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Kering

Founders Franu00e7ois Pinault

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Total investments 9
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$263M
Portfolio companies 8
Rounds per year 0.15
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Exits 1
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Areas of investment

  • Fashion
  • E-Commerce
  • E-Commerce Platforms
  • Shopping
  • Media and Entertainment
Summary

Kering appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1963. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Paris. The company was established in Europe in France.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Social Media. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fancy, Lamoda.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2011. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the Kering, startups are often financed by Jim Pallotta, Rocket Internet, Red Sea Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by American Express, Will Smith, TEV | Tengelmann Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Superplastic

Animation
Art
Media and Entertainment
Toys
$20M15 Feb 2023 Burlington, Vermont, United States

VitroLabs

3D Printing
3D Technology
Biotechnology
Fashion
Health Care
Manufacturing
$47M04 May 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

NTWRK

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Internet
Media and Entertainment
Shopping
Video
Video Streaming
$50M23 Sep 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Fancy

E-Commerce
Shopping
Social Media
$10M01 Nov 2011 New York, New York, United States
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NTWRK Secures $50M

– Ntwrk, a livestream shopping platform that broadcasts 24/7 from a New York City storefront, has raised $50m.
– The round was led by the Goldman Sachs Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs), and global luxury group Kering.
LionTree Partners and Tenere Capital also participated.

Vestiaire Collective Raises €178M in Funding

– Vestiaire Collective, a Paris, France-based global platform for second-hand fashion, raised €178m in funding.
– The round was led by Kering (KER.PA) and US investment firm Tiger Global Management as well as existing shareholders.
– The new funding will be used to scale up the company’s technology and data innovation roadmap.

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Total investments 9
Average round size 263M
Rounds per year 0.15
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.11
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.44

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Superplastic

Animation
Art
Media and Entertainment
Toys
$20M15 Feb 2023 Burlington, Vermont, United States

VitroLabs

3D Printing
3D Technology
Biotechnology
Fashion
Health Care
Manufacturing
$47M04 May 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

NTWRK

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Internet
Media and Entertainment
Shopping
Video
Video Streaming
$50M23 Sep 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Fancy

E-Commerce
Shopping
Social Media
$10M01 Nov 2011 New York, New York, United States
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