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Iris Capital is a leading European venture capital investor specialized in digital economy. Since 1986, our team has invested over a billion euros in more than 300 innovative companies across the world.
Iris Capital launched in June 2017 a €300m new multi-corporate fund, IrisNext, sponsored by Orange, Publicis, Valeo, Bridgestone,Bpifrance and BRED Banque Populaire that has already supported disruptive companies like Shift Technology, Kyriba, OpenX-Change, Yubo, Jedox, Celeno and many more.
Iris Capital launched in June 2017 a €300m new multi-corporate fund, IrisNext, sponsored by Orange, Publicis, Valeo, Bridgestone,Bpifrance and BRED Banque Populaire that has already supported disruptive companies like Shift Technology, Kyriba, OpenX-Change, Yubo, Jedox, Celeno and many more.
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Location: France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 1986
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series A; Series B
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 01.07.2022 | Spinergie | spinergie.com | - | France, Il... |
| 27.10.2021 | arangodb | arangodb.com | $45.12M | United Sta... |
| 27.10.2021 | Workpath | workpath.com | $12.41M | Germany, B... |
| 15.09.2021 | SurePay | surepay.nl | $14.48M | Netherland... |
| 29.07.2021 | MisterFly | misterfly.com | $22.03M | - |
| 07.04.2021 | IRIS.TV | iris.tv | $25M | United Sta... |
| 07.04.2021 | Braincube ... | braincube.com | $105.14M | United Sta... |
| 04.12.2020 | Forto | forto.com | $50M | Germany, B... |
| 11.12.2019 | Yubo | yubo.live | $59.8M | France, Il... |
| 12.06.2018 | Exotec Sol... | exotecsolutions.com | $111.22M | - |
| 10.04.2018 | Jedox | jedox.com | $124.73M | Germany, B... |
| 18.01.2017 | ARMIS.TECH | armis.tech | $8.2M | France, Il... |
| 17.06.2016 | MindLytiX | mindlytix.com | $2.66M | - |
| 04.08.2015 | Zeotap | zeotap.com | $133.97M | Germany, B... |
| 26.11.2014 | Agorize | agorize.com | $19.87M | France, Il... |
| 10.02.2011 | MCI | mci-group.com | $10.89M | Switzerlan... |
| - | NEOCASE | neocasesoftware.com | $13.1M | France, Il... |
| - | GetSafe | getsafe.de | $17M | Czechia, P... |
| - | Batch | batch.com | $23M | - |
| - | Virtuo | govirtuo.com | $127.94M | - |
| - | Monk | monkvision.ai | $2.4M | - |
| - | Searchmetr... | searchmetrics.com | $14.75M | United Sta... |
| - | 1-2-3.tv | 1-2-3.tv | - | Germany, B... |
| - | Talon.One | talon.one | $138.51M | Germany |
| - | Kyriba | kyriba.com | $277.8M | Germany, H... |
| - | Zeta Globa... | zetaglobal.com | $140M | United Sta... |
| - | Coming Soo... | domaininvest.lu | - | - |
| - | iAdvize | iadvize.com | $55.31M | France, Pa... |
| - | unu | unumotors.com | $58.23M | Germany, B... |
| - | Open-Xchan... | open-xchange.com | $54M | Germany, N... |
| - | Secret Dou... | doubleoctopus.com | $21M | Israel, Te... |
| - | Staffbase ... | staffbase.com | $296.84M | Germany, S... |
| - | Scality | scality.com | $139.1M | Japan, Tok... |
| - | HAPPYCAR | happycar.com | - | Germany, H... |
| - | Hola | hola.org | - | - |
| - | Quantifind | quantifind.com | $109M | United Sta... |
| - | LumApps | lumapps.com | $102.01M | France, Au... |
| - | PlaceIQ | placeiq.com | $50.95M | United Sta... |
| - | Yodo1 Game... | yodo1.com | $18M | - |
| - | Shift Tech... | shift-technology.com | $320.78M | France, Il... |
| - | Lookout | lookout.com | $295.5M | United Sta... |
| - | rebuy | rebuy.de | - | Germany, B... |
| - | VTX Teleco... | smart-telecom.ch | - | - |
| - | LeanIX | leanix.net | $122.39M | Germany, N... |
| - | Studitemps | studitemps.de | $37.44M | Germany, N... |
| - | YouScribe | youscribe.com | $2.59M | Argentina,... |
| - | Travador | travador.com | $7M | - |
| - | Celeno | celeno.com | $84M | Israel, Ce... |
| - | Adomik | adomik.com | - | France, Il... |
| - | SCIBIDS | scibids.com | $2.55M | France, Il... |
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| 11.03.2022 | ACV Acquires Monk, a Leading AI-Powered Vehicle Inspection Company | ACV (Nasdaq: ACVA), the leading digital automotive marketplace and data services partner for dealers and commercial partners, today announces the acquisition of Monk SAS, an international artificial intelligence solutions company that autom... |
| 11.03.2022 | Forto Announces New Investment of $250 Million to Accelerate International Expansion and Broadening of Product Offering | Forto, a leading provider of digitized freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, today announced that it has raised $250 Million in a pre-emptive Series D investment round led by Disruptive. Also participating in the round are existing... |
| 28.01.2022 | Robotics Pioneer Exotec Raises $335M Series D to Improve Supply Chain Resilience for Global Retailers | Exotec, a leader in global warehouse robotics, announced $335M in Series D funding at a $2B valuation. The Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management led the round with follow-on investments from 83North and Dell Technolog... |
| 28.11.2021 | iMedia closes $93 million acquisition of 123tv | iMedia Brands, Inc. (the “Company” or “IMBI”) (NASDAQ: IMBI) announced that it has closed on its acquisition of 123tv for an enterprise value of $93 million, effective November 5, 2021. IMBI previously announced the signing of the purchase ... |
| 05.10.2021 | MisterFly finalise un nouveau tour de table | MisterFly, plateforme européenne de réservation de voyages pour les professionnels et le grand public, annonce une levée de fonds de 10 millions d’euros menée par Bpifrance à travers son fonds France Investissement Tourisme 2, aux côtés des... |
| 14.09.2021 | Workpath, Software platform for outcome-focused strategy execution, closes a 10.5 million euros Series A financing round | Workpath, the SaaS solution for outcome-oriented strategy execution, has closed a Series A financing of €10.5 million to further grow and expand its market leadership. The new funding is led by new investors: the tech startup focussed VC Ca... |
| 02.09.2021 | Fintech SurePay welcomes 2 international investors on its mission to prevent international payment fraud | SurePay, inventor and leading provider of Confirmation of Payee (CoP) in the UK and Benelux, raised a €12.2 million round led by Connected Capital with Iris Capital, joining Rabo Frontier Ventures to boost the company’s international expans... |
| 15.04.2021 | Studitemps receives € 9.2m to invest in its tech development | Studitemps, the leading digital platform for flexible work for students and graduates in Germany, announced today a new funding round of €9.2m from existing shareholders including Iris Capital, HV Capital and Xange. The capital increase wi... |
| 29.01.2021 | COMPEON, Germany’s largest platform for SME financing solutions, raised € 15 million to boost its growth | COMPEON, Germany’s largest platform for SME financing solutions, raised € 15 million in Series C funding. The European venture capital specialist Iris Capital, the largest state development bank in Germany, NRW.BANK and Qatar Development Ba... |
| 14.01.2021 | Jedox announces $100m+ investment to boost global growth and leadership in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) | Jedox, a leading international provider of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software, announces a new investment led by Insight Partners, the premier global investor in scaling enterprise software companies Jedox, the award-winning ... |
| 18.11.2020 | Forto, the leading European digital freight forwarder, raises over $50m to expand internationally | Forto, the leading European digital freight forwarder, raises over $50 million to expand internationally and accelerate the development of its supply chain management solutions Forto, the leading digital freight forwarder headquartered in ... |
| - | Zeta Global acquires Disqus | Zeta Global today announced it has acquired Disqus, the web's leading audience engagement platform used by 4 million websites and 2 billion monthly unique users. Combined with Zeta's leading marketing platform, artificial intelligence and m... |
