EPIC
Epic commonly refers to:
* Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
* Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale
Epic(s) ...
Bpifrance Group (BPI is the acronym of ''Banque Publique d'Investissement'') is a French government agency, previously known as EPIC OSEO. In 2013, the French government reorganized their sovereign funds. OSEO's subsidiary,
OSEO S.A., was merged with
Fonds stratégique d'investissement
Bpifrance also known as the ''Banque publique d'investissement'' () is a French public sector investment bank. It is a joint venture of two state owned enterprises: the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and EPIC Bpifrance Group (formerly EPI ...
and
Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Caisse, a French word, may refer to:
* Caisse Desjardins, an association of credit unions in Quebec
* Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, a road-bicycle racing team
*Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Q ...
's
CDC Entreprises to form
Banque Publique d'Investissement S.A. (BPI, or
Bpifrance
Bpifrance also known as the ''Banque publique d'investissement'' () is a French public sector investment bank. It is a joint venture of two state owned enterprises: the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and EPIC Bpifrance Group (formerly EPI ...
).
History
EPIC OSEO was formed in 2005 by the merger of Agence nationale de valorisation de la recherche, the BDPME (Banque du Développement des PME) and BDPME's subsidiary Sofaris (Société française de garantie des financements des PME).
In 2008,
Agence de l'innovation industrielle
The Agence de l'innovation industrielle was a French governmental agency created in 2005 to support technological projects. As of 2006, it was supporting seven projects:
*BioHub, a chemistry projects to create products with cereals, without using ...
was absorbed.
In 2010, the subsidiaries of OSEO, OSEO Innovation, OSEO Financement and OSEO Garantie were merged to form OSEO S.A.
In 2012–13 OSEO S.A. was merged with
Fonds stratégique d'investissement
Bpifrance also known as the ''Banque publique d'investissement'' () is a French public sector investment bank. It is a joint venture of two state owned enterprises: the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and EPIC Bpifrance Group (formerly EPI ...
and
Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Caisse, a French word, may refer to:
* Caisse Desjardins, an association of credit unions in Quebec
* Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, a road-bicycle racing team
*Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Q ...
's CDC Entreprises to form
Banque Publique d'Investissement S.A. (BPI or Bpifrance). At the same time EPIC OESO was renamed to EPIC BPI-Groupe (literally ''Public entity for Industrial and Commercial, Public Investment Bank Group'')
References
{{authority control
Organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in France
Government agencies of France