Antoine Lacour

ISAI invests in early-stage companies primarily within the Internet sector. They invest in high-growth businesses and seek to identify projects which are distinctive due to a combination of innovation and unique characteristics. Investments are made only if one of the business angels decides to invest their own capital in the project, based on a return-oriented approach independent of fiscal considerations. The firm targets startups and seed capital investments. They generally invest between EUR 500 thousand and 1.5 million, and aim to position themselves in between classic business angels and venture capital funds. They are hands-on investors who actively promote the growth of their portfolio companies. They have invested in real-time multilingual interpreter services.

Ardian invests in middle market companies located in the United States, Europe, Asia and Middle East. The firm focuses on food value chain, health & wellness, applied technologies and essential B2B services. It provides financing for buyout, growth, secondary and later stage capital requirements with investment size of EUR 50 - 300 million. It also makes minority and co-investments.