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While digital professions are under strong pressure and still far from gender-balanced—with less than 20% of women in tech—many talents do not identify with traditional training pathways.

In response, Chloé Hermary founded Ada Tech School in 2019, an inclusive computer science school reinventing training for web and software development careers.

🎓 A learning-by-doing approach, with no grades or exams, built on collaboration, autonomy and peer-to-peer learning. A caring and feminist environment, open to diverse profiles: students changing direction, young professionals or people undergoing career transitions.

Today, Ada Tech School has three campuses (Paris, Nantes and Lyon) and trains nearly 300 learners, with a clear ambition: to make tech accessible to everyone and turn it into a true lever for empowerment.

“Showing that tech is accessible to everyone, and that it is a real career lever to take one’s place in the future,” — Chloé Hermary.

💻 Beyond coding, Ada Tech School carries a strong social mission: reducing the digital divide, diversifying tech profiles and promoting a more inclusive and responsible digital world.

👉 Discover the full interview with Chloé Hermary

As the year draws to a close, we wish you precious moments with those closest to you, and a well-deserved time to slow down and recharge.

Thank you to our clients and partners for the trust you have placed in us throughout the year. The projects we have carried out together are helping to shape the world of tomorrow, and we look forward to continuing this journey by your side.

🎄 Happy Holidays to all!

In 2025, Énergie Partagée announced an increase in the value of its share for the third consecutive year. It is now set at €129, along with a gross dividend of €1.20 per share—a momentum reflecting the growing maturity of the financed projects.

Since 2010, Énergie Partagée Investissement has collected citizen savings to support more than 190 locally governed renewable energy projects (wind, solar, hydro and renewable heat). Once operational, they will supply the equivalent of electricity for over 800,000 people.

Projects are selected according to demanding criteria —citizen governance, local authority involvement, ecological consistency, technical feasibility and financial robustness— which have been identified by Énergie Partagée Label as a guarantee of transparency and territorial impact.

Erwan Boumard, CEO of Énergie Partagée, points out:
“This momentum shows that citizen investment can reconcile value creation with social and territorial benefits”.

➡️ A concrete illustration of a participative, sustainable and locally rooted investment model.

Read the article in Green Finance

Gathered for a keynote session organised by EXTENDAM, Bpifrance and MKG, operators, investors and bankers shared a common assessment: climate issues are profoundly reshaping the financing conditions of the hotel sector.

With rising energy and water costs, increased exposure to physical risks (heatwaves, floods, droughts), and stricter environmental requirements, the ecological transition is becoming a central parameter in business models and investment decisions.

From an investor’s perspective, ESG criteria are now integrated from the very first stage of project analysis. In partnership with Fairmoove Solutions, EXTENDAM has developed an environmental assessment tool for hotels, combined with a plan to constantly improve ESG performances, with incentive or penalty mechanisms depending on achieved targets.

As Maxime Durand, Managing Partner at EXTENDAM, notes:
“It’s not always popular, but it’s effective in driving change in practices.”

➡️ A shift confirming that climate resilience is now a key lever of value and access to financing in the hotel industry.

Read the article in L’Hôtellerie Restauration

Every year, millions of clothes are destroyed because they fail to find buyers, while the resources used to produce them are being depleted. Textile waste remains a major challenge.

Founded in 2020 by Sophie Pignères, Weturn is transforming the unsold stock management through a complete circular solution: collection, sorting, transformation and upcycling into new raw materials. Its technology gives a second life to dormant inventories and production offcuts, while ensuring traceability and compliance with the French AGEC law.

🎯 Objective: shift fashion from a linear model to a circular economy, reduce waste and limit the tcarbon footprint of textile industry .

🚀 With several hundred tonnes of textiles recycled every year and the support of leading players in responsible fashion, Weturn is asserting itself as a pioneer in the transition toward sustainable and innovative fashion.

Discover Weturn

In 2025, Énergie Partagée confirms the strength of its citizen investment model once again:

⚡ +2.38% on the share price, now set at €129,
⚡ a gross dividend of €1.20 per share, approved at the General Assembly on 24 November.

Since 2010, more than 190 renewable energy projects have been financed with citizens’ and local authorities’ equity. Once operational, they will cover the electricity consumption of 824,000 people and heat production for 22,500 people.

This performance is driven by the growing maturity of projects selected according to demanding criteria: citizen governance, ecological ambition, territorial roots and technical robustness.

As Erwan Boumard, CEO of Énergie Partagée, states:
“The Énergie Partagée share gains value because the projects we finance are becoming stronger and more profitable. This momentum proves that citizen investment can generate value while strengthening the energy autonomy of territories.”

➡️ An ethical, transparent and accessible investment model for all.

Read the article in Plein Soleil

Alongside VICARTEM Hôtellerie and Younight Hospitality, EXTENDAM has acquired Hôtel Les Brises, a 50-room 3-star property located on the seafront in La Rochelle.

The hotel will undergo a full repositioning into a boutique hotel: renovation of rooms and common areas, new interior design, air conditioning setting and a new revenue management strategy implementation .

Its location —between the marina, the historic city centre and the La Pallice business district— enables the asset to attract both leisure guests and business travelers.

Inès de l’Aulnoit, Managing Partner at EXTENDAM, explains:
“This acquisition is part of a deep trend in the French hotel market: moving away from standardised properties in favour of more distinctive and personalised experiences.”

This deal is part of a long-term partnership between EXTENDAM and VICARTEM, already behind joint projects in Brussels, Nantes and Paris.

➡️ A transformation helping to diversify the hotel offering on the Atlantic coast.

Read the article on Hospitality On

Winners of the 2025 Green Finance Awards have been announced. Énergie Partagée stands out with two distinctions:

🔹 Winner – “Foundations & Associations”, for its innovative financing offers enabling direct mobilisation of citizen savings to fund locally governed renewable energy projects.

🔹 Winner – “Impact & ESG Investment”, confirming the relevance of citizen financing as a lever for sustainable, transparent and locally rooted investment.

These awards recognise a model that strengthens local energy autonomy while opening up investment to everyone.

➡️ Strong recognition for Énergie Partagée’s financing solutions and their concrete contribution to the energy transition.

Discover the list of winners

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s remain incurable, leaving patients and families without treatment or hope.

Dr. Laure Jamot and Professor Frédéric Saudou founded HuntX Pharma in December 2022 to  address the root cause: defects in axonal transport, a key mechanism for neuronal communication.

The biotech is developing HX127, a molecule capable of restoring axonal transport—without relying on gene therapy.

👉 Already supported by a €1.7M seed round and winner of the I-Nov competition (France 2030) with an additional €2M, the startup is now preparing its first clinical trials.

🫰 An innovation that could extend beyond Huntington’s disease and open the way to treatments for other neurodegenerative pathologies.

Discover HuntX Pharma

EXTENDAM expands its presence in Portugal by acquiring a majority stake in Hospes Infante Sagres Porto, the city’s first 5-star hotel, alongside Experimental Group.

Opened in 1951 in the historic centre, the property features 85 rooms and suites, a restaurant, a bar, three meeting rooms and a terrace with a pool. Its reposition will be entrusted to Experimental Group, renowned for its lifestyle expertise.

As Matthieu de Lauzon, Partner at EXTENDAM, states:
“Infante Sagres is an iconic property that fits perfectly with our strategy: enhancing exceptional heritage assets with visionary operators such as Experimental Group.”

This operation adds to EXTENDAM’s existing investments in Portugal, including M.Ou.Co, Hilton Porto Gaia and Sofitel Lisbon Liberdade.

Read the article on CFNEWS IMMO