ESG criteria into this portfolio company. This forms part of a long-term approach at LBO France. With its sustainable model, Moustache Bikes seemed an obvious choice for this first impact loan, a strategy we plan on expanding in the future.”</em>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Grégory Sand, Co-founder of Moustache Bikes</strong>: <em>“We are delighted to have this impact loan which will allow us to support Moustache Bikes' growth, in accordance with our values and ambitions. The lenders' renewed confidence in our project is another step forward in our development.”</em>
              """
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          6 => WP_Post {#7747
            +ID: 5002
            +post_author: "2"
            +post_date: "2020-11-25 09:22:23"
            +post_date_gmt: "2020-11-25 08:22:23"
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              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
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              <strong>Paris, November 25<sup>th</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
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              &nbsp;\r\n
              <ul>\r\n
               \t<li><strong> </strong><strong>LBO France has committed €5 million in a Series B financing round to Zeplug, which installs charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles in co-owned buildings and companies.</strong></li>\r\n
               \t<li><strong>The money raised will help Zeplug to seep up its development in its markets </strong></li>\r\n
               \t<li><strong>This investment marks the launch of Newstone, the first fund dedicated to the French Proptech, led by a team of seasoned real estate professionals that will leverage their industry expertise to support fifteen startups. </strong></li>\r\n
              </ul>\r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A first investment in the startup Zeplug</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France announces the first investment of its NewStone fund in the French startup Zeplug (Series B). Zeplug was founded in 2014 by Frédéric Renaudeau, who used a <strong>cable-operator model</strong> to provide a range of electric and hybrid vehicle charging equipment for co-owned buildings and companies.\r\n
              \r\n
              Zeplug's solution, leader in its market, provides charging points in residential buildings at no charge to the building's co-owners and with no management burden on the managing agent. It is done by running a power supply, separate from that for the common areas, solely dedicated to recharging e-vehicles. The final user only pays for the installation of a charging point in its parking space, plus a flat-rate all-inclusive monthly fee (covering access, electricity consumption, maintenance). The Zeplug solution includes a 100%-renewable energy supply and the energy management of recharging.\r\n
              \r\n
              Zeplug also offers a tailor-made solution for companies, which provides on-site or at-home recharging for employees to meet the aims of “greening” auto fleets.\r\n
              \r\n
              Zeplug, with around 50 employees, is a key player in the condominium recharging sector. It has nearly 1,000 active points in its installed base of more than 500 co-owned buildings. The solution has also been approved by more than 2,000 co-owned buildings with another 3,000 still seeking approval. Development has been greatly helped by close partnerships with 17 automotive manufacturers, an expert network of recharging infrastructure installers, top-name suppliers and an experienced management team.\r\n
              \r\n
              Since its first fundraising in 2018, Zeplug has introduced a financing solution for recharging infrastructure. This latest €5 million round should allow ZEPLUG to continue its expansion in co-owned buildings and bolster its position in the corporate market.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“In a world ever more aware of the new challenges of today, value creation cannot ignore the future of humanity and its environment. We are proud of this first investment, right in the core strategy of our new fund NewStone and its objectives of sustainable development. Electric and hybrid vehicles are set to make up more than half of all vehicle sales by 2030</em><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><em><strong>[1]</strong></em></a><em>. Zeplug, which plans to support this fast-growing market, is positioned as a pioneer in e-vehicle recharging equipment. Its B2B and B2C business model, supported by strategic partnerships with the biggest automotive manufacturers, is highly promising”, </em>said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“We are delighted to have LBO France's support in this rapid-growth phase, helped by government measures to support e-mobility. Adoption of e-vehicles is growing exponentially - they had 10% of the market in October 2020 - and the rollout of charging points in co-owned buildings and companies is a key issue. LBO France has expertise in real estate and in backing successful companies, making it an ideal partner for ZEPLUG.” </em>said <strong>Frédéric Renaudeau, Founding Chairman of Zeplug.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong> </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>A dedicated French Proptech fund with a strong social and environmental footprint</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France, operating in the real estate sector since 2003, has decided to also focus on “PropTech” - the startups that are revolutionising the sector with their innovative products and value-added business models. NewStone will invest in a portfolio of around fifteenn startups in France, operating in the various market verticals of such universe. The FPCI NewStone will integrate a strong environmental and societal approach including the monitoring of pre-identified sustainable development objectives alongside with a specific methodology consistent with the ESG policy of LBO France.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“LBO France’s real estate teams have a strong sector and operational expertise in the industry. As a result, it was a natural decision to launch this new promising fund and back these startups as they develop.</em> <em>Our ambition is to inject some innovation into a real estate sector long stuck in its ways and to give substance to the new thinking of real entrepreneurs</em>”, said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>.\r\n
