Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the life sciences sector, from seed to later-stage. The firm manages over €2 billion of assets dedicated to life science investing and actively partners with ambitious entrepreneurs as a lead or cornerstone investor to develop transformative innovations that have the potential to positively impact its collective future. It invests in start-ups, early-stage companies, corporate spin-offs, and occasionally turnaround situations with a focus on Life Sciences (Biopharmaceuticals / Biotech, Medical Devices, Industrial Biotechnology). Sofinnova Partners proactively sources deals, takes a lead role, is most often the first institutional investor in Round A financings, and leads its portfolio companies until exit. They sit on the boards of their portfolio companies and play an active role from the formation phase alongside entrepreneurs. It was headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France in 1972.

Sofinnova Partners

XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages €450 million and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups. It is the innovation brand of the Siparex group, a major player in French private equity. XAnge is a key European investor in early-stage startups and is looking for game-changing startups and entrepreneurs who rock the code[s]. The Paris, Ile-de-France-located company was founded in 2004.

XAnge

The S.R.I.W. Group is an institution at the heart of the financial market that assists entrepreneurs in creating and developing businesses in the Walloon region. It reflects the effort of Wallonian industry in facing the challenges of the creation of economic value in the 21st century. Since its creation in 1979, the SociÃ©tÃ© RÃ©gionale dâ€™Investissement de Wallonie has continuously been expanding its abilities to adapt and anticipate as well as its flexibility in order to meet the requirements of its partners who are confronted with the evolution of the world economy. The principles of good governance, a strong business culture and shared values at the heart of the Group constitute important assets to capture the changing realities of the market and progress in a sustainable development perspective.

S.R.I.W.

Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities. Summit has invested in more than 460 companies in technology, healthcare, life sciences, and other growth industries. Summit Partners enhances the value of these companies through infrastructure development, executive and board recruiting, and strategic and operational advice. The firm also brings extensive experience in helping companies navigate the complex process of public offerings or strategic sales and mergers.

Summit Partners

General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies. General Atlantic combines a collaborative approach, sector-specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon, and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to build market businesses.

General Atlantic

Odoo

Odoo is a suite of open-source business apps that covers company needs such as CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, etc. Odoo's unique value proposition is to be at the same time very easy to use and fully integrated.

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    Odoo is a suite of open source business apps that covers company needs such as CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, etc. Odoo's unique value proposition is to be at the same time very easy to use and fully integrated.
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    100ms is a live audio/video infrastructure that enables developers to build powerful live apps in hours. Its solutions enable users to create virtual events, fitness experiences and audio rooms, with its pre-built templates such as live shopping, gaming, virtual events, telehealth, game streaming, webinars, meetups, classroom, sales, and fitness. Furthermore, the features and functions offered by the privately held company’s infrastructure include private/public chats, dynamic role changes, recording with custom layouts, native mobile SDKs, fully customizable UIs, HD screen sharing, RTMP broadcasts, virtual backgrounds, waiting rooms, custom roles, raw track access for ML processing, extending with plugins, and playing music natively.
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    Amplication is an open-source development tool for developing low-code applications. The project is open-source, provides TypeScript & Node.js source code for customization, has built-in version control, offers the freedom to generate code, facilitates app deployment with Docker, provides a role-based access control model, generates React admin UI, a command-line interface, and it syncs with GitHub and is cloud-agnostic. Amplication generations a self-documenting GraphQL API, production-ready REST API and integrates with external services through custom code or webhooks. Headquartered in Israel, the company is privately held.
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    Appsmith is an open-source low-code platform that enables developers to build, test, and deploy internal applications on top of their data. The platform offers pre-built components and application programming interfaces (APIs) for users to code business logic and connect with any database. The platform also offers more than 45 (as of July 2023) customizable widgets to create their UI using a drag-and-drop interface.&nbsp;
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    The platform&rsquo;s open-source features enable users to sync to a git repository, reuse dev workflows, commit changes, review pull requests, and deploy with their own continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline. The company is also active in launching new features and enhancements, introducing more than 180 new features across 2021 and 2022. As of June 2022, the company had almost 200 contributors and more than 18,000 stars on Github.&nbsp;
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    As of June 2022, the company&rsquo;s software was downloaded over 10 million times and used in more than 10,000 organizations including AWS, Bytedance, Tubi, Dropbox, and GSK.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    In June 2022, Appsmith raised USD 41 million in Series B funding led by global software investor Insight Partners. The company earmarked the funding to support further development of its software and launch a paid version with additional security features for enterprises.
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    Appcues offers a no-code platform that assists non-technical teams in analyzing and tracking product usage and publishing in-app tours, surveys, and announcements. It is a complete solution for measuring and improving product adoption. The platform’s use cases include enhancing user onboarding, improving feature adoption, collecting user feedback, making announcements, and obtaining insights. Appcues has served over 4,000 customers and reached more than 200 million end users. Furthermore, it integrates with popular analytics, email, and data software, including Salesforce, Hubspot, and Slack. The privately held company is trusted by thousands of businesses around the world, including Squarespace, Freshworks, Amplitude, and Yotpo.
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    Builder.ai is an AI-powered software development platform that empowers small businesses, entrepreneurs, and enterprises to build, run, and scale their software. The company’s solutions include Builder Studio, Builder Now, Studio Rapid, Studio Store, Cloud One, Cloud Control, and Cloud Wallet. It serves customers ranging from SMBs like bakeries in Riyadh to globally renowned enterprises such as BBC, Virgin Unite, NBCUniversal, Makro, Pepsi, the US Air Force, and Fujitsu. Headquartered in London, it is privately held with offices operating in Los Angeles, New Delhi, Singapore, Tokyo, and Dubai.
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