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Xerys

Founders Jacques Simonnet

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Total investments 20
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 10
Rounds per year 1.43
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.50
Exits 2
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Internet of Things
  • Identity Management
  • Therapeutics
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Herow

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Location Based Services
Machine Learning
Mobile
$18M15 Oct 2019 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Alzprotect

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$16M22 Jan 2018 Maryland, United States

Sevenhugs

Apps
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Goods
Electronics
Hardware
Internet of Things
Smart Home
Software
$14M21 Jun 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Herow

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Location Based Services
Machine Learning
Mobile
$10M10 Sep 2015 Ile-de-France

APR2

Environmental Consulting
Industrial
Recycling
$11M16 Jun 2015 France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Power Grid
Renewable Energy
$2M05 Jan 2015 France, Centre-Loire Valley, France

Power Grid
Renewable Energy
01 Jun 2014 France, Centre-Loire Valley

APR2

Environmental Consulting
Industrial
Recycling
$6M01 Jun 2013 France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Total investments 20
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 1.43
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.50
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.15

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Herow

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Location Based Services
Machine Learning
Mobile
$18M15 Oct 2019 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Alzprotect

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$16M22 Jan 2018 Maryland, United States

Sevenhugs

Apps
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Goods
Electronics
Hardware
Internet of Things
Smart Home
Software
$14M21 Jun 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Herow

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Location Based Services
Machine Learning
Mobile
$10M10 Sep 2015 Ile-de-France

APR2

Environmental Consulting
Industrial
Recycling
$11M16 Jun 2015 France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Power Grid
Renewable Energy
$2M05 Jan 2015 France, Centre-Loire Valley, France

Power Grid
Renewable Energy
01 Jun 2014 France, Centre-Loire Valley

APR2

Environmental Consulting
Industrial
Recycling
$6M01 Jun 2013 France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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