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Total investments 1239
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 983
Rounds per year 103.25
Lead investments 191
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 94
Key employees 62
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
Summary

In 2012 was created Bpifrance, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Maisons-alfort. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in France.

The overall number of key employees were 57.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Bpifrance, startups are often financed by Xavier Niel, Sofinnova Partners, Iris Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Omnes Capital, Hi Inov - Dentressangle, Elaia. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Alven Capital, Omnes Capital, Auriga Partners.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Health Care. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Doctolib, Symphony Communication Services Holdings, ManoMano. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - France. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

Opposing the other organizations, this Bpifrance works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The typical startup value when the investment from Bpifrance is 100-500 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 25-48 investment rounds annually. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 3 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HawkCell

$5M11 Mar 2024 Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France

Unseenlabs

Aerospace
$100M27 Feb 2024 Rennes, Brittany, France

Aerix Systems

$1M22 Feb 2024 Mérignac, Aquitaine, France

Bioptimus

$35M20 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Groover

Independent Music
Media and Entertainment
Music
$8M13 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Pixee Medical

Computer Vision
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$16M08 Feb 2024 Besançon, Franche-Comte, France

Agrilife Studio

Agriculture
AgTech
$29M05 Feb 2024 Palaiseau, Ile-de-France, France

GREENERWAVE

Hardware
Internet
$17M01 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Panopli

E-Commerce
Gift
Internet
$3M31 Jan 2024 France, Ile-de-France, France
News
Corporate learning platform 360Learning raises $200 million

– 360Learning, a French e-learning company, raised $50m funding.
– The round was led by Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund and joined by XAnge and Educapital.
– Existing investors also participated in the round.
– The company plans to hire more people, expand to new markets and make some acquisitions.

Provepharm Life Solution Raises €120M in Funding

– Provepharm Life Solutions, a Marseille-based pharmaceutical company that finds new applications for known molecules.
– The company raised €120M in funding.
Tikehau Capital will provide the funds joining the group’s pool of banking investors, including Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Banque Populaire Méditerranée, Crédit Agricole Alpes Provence and Bpifrance.
– The new investment will be used to consolidate its position as an international and independent pharmaceutical group, specifically by hiring new staff in France and the United States, and increasing the size of its laboratories in Marseille.

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Total investments 1239
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 103.25
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 191
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 94
Group Appearance index 0.78

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HawkCell

$5M11 Mar 2024 Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France

Unseenlabs

Aerospace
$100M27 Feb 2024 Rennes, Brittany, France

Aerix Systems

$1M22 Feb 2024 Mérignac, Aquitaine, France

Bioptimus

$35M20 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Groover

Independent Music
Media and Entertainment
Music
$8M13 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Pixee Medical

Computer Vision
Manufacturing
Medical Device
$16M08 Feb 2024 Besançon, Franche-Comte, France

Agrilife Studio

Agriculture
AgTech
$29M05 Feb 2024 Palaiseau, Ile-de-France, France

GREENERWAVE

Hardware
Internet
$17M01 Feb 2024 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Panopli

E-Commerce
Gift
Internet
$3M31 Jan 2024 France, Ile-de-France, France
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