              \r\n
              <em>“The PropTech ecosystem first emerged in 2015 and now embraces some 400 startups throughout France. They are active in finance (online brokers, crowdfunding, etc.), construction (coordination software, robotisation, etc.), management (deals, property management, etc.) and in newly emerging businesses (coworking, coliving, etc.). It is the ideal time to launch a vehicle dedicated solely to these activities, backed by investment teams that know the real estate sector inside out.</em>”, adds <strong>Vincent Pavanello, co-founder of Real Estech</strong>  (a cluster of 300 start-ups) <strong>and Venture Partner at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
              \r\n
              <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> BCG report
              """
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          7 => WP_Post {#7736
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            +post_date: "2020-11-02 18:25:57"
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              <strong>Paris, November 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France has completed the sale of FH Ortho, one of the leaders in orthopaedic implants in France, to the industrial group Olympus. </strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Founded in 1964, FH Ortho is a French company that develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic implants and the associated instrumentation. The company offers a full range of orthopaedic implants, including hip and knee, and has developed high-performance products for the extremities (shoulders and feet) and sports medicine (ligaments). Its business is divided between France (which accounts for slightly more than half of its revenues) and the international market with a network of distributors in more than 30 countries as well as subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France acquired FH Ortho in 2014 through its Hexagone III fund in a pool that included Crédit Mutuel Equity, Naxicap, BNP Paribas Développement and the Hermann family. Since then, the shareholders have supported the company in its transformation from a family-owned group to a true French leader in orthopaedics. The company grew by 50% during this period, with a significant growth in exports. In addition, despite a market backdrop disrupted by price pressure and increasing regulatory requirements, FH Ortho continued its proactive strategy of developing new products.\r\n
              \r\n
              At the same time as this transaction, Spine Innovations, which groups together the spine prosthetics activities of the former FH Ortho, became independent under the aegis of a few of its current shareholders.\r\n
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              <strong>Arthur Bernardin, Managing Director of LBO France,</strong> said: “With the help of FH Ortho’s management team, we have been able to revitalise a very significant player in the best tradition of the French school of orthopaedics and achieve our various objectives: transforming a family-owned group, allowing it to reach a new level in terms of revenue and strengthen the company's innovation and product development DNA. We are therefore particularly proud to pass on the baton to Olympus, who approached us directly and was won over by the growing demand for FH Ortho’s products in its markets. In addition, together with a few shareholders, we wanted to continue the adventure by remaining a shareholder in one of the Group's most dynamic activities: spine prosthetics. Although it is a sideline of FH Ortho Group, spine prosthetics have grown by more than 40% per year since the beginning of our collaboration, driven by cutting edge lumbar and cervical prosthesis technology. We therefore wanted to provide this organisation with the resources it needed for its development.”\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Jean-Marc Idier, President of FH Ortho, adds:</strong> “Over the course of the past six years, we have benefited from the experience and expertise of the LBO France teams, which have enabled us to take a major step forward in our history, in particular with respect to our investment plan and international expansion. Indeed, we have created a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and strengthened our presence in the United States, a key global market for orthopaedics. In addition to our products and teams, it is also this strong international presence that attracted our new shareholder, Olympus.”\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>Sandrine Carle, CEO of Spine Innovations</strong>, concludes: “This is a major milestone for Spine Innovations. The support of our financial shareholders combined with our independence will allow us to strengthen our position and aim for new achievements in the spine prosthetics market, relying, of course, on our unique and patented viscoelastic technology.”
