<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ef3399d2-1081-4edd-a8e5-5a2b9a338b19/56EB478D-3FB8-4967-8B9B-7DDDF4C90037/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2008/01/a_view_from_paris_on_1.html#Permalink" href="http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2008/01/a_view_from_paris_on_1.html#Permalink" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thealarmclock.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2008/01/a_view_from_paris_on_1.html#Permalink"><P>Pascal Mercier of Aelios Finance, a corporate finance advisory firm in Paris, for his view on early stage venture trends in France. </p> <P>Aelios did 20 transactions last year, many of which are listed on its <A href="http://www.aeliosfinance.com/english/index.aspx">website</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2008/01/a_view_from_paris_on_1.html#Permalink"><P> Here is what he said on capital available in France...</p> <P></p> <P> </p> <A name="a008105more"></A> <A id="more"></A> <P>The French venture funds raised a very high amount of capital last year. The FCPI- type of funds typically raise about €30M every year, but in 2007 we saw firms raising €50M and €70M. Regular “LP GP” funds, such as Ventech or Alven raised large amount of Capital also based on their good performances. [FCPI investors receive a tax break and are similar to VCTs in the UK].</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thealarmclock.com/euro/archives/2008/01/a_view_from_paris_on_1.html#Permalink"><P><STRONG>What are VCs Looking For?</STRONG> Internet related ventures. They know that France has some great entrepreneurs in the Internet industry, and a good ecosystem with a lot of success stories. </p> <P>The software sector is another story.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/56EB478D-3FB8-4967-8B9B-7DDDF4C90037/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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