Engie

Total investments

31

Average round size

47M

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

2.07

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.23

Exits

3

Areas of investment
Information TechnologyTelecommunicationsInternet of ThingsEnergyRenewable EnergySmart BuildingSolarEnergy EfficiencyElectrical DistributionEnergy Management

Summary

Engie is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2008. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Paris. The venture was found in Europe in France.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016. This Engie works on 20 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from Engie is 100-500 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars.

This organization was formed by Jean-Michel Carboni.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BBOXX, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, PEG. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Energy Storage, Energy. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Engie, startups are often financed by Wellington Partners, eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Partech. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Wellington Partners, Macquarie Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Total Ventures, SunFunder, Oikocredit International.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
31
Lead investments
3
Exits
3
Rounds per year
2.07
Follow on index
0.23
Investments by industry
  • Energy (21)
  • Solar (14)
  • Renewable Energy (11)
  • Energy Efficiency (8)
  • Energy Management (4)
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Investments by region
  • United Arab Emirates (1)
  • Taiwan (1)
  • France (2)
  • Germany (3)
  • United Kingdom (2)
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Peak activity year
2017
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
72M
Group Appearance index
0.84
Avg. company exit year
7
Strategy success index
0.60

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