“Convinced of the need to direct French savings towards businesses, AXA in France announces that it will make its “Pépites & Territoires” program set up with NextStage AM accessible to individuals. This is how, over the past 2 years, the program has financed around thirty SMEs and mid-sized companies, including Adopt Parfums, a perfume specialist, Wolf Lingerie and Eurobio Scientific. Financing, essential for companies which are today faced with major transformations: digital and environmental. » B SMART, Le Point, December 5, 2023.
“We want to democratize [Investment Capital] to offer it to all savers,” explains Corinne Calendini, Managing Director of Axa Épargne Retraite et Prévoyances Individuelles.
By successfully launching “Pépites & Territoires” on June 24, 2021, AXA France and NextStage AM affirmed their shared conviction that equity investment in growth SMEs and ETIs established in our territories constitutes an essential driver of support to innovation and reindustrialization in France. With an amount already reaching 200 million euros, AXA has confirmed the objective of mobilizing 500 million euros through its network of agents, from individual customers through life insurance and the PER offered in AXA Future Entrepreneur.
“In France, 2% of French savings were invested in private equity, while in the United States, it is 18%,” underlines Grégoire Sentilhes, president of NextStage AM. This explains the performance of the American economy. The whole challenge is therefore to show that we too can create champions. »
Grégoire Sentilhes, President and co-founder of NextStage AM, was also the guest of Aurélie Planeix for the Smart Territoires show on B SMART: “Direct French savings towards businesses”.
NB: It is important to note that past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Investing in these funds presents a risk of capital loss (total or partial). For further information on the risks, we recommend that you consult your usual financial advisor.
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Watch the full show with interventions from Guillaume Borie, Managing Director of AXA and Stoeckel Frederic, President of Adopt Parfums: https://lnkd.in/eaQfRJBW
Find out more about the “Nuggets & Territories” program: https://lnkd.in/eM_dze69
Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/e2q_-qNB
