Acquisition of interests, both in Switzerland and abroad, in other companies or businesses in any form and management of these interests; the company may in particular acquire by subscription, purchase, exchange or any other means all securities, shares and other participation rights, bonds, claims, deposit certificates and in general all values or financial instruments issued by any public or private entity, including partnerships; it may participate in the creation, development, management and control of any company or business; it may also invest in the acquisition and management of portfolios of patents or other intellectual property rights of any nature or origin; the company will not hold any interests in real estate companies in Switzerland and will not make any real estate acquisitions in Switzerland, in any form; the company may borrow in any form; it may issue shares and bonds and other securities representing loans and/or claims through private placement; the company may lend funds, including those resulting from borrowings, convertible or not, and/or bond issues, to its subsidiaries, affiliated companies and any other company; it may also grant guarantees or securities in favor of third parties to secure its obligations or the obligations of its subsidiaries, affiliated companies or any other company; the company may also pledge, mortgage, assign, encumber all or part of its assets or create, in any other way, securities on all or part of its assets; the company may, in general, use all techniques and instruments related to investments for effective management, including techniques and instruments intended to protect it against creditors, currency fluctuations, interest rate fluctuations and other risks; the company has an administrative function and does not have any commercial activity in Switzerland; except for the management of the company's long-term assets and the management of the investments of its subsidiaries; the purpose of the company is primarily the development of an IT platform for connecting companies seeking financing, investors and financial intermediaries as well as the development of associated services and products by its subsidiaries.