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Pentalabbs

Founders Eric Gouin Frederic Lasnier

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Total investments 18
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$489K
Portfolio companies 16
Rounds per year 1.50
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Exits 2
Key employees 1
http://www.pentalabbs-accelerator.com/
La Chapelle-saint-mesmin, Centre, France
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Real Time
  • Navigation
  • Mobile
  • Ride Sharing
  • Car Sharing
Summary

In 2010 was created Pentalabbs, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the La Chapelle-saint-mesmin. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in France.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this Pentalabbs performs on 18 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The real fund results show that this VC is 14 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2014.

The current fund was established by Eric Gouin, Frederic Lasnier.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Service Industry, Security. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BlueFox.IO.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Pentalabbs, startups are often financed by Index Ventures, White Star Capital, Social Starts. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners, WeLikeStartup, Thibault Poutrel. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Investessor, Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners, e.ventures.

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2 Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners
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Team
Eric Gouin CEO

Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Citygo

Car Sharing
Mobile
Navigation
Real Time
Ride Sharing
$531K06 Jan 2016
Pentalabbs
WeLikeStartup
Investessor
Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners
 Ile-de-France

Yourshore

Consulting
Information Technology
Web Browsers
15 Aug 2015
Pentalabbs
 Romania

BlueFox

Analytics
Big Data
Internet of Things
Outdoor Advertising
Retail Technology
Telecommunications
01 Jul 2015
Fusion Fund
Pentalabbs
Polytech Ventures
Bleu Capital
Pentalog
 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Axeleo Capital

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Construction
Cyber Security
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Internet
IT Infrastructure
IT Management
Property Management
Real Estate
20 Apr 2015
Pentalabbs
French Tech Acceleration Fund
 Ile-de-France

Citygo

Car Sharing
Mobile
Navigation
Real Time
Ride Sharing
$236K01 Apr 2015
Pentalabbs
Club Invest 77
 Ile-de-France

OtoSense

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Industrial Automation
Machine Learning
Machinery Manufacturing
Predictive Analytics
Security
Software
30 Jan 2015
GoBeyond
Pentalabbs
 Palo Alto, California, United States

Merkatic

Communities
E-Commerce
Service Industry
19 Nov 2014
Pentalabbs
 Centre-Loire Valley

Citygo

Car Sharing
Mobile
Navigation
Real Time
Ride Sharing
$250K18 Oct 2014
Pentalabbs
Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners
 Ile-de-France

Aktan

Innovation Management
27 Sep 2014
Pentalabbs
 Centre-Loire Valley
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Total investments 18
Average round size 489K
Rounds per year 1.50
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.11
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.50

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Citygo

Car Sharing
Mobile
Navigation
Real Time
Ride Sharing
$531K06 Jan 2016
Pentalabbs
WeLikeStartup
Investessor
Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners
 Ile-de-France

Yourshore

Consulting
Information Technology
Web Browsers
15 Aug 2015
Pentalabbs
 Romania

BlueFox

Analytics
Big Data
Internet of Things
Outdoor Advertising
Retail Technology
Telecommunications
01 Jul 2015
Fusion Fund
Pentalabbs
Polytech Ventures
Bleu Capital
Pentalog
 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Axeleo Capital

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Construction
Cyber Security
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Internet
IT Infrastructure
IT Management
Property Management
Real Estate
20 Apr 2015
Pentalabbs
French Tech Acceleration Fund
 Ile-de-France

Citygo

Car Sharing
Mobile
Navigation
Real Time
Ride Sharing
$236K01 Apr 2015
Pentalabbs
Club Invest 77
 Ile-de-France

OtoSense

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Industrial Automation
Machine Learning
Machinery Manufacturing
Predictive Analytics
Security
Software
30 Jan 2015
GoBeyond
Pentalabbs
 Palo Alto, California, United States

Merkatic

Communities
E-Commerce
Service Industry
19 Nov 2014
Pentalabbs
 Centre-Loire Valley

Citygo

Car Sharing
Mobile
Navigation
Real Time
Ride Sharing
$250K18 Oct 2014
Pentalabbs
Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners
 Ile-de-France

Aktan

Innovation Management
27 Sep 2014
Pentalabbs
 Centre-Loire Valley
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