Xerys

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Paris, France

Total investments

20

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

10

Rounds per year

1.43

Lead investments

10

Follow on index

0.50

Exits

2

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareHealth CareTherapeuticsConsumer ElectronicsInternet of ThingsBiopharmaIdentity ManagementPower GridRecycling

Summary

Xerys appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2009. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in France. The main department of described VC is located in the Paris.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cryo Pur, Sevenhugs, Herow. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Identity Management, Biopharma.

This organization was formed by Jacques Simonnet.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 72 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The average startup value when the investment from Xerys is 100-500 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Xerys, startups are often financed by Wilco, Groupe Siparex, NovX Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Groupe Siparex, Calao Finance, NovX Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Groupe Siparex, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Calao Finance.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Biotech/Life SciencesMedtechClimate tech
Stage focus
Series ASeries B
Geo focus
French
Check size
16M — 97M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
20
Lead investments
10
Exits
2
Rounds per year
1.43
Follow on index
0.50
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (8)
  • Biotechnology (5)
  • Internet of Things (4)
  • Identity Management (4)
  • Therapeutics (4)
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Investments by region
  • France (17)
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2019

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
14M
Group Appearance index
0.15
Avg. company exit year
6

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
APR2 16 Jun 2015 Industrial, Environmental Consulting, Recycling Early Stage Venture 11M France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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