A history of “pioneering” and “committed” investors with entrepreneurs, marked by the emergence of technological champions among the most emblematic of French and European innovation.
scroll downbirth of innovacom
black monday
Gemplus, smart-chip card creator, starts-up
european HDTV
SOITEC
1st unicorn
1st IPO COM1
Tim Berners Lee's World Wide Web
1st European GSM mobile phone network
photo digital camera
1st investment abroad: Micronas (AT)
the Channel Tunnel
Digital satellite DirecTV launched.
1st au Nasdaq introduction (Business Objects)
Netscape launched
MPG4 by Apple
Technocom1 launched
1st French Priming Fund dévoted to financing public and private research laboratories