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            +post_content: """
              <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
              <strong>Paris and Helsinki, October 30th, 2020</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France acquires a majority stake in Prenax as part of the acquisition of LM Information's subscription management business</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>LBO France, through its Small Caps Opportunities II fund, has acquired a majority stake in the French company Prenax. This move relates to the acquisition of the subscription management operations of LM Information ("LM"), based in Finland, and the takeover of one of its US subsidiaries ("LM Inc."). This deal with the management team of Prenax, which is re-investing substantially with the support of Andera Partners, will make it the leading independent European company in the sector.</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Prenax, a business process outsourcing company founded in 1993, serves its clients – mainly large companies, but also government and university stakeholders – by taking charge of the information subscription's entire lifecycle, from order intake and processing all the way to billing, via its proprietary extranet. With operations in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and all four Nordic countries, Prenax has finalised 10 acquisitions since 2007 and generates nearly €140 million in business volume.\r\n
              \r\n
              LBO France's investment is part of the acquisition of Finland-based LM's subscription management assets. With €110 million in revenue, LM is the fourth-largest European player in the market, operating in some ten countries for universities and governments, and, to a lesser extent, private companies.\r\n
              \r\n
              This consolidation operation makes Prenax the European leader in the procurement of information sources for corporate, government, and academic clients. The two companies are very well-matched geographically, especially in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and will be able to harness many synergies. Further external growth operations with local players are planned, including one in Australia that should close by the end of the year.\r\n
              \r\n
              With the support of LBO France, Prenax's management team, led by Jérôme Conquet, is making a significant reinvestment in the new group, with Andera Partners at its side for the past three years.\r\n
              \r\n
              As Nicolas Manardo, Managing Director at LBO France, comments, “The experience of Jérôme Conquet and the Prenax management team, coupled with the opportunity to establish a European leader in the sector, were decisive factors in LBO France's choice to carry out this complex but promising cross-border transaction. We will continue to support management in its growth projects and provide them with LBO France's experience in integrating large-scale targets.”\r\n
              \r\n
              Jérôme Conquet, President and CEO of Prenax, adds, “We want to be able to rely on a leading partner to continue our development strategy while preserving the group's culture and independence. With LBO France's expertise, we can boost our geographical development through external growth while drawing on their operational performance team during this major integration of LM.”\r\n
              \r\n
              “The merger of Prenax and LM is a unique opportunity to build a leading group in Europe,” notes Jussi Kettunen, Managing Director of LM Information. “This will open up real opportunities for our customers and all of our employees.”\r\n
              \r\n
              And Laurent Fichter, Partner at Andera Partners, states, “We’re thrilled to be extending the three-year partnership with Prenax's management team. It will be a real pleasure to accompany Prenax and LBO France through this pivotal acquisition for the group."\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About LBO France</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              As a key player in private equity with €6.2bn of commitments, LBO France is an independent company that has been supporting French and Italian companies in their growth for more than 30 years. Its investment strategy is built on 4 distinct segments managed by dedicated teams: (i) Mid Cap Buyout through the White Knight funds and Small Cap Buyout through the Hexagone/Small Caps Opportunities funds, (ii) Venture Capital through the SISA/Digital Health funds, (iii) Real Estate through the White Stone and Lapillus funds, (iv) Debt. Historically focused on Institutional and Family Office investors, LBO France has recently launched the FCPR White Caps Selection, a private equity fund accessible to individuals through multi-strategy funds. LBO France is 100% owned by its management and employs nearly 60 professionals.\r\n
              Find out more: www.lbofrance.com\r\n
              \r\n
              <strong>About Prenax</strong>\r\n
              \r\n
              Prenax Group started life in Sweden in 1993, and has expanded through organic growth, acquisitions, and partnerships, to become the world’s largest corporate subscription management partner to organisations. Operating from the USA, through Europe to Asia-Pacific it serves financial and legal services, advanced engineering, consulting, medical libraries, pharma, and local governments. From its local offices in 8 countries worldwide, Prenax simplifies and centralises the information resources procurement process. It manages and consolidates subscriptions and memberships through a single supplier to ensure customers benefit from lower costs, better visibility, and control.\r\n
