HEADLINES

April 13, 2023

CITRON, the specialist in energy efficiency in buildings, receives €20 million

The French company, which exceeded 100 employees last year, is developing its EMS (Energy Management System) to cover all issues related to the energy transition of buildings

April 12, 2023

ECOAT, the industrial scale-up of bio-based polymers, raises €10 million

Ecoat, an industrial scale-up of bio-based polymers for paints and varnishes, announces the closing of its €10 million fundraising. Smalt Capital and 123 IM participated in this transaction, accompanied by several banks and local players: Bpifrance, Banque Populaire Méditerranée, BNP Paribas, Crédit Coopératif, Caisse d'Epargne CEPAC, Caisse d'Epargne Côte d'Azur and Région Sud Investissement.

April 12, 2023

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING completes its investment in WATÈA

Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring confirms the legal finalisation of its 30% stake in Watèa by Michelin, that has been announced on 1 December 2022 and aimed in accelerating access to low emission zones for commercial vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tonnes

April 11, 2023

Digital asset platform LEDGER raises €100m

True Global Ventures (TGV) is investing over $24 million in a €100 million round of funding in LEDGER, the leading global digital asset platform and Web3. The funding will enable LEDGER  to pursue its global ambitions and accelerate its drive to become a truly desirable consumer technology brand.

April 11, 2023

Monaco Energies Renouvelables extends its solar park in France

The Monegasque investment company has obtained financing of nearly €100 million from Société Générale, as lead investor and majority shareholder, and from Unifergie. This senior debt with a maturity of 15 years will be used to expand twelve solar farms acquired in 2021 and currently totalling 100 MW of installed capacity.

April 11, 2023

Data4 goes digital with a Canadian

The data center operator with €200M turnover, which is owned by AXA IM Alts since 2018, is being sold to Canadian Brookfield Infrastructure for a valuation close to €3.5M

April 7, 2023

ATLANTE installs its charging stations at a family-owned property company

Commercial agreement was reached between Atlante and the Duval group. The young fast-charging station operator - supported by the listed energy storage and e-mobility specialist NHOA (formerly Engie EPS) - will equip the car parks of the  family-owned property company's shopping centres for a period of ten years.

April 6, 2023

Significant advances for the trusted cloud offering

This scheme, operated by Bpifrance, was launched in December 2022. The first phase, achievied in February 2023, was a great success with 21 projects selected from over 40 applications. Given this success, 3.5 million has been allocated for the second phase, which will end on 19 July 2023.

March 31, 2023

EFFY welcomes its first shareholder

The online energy renovation service for buildings, generating €800 million in business volume by 2022, is opening its capital to the British fund Felix Capital for €20 million

March 31, 2023

Cameroon: CFA Franc 11 billion for the new multipurpose terminal at the port of Douala

The port of Douala is continuing to modernize its facilities and strengthen its operational capacities through the construction of a multipurpose quay. Operational since March 29, 2023, this new infrastructure is part of the "ambitious project" of the management of the Autonomous Port of Douala (PAD) to consolidate this port platform among the most competitive and modern in the area.

March 31, 2023

NUMSPOT unveils its shareholding

The joint venture offering hosting services in a French sovereign cloud has €50 million in share capital divided between Banque des Territoires (€18 million), Docaposte (€13 million), Dassault Systèmes (€9.5 million) and Bouygues Telecom (€9.5 million)

March 31, 2023

EIFFEL continues to finance Polish solar energy

The debt specialist is providing a bridge loan to developer Projekt Solartechnik to finance the construction of three photovoltaic projects supported by private power purchase agreements.