Impala, a group owned and managed by Jacques Veyrat and his family, invests in projects with strong development potential, in different business sectors and with variable levels of participation: Energy (stakes in Neoen, Tag Energy and Castleton Commodities International), Technologies (stakes in Technoplus Industries, Edgyn, Inexto),Cosmetics (stakes in Laboratoire Native, owner of the Roger&Gallet, Lierac, Phyto, stakes in Pharma and Beauty Group and Augustinus Bader), Culture, Entertainment and Fashion (stakes in Pullin, L’Exception, Rosa Bonheur and La Caserne), Finance (stake in Eiffel Investment Group and in high-growth projects in China), Real estate projects and Hotels (residential real estate projects in the Paris region, Luxembourg and Spain and a hotel group in Portugal and France). Impala is a long-term investor.

Fonds Stratégique de Participations (FSP) is an open-ended investment company (société d’investissement à capital variable) registered with the French financial markets authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF), that promotes long-term equity investment. FSP’s purpose is to acquire “strategic” equity stakes in the capital of French companies and participate in their governance by holding a seat on their Board of Directors and governance board. The fund is financed by seven major insurance companies seeking long term investments in French companies to help them with their development and transition projects. FSP’s shareholders are BNP Paribas Cardif, CNP Assurances, Crédit Agricole Assurances, Société Générale Assurances, Groupama, BPCE Assurances and Suravenir. As of December 31, 2022, FSP held nine equity investments, Arkema, Seb, Eutelsat Communications, Tikehau Capital, Elior Group, Neoen, Valeo, Believe and Soitec. FSP continues to study equity investment opportunities in French companies. 

FSP is managed by ISALT, an independent management company which monitors the companies in which FSP invests and coordinates relations with the permanent representatives of FSP who sit on the Boards of Directors or supervisory boards of those companies. FSP has appointed Mr Christophe Gégout as its permanent representative on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Bpifrance finances businesses at each stage of their development through loans, guarantees and equity. Bpifrance provides support with their innovation projects and international activities through a wide range of products and services. Bpifrance is particularly involved in the renewable energy sector and sees companies in this sector as genuine catalysts of competitiveness for the French economy, which it intends to support in the coming years through its climate plan (€13.6 billion dedicated to renewable energy over 2020-2024).