Investments

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in France, VSORA is a fabless chip design company focused on solving the “memory wall” challenge in accelerators used for AI inference workloads. The company has developed a highly differentiated architecture optimized for AI inference, delivering significant improvements in total cost of ownership, latency, and power efficiency. VSORA is the most advanced European player addressing a large and fast-growing market opportunity for AI accelerators optimized for inference applications having secured its position in the most advanced semiconductor supply chains. VSORA is also a member of the AION consortium, which is led by Ardian, Artefact, Bull, Capgemini, EDF, the iliad Group, Orange and Scaleway, and aims to launch an ambitious bid under the European Union’s AI Gigafactories initiative.

Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Blaubeuren, Germany, Centrotherm has been designing and manufacturing thermal processing equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors and solar cells for over 77 years. With design and manufacturing operations strategically located throughout Europe and Asia, Centrotherm has become a leader in its field, trusted by a wide base of customers across the globe.

Founded in 1986 and based in Carros, France, Synergie Cad specializes in the development of advanced test interface solutions enabling leading semiconductor companies to optimize the testing and validation of their complex chip designs. With a strong reputation for quality, reliability, and customization, across a wide range of semiconductor applications, Synergie Cad has established itself as a trusted partner to a diverse range of customers globally.
Synergie CAD has built a unique business model around the testing consumable value chain by leveraging its longstanding and deep process know-how in PCB manufacturing to become a one-stop-shop player in the semiconductor testing market, providing product and services all along the wafer manufacturing process, having a global presence with 18 locations spread across 4 continents.

Founded in 1987 and based in France, Ion Beam Services (IBS) is a semiconductor equipment and services company specialized in ion implantation, a fundamental step in the semiconductor front-end manufacturing process. IBS’ technology addresses high growth specialty applications such as electrification of mobility, AI, and hyperconnectivity whilst driven by powerful megatrends, including car electrification and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), 5G/6G telecommunications, and regionalization of the semiconductor supply chain. IBS has built a unique 360° business model providing customers with three complementary and synergetic offers around Equipment manufacturing, Equipment services, and Foundry services. IBS operates primarily from its facilities in France, and in the UK, with additional footprint in Singapore and in the US.