| - | Iris Capital invests €1.25 million in MindLytiX | MindLytiX, a new-generation technology for real-time consumer knowledge and targeting, has raised €1.25 million to step up its development. The platform analyzes on the fly billions of daily digital touchpoints to instantly determine the cu... |
| - | Iris Capital receives Private Equity Award 2015 from Deloitte Technology Fast 50 | Iris Capital is pleased to announce that it was awarded Private Equity Award 2015 from Deloitte Technology Fast 50. This award is granted to the private equity fund which has the most portfolio companies ranked in the Technology Fast 50. Ir... |
| - | LeanIX raises $7.5 million for US expansion | DTCP invests in pioneering enterprise architecture software Bonn/Boston, 18 July – The start-up LeanIX and its software-as-a-service (SaaS) application for enterprise architecture (EA) is helping companies modernize their IT architectures.... |
| - | Forto raises $240m in funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at $1.2b valuation | Forto, the leading provider of digitized freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, today announced that it has successfully raised $240M in an investment round. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2[1], with participation from Ci... |
| - | Iris Capital exits MCI Group | Swiss group MCI, the event marketing and congress organization specialist, today announces having opened its capital to new investors EMZ Partners and Indigo Capital. As part of this transaction, Iris Capital, who accompanied the group sinc... |
| - | Iris Capital invests €3 million in promotion engine Talon.One | Iris Capital, a leading European Venture Capital company, is investing €3 million in the early-stage startup Talon.One to accelerate the startup growth and R&D. Talon.One offers businesses a highly efficient, client-centric and trackabl... |
| - | Kyriba closes $160m growth round led by Bridgepoint | Kyriba, the global leader in cloud treasury and finance solutions, today announced that it has closed a $160 million growth investment round led by Bridgepoint, an international private equity group, which gives Bridgepoint a majority stake... |
| - | Iris Capital, STC Ventures and Al Tayyar Travel Group led a US$ 10 million investment in Careem | Careem announced today that Al Tayyar Travel Group recently led a US$ 10 million investment round in the company with existing investor STC Ventures and other regional investors also participating to further expand its technology-enabled ch... |
| - | Iris Capital exits Wild Bunch | As part of the just completed combination of Wild Bunch SA and Senator Entertainment AG, Iris Capital sold its stake in French film distribution group Wild Bunch. Since Iris Capital’s initial investment, Wild Bunch more than quintupled its ... |
| - | Searchmetrics US sales revenue doubles in 12 months | Digital marketing software and services company, Searchmetrics, which operates a global, enterprise Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SaaS platform for brands and agencies, has seen its US sales revenue double in the last 12 months. The comp... |
| - | Talend announces the launch of its IPO on Nasdaq | Its 1,300 customers include Air France, Citi, and General Electric. Talend, a 10-year-old company that specializes in data management and analytics software, braved the uncertain IPO ... Big Data Firm Talend Prices IPO Above Expectations ... |
| - | Iris Capital announces a strategic investment in leading Wi-Fi technology company Celeno | Iris Capital, a leading European venture capital firm, announces today that it has led a strategic investment of US$10 million in Celeno, a global leader and innovator in Wi-Fi solutions. This investment, joined by Celeno’s existing share... |
| - | Zeotap extends its Series C to $60.5M to boost its gowth | Zeotap, a Customer Intelligence Platform (CIP) that helps brands better understand their customers and predict behaviors, announced today it has raised an $18.5 million extension to its Series C funding round from data-driven venture capita... |
| - | LeanIX raises $30m in Series C to fuel U.S. expansion | LeanIX, the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions in Enterprise Architecture (EA) Management, today announced that it has closed $30 million in Series C funding, led by Insight Venture Partners. Previous investors DTCP (Deutsc... |
| - | Zeta announces its Initial Public Offering | Zeta Announces Pricing of its Initial Public Offering NEW YORK, June 9, 2021 - Zeta, a cloud-based marketing technology company that empowers enterprises to acquire, grow, and retain customers, announced today the pricing of its initial pu... |
| - | Bridgestone EMEA and Iris Capital announce a corporate venture partnership | Bridgestone Europe NV (Bridgestone), the subsidiary of the world’s largest manufacturer of tyres and other rubber products in EMEA and Iris Capital, a leading European venture capital firm, announce today a corporate venture partnership to ... |
| - | Yodo1 now operates the largest mobile gaming social network in the world | In just four months, mobile social platform KTplay has proven its worth in China. The company is announcing today that it has enabled 60 million mobile game installations in four months, driving significant increases in revenue and user act... |
| - | The Iris Capital's team is welcoming new members | Iris Capital is happy to welcome Marie Dessaint as CFO and Compliance Officer, responsible for the back-office of the company. Prior to joining Iris Capital, Marie was Chief Administration Officer for Actility, an industry leader in IoT inf... |
| - | Yubo opens new London offices with the hire of major product and safety leads | The new members of the team include Benjamin Trigalou, former Product Lead for Waze who will lead design for Yubo, and Margaux Liquard, Yubo’s new Lead Safety Manager, whose former roles include prominent safety positions for Tripadvisor, t... |
| - | Shift Technology Lands $60 Million in C-Round | Shift Technology, a provider of AI-native solutions for the global insurance industry, today announced the company has closed a C-round investment of $60 million, bringing total investment in the company to $100 million. Bessemer Venture Pa... |
| - | Monk raises a $2.4m Seed round to develop its AI-based inspection technology through R&D boost and International growth | Monk, Artificial intelligence focused on car damage detection, announced a $2.4 million fundraising Seed round led by Iris Capital, alongside Plug and Play and key business angels including Patrick Sayer, former CEO of Eurazeo, Yannis Yahia... |
| - | Iris Capital appoints new Managing Partner and executive team | Iris Capital is proud to announce the nomination of Julien-David Nitlech as Managing Partner. He joins the executive team alongside Erik de la Rivière, Marc Auberger and Curt Gunsenheimer. Pierre de Fouquet and Antoine Garrigues, co-founde... |
| - | Scality receives $60M in new funding, bringing total to date to $152M | The Company will continue bold investment in Engineering for technology innovation that brings freedom and control to people who create value with data. Scality , leader in software for distributed file and object storage and multi-cloud d... |
| - | Facebook’s Atlas Solutions Announces Integrations With Flite, Innovid | Ad server and measurement platform Atlas Solutions, which Facebook acquired from Microsoft last February, announced an integration with cloud-based multiscreen advertising company Flite’s Flite Design Studio, as well as its selection of Inn... |
| - | Iris Capital welcomes a new team member for late stage/growth : Nicolas Iordanov joins Iris Capital as Principal | Iris Capital is proud to welcome Nicolas Iordanov as Principal in charge of late stage et growth investments in France and Europe. The team will benefit from his key expertise in Software and B2C services and he will mostly invest in Serie... |
