The French leader in solid biomass pyro-gasification processes, GazoTech, has sealed a fundraising round with Cristal Union. Following this operation, GazoTech will continue its industrial development and deploy its solutions, playing a significant role in the decarbonisation of industry and carbon sequestration in soils. The NATUREO FINANCE team acted as the exclusive advisor to GazoTech for this transaction. This new success is a testament to the team's ability to support its clients in domains combining the Energy, Industry, and Agritech sectors. Press release
Natureo Finance advised Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies, a subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole Group dedicated to supporting environmental transitions, in the context of its entry into the capital of R3, an expert in CSR solutions, decarbonization, and energy efficiency. Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies serves the societal project of the Crédit Agricole Group and its commitment to contribute to a low-carbon and sustainable economy by supporting and facilitating its clients’ environmental transitions through two activities: • The production and supply of decarbonised electricity in a short circuit, in collaboration with local stakeholders, through investment and financing offerings. • Advisory [...]
ECOV, the new-generation mobility operator which deploys and operates carpooling lines in rural and peri-urban areas, has risen 11.75 m€ with institutional impact investors to consolidate its sobriety economy model, continue its development and make the car a form of public transport. The funds raised will help to accelerate the mobility transformation for local communities and the State and enable the solidarity and ecology transition outside city-centers with a focus on two main objectives: To accelerate the deployment of carpooling lines to serve citizens in areas where there is not already access to quality public mobility services To strengthen [...]
NATUREO FINANCE advises Selfee on its 11m€ fundraising with Crédit Agricole Normandie Seine, Everwatt and Crédit Agricole Transitions et Energies. Selfee has raised 11m€ to industrialize its Local Territory Self-consumption solution and invest alongside local partners. Selfee was created in 2017 and has been active since 2019, offering local communities and actors a way to develop renewable energies through public electricity purchasing policies. In Paris and Rouen where Selfee is established, traditional economic models for supplying electricity are being shaken up by the company's innovative Local Territory Self-consumption solution. This solution allows public actors to provision themselves directly via real-time [...]
Paris, the 8th of February 2021 - In Paris on the 20th of January 2021, NATUREO FINANCE was designated the 2020 award winner in the Investment Banking and Financing category for the energy - infrastructure - transport sectors at the 10th edition of the Finance Leaders Summit organised by the Leaders League group (publisher of the Décideurs magazine). NATUREO FINANCE was competing in the Investment Banking and Financing category for the energy - infrastructure - transport sectors along with the Bank of America, HSBC, Linkers and Société Générale CIB. NATUREO FINANCE has been rewarded for their energy storage and infratech [...]
By Christophe Rouvière Published in Les Echos September 2020 According to Christophe Rouvière, France has a unique opportunity to regain some of its energetic and industrial sovereignty by developing the hydrogen sector. The crisis owing to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in an unexpectedly useful outcome for France: the question of the country’s industrial sovereignty has finally been brought forwards. Although the merger between Bombardier and Alstom has been authorised, it is still a long way from being acted, and we mustn’t let it avert attention from the fact that France has now let go of its industries, jobs, savoir-faire, attractiveness, and of course [...]
FUSIONS & ACQUISITIONS MAGAZINE - JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2020 In the last summer edition of Fusions & Acquisition Magazine, Caroline Mathieu, the General Manager of FBN France reminded us that ‘responsible commitment is at the heart of family-owned business strategies’. « Family-owned businesses make up two thirds of companies worldwide, employ 60% of the active population, and account for 70% of total GDP. » So their shareholders weigh in pretty heavily when it comes to the world economy. We think that the family shareholders of the greatest French and European companies have a historic role to play over the next 5 years, [...]
PRESS RELEASE Paris, the 7th of October 2019 NATUREO FINANCE APPOINTS A STRATEGIC COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT ITS DEVELOPMENT Natureo Finance founders Christophe ROUVIERE and Eric MISSONIER-ROHART have chosen Catherine ORPHELIN and Didier LE BRET to join them on the strategic committee of the leading independent advisory firm for mergers and acquisitions and fundraising, specialized in the energy and ecology transition sectors. The rich career paths of Catherine ORPHELIN and Didier LE BRET have endowed them with valuable expertise and high-level know-how which is of service to an ambitious development strategy. Their engagement and investment in Natureo Finance, alongside the founders [...]
PRESS RELEASE Paris, the 23rd of September 2019 NATUREO FINANCE TO EXPAND ITS TEAM WITH THE ARRIVAL OF TWO NEW COLLABORATORS Natureo Finance (www.natureofinance.com) is an independent advisory firm for mergers and acquisitions and fundraising. The firm mainly supports innovative European companies of all sizes, (family businesses, startups and large companies).. The company’s approach is based on its three-tier financial, industrial and sectoral expertise. ITS FIELDS OF INTERVENTION ARE: Divestiture Acquisitions Fundraising Finance structuring Search for strategic investors Sponsorship for Euronext listing Romain MERCERET and Ludovic FROMENT have joined Natureo Finance founders Christophe ROUVIERE and Eric MISSONIER-ROHART to [...]
By Christophe Rouvière | Les Echos.fr The opportunity to create new industrial sectors centered on green technologies depends largely on the proper financing of our industrial start-ups. https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/opinion-lindustrie-au-secours-la-planete-1004193 For term in office after term in office, our political leaders have been calling for reindustrialisation in France, or the investment in public research which is deemed necessary. When doing so, they ought to take a closer look at the actual amount of capital invested in the start-ups which are truly capable of developing new industries. Although large corporations invest massively in research and development, they rarely focus on coming up with [...]
