Alain Valet

Apaxen SA is a privately-held biotechnology company that was founded in 2018 and is based in an undisclosed location. The Belgian company has raised €5.4 million in equity and grant funding since its A round in 2019. Apaxen is focused on developing a pipeline of NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors with a novel mechanism of action for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company's clinical candidate, MFC-1040, is an orally bioavailable and selective small molecule NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy in multiple animal models of chronic inflammatory disease and pulmonary fibrosis. The company's team combines the experience required for clinical development of its products and is supported by a world-class team of scientific advisors. Apaxen has a pipeline of products at discovery and preclinical stages of development for the treatment of diseases associated with chronic inflammation that depend on NLRP3 inflammasome activation. The company was founded in 2018 by Gael Jalce, Enrico Jose Adolfo Bastianelli, and Bart Wuurman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

GO Capital SAS (GO Capital) is an independent French private equity firm founded 2003 and is headquartered in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande. Formerly known as Grand Ouest Gestion SAS, the firm's investors include regional and cooperative banks, Natixis and CDC PME.GO Capital is located in Rennes and focuses primarily on the northwest quarter of France, also known as Grand Ouest, which comprises the Brittany, Poitou-Charentes, Pays de la Loire and Basse Normandie regions. The firm manages the Ouest Ventures fund.

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets pharmaceutical products. Its products include Actonel, Asacol, Enablex, Didronel, Macrobid, Macrodantin, Entex, and Ziac. The firm manufactures and markets a variety of over-the-counter and oral care products such as Crest, Oral-B, Prilosec OTC, Vicks, Metamucil, Pepto-Bismol, ThermaCare, and other related products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Part of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme is a medical facility located in Brussels, Belgium. The hospital offers polyclinics in Nivelles and Brussels, as well as specialized centers in psychiatry, geriatrics, and traumatology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pepric NV develops imaging technology. It offers sensitive imaging systems with a long observation window for in-vivo molecular and functional imaging addressing pharmaceutical applications in drug development, pre-clinical testing, diagnostic imaging and translational medicine in general. The company was founded Stephanie Laura Gerard Claire Teughels in 2009 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

BioMAdvanced Diagnostics SAS produces molecular diagnostic and biomarker tests related to the immune system. The company is based in Nantes, France. The French company was founded by Nicolas Bouler, Frédéric Pette, Sophie Brouard, Jean-Michel Bouler. Frédéric Pette has been the CEO since incorporation.

Oddo BHF SCA (Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Oddo BHF SCA, a financial services company headquartered in Paris, France. The firm provides equity brokerage services to various investors.

Bayer Pharma AG engages in the development and production of prescription drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and women's illnesses, as well as special therapy in the areas of oncology, hematology, and ophthalmology. It also offers medical equipment used in diagnostic imaging with applications in the field of radiology. The company was founded on March 9, 1965 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

VitaDx International SAS develops a solution for early diagnosis of bladder cancer. It offers Fluorescence, a technology that can classify cancer cells as tumorous or healthy, and machine learning, a software analysis that used a set of mathematical techniques allowing algorithms to solve problems from data without being explicitly programmed. The company was founded by Allan Rodriguez in 2013 and is headquartered in Rennes, France.

Horama SA engages in the development of gene therapies, It focuses on ophthalmological diseases for preserving visual autonomy of patients. The company was founded by Denis Cayet, Christian Hamel, Guylene Le Meur, Philippe Moullier, Vasiliki Kalatzis, and Michel Weberin March 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm headquartered located in Schaerbeek, Belgium.

DoseVue NV is developing innovative technologies for convenient and accurate in-vivo dosimetry. It offers DoseWire Series 100 & DoseWire Series 200. The company was founded by Emiliano D Agostino in March 2013 and is headquartered in Turnhout, Belgium.

Home EOS NV is a company based in Farciennes, Belgium. Home EOS specializes in providing a serene and healthy living environment with effective and ecological acoustic insulation. The Belgian company was founded in 2014 and Pierre P. de Kettenis de Hollaeken has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Part of Implanet SA, Orthopaedic & Spine Development SAS is a French company that manufactures implants for spine surgery. The company is based in Avignon, France. The company was founded in 2005 by Nicolas Papillon. Nicolas Papillon has been the CEO since 2005. Orthopaedic & Spine Development was acquired by Implanet SA on May 18, 2021 for $3.65 million.

Part of Sanofi, Imtix is a French company that develops and markets pharmaceuticals for transplantation. The company is based in Lyon, France. The company was founded by Gilles Alberici. Imtix was acquired by SangStat Medical Corp. from Rhone-Poulenc SA on October 01, 1998 for $31 million.

Credendo Group SA operates as a credit insurance company. It offers trade credit insurance, financing, bonding, investment, financial guarantees, and risk participation solutions. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

TheClubDeal Capital Advisors SA (Private Equity) is a private equity/venture capital division of TheClubDeal Capital Advisors SA founded in 2016 by Nicolas de Moreau and Jean-Marc Legrand. The firm headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Gimv (Private Equity) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Gimv NV (XB: GIMB) founded in 1980. Gimv (Private Equity) is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

Tornier SAS engages in the orthopedic industry. The company was founded on April 27, 1970 and is headquartered in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France.

Tornier, Inc. provides healthcare services and distributes medical devices. It offers joint replacement products including hips, knees, shoulders, ankles, and other extremity prostheses. The company is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Tornier Holding SAS operates as a holding company with interests in manufacturing orthopedic implants. The company was founded in November 1987 and is headquartered in Saint Ismier, France.

Oreo Finance SASU is a financial services provider. The private company was founded in 2007 and is based in Beaurains, France.

EUSA Pharma is a rapidly growing transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, pain control and critical care products. The company currently has eight products on the market, including Caphosol for the treatment of oral mucositis, a common and debilitating side-effect of radiation therapy and high-dose chemotherapy, ProstaScint for imaging the extent and spread of prostate cancer, Quadramet for the treatment of pain in patients whose cancer has spread to the bones, Erwinase and Kidrolase for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the antibiotic surgical implant Collatamp. EUSA also has several products in late-stage development, notably Collatamp topical, a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge for the prevention and treatment of infected skin ulcers, and CollaRx bupivacaine implant for local post-surgical pain control. Founded in 2006, EUSA Pharma is supported by a consortium of leading life science capital investors, comprising TVM Capital, Essex Woodlands, 3i, Goldman Sachs, Advent Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, NeoMed and NovaQuest. Since its foundation, the company has raised over $275 million, and completed several significant transactions, including the acquisitions of Cytogen Corporation, Talisker Pharma Ltd, the French biopharmaceutical company OPi SA and the European antibiotic and pain control business of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Inc. As part of its rapid growth strategy the company has established commercial infrastructure in the US, a pan-European presence covering over 20 countries and a wider distribution network in a further 25 territories. EUSA Pharma plans to continue its aggressive program of acquisitions and in-licensing within its specialist areas of medical and geographic focus, in line with its ambitious target to create a rapidly growing $1 billion company by the beginning of the next decade.

EUSA Pharma SAS specializes in pharmaceutical research for rare diseases. The company was founded by Gilles Alberici on September 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Limonest, France.

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

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