Bee Ware is a privately held corporation funded by Amundi Private Equity Funds and Sofinnova Partners.

Sofinnova Partners is an independent venture capital firm based in Paris, France. For over 35 years, the firm has backed nearly 500 companies at different stages of development – pure creations, spin-offs, as well as turnaround situations – and worked alongside Europe’s key entrepreneurs in the technology, life sciences and cleantech sectors. With €1.1 billion of funds under management, Sofinnova Partners’ experienced team and hands-on approach in building portfolio companies through to exit have created market leaders, from landmark historical investments including Genentech, Actelion and Vistaprint to more recent successes such as CoreValve, Fovea, Movetis, Novexel and Sensitive Object. With a global mindset, the firm has a sister organization in San Francisco, California.

Amundi ranks third in Europe¹ and among the top ten global players in asset management with² around €670 billion under management³. Located at the heart of the main investment regions in more than 30 countries, Amundi offers a comprehensive range of products covering all asset classes and major currencies. Amundi develops savings solutions to meet the needs of more than 100 million retail customers worldwide and designs innovative, high-performing products for institutional clients which are tailored specifically to their requirements and risk profile.

Benefiting from the support of two powerful banking groups, Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, Amundi aims to establish itself as the undisputed leader in asset management in Europe, recognised for:

- the quality of its products, their financial performance and transparency
- its close relations with customers, partner networks and institutions
- the efficiency of its organisation, resulting from the individual and collective talents of its teams
- a commitment to integrate sustainability and social purpose criteria into its investment policies, going beyond financial criteria alone.

1. IPE Top 400 survey published July 2009, data at 31 December 2008
2. GI 100 ranking published September 2008, data at June 2008
3. Pro forma data for Amundi Group, 31 December 2009