| - | 2014 Iris Innovation Day presents the most innovative start-ups having joined the Iris Capital portfolio this year | Celebrating the 2nd annual Iris Innovation Day, on June 5, 2014, Iris Capital, the pan-European venture capital investor specialized in the digital economy, drew nearly 100 guests to the auditorium of Cité de l’Architecture & du Patrimo... |
| - | China’s Didi backs Uber rival Careem to expand its global footprint into the Middle East | A week after its first investment in Europe, Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi Chuxing is spreading its wings once again after it announced a financing deal with Careem, an Uber rival in the Middle East that is valued at more than $1 billion.... |
| - | Iris Capital has promoted Partners Erik de la Rivière and Erkan Kilicaslan to Managing Partners | Erik de la Rivière (57), Managing Partner Erik has been promoted Managing Partner, based in Paris. He joined Iris Capital back in 1998, in charge of media and Internet investments. He currently sits on the boards of directors of MCI Group a... |
| - | Braincube raises €12m to accelerate global expansion | Braincube, a leading manufacturing analytics company, announces a €12 million first financing round led by Iris Capital, global multi corporate VC fund, alongside Next47, the global venture firm of Siemens. The funds will enable Braincube t... |
| - | Iris Capital invests in Hola | Hola Raises 17 million $ Series C to accelerate development of innovative solutions intended for better video delivery and better video experience at a competitive cost. Iris Capital led the round, joining Hola’s existing investors and key ... |
| - | Searchmetrics raises $8 m in new financing to fuel enterprise suite initiatives and growth | SAN MATEO, Calif. – Searchmetrics today announced it has secured nearly $8 million in new financing to fuel new growth opportunities and initiatives for the company’s award-winning search optimization and content performance software suite.... |
| - | Virtuo expands European presence with first Spanish location | Virtuo, the mobile-only car rental service, has expanded into its fourth European country with its launch in the Spanish city of Barcelona, offering tourists and locals a new way to explore the city and surrounding areas. Virtuo’s fleet of... |
| - | Iris Capital exits messaging provider Tyntec | London, Munich, Dallas, Singapore – Iris Capital portfolio company Tyntec, a global cloud communications provider, today announced that it has secured the backing of new investors Cipio Partners and Harvard Management Company for structurin... |
| - | The Figaro group has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire 100% of the shares of Marco Vasco | Founded in 2007 by Geoffroy de Becdelièvre and Mathieu Bouchara, Marco Vasco is a French tour operator that specializes in providing personalized online travel solutions. The group has successfully obtained several rounds of funding from Al... |
| - | LumApps Recognized as Leader by Independent Research Firm | LumApps, a leading provider of enterprise communication solutions, today announced that it was recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Intranet Platforms, Q2 2020 report and earned the highest possible score in nine of the report’s c... |
| - | Netatmo raises 30 Million Euros | Netatmo, an innovative company developing consumer electronics for a better and connected lifestyle, announces today that it has successfully raised €30 million. This investment is led by Legrand, the global specialist in electrical and di... |
| - | Iris Capital invests in iAdvize | iAdvize, leading European customer engagement platform, used by more than 2,000 brands in more than 40 different countries, has secured a €14 million venture funding, led by Iris Capital, in order to pursue its international growth and boos... |
| - | Open-Xchange eyes growth with €21 million funding round | NUREMBERG, Germany, Open-Xchange, market leading provider of open source email, productivity and security software for the service provider industry has announced that it has secured €21 million funding from Iris Capital and core shareholde... |
| - | Adjust announces its coalition against ad fraud | BERLIN AND SAN FRANCISCO - September 19, 2017 - Today Adjust announced the expansion of its Coalition Against Ad Fraud (CAAF) with a new set of strategic partners and guidelines for entry. All CAAF members have contractually undersigned the... |
| - | Iris Capital appoints Bernhard Gold as Partner in San Francisco | Bernhard Gold (42), Partner Bernhard Gold, based in San Francisco, has been appointed Partner at Iris Capital and Managing Director of Iris Capital North America. Before joining Iris Capital, Bernhard served as Managing Director at T-Ventur... |
| - | Iris Capital invests in AdotMob, The mobile programmatic expert | AdotMob raises € 1M from Iris Capital and Kerala Ventures Paris The mobile programmatic expert AdotMob announces a €1M fundraising from Iris Capital and Kerala Ventures. Founded in early 2014 by Yannis Yahiaoui and Thomas Zaepffel, AdotMob... |
| - | Vente-privée invests €10 m in Adotmob | French flash sale retailer Vente-Privee has invested heavily in Adotmob, a mobile programmatic platform, in a deal thought to be worth €10m (£8.5m) that aims to improve Vente-Privee’s mobile targeting. Vente-Privee is a mobile-first retail... |
| - | Netatmo, leading smart home company, acquired by Legrand | Founded in 2011, Netatmo creates simple and smart products for a safer and more comfortable home. The company has launched many devices and accessories in the field of smart home sold all around the world. Today, Netatmo has nearly 225 emp... |
| - | Neocase™ Software Becomes a Workday Certified Solution Partner | Neocase Software, a Workday (NYSE: WDAY) software partner, today announced that it has achieved Workday Certified Solution Partner status. Neocase Software provides customers with a real-time, bidirectional integration that connects Workday... |
| - | For its 4th edition, Iris Innovation Day 2016 gathered digital ecosystem players and celebrated the most innovative start-ups of Iris Capital’s portfolio | The 4th edition of Iris Innovation Day, led by Iris Capital, European venture capital fund specializing in the digital economy, gathered more than 200 guests in the auditorium of Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine at Trocadéro. A spec... |
| - | LumApps provides a free emergency communication platform - Covid19 | Considering the COVID-19 spread and the resulting global health crisis, companies in Europe have been asked to get their employees to work from home. To go through this phase, LumApps, a provider of internal communication solutions, is supp... |
| - | Yallacompare raises USD $8 million in new funding round | yallacompare, the Middle East’s leading comparison site for financial products, has raised USD $8 million from existing VC partners and one new significant investor in their latest funding round. STC Ventures (managed by Iris Capital), Wamd... |
| - | Uber’s Middle Eastern rival Careem raises $350M at a $1B valuation | Techcrunch Uber’s Middle Eastern rival Careem raises $350M at a $1B valuation - 2016 is almost out but there’s just time to anoint one more ride-sharing unicorn. Careem, one of Uber’s lower profile rivals in emerging markets, has taken a ... |
| - | Iris Capital strengthens its management team to confirm its leading position in Europe and beyond | Iris Capital is proud to announce the arrival of two new team members, Marc Auberger as Managing Partner and Itziar Estevez Latasa as Partner, respectively based in Paris and Munich. Marc Auberger is joining Iris Capital as Managing Partne... |
| - | Shift Technology secures $220m in a series D investment round | Shift Technology, a SaaS provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven decision automation and optimization solutions for the global insurance industry, today announced the company closed a Series D investment round of $220 million. The r... |