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              Set up in 2001 within the Edmond de Rothschild Group, Andera Partners is a benchmark in the private equity investment sector, both in France and internationally. It manages more than EUR 2.5 billion based around life sciences (BioDiscovery), expansion and buyout capital (Winch Capital for mid-caps and Cabestan Capital for small caps) and sponsorless mezzanine financing (ActoMezz). Providing services to entrepreneurs and respect for the partners are the foremost concerns of Andera Partners, which is wholly owned by its teams. The investment company is also a signatory to France Invest's 2020 Carbon Initiative and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) for the adoption of best environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices. Based in Paris, Andera Partners is an AMF-accredited management company with more than 70 employees, including 47 investment professionals. The firm is organised as a partnership and managed by a college of ten partners.\r\n
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              LM Information Delivery is a leading international subscription and information management service provider. The company has local offices in 10 countries worldwide and serves customers across the globe. Our customers include academic and research libraries, municipalities, public libraries and corporate businesses across many sectors.\r\n
              <a href="https://lminfo.com/">https://lminfo.com/</a>
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          <strong>High jewellery: Bluclad and Progold create an integrated platform to serve the luxury market </strong>\r\n
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          <em>The transaction has been developed thanks to the financial and operational support of LBO France, Bluclad's majority shareholder</em>.\r\n
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          Milan, 13 July 2021 - <strong>Bluclad S.p.A.,</strong> a Florentine company active in the sector of electroplating products for the fashion and luxury market, and <strong>Progold S.p.A.,</strong> a Vicenza-based company active in the sector of alloys, master alloys and additive manufacturing for the high jewellery sector, have signed an agreement to merge their business activities, which will lead to the creation of an integrated platform serving the most important brands in the luxury and jewellery sectors.\r\n
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          This integration will foster commercial and operational synergies, the sharing of know-how gained over the years of experience of the two companies and even greater innovation, leading to the consolidation of market leadership positions in their respective segments.\r\n
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          "I am extremely satisfied," <strong>says Damiano Zito, CEO of Progold</strong>, who continues, "We looked for each other, liked each other and decided to combine our resources and core competencies to expand our value proposition. Our business models are perfectly matched and form the basis of the strategic decision taken. We will face the future by bringing our customers to exploit the value that Bluclad will pour into the galvanic product line created specifically for the goldsmith sector. We are confident that our customers will be as satisfied as we are with this addition to our core offering. This is the beginning of a new phase of growth for Progold, a dream shared with four friends whose valuable support has enabled the company to become a leader in its reference market 25 years later and to be ready today to seize this opportunity".\r\n
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          Paris, July 7<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
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          <strong>Groupe RG refinances with an impact loan to support future growth</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France has helped Groupe RG to arrange a new impact loan to support its strong growth and refinance existing Mezzanine debt.</strong>\r\n
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          Founded in 1987, headquartered in Saint Priest and led by Pierre Manchini (CEO), Groupe RG is the French leading specialized distributor of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The group distributes a wide range of products (c. 40,000 references) covering 6 main protection fields: Head, Hand, Foot, Body, Breathing, and Hygiene &amp; Safety in the working environment. The group is also successfully selling products under its own brand, Ergos, and addresses a large customer base encompassing large corporations, SMEs from the industry and service sectors, as well as public sector entities.\r\n
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          Paris, June 8<sup>th</sup>, 2021\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France expands into Public Equity</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, 8 June 2021 – LBO France is moving into the area of Public Equity with the launch of the France Développement fund which has been granted the “Relance” Label</strong>\r\n
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          LBO France expands today beyond its ground-breaking private equity business in announcing the launch of a new listed investments business via France Développement. This initial fund has been granted the “Relance” Label, a French government stimulus program, and will take out minority stakes in a limited number of listed French small and mid caps with market caps between €100m and €3bn.\r\n
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          Initiated by a recognised equity manager, Pierre Nebout, backed by Stéphane Sumar, France Développement benefits from LBO France’s know-how as a major private equity player specialising in French small and mid caps. The fund will be managed with all the thoroughness of private equity, with the resources to play its investor role in full as an active, constructive and long-term shareholder.\r\n
