About

Reed - Societe Generale Group is a European investment firm bringing together industrial expertise, technology, and infrastructure projects, to shape European technology and infrastructure champions. Through a unique approach in France and Europe, Reed - Societe Generale Group builds much-needed bridges between the infrastructure and technology sectors.

The actual unprecedented transformation of our economy will depend upon our ability to provide significant financial resources to trigger new technology scale up and resilient infrastructure build up. To answer this unmet financing need, Reed – Societe Generale Group breaks the silos with a new approach to infrastructure and scale up financing. Synergies between infrastructure development, technology, and industrial expertise are key conditions to ensure both resilience and financial performance of investments that will drive the industrial shift of the European and global economies.

The mission of Reed – Societe Generale Group is to identify, shape, and support rising of European tech-driven infrastructure champions that are driving the industrial shift of the European and global economies. Identifying tomorrow's industrial champions, fostering their growth, and generating lasting impact as well as strong operational and financial performance

With a unique approach in France and Europe that builds synergies between infrastructure, industrial expertise and technology, Reed – Societe Generale Group supports the growth of European corporate champions through tailored, phased investments enabling both de-risking and scaling up.

Thanks to its team’s expertise, Reed – Societe Generale Group is able to identify ahead of the crowd high-potential investment opportunities supporting the ongoing industrial shift of the European and global economies. Reed – Societe Generale Group has a long-standing commitment in supporting players in the energy sector, as well as in water sector and the circular economy.

Reed – Societe Generale Group selects companies that have already proven their technologies with projects in the infrastructure sector that incorporate a technological dimension. Our criteria include:

• Strong demand growth, with a solution that is already operational and generating revenue
• Scaling and industrialization challenges
• Differentiating technology: this criterion is evaluated with the support of an ecosystem of operating partners and specialized consulting and engineering firms in the relevant field
• Sustainability contribution
• Synergies with the overall Reed - Societe Generale Group’s portfolio

To learn more about the projects we support: portfolio page

Socio-economic impacts assessment: Reed – Societe Generale Group’s investments are extensively analysed throughout the investment process. Reed – Societe Generale Group assesses a social return, an advanced, pioneering metric in the investment community. To make any investment decision, Reed – Societe Generale Group must have a strong conviction that the investment will generate a positive social benefit over a 7- to 10-year period.