| - | Iris Capital appoints new Partners to focus on early-stage investments | Stéphane Pesqué (41), Partner Stéphane Pesqué is joining Iris Capital as a Partner in charge of early-stage investments in France. Before joining Iris Capital, Stéphane served as Managing Director of CM-CIC Capital Privé (PE subsidiary of ... |
| - | adjust Continues Rapid Global Expansion With Dramatic Revenue Growth and Enterprise Customer Acquisitions | Leading Mobile Attribution and Analytics Firm adjust Sees Revenues Soar Year-Over-Year by 3100 Percent, Adding 400 New Enterprise Customers in 2014 Alone, Including Buzzfeed, Universal Music and Viacom adjust, a leading international mobil... |
| - | Telekom Austria Group acquires fixed service provider Amis with operations in Slovenia and Croatia | Telekom Austria Group acquires fixed service provider Amis with operations in Slovenia and Croatia Today the Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announces that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Amisco NV, the holding entity of A... |
| - | Iris Capital participates in the $21 million series C funding round of Kyriba | Kyriba completes $21 Million Series C Funding Round San Diego Kyriba, the leader in cloud-based treasury management solutions, has completed a $21 million round of Series C funding. Kyriba will use these funds on product innovation and to ... |
| - | SaaS Provider LeanIX receives $ 2.5 million from Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital to fund further expansion | Just after celebrating the third anniversary of its founding, software-as-a-service provider LeanIX has secured $ 2.5 (€ 2.2) million in a series A financing round. The company provides an innovative Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM... |
| - | Amazon top-executive Torsten Schero joins reBuy as Managing Director | He joins from Amazon in Germany, where he served as member of the top-management team being responsible for the media business. With Torsten Schero reBuy gets on board a highly experienced e-commerce and consumer-brand expert. Together with... |
| - | Kyriba Corp. Delivers Record 43 Percent 1H 2017 Sales Growth | Kyriba Corp. Delivers Record 43 Percent 1H 2017 Sales Growth #1 cloud provider of treasury and finance solutions sees surge in global demand as more companies worldwide seek protection against fraud and market volatility with a cloud-based... |
| - | Mailgun acquires Mailjet, expanding its footprint as a global end-to-end email platform | Two email solutions join forces to extend a full range of email creation and deliverability capabilities, helping developers and marketers around the world deliver better email at scale. Mailgun, the leading email delivery platform backed ... |
| - | Lookout Banks $150 Million To Sell Its Mobile Security To Bigger Businesses | Seven-year-old startup Lookout can boast 50 million users worldwide who depend on it to keep their phones safe from malware. But what it really wants is the enterprise-sized customer with its thousands of employees–and their phones. So as i... |
| - | Iris Capital expands the team in Berlin: Thorben Rothe joins as Principal | Iris Capital, one of the leading European venture capital companies, announces the arrival of Thorben Rothe who joins the team as Principal, based in Berlin. Starting this week, the 34-year-old will be responsible for Iris Capital’s early-s... |
| - | Exotec raises $90M to support the international expansion of its warehouse robotics solutions | Exotec, a leading robotics solution for logistics and creator of the Skypod 3D warehouse robots, announces today a $90 million financing round, led by 83North – backed by Dell Technologies Capital – and supported by historical investors, Ir... |
| - | A Year in Review: 2017 achievements | A Year in Review: 2017 achievements It’s been a year of innovation and growth, here at Secret Double Octopus, from developing new cutting-edge authentication products to partnering with other IT industry leaders. With the year coming to a ... |
| - | Iris Capital invests in Shift Technology | Shift Technology™ closes a €1.4 million seed round with funding from Iris Capital and Elaia Partners to accelerate insurance fraud detection Shift Technology™ provides a secure software solution in SaaS mode, which allows insurers to benefi... |
| - | Volker Smid joins Searchmetrics as new CEO | Experienced business manager joins after senior roles at HP, Novell and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Search and content performance leader Searchmetrics today announced that Volker Smid has been appointed CEO with immediate effect. Based o... |
| - | iAdvize raises €32M to accelerate international growth and innovation | iAdvize, the European leader in conversational marketing, today announces £28 million of series C funding with participation from Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance via Large Venture, the fund dedicated to innovating and hyper-growth companies, a... |
| - | Shift Technology grabs $10 million to prevent fraudulent insurance claims | French startup Shift Technology just raised a $10 million Series A round from Accel, with existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital also participating. Shift Technology uses big data and machine learning to detect patterns of fraud... |
| - | Iris Capital confirms its support to Zeotap and participates in the €12m Euro Series B funding round | Mobile data startup Zeotap raises €12M Zeotap, a startup that helps telecom companies sell their data to advertisers, announced today that it has raised €12 million in Series B funding (that’s just under $13 million). Co-founder and Chief ... |
| - | Armis raises €6M in series A to become a SaaS digital platform | Just 18 months after its launch, ARMIS announces the closing of a €6 million Series A funding. In January 2017, the company raised €1 million from its historical investor Iris Capital and Business Angels including the family office Sonorfi... |
| - | The New unu Scooter | More and more people are moving to cities – however this doesn’t necessarily increase cultural diversity. As roads become more and more crowded, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to experience the full potential of metropolises. For ex... |
| - | Agorize raises €2 million from Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures, to speed up its international development. | - |
| - | Scibids raises €2.2m in series A to confirm its leading position in algorithmic trading | Scibids, the AI-based programmatic bid management solution that automates digital advertising campaign management, announces a €2.2 million Series A round of financing with the European VC firm Iris Capital to confirm its tech leadership an... |
| - | Iris Capital announces the €250M first closing of its new VC fund: IrisNext | Paris, June 21st 2017 - Iris Capital, a leading pan-European venture capital firm, announces today the launch of IrisNext, its new fund focusing on digital transformation opportunities, with a first €250M closing. IrisNext will invest in st... |
| - | Virtuo raises €20 million to roll its rental service out across europe | Only two years after its launch, the start-up has already raised close to €30 million to support its mission to digitalize and lead the car rental industry across Europe. Virtuo raised €7.5 million in September 2017 and announces today a ... |
| - | Uber to acquire Careem to expand the greater Middle East regional opportunity together | Uber and Careem have reached an agreement for Uber to acquire Careem for $3.1 billion, consisting of $1.7 billion in convertible notes and $1.4 billion in cash. The acquisition of Careem is subject to applicable regulatory approvals. The tr... |
| - | Iris Capital welcomes two new members in Paris | Iris Capital is proud to announce the hiring of two new team members to join the Paris investment team: Shana Hudes as Venture Associate and François Kergaravat as lead of the analyst team. Shana and François join the Early-stage investmen... |
| - | LumApps raises $70m in series C funding led by Goldman Sachs | Financing round underscores the platform’s impact on helping companies accelerate workforce productivity by centralizing employee communications, workflows, and applications. LumApps, a leading Software as a Service provider of cloud-based... |
