Participated · Equity · Apr 2024

Ecodair is an association (loi 1901) with ESUS accreditation that specialises in reconditioning IT equipment such as laptops, desktops, screens, keyboards, mice and docking stations. Its reconditioning process includes reset, inspection, restoration, replacement of defective elements and testing prior to resale. The company serves consumers via a dedicated catalogue and professionals—working with more than 1,500 professional clients—and reconditioned over 46,000 devices in 2023, with nearly 20% activity growth that year. Ecodair focuses on social insertion, training and employment for people in fragile situations, notably those with mental or psychiatric disabilities or professional precariousness. It plans to use new funding to strengthen its territorial presence in Paris/Île-de-France, Rhône‑Alpes, PACA and Brittany, and to be closer to customers while creating professional opportunities for vulnerable people. The company also intends to invest in production tools to improve productivity and to enhance its daily social support capacities.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2023

Les Alchimistes operates a national network convening local entrepreneurs to collect, prepare and compost biodéchets from restaurants, canteens and households. Founded in 2016 in Île-de-France, the group has expanded to multiple large French agglomerations and is present in Lyon since 2020 following the acquisition of Les Détrivores (created in 2018). Its Vénissieux platform processes about 3,000 tonnes of biodéchets per year (roughly half from professionals and half from households via 500 community composting points), with 700 tonnes treated on site and the remainder prepared for partner platforms. The company is opening additional reception and composting platforms to increase treatment capacity regionally, including a planned Oullins site able to process 6,000 tonnes annually and employing around twenty people. The network aims to be present on 30 territories by 2027 so cities over 200,000 inhabitants have local composting solutions, and projects that expansion could create over 800 jobs. The recent €10M fundraising will finance platform openings, logistics and market studies to deploy further sites in other agglomerations.

Participated · Equity · Jan 2017

Koiki, founded in 2015, operates an integrated network of microhubs and consolidation centers to deliver sustainable last-mile logistics across Spain. Its core offerings include urban ‘delivery’ services via microhubs and a door-to-door interurban parcel service, using walking, bicycles, electric scooters and eco-efficient vehicles. The company uses proprietary technology to optimize logistics and partners with social-sector entities that manage local hubs, receiving volume, technology and training to create employment for vulnerable groups. As of the article, Koiki had two consolidation centers in Madrid and Barcelona, a network of 50 microhubs across 17 provinces and roughly 150 employees. In 2020 it delivered about 400,000 sustainable parcels, saved an estimated 172 tonnes of CO2 and provided professional training to over 500 people. Koiki aims in 2022 to expand into the urban areas of Spain’s 150 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and to continue growing employment opportunities for at-risk populations. Koiki manages a network of urban microcenters that enable sustainable last-mile delivery using low‑emission transport and generate social impact by hiring people from vulnerable groups. The company runs two business lines: urban delivery (last‑mile pickups from transporters or online shops) and a puerta-a-puerta interurban service handling pickup from customers and final delivery. Koiki reports employing 100 people from vulnerable groups and operating 30 centers across Madrid, Zaragoza, Huesca, Lérida, Gerona, Barcelona, Huelva, Almería, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Mallorca and Menorca. Its model combines environmental impact (reduced emissions through sustainable transport) with social inclusion via job creation. Following an equity investment by Fundación Repsol through Repsol Impacto Social, Repsol became a reference partner and the company is positioned to pursue growth and increased profitability with investor support. Koiki is a social enterprise offering sustainable last-mile courier and home delivery services that employ people in situations of social exclusion. It operates through a network of nearby social microcenters and provides pickup and delivery in cities including Barcelona, Bilbao, Girona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Vitoria‑Gasteiz and Zaragoza. The service lets consumers choose delivery times, which the company says reduces buyer hesitancy and improves e-commerce conversion. All deliveries are carried out on foot, by bicycle or using electric vehicles, aiming to reduce pollution, noise and traffic. Koiki’s model generates income for associated social entities while creating employment for vulnerable groups, delivering economic, social and environmental returns. Financially, the company completed a €900k capital round in January 2017 to support rollout into Spain’s main capitals and cities.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2011

PerMicro is a non-bank microfinance institution (MFI) focused on providing micro-credit to micro-entrepreneurs and micro-businesses in Italy. It offers micro-loans of up to €25,000 to entrepreneurs starting or developing businesses, including self-employment. The institution aims to cooperate with NGOs and other social associations and targets people who have difficulties accessing traditional banking, including immigrant resident groups. Led by President Corrado Ferretti, PerMicro reported that at 31 December 2010 it had granted 995 micro-loans totaling €5m. The company said it will use newly raised resources to support micro-businesses and micro-entrepreneurs in Italy.