Pierre Geerolf

Céréa Partenaire SASU (Céréa) is the wholly-owned private equity subsidiary of Unigrains SA in France. Created in 2004, Céréa's investment team specializes in mezzanine financing and corporate financing in the agri-food sector. The firm is based in Paris and manages the Céréa Mezzanine FCPR fund, sponsored by Unigrains, for regional banks, pension funds, insurance companies and industrial investors. They are a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment and are committed to integrating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance criteria in their management, investment strategy and the development of investee companies within their managed funds.

BPIFrance Investissement Régions SAS (BPIfrance Investissement) is the private equity subsidiary of BPIFrance Investissement SAS itself a subsidiary of State-owned Banque Publique d’Investissement in France. Formerly known as FSI Régions SAS, the firm was established as Avenir Entreprises SA in 1984. They became FSI Régions SAS in 2011 and in 2013 CDC Entreprises, FSI and FSI Régions merged to form BPIfrance Investissement. BPIfrance Investissement has a network of regional offices throughout France and manages several mutual funds which provide capital to small- and medium-sized French companies with high potential.