The French Government Defence procurement agency invests €900,000 towards Pherecydes Pharma managed €1.2-million project, involving several university and military laboratories.
Pherecydes Pharma is attending the Forum coorganised by PHAG ESPOIRS and LE LIEN associations, as well as their partners, Narbonne Hospital and City, on January 25, 2012 in Narbonne - France, at 9h15, in Le Théatre.
Biotech Finance press details the purpose of this investiment targeting the set up of a phage bioproduction unit and testing of 2 therapeutic products in human clinical trials.
Meeting the Belgian biotech companies at the 2011 Forum Bio-Entrepreneurs held in the Bourse de Commerce de Paris, December 6, 2011.
Shareholders
Fond Sécurité and Financière de Brienne
Fond Sécurité and Financière de Brienne are two private equity funds advised by ACE Management, a portfolio management company, specializing in private capital investment in technology companies around Aerospace, Defence and Security.
ACE Management manages seven investment funds representing approximately € 300 million in capital on behalf of purchasers of industrial and financial leaders such as:
- EADS, Airbus,
- Thales, Safran, DCNS, CEA,
- Areva,
- Caisse des Dépôts, France Investissement, Fonds de Solidarite des Travailleurs du Quebec (FSTQ), Société Générale, Crédit Agricole, CIC or AXA.
ACE Management covers a wide spectrum of activities:
- Venture capital
- Development capital
- Buyout Leverage (LBO) financing
- Industrial spin-offs of financing building operations (LBU)
With a strong entrepreneurial culture and industry background, ACE Management invests in companies with high technology content, growing and able to play a role in structuring their business segment. The management team since the creation of Financière de Brienne in 1993, has invested in nearly 110 companies.
Bio Modeling Systems
Bio-Modeling Systems is a S.A.S Company, incorporated in 2004 in Paris – France, privately owned by its founders, Manuel Géa and François Iris and member of BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization USA).
BMSystems is involved in predictive integrative biology. As a research-based biotech company, BMSystems creates CADI™ (Computer Assisted Deductive Integration) models with immediate applications generating highly attractive businesses, through contractual/collaborative research programs.