Stephane Valorge

Current

Co-founder & Partner at Clipperton Finance

Past

Consultant for the CEO, Patrick Zelnik (ex Virgin France's Chairman) and the Exec VP at Naïve
VP at Netscapital
Senior Consultant at Mars & co

Senior Consultant at Mars&Co
Consultant at Caisse des depots et consignations

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Education

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy

Connections

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

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Stephane Valorge’s Summary

We are pleased to announce that Clipperton Finance recently acted as advisor on:
- a $28m round for Sequans (fabless, WimMax) with telco's venture arms Reliance (India) and Swisscom (Ch)
- a new round for DiBcom (fabless, mobile TV) with Japanese funds NIF and NTT DoCoMo
- a $20m B-round for Ekinops (telecom equipment vendor) for its international roll-out
- a $28m tradesell of Let It Wave ( fabless company in the TV set equipment space) to Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN)
- a €10m B-round for Wyplay (media center)
- a €3-5m B-round for an Internet company in the travel search space (to be disclosed)
- a €5m B-round for Attitude Studio (animation studio)
- a €10.5m C-round for VoluBill (mobile BSS/OSS) for its build-up strategy (Sept 07)
- a €8m B-round for Digitick (e- and m-ticketing, Aug 07)
- the strategic investment from Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola in Sequans Communications (Q4 06 and Q1 07)
- a €7m A-round for a Dailymotion (video UGC, already ranked 150th website traffic-wise - Partech Intl + Atlas Venture) (Q3 2006)
- a $24m+ C-round for Sequans Communications, the largest venture-backed financing of a French IT company in 2006 (Kennet Capital Partners + existing investors) + complementary financing from Motorola Ventures and Alcatel-Lucent (Q2 2006)
- a €24.5 million Series C round for DiBcom, the largest venture-backed financing for a French IT company in 2005 (Partech International (lead), Intel Capital, 3i, WI Harper, UMC + existing investors) (Q4 2005)
- a €6 million Series B round for Metaboli (Intel Capital, Innovacom & Alven Capital + existing investors) (Q3 2005)

We are curently running:
- a €10m B-round for a cleantech company (energy efficiency)
- €7-8m B-round for a product company (new gen. fleet management system)
- a €10m B-round for a fabless company (ultra low power GPS)
- a €5-10m C-round for a telecom equipment provider focused on convergence (IP/GSM) for its build-up strategy

Stephane Valorge’s Specialties:

Clipperton Finance is a corporate finance boutique with strong high tech and media industries know-how. Over the past years Clipperton Finance and its team have managed over 30 Technology & Media Private Placements, M&As and IPOs, representing more than €500m, for/with leading international companies and investors.

Stephane Valorge’s Experience

Co-founder & Partner

Clipperton Finance

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)

Investment banking advisory activities for High Tech & Media companies, Investments funds and industrial groups on strategic and financial operations (strategy, fund raising, M&A…).
- Fund raising for KXEN, a global analytic software company ($10m, Oct. 2004, New Investors: Motorola Ventures, XAnge Capital)
- Fund raising for DiBcom, a fabless company developing broadband wireless solutions following DVB standards (€11m, Jan. 2004, New Investors: Vertex, Cipio Partners, CAPE, Freescale)
- Study of the new services to be offered to the residential and corporate subscribers of a Very Broadband network (2004-2005, for a union of 14 communes in the Parisian suburb - 500,000 inhabitants, 20,000 companies)
For more information, www.clipperton.net
Consultant for the CEO, Patrick Zelnik (ex Virgin France's Chairman) and the Exec VP

Naïve

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

January 2003 — September 2003 (9 months)

Internal advisory activities on strategic and financial operations (strategy, M&A…).
- Analysis of the company (inc. Investment Memorandum)
- Opportunities for Naïve to invest in or acquire independent labels (UK, US, France): analysis, due diligence, negotiation.
- Acquisition of Andante, a US-based classical music label
- Licensing opportunities in Brazil and Argentina
VP

Netscapital

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

October 2000 — September 2002 (2 years)

European investment bank, based in Paris, exclusively focused on the high tech sector (telecom, media, optics and semiconductors, software, IT services...).
Over 30 transactions worth 400M€
Senior Consultant

Mars & co

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 7 months)

Mars & Co is a leading consulting firm in France, the USA, the UK and Japan
Personal focus on Finance and High Tech, for Fortune 100 accounts
Senior Consultant

Mars&Co

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Consultant

Caisse des depots et consignations

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 1996 — February 1999 (3 years 2 months)

Studies and advisory in two main fields: Technology (clean tech, high tech...) and SMEs (Economic Development), for public agencies.
- Actualization of the "100 key-technologies for the French Industry towards 2000" study (Ministry of Industry)
- Prospective Study of the Social Demand in Environment and its Adaptation to Research and Development (Ministries of the Environment & Research, CEA – Atomic Energy Center -, ADEME - Agency for Environment and Energy Management)
- Initial Assessment of the French Ministry of Environment policies since the 92’ Rio Summit (Ministry of the Environment)
- Publication of SMEs' micro-economic indicators in « SMEs' Economic Situation » n°1 (directed by Patrick Artus)