Societe Generale

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Location

Paris, France

Total investments

144

Average round size

496M

Portfolio companies

124

Rounds per year

0.90

Lead investments

15

Follow on index

0.13

Exits

53

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyFinanceManufacturingMedicalEnergyRenewable EnergyMining

Summary

In 1864 was created Societe Generale, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Paris. The venture was found in Europe in France.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - France. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Software, Information Technology. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Symphony Communication Services Holdings, Talan, QSecure.

Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. This Societe Generale works on 15 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. When the investment is from Societe Generale the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Societe Generale, startups are often financed by Worldview Technology Partners, Redpoint, AllegisCyber. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are BNP Paribas Private Equity, Citigroup, Worldview Technology Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Worldview Technology Partners, UMC Capital, AllegisCyber.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
144
Lead investments
15
Exits
53
Rounds per year
0.90
Follow on index
0.13
Investments by industry
  • Software (19)
  • Manufacturing (15)
  • Energy (15)
  • Financial Services (14)
  • Renewable Energy (12)
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Investments by region
  • United Arab Emirates (2)
  • United Kingdom (12)
  • France (45)
  • India (37)
  • Switzerland (1)
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Peak activity year
2023
Number of Unicorns
17
Number of Decacorns
22
Number of Minotaurs
11

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
21
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1B
Group Appearance index
0.91
Avg. company exit year
19
Avg. multiplicator
0.61
Strategy success index
0.90

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
BoldBooks 12 Mar 2020 Publishing, Online Portals, Marketplace, E-Commerce Platforms Seed 154K Oslo, Norway
ExoTech 12 Jul 2022 Software, Information Technology, Computer, Architecture Seed 1M Ontario, Hamilton, Canada
Symphony Communication Services 16 May 2017 Software, Information Technology, Information Services, Messaging, Unified Communications Late Stage Venture 63M United States, California, Palo Alto
XPerience.immo 08 Mar 2024 Seed 2M Aquitaine, Bègles, France

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