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          <strong>Pierre Nebout, Head of Public Equity at LBO France: </strong><em>"I am particularly enthusiastic about the idea of giving new meaning to the profession of investor through contact with entrepreneurs. The context of the launch of France Développement is particularly attractive. The end of the health crisis has seen a return of investment flows to small and mid caps seeking equity capital to accelerate their growth. The increase in the number of deals reflects the vitality of this market. Our discipline in fundamental analysis is an asset in identifying good business models and assessing risks, a necessity reinforced by the weakening of market research. Finally, rarely has the valuation gap been so wide in favour of listed companies”.</em>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>The funding, led by LBO France, will be used to enhance Antidote’s platform and accelerate new data products, connecting patients to research globally.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>New York, NY June 3, 2021</strong> — Antidote Technologies Limited (“Antidote”) today announced it has closed $23.2 million in funding to expand its digital patient engagement programs and clinical trial recruitment services. The funding round was led by LBO France, a private equity firm committed to supporting the growth of digital health, both in transforming health systems and accelerating medical R&amp;D.\r\n
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          Through its Digital Health 2 fund, LBO France is investing $10 million, joining existing major investors Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Smedvig Capital, and Octopus Ventures, who between them are investing $13.2 million. Sebastien Woynar and Franck Noiret of LBO France will join the Antidote Board as a director and an observer, respectively.\r\n
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          “The importance of clinical research has never been more clear than in the past year, as the industry stepped up to develop treatments and vaccines faster than could ever have been imagined,” said <strong>Laurent Schockmel, CEO of Antidote</strong>. “But despite the speed of response to Covid-19, some 80% of clinical trials are still delayed or closed due to a lack of participants. We welcome LBO France as a partner to help us achieve our mission of transforming the way that researchers and patients connect in an effort to accelerate medical research.”\r\n
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          This new round of funding will allow the company to build on recent commercial success and accelerate growth. In 2020, Antidote increased its annual revenue by 66% and the number of projects handled by 158% over the previous year. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, the company surpassed its entire 2020 revenue.\r\n
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          In concert with its extensive partner network of patient advocacy groups, Antidote operates with a truly patient-centric approach, balancing technology with a human touch. The funding will be used to enhance its clinical trial search engine, launch new products and services (including data insights), and expand its footprint internationally.\r\n
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          “Antidote is a company in high-growth mode aiming to solve one of the most difficult problems of clinical research — connecting patients to trials,” said <strong>Sebastien Woynar</strong>, <strong>Investment Director at LBO France</strong>, “We’re excited to invest in an impressive team and a business that aligns so well with our investment objectives, to support their important mission.”\r\n
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          <strong>Franck Noiret, Managing Director at LBO France</strong>, added “We believe that Antidote, as the fifth investment of our Digital Health 2 fund, will greatly benefit from our sectoral expertise and significant experience in the field of clinical trials.”\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          Antidote understands that solving the problem of clinical trial patient recruitment will require innovative solutions to help willing and interested patients find, screen for, and enroll in medical research. With this new round of funding, the company will continue to lead the field in delivering such solutions. To learn more about Antidote’s work to accelerate medical research, please <a href="https://www.antidote.me/researchers/contact">get in touch</a>.
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          Hosman Press Release\r\n
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          Paris, 26/05/2021\r\n
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          <em> </em><strong>REAL ESTATE ONLINE AGENCY HOSMAN RAISES 6 MILLION EUROS TO ACCELERATE THE REAL ESTATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>Paris, 26 May 2020 - </strong><a href="https://www.hosman.co/"><strong>Hosman</strong></a><strong>, the French fixed-price real estate online agency, announces €6 million in financing raised by LBO France through its proptech-dedicated NewStone fund, with the support of the Waterstart accelerator fund,</strong><strong> UL Invest, and former Axel Springer CEO Andreas Wiele. With this new round of financing, Hosman will stay on its exponential growth track and continue to shake up the model of traditional real estate agencies by offering its fixed-price services throughout France, with its new generation of real estate experts.</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong> </strong><strong>Spectacular, innovation-based growth</strong>\r\n