| - | Renesas acquires Celeno to expand connectivity portfolio | Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Celeno Communications, the leading provider of smart, innovative Wi-Fi solut... |
| - | Mojio accelerates its growth with funding from Iris Capital and TELUS Ventures | Palo Alto, CA (March 8, 2018) — Announced today, leading connected car cloud platform company, Mojio , has secured new investment from strategic partners to accelerate the global adoption of its connected car solutions for mobile network o... |
| - | Iris Capital invests in Mailjet | Mailjet is a powerful all-in-one email service provider that not only enables our customers to send transactional and marketing email to their contacts but also better understand them, email after email. Mailjet’s intuitive tools and powerf... |
| - | Neocase Software raises €6m to foster its international growth | Neocase Software, a global HR service management platform vendor, announces a new €6 million fundraising round led by Entrepreneur Venture, alongside Sofiouest, the management team and historical shareholder Iris Capital. This fundraising ... |
| - | Curt Gunsenheimer appointed Managing Partner de Iris Capital | Iris Capital is proud to announce the nomination of Curt Gunsenheimer as Managing Partner, alongside Erik de la Rivière, Managing Partner at Iris Capital since 2016. Curt Gunsenheimer joined Iris Capital in 2002, as Partner then Senior Par... |
| - | Iris Capital exits Mediakraft Networks | Mediakraft Networks, one of Europe’s largest online TV channel groups and one of Iris Capital portfolio’s companies, announces its acquisition by gamigo AG, the leading European game and content publisher in online and mobile games. “It ha... |
| - | Viva Technology’s very first challenge was held by Iris Capital who announced its winner: Faveeo (B2B content marketing automation tool). | And the Iris Capital Challenge winner is… Faveeo ! Viva Technology’s very first challenge was held by Iris Capital who announced its winner: Faveeo (B2B content marketing automation tool). Iris Capital organized the Predictive Innovation ... |
| - | Iris Capital invests in PlaceIQ | PlaceIQ, the company building more accurate audiences with location, time and real-world behavior, today announced that it has raised $15 million in a Series C financing round led by new investors Harmony Partners and Iris Capital. Addition... |
| - | Searchmetrics Wins 2014 US Search Award for ‘Best SEO Software’ for its Enterprise SEO Platform | Searchmetrics Wins 2014 US Search Award for ‘Best SEO Software’ for its Enterprise SEO Platform Searchmetrics, the leading global enterprise search experience optimization platform, was awarded the 2014 US Search Award for ‘Best SEO Softwar... |
| - | Clear2Pay portfolio builds out FIS’ enterprise payments portfolio | - |
| - | Lookout targets ‘bring your own’ smartphone hacking risks | Lookout, a cyber security start-up, is offering large companies a software platform to tackle the threat from hackers to smartphones. The San Francisco-based company — which raised $150m last year and counts Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs a... |
| - | MCI doubles its size IN Brazil through acquisition of JZ Congressos | MCI today announced the exciting acquisition of JZ Congressos, one of the biggest players in Brazil’s conference and association management market. Doubling MCI’s size in Brazil, the move will reinforce the company’s capacity to offer its ... |
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| 26.07.2024 | Rays Power Infra: A Solar Surge in the Renewable Energy Landscape** ** | ** Rays Power Infra Pvt Ltd is riding a wave of investment in the renewable energy sector. Just three months after securing significant backing, the company has closed another funding round, raising Rs 127 crore. This fresh capital comes fr... |
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| 28.03.2024 | YouScribe Launches in Ghana in Partnership with Digital Virgo and MTN and Strengthens its Presence in English-Speaking Africa | YouScribe, the largest digital reading library on the African continent with over one million subscribers, announces the launch of its services in Ghana in partnership with mobile payment expert Digital Virgo and MTN. This marks a significa... |
| 28.06.2022 | Spinergie spins in €11 million to lower carbon emissions in shipping industry | Decarbonising the maritime industry is the need of the hour. Shipping emission account approximately for 1 gigaton of CO2 per year and is expected to contribute to up to 17% of global GHG emissions by 2050 if it is not tackled quickly. And ... |
| 20.12.2021 | Malaysia’s Iris Capital Partners launches $37.8m venture debt fund | Malaysia-based Iris Capital Partners has launched a $37.8 million (RM160 million) venture debt fund focused on domestic and Southeast Asian startups. Iris Capital Partners is a new fund formed under the Malaysian finance ministry’s Dana Pen... |
| 06.10.2021 | ArangoDB Announces $27.8 Million Series B Investment to Accelerate Development of Next-Generation Graph ML, Providing Advanced Analytics and AI Capabilities | ArangoDB’s goal from day one is to make it extremely easy to handle data of any kind. Our Series B funding will allow us to accelerate our mission to make it even easier to generate real value from data, as well as enter new markets. SAN FR... |
| 20.05.2021 | Parisian car-on-demand service Virtuo kicks things into overdrive with $96 million in equity and debt funding | Paris-based car-on-demand service Virtuo has raised $60 million in a Series C round led by AXA Venture Partners. Naturally, the ubiquitous Bpifrance participated alongside Alpha Intelligence Capital and H14, as well as existing investors Ba... |
| 20.05.2021 | Parisian car-on-demand service Virtuo kicks things into overdrive with €50 million in Series C | Paris-based car-on-demand service Virtuo has raised €50 million in a Series C round led by AXA Venture Partners. Naturally, the ubiquitous Bpifrance participated alongside Alpha Intelligence Capital and H14, as well as existing investors Ba... |
| 06.05.2021 | Add another Unicorn to the list, Paris-based Shift Technology raises $220 million in Series D round, valued at over $1 billion | Paris-based AI SaaS provider to the insurance industry Shift Technology has raised $220 million in a Series D round led by Advent International. Avenir, Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Iris Capital also participated.... |
| 12.12.2019 | Yubo raises $12.3m with Iris Capital, Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor Alven | Built by Sacha Lazimi, Jérémie Aouate, and Arthur Patora, Yubo currently has over 25 million users,w ith an already predominantly English-speaking user base (mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia) and tens of thou... |
| 01.04.2019 | Agorize raises $20 million CAD, expanding Canadian presence | Agorize, online platform for hackathons and open innovation challenges, has raised $20 million CAD, which the company said will be used to expand its Canadian presence. This round of funding brings the startup’s total raise to $25 million s... |
| 17.01.2019 | Rubber giant Bridgestone rubs shoulders with Iris Capital to launch new corporate venture initiative | As corporates all over the world are en masse starting to look at startups to further their own innovation ambitions by investing and/or acquiring in external talent and initiatives, we’re also beginning to see interesting collaborations be... |
| 06.12.2018 | DTCP Participates in $30m Series C Funding Round in Enterprise Architecture Company LeanIX | Bonn, Germany -- December 6, 2018 -- LeanIX, the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions in Enterprise Architecture (EA) Management, today announced that it has closed $30 million in Series C funding, led by Insight Venture Part... |
