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Best International Tech Transactions Advisory Firm

Established in 2013, EXPEN advises 5 transactions per month in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and business valuation with its team of 10 senior consultants and more than 100 affiliate experts around the world.

The firm's track record highlights its unique expertise in finance and innovation. In the digital world, EXPEN advised transactions including: on-demand food delivery Deliveroo raising £200 million with Bridgepoint, parking lot application ZenPark raising E10 million with EDF, and neobank TagPay raising E4 million with Société Générale;

In the field of biotechnology, EXPEN supported transactions like Enyo (drug discovery inspired by viruses) raising E40 million and Highlife (solution to mitral valve insufficiency) raising E32 million – both with Andera. EXPEN also regularly advises European funds, eg. Eurazeo PME, Partech Ventures, Idinvest, Amundi, Turenne or Omnès on their technology investments.

EXPEN received numerous awards in recent years, including Best Due Diligence Financial Advisor in 2016 and Best International Tech Transactions Advisory Firm in 2017 and 2018 - three awards from Acquisition International magazine (UK).

These awards reflect the quality of our services, as well as the depth of our distribution networks when it comes to raising funds

or identifying technology companies to acquire. We also have proprietary approaches to analyze the Business Model or to report our work in a simple way - thanks to our teaching experience in many universities (UC Berkeley, HEC Paris, Dauphine,...).

We also have a very strong international focus with more than 50% of our missions carried out abroad (Europe and Silicon Valley). This allows an immersive and constantly updated look at good financial practices and technological developments where the action is taking place and where disruptions are being conceived -several times ahead of schedule. This global vision is backed by our educational commitment to leading entrepreneurship clusters, eg. with UC Berkeley and Singularity University in California.

"Disrupt yourself or you'll get disrupted" is our credo. All over the world, many leading companies are losing their ability to innovate, or their speed to design and implement sustainable innovation. They then set out in search of new technologies created by more agile start-ups. We help these transactions happen. Depending on the case and the momentum, we will act either alongside the investment fund, or with the start-up to help it raise funds. More generally, we seek to create a continuous dialogue between innovation and traditional companies, between entrepreneurs and investors, between France and the international community. EXPEN 9, rue de la Ville l’Evêque 75008 Paris

Tel: +33 01 40 17 93 04 Email: contact@expen.com www.expen.com/en

Olivier Younès, PhD, founding CEO of EXPEN, Professor at HEC Paris, at UC Berkeley and at Singularity University; 10 years in Venture Capital, 5 years in audit; Mentor within 10 tech accelerators in Europe and Silicon Valley. Valentin Salcedo, ESADE, Harvard, COO of EXPEN Corporate Finance ; 10 years of M&A consulting and support for family offices ; Professor at EDHEC and Barna University. Patrick Berger, BACIS, chartered accountant, statutory auditor, audit and financial report specialist.

+33 1 40 17 93 04 contact@expen.com www.expen.com/en

“We also have a very strong international focus with more than 50% of our missions carried out abroad (Europe and Silicon Valley).”