Frédéric Plais

Brookstone, Inc. develops and markets innovative gadgets and specialty items. It is an innovative product development and specialty lifestyle retail company that operates Brookstone branded stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company operates in three segments based on its distinct distribution channels and customer bases: Retail, eCommerce and Alternative Distribution. The Retail segment is comprised of all full-year stores in addition to all temporary stores and kiosks. The firm's retail product distribution is conducted primarily through the store locations. The eCommerce segment is comprised of the Brookstone catalog and products promoted via its internet website. The firm's eCommerce product distribution is primarily conducted through the company's customer care center and distribution center located in Mexico, Missouri and by its vendors. The Alternative Distribution segment is comprised of sales of its products to select resellers and corporate partners. The company was founded in 1965 by Pierre de Beaumont and Mary de Beaumont and is headquartered in Merrimack, NH.

Borders Group, Inc. owns and operates bookstores and music stores. It operates through its subsidiaries, Borders, Inc. and Walden Book Company, Inc., which operates stores selling books, music and movie superstores and mall-based bookstores. The company operates a proprietary e-commerce Web site www.borders.com. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Laszlo Systems is a leading provider of Rich Unified Internet Applications for consumers and business. Its web-based platform in erges email, voice and massaging with social networking and real-time collaboration experience for consumers. Laszlo Webtop has been adopted and deployed by many of the tyre-1 service providers to provide subscribers with engaging personal portals for unifying and managing information, collaboration and communication on the web. The company is privately held and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company provides training and support for OpenLaszlo and offers its own commercially licensed digital life applications such as Laszlo Mail and OpenLaszlo. Laszlo Systems was founded in October 2000 by David Tempkin.

VistaPrint Ltd. provides high-quality graphic design, Internet printing and premium service. Its products include printed business cards, brochures, post cards to apparel, invitations and announcements, holiday cards, andcalendars. The company was founded by Patrick Mataix, Robert S. Keane and Jones Gwyn in 1995 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecommunications AB provides software applications that enable content and communications service providers to run, bill and develop their business. The private company is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The CEO of the Swedish company is Thomas Ivarson.

Seventure Partners SA (Seventure) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Natixis SA founded in 1997. Seventure Partners SA is headquartered in Paris.

Sefas Innovation SA provides desktop publishing software and document management solutions. It develops comprehensive suite of document, post composition and production control tools to design, improve, control and manage the production of personalized documents. The firm open print software suite is used by telecoms, financial services, banking, insurance, utilities, public sector organization for the design, composition and production of business to consumer documents. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Charenton-Le-Pont, France.

TAK Imaging, Inc. provides imaging processors and solutions services. It also provides digital office equipment, advanced copiers, printers, multi-function peripherals, scanners, faxes, and network servers. The firm offers complete digital processing chain, compression & decompression, image enhancement, segmentation, and color management solutions for customers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Kiloutou SAS provides trucks and heavy equipment rental and leasing services. It operates through the following segments: Energy, Module, Generalist, and Events. The company was founded by Franky Mulliez on May 19, 1980 and is headquartered in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.

Crocus Technology SA develops magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies. Its products include microcontrollers, magnetic logic units, access control, CTMP memory, and magnetic sensors. The firm’s services encompass licensing and design. It caters to mobile phone manufacturers. The company was founded by Jean-Pierre Nozieres, Jean-Pierre Braun, Thierry Chavigner and Jacques Noels in 2004 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

Benhamou Global Ventures LLC (Benhamou Global Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Eric Benhamou. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Catalyst Mobile, Inc. provides mobile entertainment services. The company's products include music services, entertainment services, messaging services, WAP and MMS service platform. It also offers mobile content and software services. Catalyst Mobile was founded by Larry Barels, John Bishop, Gary Hooper, & Carl Lakey in February 2006 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

AF 83 SAS creates platforms and applications. It offers strategy and design, ideation and iteration, graphic design and front-end development services. The company serves the telecommunications, consumer services, media and consumer goods industries. AF 83 was founded by Louis Montagne and Stéphane Distinguin in 2006 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Geolid SAS provides communications services. It offers geolid local, geolid retail, and geolid agency. The company was founded by Mickael Cabrol, Gautier Cassagnau, and Guillaume Huot de Neuvier in 2010 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

DrupalCon, Inc. is a private company that specializes in providing an open-source content management system called Drupal. The company is based in Portland, OR and was founded by Zachary Rosen. Drupal is designed to create unique digital experiences that can reach audiences across multiple channels.

Nimbula, Inc, provides comprehensive cloud operating systems. It delivers a new class of cloud infrastructure and services system that uniquely combines the flexibility, scalability and operational efficiencies of the public cloud with the control, security and trust of today's most advanced data centers. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Cumulus Networks, Inc. engages in the development of Linux operating system for networking hardware. The firm’s products include cumulus Linux, and NetQ. The company was founded by Nolan Leake and J. R. Rivers in 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Dentressangle SAS provides investment management services. It invests in capital development and venture capital projects. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Akeneo SAS designs and develops software for personal information management. Its products include product information management (PIM) systems for enterprises and communities. The company was founded by Frederic de Gombert, Benoit Jacquemont, Yoav Kutner, and Nicolas Dupont in 2013 and is headquartered in Nantes, France.

Restlet SAS designs and markets software for application programming interface. The firm’s products include RESTful web APIs and APISpark. Its products allow users build web APIs in a flash, including the creation, hosting, management and usage of those web APIs. The company was founded by Jerome Louvel, Steve Sfartz and Thierry Boileau in 2008 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Hi Inov SAS (Hi Inov) is the venture capital arm of Dentressangle Initiatives SAS. The firm was founded by Pierre-Henri Dentressangle and Valérie Gombart in 2012. It is headquartered in Paris, France with an additional office in Bavaria, Germany.

NetBeez, Inc. provides network performance monitoring solutions designed for network managers interested in early fault detection and quick troubleshooting of complex wide area networks. The system relies on wired, wireless, and virtual sensors that continuously test connectivity and application performance, allowing network problems to be detected before they affect the end-user. The company was founded by Stefano Gridelli, Panickos Neophytou and Panos Vouzis in 2013 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

MadKudu, Inc. develops sales analytics tool. It provides a platform that converts free users into paying customers. The company was founded by Francis Brero, Sam, Levan, and Paul Cothenet on July 14, 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

NGD Systems, Inc. provides computer programming services. Its SSD controllers incorporates revolutionary at storage hardware acceleration putting the computational capability into the storage itself and eliminating the need to move data to main memory prior to processing. The company was founded by Vladimir Alves, Richard Mataya and Nader Salessi in 2013 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Bestmile SA develops software for manage driverless vehicle fleets. Its technology brings coherence to autonomous vehicle fleets by shaping individual robots. The firm also software, autonomous mobility and active fleet management services. The company was founded by Raphaël Gindrat and Anne Koymans in January 2014 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Agroecology Capital (Agroecology Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Nicolas Denjoy and Djalil Reghis. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.