Building a leading microbiome company in oncology

With over €691 million in assets under management as of the end of 2017, Seventure Partners is a leading European venture capital firm. Since 1997, Seventure Partners has invested in innovative businesses with high growth potential in digital technologies, especially FinTech and AssurTech, in France and Germany, and in the life sciences field across Europe and North America. In life sciences, the four areas of focus include Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Connected health and Medtech, Industrial biotechnology, and finally: MICROBIOME, nutrition, foodtech and personalized medicine.

Investments can range from €500 thousand to €10 million per round, or up to €20 million per company, from early to late stage. In December 2013, Seventure Partners successfully launched Health for Life Capital™ which has attracted strategic investments from prestigious organizations including Danone, Tereos, Tornier, Lesaffre, Bel and Novartis as well as entrepreneurs and financial institutions.

Seventure is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management. Natixis is the corporate investment management and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest French bank.

Bpifrance is the French national investment bank: it finances businesses – at every stage of their development – through loans, guarantees, equity investments and export insurances.

Bpifrance also provides extrafinancial services (training, consultancy) to help entrepreneurs meet their challenges (innovation, export…).

Biocodex is an independent family-owned pharmaceutical company, founded in Paris, France in 1953. The company initially concentrated on gastroenterology and specifically on the discovery of a promising probiotic substance, Saccharomyces boulardii (sold under the ULTRA-LEVURE brand in France). Biocodex has maintained partnerships with health sector professionals for 60 years, with the mission of developing intelligent solutions that respond to contemporary healthcare issues. Biocodex has become a multinational research and development, manufacturing and marketing company.
The company is currently active in over 100 countries, with subsidiaries in Belgium, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Morocco, Mexico and the United States and through partnerships with distributors. Today, Biocodex specializes at international level in the therapeutic domains of gastroenterology, neuropsychiatry and pain treatment.

Crédit Mutuel Innovation is the evergreen venture capital entity of Crédit Mutuel Equity (€3.5 billion in capital). We invest €1-20M in life science, digital and deeptech companies from seed to growth stages.
We help bold and ambitious entrepreneurs to develop their strong growth potential with our worldwide enterprise ecosystem (our 350+ portfolio companies, our abroad subsidiaries, 150+ largest global corporates and the best-in-class experts). Because it takes more than 5 years to build a Unicorn, we invest our own equity and ensure durable partnerships with visionary leaders. Today, the 350 companies in which we have invested generate a cumulative annual turnover of €50bn and create more than 250,000 jobs.

Celeste Management is a single-family office based in Geneva primarily investing in alternative asset classes (Private Equity, Infrastructure, Venture, Real Estate, Private Debt), with a broad geographic spread and a long-term horizon.

Celeste Management supports ambitious growth projects in promising areas such as the development of renewable energies, reduction of the ecological footprint, education and training, health, the silver economy, nutrition and the transformation of consumer habits, telecom and internet networks, digitalization, mobility and logistics.

SymBiosis Capital Management, LLC is a venture capital firm focused on advancing biotherapeutics innovations.