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          By combining the best of human expertise with the efficiency of digital tools developed in-house, Hosman has succeeded in becoming the leading online real estate agency. Just three years in, the start-up has surpassed 3,000 properties sold (estimated savings on agency fees of €55m) and has won more than 2% of the market in Paris and the surrounding suburbs. Today, more than 300 customers are turning to Hosman every month to sell their property.\r\n
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          Thanks to their organisation and technology, a Hosman expert can focus on the core business of consulting and negotiating. That’s how they make eight to ten sales each month, compared to a traditional agent’s five to eight. The start-up aims to win 10% of the real estate market by 2024.\r\n
          \r\n
          Hosman’s success is down to the service quality, innovation, technology and operational excellence that the agency draws on when serving its customers.\r\n
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          In measurable terms, this means very high customer satisfaction (ranked #1 on the Trustpilot customer review platform (4.9/5 stars) in the “real estate agency” and “real estate agents” categories) – in a sector the French are often highly critical of – and growth based on customer referrals.\r\n
          \r\n
          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>Funds raised to accelerate its growth throughout France</strong>\r\n
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          With this new fundraising, Hosman, which already has a presence in the Greater Paris, Nantes, and Bordeaux regions, can move into France's other big cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice and Lille, offering its five-star fixed-price service and continuing to innovate to serve sellers and buyers alike. Hosman will strengthen its team by <strong>hiring some 100</strong> permanent employees over the next twelve months.\r\n
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          <strong>Stanislas de Dinechin</strong>, Hosman's co-founder, says<em>: </em>“<em>At Hosman, we want to release the brakes on property deals and restore the real estate agent's image by reinventing the profession. Our digital-based structure gives us the efficiency and transparency our experts need to deliver exceptional customer service and focus on consulting and negotiating. Using our new financing, we will ramp up the sector's digital transformation and keep innovating to serve both buyers and sellers. We have put in two years of intense work to create a solid service in the Greater Paris region, Nantes, and Bordeaux. Now we want to bring the Hosman advantage to as many people in France as we can</em>.”\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
          \r\n
          The fundraising is led by <strong>LBO France</strong> via NewStone, its impact fund fully dedicated to French proptech, with support from <strong>Waterstart</strong>, an accelerator fund managed by NCI and now among the most active VC funds in France, and from <strong>UL Invest</strong>. Another featured investor is <strong>Andreas Wiele, </strong>former CEO of <strong>Axel Springer, </strong>a proptech investment leader in Europe, including in Purplebricks (UK), Housell (Spain), Homeday (Germany), Seloger (France), and MeilleursAgents (France). Wiele will lend his broad expertise to Hosman's co-founders.\r\n
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          <em>“With this second investment from the NewStone fund, we are continuing our deployment by focusing on start-ups in the real estate and construction sectors that are taking a bold approach. We are proud to support this change, and this committed team</em>," says <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France.\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          “<em>Hosman is not the first online agency project that we have looked at, but we were really won over by the strength of this start-up’s business model and its founders. From the outset, the company has been run with real discipline and a very clear vision: to become the benchmark for real estate agencies, based on superior service delivered by agent employees who are “enhanced” by their powerful digital model. We are so pleased to be supporting the company in its nationwide expansion – particularly in NCI's territories”, </em>says <strong>Yves Guiol</strong>, Associate Director of NCI.\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
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          <strong> </strong><strong>An eco-friendly, inclusive model</strong>\r\n
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          As a socially responsible company, Hosman has launched an offer dedicated to eco-friendly housing and is donating a portion of its revenues to an association that promotes access to housing.\r\n
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          Hosman recently launched the first Green service line for the sale of eco-friendly properties. These services apply to properties with <strong>A- and B-rated</strong><strong> Energy Performance Certificates</strong> (based on indicators of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions) and those that have received the Low Energy Building label. Hosman wants to empower everyone to make their property deals more environmentally responsible by lowering their fixed price by 5% and promoting energy-efficient properties. This approach echoes the government’s drive to commit to the environment with its Climate and Resilience bill, where the lease of poorly-insulated buildings will be prohibited.\r\n
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          In line with its <strong>exacting </strong>and <strong>caring</strong> ethos, Hosman has set up a Giveback system that involves donating <strong>0.3% of its revenue </strong>to <strong>Habitat et Humanisme, </strong>a non-profit that promotes housing, inclusion, and the creation of social connections.
