Several underlying trends continue to create a solid foundation or investments in high-tech companies.
The current revolution under way in IT and the quality of the educational and technical infrastructure in France favor the development of young innovative companies and the spread of their technologies, whether in IT itself or other sectors such as biotechnologies, energy, environmental protection and materials.
From a financial standpoint, the relatively recent creation of stock markets for growth stocks (Nouveau Marché, Euro NM, Nasdaq and, in 2005, Alternext) has gone hand in hand with the development of specialized teams of analysts and benefits from the existence of capital in search of tech stocks.
In this clearly favorable environment for venture capital investments, innovation funds appear to be an especially promising vehicle that enable individuals to buy into this type of investments.
