Sylvain Caillat

IXO Private Equity SAS (IXO-PE) is an independent France-based regional private equity firm which was founded in 2002. Headquartered in Toulouse with an office in Bordeaux, the firm was previously known as ICSO Gestion. Their culture emphasizes regional development and local employment creation. The firm manages FCPR limited partnership venture capital funds for institutions and FIP regional development funds for individual investors. IXO-PE's institutional clients include local collectivities, insurance companies and international corporations as well as regional, national and European banks.

Initiative & Finance Investissement SA (I&FI) is the French private equity subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Financière Figaro SARL. Established in 1984, the firm was formerly part of the buyout financing arm of Natixis Private Equity. In 2011 they underwent an MBO and became independent. They subsequently were acquired by Financière Figaro SARL. Located in Paris with an office in Lyon, I&FI consists of a portfolio of private equity investments, and operates in close relationship with Initiative & Finance Gestion. Since their 1988 round of fund raising, I&FI has been reinvesting their returns.