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          <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, January 26<sup>th</sup>, 2021</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France has helped Moustache Bikes to arrange an impact loan to support its rapid growth, a first for the Mid Cap team of the fund.</strong>\r\n
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          Since it was founded in 2011, Moustache Bikes has rapidly become the leader of the premium electric bikes French market. The company now employs over 140 people and doubled revenue over the last two years to €100 million in 2020. Development has mirrored the rising sales of its bikes in France and abroad: 50,000 units were sold in 2020. This trend was driven by the expansion of soft mobilities, as well as the use of e-bikes for leisure and for short work trips, trend that has been intensified by the Covid crisis.\r\n
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          In this context, Moustache Bikes, alongside LBO France, has decided to adapt its financing structure, by implementing an additional €41.5 million tranche of senior debt and increasing the size of its revolving credit line. The extra debt was subscribed for by a number of impact lending and private debt funds (Eiffel, Amundi, Scor, Schelcher), and by the company’s long-standing banks (Palatine, Banque Populaire, Crédit Lyonnais, CIC and Crédit Agricole).\r\n
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          This is the first impact loan that LBO France has implemented for one of its private equity mid cap investments; a type of financing it had already resorted to in 2018 for its real estate business, when it acquired the Network I building in Bagneux through a "green loan", certified by the Climate Bond Initiative. The aim is to combine customary financial criteria with a set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives that, if met, reduce the cost of debt. In keeping with its location in the Vosges and its sustainable business model, Moustache Bikes has defined two ambitious objectives: the number of annual hires and the training rate of its teams.\r\n
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          <strong>Louis de Lummen, Investment Director Mid Cap at LBO France</strong>, said: <em>“We are pleased to continue supporting Moustache Bikes as it develops and to incorporate ESG criteria into this portfolio company. This forms part of a long-term approach at LBO France. With its sustainable model, Moustache Bikes seemed an obvious choice for this first impact loan, a strategy we plan on expanding in the future.”</em>\r\n
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          <strong>Grégory Sand, Co-founder of Moustache Bikes</strong>: <em>“We are delighted to have this impact loan which will allow us to support Moustache Bikes' growth, in accordance with our values and ambitions. The lenders' renewed confidence in our project is another step forward in our development.”</em>
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          <strong>Press release</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>Paris, November 25<sup>th</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
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          &nbsp;\r\n
          <ul>\r\n
           \t<li><strong> </strong><strong>LBO France has committed €5 million in a Series B financing round to Zeplug, which installs charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles in co-owned buildings and companies.</strong></li>\r\n
           \t<li><strong>The money raised will help Zeplug to seep up its development in its markets </strong></li>\r\n
           \t<li><strong>This investment marks the launch of Newstone, the first fund dedicated to the French Proptech, led by a team of seasoned real estate professionals that will leverage their industry expertise to support fifteen startups. </strong></li>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          <strong>A first investment in the startup Zeplug</strong>\r\n
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          LBO France announces the first investment of its NewStone fund in the French startup Zeplug (Series B). Zeplug was founded in 2014 by Frédéric Renaudeau, who used a <strong>cable-operator model</strong> to provide a range of electric and hybrid vehicle charging equipment for co-owned buildings and companies.\r\n
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          Zeplug's solution, leader in its market, provides charging points in residential buildings at no charge to the building's co-owners and with no management burden on the managing agent. It is done by running a power supply, separate from that for the common areas, solely dedicated to recharging e-vehicles. The final user only pays for the installation of a charging point in its parking space, plus a flat-rate all-inclusive monthly fee (covering access, electricity consumption, maintenance). The Zeplug solution includes a 100%-renewable energy supply and the energy management of recharging.\r\n
          \r\n
          Zeplug also offers a tailor-made solution for companies, which provides on-site or at-home recharging for employees to meet the aims of “greening” auto fleets.\r\n
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          Zeplug, with around 50 employees, is a key player in the condominium recharging sector. It has nearly 1,000 active points in its installed base of more than 500 co-owned buildings. The solution has also been approved by more than 2,000 co-owned buildings with another 3,000 still seeking approval. Development has been greatly helped by close partnerships with 17 automotive manufacturers, an expert network of recharging infrastructure installers, top-name suppliers and an experienced management team.\r\n
          \r\n
          Since its first fundraising in 2018, Zeplug has introduced a financing solution for recharging infrastructure. This latest €5 million round should allow ZEPLUG to continue its expansion in co-owned buildings and bolster its position in the corporate market.\r\n