| 12.06.2018 | French warehouse robotics startup Exotec secures €15 million from Iris Capital | Exotec Solutions, a fulfilment robotics startup based in Lille, has raised €15 million in a Series B round led by Iris Capital with participation from existing investors, 360 Capital Partners and Breega. Founded in 2015, the startup has rai... |
| 11.10.2017 | German open source software firm Open-Xchange raises €21 million | Open source software firm Open-Xchange has raised €21 million from Iris Capital and eCapital to boost its growth. The new funds will be invested in building Open-Xchange’s development, engineering, and technical support teams to focus on it... |
| 18.07.2017 | DTCP Leads $7.5m Series B Round in Enterprise Architecture Startup LeanIX | Bonn/Boston, 18 July – The start-up LeanIX and its software-as-a-service (SaaS) application for enterprise architecture (EA) is helping companies modernize their IT architectures. From Adidas, DHL and Merck, to Vodafone and Zalando, over 80... |
| 06.07.2017 | Felix Capital closes new $150 million fund to back ‘creative class’ of startups | London-based Felix Capital announced today that it has closed its second fund as it continues to focus on startups in creative industries. Felix said the second fund of $150 million was oversubscribed and comes just two years after the firm... |
| 06.07.2017 | Felix Capital closes new $150 million fund to back ‘creative class’ of startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! London-based Felix Capital announced today that i... |
| 25.06.2017 | Iris Capital Holds €250M First Closing of New Venture Capital Fund | Iris Capital, a Paris, France-based pan-European venture capital firm, has launched its new fund, with a first €250M closing. Corporates investing in IrisNext’s first closing include Orange, Publicis, Valeo, Bpifrance and BRED Banque Popula... |
| 23.06.2017 | European VC firm Iris Capital closes $280 million fund for multi-stage startups in Europe and U.S. | Iris Capital, a European VC firm headquartered in Paris, has announced the first closing of a new €250 million ($280 million) fund aimed at seed-to-growth stage startups. The fund, called IrisNext, was first announced back in 2015 and was o... |
| 23.06.2017 | European VC firm Iris Capital closes $280 million fund for multi-stage startups in Europe and U.S. | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Iris Capital, a European VC firm headquartered in... |
| 22.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, June 22 | CORPORATE INNOVATION TOUR This is the first of three stories in a series I’m calling “Corporate Innovation Tour.” Paid Content How can you protect what you can't see? From ExtraHop Most Fortune 500 incumbents follow a pattern: Stage 1: Dism... |
| 21.06.2017 | Iris Capital announces new €250 million VC fund IrisNext to invest in European startups | Iris Capital, a leading pan-European venture capital firm, announces today the launch of IrisNext, its new fund focusing on digital transformation opportunities, with a first €250 million closing. IrisNext will invest in startups from seed ... |
| 21.06.2017 | Iris Capital closes its €250 million European investment fund IrisNext | Paris VC firm Iris Capital has announced the close of its new €250 million IrisNext fund for investing in European companies from seed to growth stages. Investors in IrisNext include Orange, Publicis, Valeo, and state-backed investment bank... |
| 11.04.2017 | Electric scooter maker Unu raises €7.5 million in funding | Berlin-based Unu, which builds smart electric scooters, has raised €7.5 million in a new round of funding. Gründerszene reports that the round was led by Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital with participation from Michael Baum and NRW.Bank. ... |
| 24.01.2017 | Israel cybersecurity startup Secret Double Octopus secures $6 million in Series A round | Israeli cybersecurity firm Secret Double Octopus has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round to expand its R&D and growth in Europe and the US. Participants in the round were Jerusalem Venture Partners, Liberty Israel Venture Fund... |
| 18.01.2017 | Armis Raises €1M in Venture Capital | Armis, a Paris, France-based provider of digital local advertising solutions for physical retailers to grow in-store traffic, raised €1m in its first venture capital funding round. Backers included Iris Capital, and business angels includin... |
| 17.01.2017 | Berlin’s zeotap raises €12 million to branch out from telecoms data | Germany’s zeotap has secured €12 million in a Series B round from New Science Ventures, HERE, Capnamic Ventures, and Iris Capital as well as several business angels. zeotap is a data platform that has allowed telecoms and marketers to use p... |
| 21.09.2016 | Iris Capital Appoints Stéphane Pesqué and Julien-David Nitlech as Partners | Venture capital firm Iris Capital appointed Stéphane Pesqué and Julien-David Nitlech as new partners. Stéphane Pesqué (41) is joining Iris Capital as a Partner in charge of early-stage investments in France. Before joining Iris Capital, Pes... |
| 30.06.2016 | Iris Capital Adds Bernhard Gold to Lead North American Operations | Iris Capital, a pan-European growth stage venture capital firm with expertise in the digital economy, added Bernhard Gold as a Partner and Managing Director of its North American operations. Gold will help support the firm’s international g... |
| 17.06.2016 | Marketing & Advertising Data Platform MindLytiX Raises €1.25M in Funding | MindLytiX, a Paris, France-based provider of a marketing and advertising data platform, raised €1.25m in funding. Iris Capital made the investment. The company intends to use the funds for platform development. Co-founded in March 2015 by L... |
| 19.05.2016 | The shift to AI | Paris-based SaaS startup Shift Technology has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel, which backed Facebook and Slack, to name a few, along with Elaia Partners and Iris Capital. Think: an AI-based platform for detecting... |
| 19.05.2016 | Insurance fraud detection startup Shift Technology secures $10 million from Accel and others | Shift Technology, a Paris-based SaaS startup for detecting insurance fraud, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel along with Elaia Partnersand Iris Capital. According to the startup, much of today’s insurance fraud... |
| 07.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 7, 2015 | FAASOS raised $30M; Shoes of Prey landed $15.5M; Gousto secured $13.6M funding Zenatix Solutions, an internet-of-things (IoT) driven energy-data analytics startup has raised an undisclosed amount of follow-on funding led by seed focused fun... |
| 05.12.2015 | Feeligo Raises €1.5M in Funding | Feeligo, a Paris, France-based provider of a native advertising solution targeting mobile conversations, raised €1.5m in funding. Iris Capital made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its ongoing international... |
| 06.11.2015 | Netatmo Raises €30M in Funding | Netatmo, a Boulogne-Billancourt, France-based company developing consumer connected devices, raised €30m in funding. The round was led by Legrand, with participation from existing investors Iris Capital, “Ambition Numérique” found – managed... |
| 22.10.2015 | Adjust cierra una ronda de €15M, acuden Highland, ActiveVP, Iris Capital, Capnamic Ventures y Target Partners | 22/10/2015 ADJUST CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €15 MILLONES, ACUDEN HIGHLAND CAPITAL, ACTIVE VENTURE PARTNERS, IRIS CAPITAL, CAPNAMIC VENTURES Y TARGET PARTNERS. La empresa alemana líder de atribución y análisis de aplicaciones Adjust, ha cerrado ... |
| 07.10.2015 | Aquto Closes $8M Series B Funding | Aquto, a Boston, MA-based provider of a sponsored data monetization platform, closed an $8m Series B funding. The round was led by Iris Capital with participation from STC Ventures and existing investors Matrix Partners and Northbridge Vent... |
| 22.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup -September 22, 2015 | CloudFlare raised $110M; CoverHound secured $33.3M; Arrayent scored $11M The decision for CrunchBase become its own entity was spearheaded by Emergence Capital, who seems to have taken quite an interest in CrunchBase. Not only did the firm ... |
