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ather accurate in assessing the<br />
pace at which we use natural<br />
resources, destroy the biosphere<br />
and weaken the climate.<br />
Therefore selecting or adjusting<br />
a start-up company’s mission,<br />
or defining a fund’s investment<br />
strategy, becomes a founding act.<br />
The societal and environmental<br />
impact of a project, of an<br />
investment, is now a fundamental<br />
issue – whether the company has<br />
been recently launched or is a<br />
large publicly listed corporation.<br />
It is our job <strong>to</strong> question the<br />
real advantages provided not<br />
only <strong>to</strong> the clients but also<br />
<strong>to</strong> society as a whole (users,<br />
residents, employees, suppliers…)<br />
and <strong>to</strong> the environment, from<br />
the very first euro we invest.<br />
If there are no benefits for the<br />
stakeholders, there can be no<br />
success, no purpose and no point.<br />
In this respect, the impact of<br />
the business model on human<br />
and natural capital provides a<br />
meaningful perspective, perfectly<br />
aligned with the interests of the<br />
capital providers.<br />
Jean-Guillaume Péladan,<br />
Fund Manager - Head of Environmental<br />
Investments & Research and alumni<br />
BCG 2001<br />
Founded in 2001, Sycomore Asset<br />
Management is an entrepreneurial<br />
investment firm majority-owned by<br />
its founding partners and employees.<br />
Specialized in the analysis of European<br />
s<strong>to</strong>cks, Sycomore AM is a key player in the<br />
responsible investment sphere. Rated “High<br />
Standards” by Fitch Ratings since 2008,<br />
Sycomore AM manages 5.5 billion euros in<br />
mutual funds and segregated mandates,<br />
among which 30% in Sustainable and<br />
Responsible Investment strategies.<br />
WDS<br />
-<br />
Aligned with Hello Tomorrow’s<br />
values and mission, We Design<br />
Services (WDS) shares its<br />
passion <strong>to</strong> make innovative<br />
ecosystems thrive. This report<br />
brings closer corporates, deep<br />
tech startups and inves<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
by using strategic knowledge<br />
gathered from the Hello<br />
Tomorrow ecosystem and<br />
contribu<strong>to</strong>rs. Resulting in a<br />
collaboration framework that<br />
better aligns such diverse<br />
stakeholder’s intentions and<br />
objectives, the report is a step<br />
forward <strong>to</strong> better designed<br />
collaborations. The great and<br />
challenging journey from an<br />
idea <strong>to</strong> a commercial success<br />
of a breakthrough innovation<br />
won’t happen without an<br />
extensive empathy between<br />
those forward thinkers all<br />
needed <strong>to</strong> bring <strong>to</strong>morrow<br />
<strong>to</strong> life.<br />
Chris<strong>to</strong>phe Tallec,<br />
CEO of WDS<br />
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