Decentralized systems
Commercial & Industrial
Mini grids
Productive uses
Enabling technologies
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Partners
AMF-accredited management company in charge of fund management.
Backed by a community of 400 private investors and renowned institutional investors, Capital Croissance is an AMF-accredited private equity management company with around €700 million under management. Capital Croissance manages entrepreneurial funds that make equity investments in unlisted French SMEs and ETIs as part of reorganization operations.
Anchor investor with a €20 million investment in the new GEIF II fund. Schneider Electric also provides technical support services to portfolio companies.
Schneider’s raison d’être is to enable everyone to make the most of their energy and resources, reconciling progress and sustainable development for all. Its mission is to be the digital partner at the service of sustainable development. Schneider is driving digital transformation by integrating the most advanced energy and automation technologies.
Anchor investor with a €15 million investment in the new fund.
Capelan is a family-owned French holding company, based in Aix-en-Provence, which supports and invests in projects that respect the long-term interests of people and nature.
Investisseurs & Partenaires provides technical assistance services (help with sourcing and due diligence, participation in investment and impact committees, provision of premises in Africa, etc.).
Investisseurs & Partenaires is a pioneering impact investment group, dedicated to financing and supporting African entrepreneurs, as well as strengthening the continent’s entrepreneurial ecosystems. I&P has supported over 250 companies operating in a variety of sectors, based in sub-Saharan Africa, and now finances around 50 SMEs each year. The I&P team is spread over 10 sites in Africa as well as in France and the United States, and comprises more than 160 people specializing in investment, impact and, more generally, support for African businesses.
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Impact Committee
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot
- Associate Professor in Strategy at HEC Paris, where she created the Master’s in Sustainable Development and the HEC Social Business / Business and Poverty Chair.
- Co-founder of the Society & Organizations Institute.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of Standard & Poor’s Sustainable Finance.
- Member of the Ethics Committee of the Red Cross.
Catherine Bobtcheff
- Research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and professor at Paris School of Economics
- Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research and Fellow at the Louis Bachelier Institute.
- Recipient of the 2018 “Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance” award from the Europlace Finance Institute.
- Her main research themes focus on theoretical economics, finance, insurance, and industrial organization.
Sophie de Fontenay
- General Counsel & Head of Sustainability of RAISE (€1.5bn AUM)
- Lawyer with international business firms for 7 years (EY, Baker & McKenzie)
- General Counsel of Inovalis, a European real estate investment fund (€2 billion in assets), for 5 years
- Head of Legal Europe at Ascott group (CapitaLand – TEMASEK), owner and operator of 50 tourist residences in Europe
- Legal Director and Head of CSR, Director and member of the Executive Committee of Compagnie Lebon, a listed family holding company invested in real estate, private equity and the hotel industry
Hilary Maxson
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Schneider Electric.
- Member of Schneider Electric’s executive committee since 2020.
- She led companies on 5 continents during her 12 years at AES Corporation.
- Non-executive director of Anglo American since 2021.
Thierry Fornas
- Co-founder and President of EcoAct until 2022.
- Manager of Climate Pal in Kenya until 2022.
- Founding member of the Association of Climate Consulting Professionals (ACCP)
- Fondateur d’Altabaya en 2021, structure d’accompagnement et d’investissement dédiée aux startups à impact