| 16.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 16, 2015 | Sunlight Financial bagged $300M; Lightspeed secured $61M; Omada Health raised $48M We don't talk about it much in this country for some reason, but diabetes and heart disease are huge problems. So big that three out of four Americans now ha... |
| 05.08.2015 | Zeotap secures $6.4M in Series A funding from Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital, others | Zeotap GmbH, a startup that leverages its global technology centre in Bangalore to help telecom operators activate and monetise their data assets, has raised $6.4 million in a Series A funding from Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital and other ... |
| 15.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 15, 2015 | Credit Benchmark raised $20M; Zesty landed $17M; Aveni secured $13.5M Virtuous Software LLC, an enterprise generosity platform raised $700,000 in seed funding to further its customer relationship management software, which helps nonprofits ... |
| 07.05.2015 | Infocomm Investments participates in $12m funding round for Gengo | Premium Japan-based Gengo, the translation platform for global companies, announced it had recently closed a $12 million round of funding led by Intel Capital. Iris Capital, Infocomm Investments, NTT-IP Fund and STC Ventures and existing in... |
| 24.03.2015 | AdotMob Raises €1M | AdotMob, a Paris, France-based mobile programmatic platform, raised €1m in funding. Backers included Iris Capital and Kerala Ventures. Founded in early 2014 by Yannis Yahiaoui and Thomas Zaepffel, AdotMob provides a proprietary platform tha... |
| 07.12.2014 | Shift Technology Raises €1.4M in Seed Funding | Shift Technology, a Paris, France-based insurance fraud detection startup, raised €1.4m in seed funding. Backers included Iris Capital and Elaia Partners. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Jawish, Eric Sibony and David Durrleman, Shift Technology p... |
| 26.11.2014 | Agorize Raises €2M in Second Funding | Agorize, a Paris, France-based provider of open innovation challenges and talent engagement platforms, received €2m in second round of funding. Backers included Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to str... |
| 06.11.2014 | Travador Receives $7M Financing | Travador, a Munich, Germany-based online platform for short-and adventure travel, recently received $7m in a second financing round. Backers included XAnge Private Equity, Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital. The company intends to use the ... |
| 08.09.2014 | Adjust Raises $7.6M in Series C Funding | adjust (formerly known as adeven), a Berlin, Germany-based app analytics and attribution company, raised $7.6M in Series C funding. Backers included Active Venture Partners and existing investors Target Partners, Iris Capital and Capnamic V... |
| 08.09.2014 | Berlin’s Adjust app analytics firm raises $7.6M as it expands overseas | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Berlin’s Adjust, a mobile analytics and attribution startup, has raised $7.6 million in third funding round. Founded on the notion of b... |
| 08.09.2014 | Berlin’s Adjust app analytics firm raises $7.6M as it expands overseas | Berlin’s Adjust, a mobile analytics and attribution startup, has raised $7.6 million in third funding round. Founded on the notion of bringing accountability and transparency to mobile marketing, the company plans to use the money to expand... |
| 10.02.2014 | PlaceIQ Raises $15M in Series C Financing | PlaceIQ, a New York City-based provider of a platform to build more accurate audiences monitoring location, time and real-world behavior, raised $15m in Series C financing. The round was led by new investor Harmony Partners with participati... |
| 11.12.2013 | Talend Completes $40M Funding | Talend, a Los Altos, CA-based provider of global big data integration software, completed a $40m funding. Backers included Bpifrance and Iris Capital and existing investor Silver Lake Sumeru. In conjunction with the funding, Bpifrance will ... |
| 09.07.2013 | Scality Closes $22M Series C Funding Round | Scality, a San Francisco, CA-based petabyte-scale storage solutions, closed a $22m Series C funding round. The round, which brings the total invested capital since inception to $35m, was led by Menlo Ventures and Iris Capital, with particip... |
| 21.06.2013 | Planetveo Raises €15M in Funding | Planetveo, a Paris, France-based on-line travel agency specialized in tailormade, long-haul holiday packages, raised €15m in funding. Backers included Gimv and Iris Capital, which are investing equally. The company intends to use the funds ... |
| 21.06.2013 | Analytics Firm Adeven Raises $4.3M To Continue To Push Beyond The Mobile Install Metric | Berlin-based mobile ad and app analytics startup adeven today announced that it has raised a $4.3 million Series B funding round, provided by Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital and existing investor Target Partners. The company plans to use th... |
| 10.06.2013 | Netatmo Raises €4.5M | Netatmo, a Paris, France-based developer of connected devices, raised €4.5m (approximately $5.8m) in funding. Backers included IRIS Capital, FSN PME and angel investor Pascal Cagni (Non Executive Director of Vivendi SA and Kingfisher PLC). ... |
| 30.05.2013 | 2013 is Darwinian tipping point year for telecoms industry: “Evolve or die!” according to IDATE research | Leading European think tank sees key to success lies in strong strategic relationships with other industry players such as content delivery providers London, 30th May 2013 – IDATE, the No. 1 European Internet think tank, today has published... |
| 22.04.2013 | Translation Platform Gengo Raises $12M Funding Round Led By Intel Capital | Gengo, an increasingly popular online translation service that uses a network of more than 7,500 pre-screened and rated translators to provide high-quality translations in 33 languages, announced that it has raised a $12 million funding rou... |
| 21.03.2013 | reBuy Receives Equity Financing from Iris Capital | reBuy reCommerce GmbH, a Berlin, Germany-based re-commerce business of entertainment products, received an equity financing led by Iris Capital. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Iris Capital joins a group of German private a... |
| 14.03.2013 | Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures Team-up to Invest in German Startups | Iris Capital, the pan-European venture capital firm backed by Orange and Publicis, and Capnamic Ventures have teamed-up to invest in German startups. The Iris Capital early-stage vehicle, OP Ventures Early Stage, will co-invest alongside th... |
| 17.01.2013 | Paris based AppGratis raises a $13,5M in a Series A round | The Paris-based app discovery tool AppGratis just raised $13,5 million in a Series A round with Iris Capital & the Orange Publicis fund. The fresh capital will be used for the international expansion of AppGratis and for hiring new tale... |
| 04.12.2012 | Orange gives Lookout Mobile a French kiss (of investment) | Disclosure: VentureBeat is hosting its holiday party with Orange. Lookout Mobile received an investment from European-centric Iris Capital and announced today that it will now come preloaded on Android phones sold by French telecommunicatio... |
| 04.12.2012 | VISION 360 DEGRES Raises $2.87M in Funding | VISION 360 DEGRES, a Lyon, France-based developer of Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement software running in commercial smartphones, has raised about $2.87m in funding. Backers include Iris Capital, SIPAREX ... |
| 04.12.2012 | Funding Daily: Hakuna Matata | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! I am going to see The Lion King tonight, and in m... |
| 04.12.2012 | Orange gives Lookout Mobile a French kiss (of investment) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Disclosure: VentureBeat is hosting its holiday pa... |
