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
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.

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.[4] Moreover, Iris Capital in the Middle East is the fund manager of STC Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Saudi Arabian telecom operator, STC.[5] Iris Capital has offices in Paris, Berlin, Tel-Aviv, San Francisco, Tokyo, Riyadh and Dubai.[6]

Active portfolio

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

  • Adjust – Germany: Attribution and analytics for apps[7]
  • Adomik – France: Yield management of programmatic ad inventory[8]
  • AdotMob – France: France: Mobile ad programmatic platform[9]
  • Getsafe – Germany: App to manage insurance on smartphones[10]
  • Hola – Israel: Video CDN with mid-stream switching[11]
  • iAdvize – France: Conversational commerce platform[12]
  • Kyriba – France/USA: treasury solutions in the cloud[13]
  • Lookout – USA: mobile security[14]
  • Mailjet – France : Cloud emailing platform[15]
  • Marco Vasco – France: Online travel agent[16]
  • Netatmo – France: Internet of things for home[17]
  • PlaceIQ – USA: Location intelligence services[18]
  • Quantifind – USA[19]
  • ReBuy – Germany: Online commerce[20]
  • Scality – France/USA: Storage management and infrastructure software[21]
  • Searchmetrics – Germany: SEO software[22]
  • Secret Double Octopus - Israel: Password-free authentication[23]
  • Shift Technology – France: Fraud detection software in insurance[24]
  • Studitemps – Germany: Temp workers[25]
  • Talend – France/USA[26]
  • Yodo1 – Chinan[27]

Exits

Here are some 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)
  • Computec – Germany (acquired by Marquard Media)
  • Erenis – France (acquired by Neuf Cegetel/SFR)
  • FastBooking – France (acquired by 3i and EDRIP)
  • Human Inference – Pays-Bas (acquired by Neopost)
  • Kiala – Belgique (acquired by UPS)
  • Let It Wave – France (acquired by Zoran)
  • QSC – Allemagne (listed on TecDAX)
  • OpenTrust – France (acquired by Keynectis)
  • Phone.com – USA (listed on NASDAQ - now Openwave)
  • Store Electronic System – France (acquired by LBO France)
  • Vox Mobili – France (acquired by On Mobile)
  • Wavecom – France (listed on NASDAQ and Euronext, acquired by Sierra Wireless)
  • Zantas – USA (acquired by Autonomy)
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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. VC firm Iris Capital in ambitious expansion plans
  5. "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.
  6. Iris Capital Opens New Offices in Montreal, San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo
  7. Berlin’s Adjust app analytics firm raises $7.6M as it expands overseas
  8. Sell-Side Solutions Provider Adomik Raises 1.3 Million Euroes
  9. AdotMob Raises €1M
  10. GetSafe Digital Insurance Manager
  11. Hola inks $17 mln in Iris Capital-led round
  12. iAdvize Grabs $16 Million For Its Customer Engagement Platform
  13. Kyriba Raises $10.6M in Growth Financing from Iris Capital and existing investor BRED
  14. Iris Capital invests in Lookout
  15. Mailjet raises $11M Series B, primed to grow in a crowded email marketing space
  16. Planetveo Raises €15M in Funding
  17. Iris Capital in €30m round for Netatmo
  18. Location-Focused Ad Startup PlaceIQ Raises $15M More
  19. Quantifind Raises $12M To Translate Social Media Data Into Sales
  20. Iris Capital led a funding round for reBuy reCommerce GmbH.
  21. Scality Closes $45 Million Series D Funding to Transform the Storage Industry with Software-Based Storage Solution
  22. Searchmetrics raises $6.75 million C-round financing to expand globally
  23. Secret Double Octopus Raises $6 Million to Protect Identity and Data Using Nuclear Launch Code Safety Algorithms
  24. Technology grabs $10 million to prevent fraudulent insurance claims
  25. Searchmetrics raises $6.75 million C-round financing to expand globally
  26. Talend Raises $40M To More Aggressively Extend Into Big Data Market, Sets Sights On IPO
  27. Cross-Cultural Mobile Games Publisher Yodo1 Raises $11M Led By GGV Capital
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