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          <em>“In a world ever more aware of the new challenges of today, value creation cannot ignore the future of humanity and its environment. We are proud of this first investment, right in the core strategy of our new fund NewStone and its objectives of sustainable development. Electric and hybrid vehicles are set to make up more than half of all vehicle sales by 2030</em><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><em><strong>[1]</strong></em></a><em>. Zeplug, which plans to support this fast-growing market, is positioned as a pioneer in e-vehicle recharging equipment. Its B2B and B2C business model, supported by strategic partnerships with the biggest automotive manufacturers, is highly promising”, </em>said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola, Partner and Head of Real Estate at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
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          <em>“We are delighted to have LBO France's support in this rapid-growth phase, helped by government measures to support e-mobility. Adoption of e-vehicles is growing exponentially - they had 10% of the market in October 2020 - and the rollout of charging points in co-owned buildings and companies is a key issue. LBO France has expertise in real estate and in backing successful companies, making it an ideal partner for ZEPLUG.” </em>said <strong>Frédéric Renaudeau, Founding Chairman of Zeplug.</strong>\r\n
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          <strong> </strong>\r\n
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          <strong>A dedicated French Proptech fund with a strong social and environmental footprint</strong>\r\n
          \r\n
          LBO France, operating in the real estate sector since 2003, has decided to also focus on “PropTech” - the startups that are revolutionising the sector with their innovative products and value-added business models. NewStone will invest in a portfolio of around fifteenn startups in France, operating in the various market verticals of such universe. The FPCI NewStone will integrate a strong environmental and societal approach including the monitoring of pre-identified sustainable development objectives alongside with a specific methodology consistent with the ESG policy of LBO France.\r\n
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          <em>“LBO France’s real estate teams have a strong sector and operational expertise in the industry. As a result, it was a natural decision to launch this new promising fund and back these startups as they develop.</em> <em>Our ambition is to inject some innovation into a real estate sector long stuck in its ways and to give substance to the new thinking of real entrepreneurs</em>”, said <strong>Stéphanie Casciola</strong>.\r\n
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          <em>“The PropTech ecosystem first emerged in 2015 and now embraces some 400 startups throughout France. They are active in finance (online brokers, crowdfunding, etc.), construction (coordination software, robotisation, etc.), management (deals, property management, etc.) and in newly emerging businesses (coworking, coliving, etc.). It is the ideal time to launch a vehicle dedicated solely to these activities, backed by investment teams that know the real estate sector inside out.</em>”, adds <strong>Vincent Pavanello, co-founder of Real Estech</strong>  (a cluster of 300 start-ups) <strong>and Venture Partner at LBO France</strong>.\r\n
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          <a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> BCG report
          """
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          <strong>Paris, November 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2020</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France has completed the sale of FH Ortho, one of the leaders in orthopaedic implants in France, to the industrial group Olympus. </strong>\r\n
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          Founded in 1964, FH Ortho is a French company that develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic implants and the associated instrumentation. The company offers a full range of orthopaedic implants, including hip and knee, and has developed high-performance products for the extremities (shoulders and feet) and sports medicine (ligaments). Its business is divided between France (which accounts for slightly more than half of its revenues) and the international market with a network of distributors in more than 30 countries as well as subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.\r\n
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          <strong>Paris and Helsinki, October 30th, 2020</strong>\r\n
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          <strong>LBO France acquires a majority stake in Prenax as part of the acquisition of LM Information's subscription management business</strong>\r\n
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          Prenax Group started life in Sweden in 1993, and has expanded through organic growth, acquisitions, and partnerships, to become the world’s largest corporate subscription management partner to organisations. Operating from the USA, through Europe to Asia-Pacific it serves financial and legal services, advanced engineering, consulting, medical libraries, pharma, and local governments. From its local offices in 8 countries worldwide, Prenax simplifies and centralises the information resources procurement process. It manages and consolidates subscriptions and memberships through a single supplier to ensure customers benefit from lower costs, better visibility, and control.\r\n
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          LM Information Delivery is a leading international subscription and information management service provider. The company has local offices in 10 countries worldwide and serves customers across the globe. Our customers include academic and research libraries, municipalities, public libraries and corporate businesses across many sectors.\r\n
          <a href="https://lminfo.com/">https://lminfo.com/</a>
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