| 28.11.2012 | YouScribe Raises €2M in Funding | YouScribe, a French provider of a digital document publishing, sharing and selling platform, has raised €2m in funding. Backers include Iris Capital and private investors Philippe Oddo and Bruno Emsens, and existing investors TDH (Thierry D... |
| 20.03.2012 | myThings Raises $15M in Funding | myThings, a global provider of personalized display ad solutions, has raised $15m in funding. The round was led by Iris Capital, the manager of the Orange-Publicis Venture (OPV) Fund, with participation from Accel Partners, Carmel Ventures ... |
| 12.03.2012 | France Télécom y Publicis captan €300M para tres fondos de venture. Y Amérigo? | 12/03/2012 FRANCE TÉLÉCOM Y PLUBICIS CAPTA €300 MILLONES PARA TRES FONDOS DE VENTURE CAPITAL. Y AMÉRIGO? France Télécom y su socio Publicis han atraído €300 millones para invertir en start ups de la economía digital francesas y europeas, ... |
| 12.03.2012 | Another European Carrier Goes VC: Orange Partners With Publicis, Iris In $400M Fund | Today sees the launch of one more venture capital fund backed by a large European telecoms carrier: Orange, the retail face of France Telecom, is teaming up with the advertising giant Publicis and Iris Capital Management to start OP Venture... |
| 11.04.2011 | Mediastay raises €15 million to take its game monetization solutions international | Mediastay is a French company that kind of stands out from the rest – and not just because it was founded by a group of teenagers back in 2000 (co-founder Eric Bennepthali started back when he was 16). Today, the 60-person company specializ... |
| 10.02.2011 | MCI Group Completes €8M Equity Investment with Iris Capital | MCI Group Holding SA, a Geneva, Switzerland-based global association, communication and event management group, has completed an €8m equity investment with Iris Capital. The company, which is active in the organization of meetings, events a... |
| 11.01.2011 | Searchmetrics Raises A $6.75 Million C-round To Expand Globally | Searchmetrics, a Berlin-based company which works out where you should be spending your budget on SEO and analytics, has secured a growth / C-stage funding round of $6.75 million, led by Paris-based growth capital fund Iris Capital and curr... |
| 11.01.2011 | Searchmetrics raises $6.75 million C-round financing to expand globally | Searchmetrics, a Berlin-based company which works out where you should be spending your budget on SEO and analytics, has secured a growth / C-stage funding round of $6.75 million, led by Paris-based growth capital fund Iris Capital and curr... |
| 04.12.2008 | Neocase nets new $10M for customer service software | Neocase Software, a developer of programs that facilitate customer service operations, brought in $10 million in fourth-round funding from Caisse des Depots et Consignations (which already has a 48 percent stake in the firm) and Iris Capita... |
| 23.01.2008 | European tech investing is "coming of age" | It’s mildly diverting when some people, like Business Week reporters, say that Europe is still a slow place for technology startups, then pat us on the head and tell us that every day, in every way, we’re getting better and better. But it’s... |
| 23.01.2008 | Europe 2.0: European tech investing "coming of age," as events hard-wire the network | It’s mildly diverting when some say that Europe is still a slow place for technology startups, then pat us on the head and tell us that every day, in every way, we’re getting better and better. But it’s more interesting when people who real... |
| - | Iris Capital leads €12 million financing round for Studitemps | Germany's biggest provider of jobs for students and young professionals has successfully concluded its Series C financing round and brought on board Iris Capital, another European growth investor. The existing partners XAnge, Seventure and ... |
| - | Spinergie spins in €11 million to lower carbon emissions in shipping industry | Decarbonising the maritime industry is the need of the hour. Shipping emission account approximately for 1 gigaton of CO2 per year and is expected to contribute to up to 17% of global GHG emissions by 2050 if it is not tackled quickly. And ... |
| - | Yubo, social platform for Generation Z, raises $12.3m with Iris Capital | Yubo, the Paris-based social discovery platform where Generation Z creates communities of friends around the world, announces today a $12.3 million fundraising round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor A... |
| - | Iris Capital announces the €250M first closing of its new VC fund: IrisNext | Paris, June 21st 2017 - Iris Capital, a leading pan-European venture capital firm, announces today the launch of IrisNext, its new fund focusing on digital transformation opportunities, with a first €250M closing. IrisNext will invest in st... |
| - | Iris Capital invests €1.25 million in MindLytiX | MindLytiX, a new-generation technology for real-time consumer knowledge and targeting, has raised €1.25 million to step up its development. The platform analyzes on the fly billions of daily digital touchpoints to instantly determine the cu... |
| - | Parisian car-on-demand service Virtuo kicks things into overdrive with $96 million in equity and debt funding | Paris-based car-on-demand service Virtuo has raised $60 million in a Series C round led by AXA Venture Partners. Naturally, the ubiquitous Bpifrance participated alongside Alpha Intelligence Capital and H14, as well as existing investors Ba... |
| - | Iris Capital invests €3 million in promotion engine Talon.One | Iris Capital, a leading European Venture Capital company, is investing €3 million in the early-stage startup Talon.One to accelerate the startup growth and R&D. Talon.One offers businesses a highly efficient, client-centric and trackabl... |
| - | Add another unicorn to the list, Paris-based Shift Technology raises $220 million in Series D round, valued at over $1 billion | Paris-based AI SaaS provider to the insurance industry Shift Technology has raised $220 million in a Series D round led by Advent International. Avenir, Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Iris Capital also participated.... |
| - | Iris Capital and current shareholders invest €20 million in Enterprise Performance Management company Jedox | Many companies are still struggling to digitize their business processes. Iris Capital, one of the leading European venture capital companies, is investing in Jedox, a world-class software solution that helps enterprises with their digital ... |
| - | SaaS Provider LeanIX receives $ 2.5 million from Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital to fund further expansion | Just after celebrating the third anniversary of its founding, software-as-a-service provider LeanIX has secured $ 2.5 (€ 2.2) million in a series A financing round. The company provides an innovative Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM... |
| - | Armis raises €1 million from Iris Capital and leaders from the internet, communication and retail industry | Armis raises €1 million from Iris Capital and leaders from the internet, communication and retail industry. This first financing round gathered Iris Capital, a leading European VC fund, and several business angels based in Paris, London an... |
| - | Iris Capital participates in the $21 million series C funding round of Kyriba | Kyriba completes $21 Million Series C Funding Round San Diego Kyriba, the leader in cloud-based treasury management solutions, has completed a $21 million round of Series C funding. Kyriba will use these funds on product innovation and to ... |
| - | From idea to reality, strategy execution platform Workpath raises €10.5 million | Munich-based Workpath has raised €10.5 million in a Series A round. The SaaS platform serves enterprise customers as a central hub for business management and collaboration. The new funding will be used to continue the company’s growth and ... |
| - | Agorize raises €2 million from Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures, to speed up its international development. | - |
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