Iris Capital

Iris Capital is a venture capital firm, specialized in the digital economy, primarily active in Europe. Since its creation, the Iris Capital team has invested more than a billion Euros in over 230 innovative companies.[1] Iris Capital is sponsored by Orange and Publicis since 2012.[2]

Iris Capital Management
IndustryVenture capital
Founded1986
HeadquartersParis, San Francisco, Montreal, Düsseldorf, Beijing, Tokyo, Riyadh, Dubai
Number of locations
8
Total assetsEUR 900 million +
Websitewww.iriscapital.com

Overview

Created in 1986 within the Caisse des Dépôts, the team was spun off in 2003 and became Iris Capital.[3] Investing internationally since 1991, Iris Capital has always held a sector-specific strategy covering media, telecommunications, information technology and Internet services, which have converged into today's digital economy.[4]

Geographical reach

Iris Capital has invested in over 20 countries (of which 18 in Europe) and is mainly active in continental Europe, with a core activity in France, Germany, Benelux and Switzerland. Iris Capital acts as lead investor or in some circumstances as value-added co-investor.[5] Moreover, Iris Capital in the Middle East is the fund manager of STC Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Saudi Arabian telecom operator, STC.[6] Iris Capital has offices in Paris, Berlin, Tel-Aviv, San Francisco, Tokyo, Riyadh and Dubai.[7]

Active portfolio

Among Iris Capital's recent portfolio companies are the following:

  • Adjust – Germany: Attribution and analytics for apps[8]
  • Adomik – France: Yield management of programmatic ad inventory[9]
  • Getsafe – Germany: App to manage insurance on smartphones[10]
  • iAdvize – France: Conversational commerce platform[11]
  • Kyriba – France/US: treasury solutions in the cloud[12]
  • Lookout – US: mobile security[13]
  • PlaceIQ – US: Location intelligence services[14]
  • Quantifind – US[15]
  • ReBuy – Germany: Online commerce[16]
  • Scality – France/US: Storage management and infrastructure software[17]
  • Searchmetrics – Germany: SEO software[18]
  • Secret Double Octopus – Israel: Password-free authentication[19]
  • Shift Technology – France: Fraud detection software in insurance[20]
  • Studitemps – Germany: Temp workers[21]
  • Yodo1 – Chinan[22]

Exits

Past portfolio companies Iris Capital has backed:

  • Instant Luxe – France (acquired by Galerie Lafayette)
  • ProWebCE – France (acquired by Edenred)
  • Mister Auto – France (acquired by PSA Peugeot Citroën)
  • MoPub – France (acquired by Twitter)
  • Alphanim – France (acquired by Gaumont)
  • Cirpack – France (acquired by Thomson/Technicolor)
  • Careem – Dubai (acquired by Uber)
  • Cobi – Germany (acquired by Bosch)
  • Computec – Germany (acquired by Marquard Media)
  • Erenis – France (acquired by Neuf Cegetel/SFR)
  • FastBooking – France (acquired by 3i and EDRIP)
  • Gengo – France (acquired by Lionbridge)
  • Human Inference – Pays-Bas (acquired by Neopost)
  • Instant Luxe – France (acquired by Galeries Lafayette)
  • Kiala – Belgique (acquired by UPS)
  • Let It Wave – France (acquired by Zoran)
  • Mailjet – France (acquired by Mailgun)
  • Marco Vasco – France (acquired by Groupe Figaro)
  • Mister-auto – France (acquired by PSA)
  • Mopub – US (acquired by Twitter)
  • Netatmo – France (acquired by Legrand)
  • Oodrive – France (acquired by R Capital Management)
  • OpenTrust – France (acquired by Keynectis)
  • Phone.com – US (listed on NASDAQ - now Openwave)
  • QSC – Allemagne (listed on TecDAX)
  • Store Electronic System – France (acquired by LBO France)
  • Talend – France (IPO (Nasdaq))
  • Vox Mobili – France (acquired by On Mobile)
  • Wavecom – France (listed on NASDAQ and Euronext, acquired by Sierra Wireless)
  • Zantaz – US (acquired by Autonomy)

References
  1. Investment vehicle description of Iris Capital Fund III
  2. Another European Carrier Goes VC: Orange Partners With Publicis, Iris In $400M Fund
  3. Partcom lève 100 millions et devient Iris Capital
  4. "Iris Capital is a European #VC firm fueling #entrepreneurs in Europe and far beyond since 1986". Societe.tech. 2020-06-09.
  5. VC firm Iris Capital in ambitious expansion plans
  6. "Iris Capital manages STC Ventures, the newly-established Saudi Telecom Group venture fund". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  7. Iris Capital Opens New Offices in Montreal, San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo
  8. Berlin’s Adjust app analytics firm raises $7.6M as it expands overseas
  9. Sell-Side Solutions Provider Adomik Raises 1.3 Million Euroes
  10. GetSafe Digital Insurance Manager
  11. iAdvize Grabs $16 Million For Its Customer Engagement Platform
  12. Kyriba Raises $10.6M in Growth Financing from Iris Capital and existing investor BRED
  13. Iris Capital invests in Lookout
  14. Location-Focused Ad Startup PlaceIQ Raises $15M More
  15. Quantifind Raises $12M To Translate Social Media Data Into Sales
  16. Iris Capital led a funding round for reBuy reCommerce GmbH.
  17. Scality Closes $45 Million Series D Funding to Transform the Storage Industry with Software-Based Storage Solution
  18. Searchmetrics raises $6.75 million C-round financing to expand globally
  19. Secret Double Octopus Raises $6 Million to Protect Identity and Data Using Nuclear Launch Code Safety Algorithms
  20. Technology grabs $10 million to prevent fraudulent insurance claims
  21. Searchmetrics raises $6.75 million C-round financing to expand globally
  22. Cross-Cultural Mobile Games Publisher Yodo1 Raises $11M Led By GGV Capital
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