san francisco united states paris france berlin germany key people philippe collombel jean marc patouillaud nicolas el baze romain lavault omri benayoun bruno cr mel mark menell olivier schuepbach reza malekzadeh entrepreneur total assets 850 million number of employees 25 50 website www.partechventures.com partech ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in information and communication technologies and operating in europe in paris and berlin as well as in the us in san francisco . partech ventures currently manages 850 million across three separate funds each dedicated to different stages of investment seed start up and growth . in 2014 the preqin rankings rated it as one of the top ten venture capital firms in the world and the best in europe the only european firm in the top thirty ; according to d cideurs it was also the best capital venture firm in france in 2015 . it recently launched its partech shaker campus in 2014 to much acclaim along with growth capital fund partech growth in january 2015 1 and the partech entrepreneurs ii fund in march 2015 . 2 contents 1 history 2 portfolio 3 active funds 4 partech shaker 5 examples of companies currently supported by partech ventures 6 examples of companies formerly supported by partech ventures 7 references 8 external links history edit partech ventures was originally called paribas technologies and was a subsidiary of the paribas bank . partech international was co founded in 1982 by tom mckinley and vincent worms . the firm moved to california in 1985 . in 2007 it was taken over by jean marc patouillaud 3 and philippe collombel 4 who joined partech in 1996 and 2001 respectively . they still head up this company in their role as managing partners . 2012 saw partech ventures move to berlin . 5 portfolio edit with its different funds partech ventures participated in the development and success of many startups and digital companies french and international including business object sold back to sap in 2008 dailymotion sold back to orange in 2013 and la fourchette sold back to tripadvisor in 2014 or sigfox more recently . 6 active funds edit partech ventures operates right across the financing chain for start ups . seed capital partech entrepreneur i which exited in october 2013 for a total of 30 million has invested in several start ups such as pricematch and evergig . with half of its capital subscribed by bpifrance as well as econocom and bnp paribas the fund is managed by romain lavault with the aim of financing 30 projects . 7 in 18 months partech entrepreneur i has made it possible to invest in thirty emerging companies 19 in france 8 in the us and 3 in germany . one quarter of these companies racked up in excess of a million euros in turnover . 8 partech entrepreneur ii is a second seed capital fund launched in january 2015 with the aim of investing in technology projects . it exited with a capital of 60 million making it europe s largest seed capital fund to date in the digital sector . 9 its aim is to finance 70 start ups with a starting investment of between 300 000 and 1 million . 10 its investments are expected to be scheduled at a rate of three per month one in france one in germany and the rest of europe and the third in silicon valley . 11 the fund is supported by bpifrance carrefour econocom edenred groupama ingenico group neopost fdj bp paribas and renault nissan . funds have also been contributed by entrepreneurs and mentors based in france and on the other side of the atlantic . 12 venture capital partech international vi exited in december 2011 for a total of 100 million 13 an amount that rose to 130 million in october 2013 on the back of several significant investments by the likes of lafourchette sigfox and in september 2015 compte nickel . 14 jean marc patouillaud and philippe collombel head up this fund which is expected to negotiate between 20 and 25 transactions over a four year period . 15 growth capital partech growth which first exited in january 2015 for a total of 200 million . this fund which is expected to negotiate one to two investments per year with starting investments of between 10 million and 45 million has been entrusted to bruno cr mel omri benayoun and mark menell . it comprises major industrial groups such as renault carrefour and cnp assurances . 16 several institutional investors who have supported the fund for several years now have subscribed including bpifrance cnp assurance and ag2r la mondiale as well as big groups like carrefour ingenico groupama and renault . 17 the fund has also invested in made.com 18 and freedom pop . 19 partech shaker edit in december 2014 partech ventures unveiled partech shaker a campus dedicated to open innovation i.e. the exchanging of experiences and cooperation between start ups and major groups . 20 it is the first time that a venture capital fund has created its own start ups campus . 21 the shaker s premises located at 33 rue du mail in paris are home to around thirty partech ventures start ups currently kartable and influans along with major companies currently france t l visions lagard re saint gobain etc. . 22 among the most promising start ups hosted by partech shaker are the french arms of kantox and sigfox . the premises are also open to foreign start ups keen to gain a foothold in paris in 2015 partech shaker welcomed hotel tonight pinterest and dropbox . 23 examples of companies currently supported by partech ventures edit brandforfriends private sales website operating in japan thefork restaurant booking service online leader in france and spain rockyou world leader in developing apps for social networking scoop.it information tool curation online sensee french leader in online eyeglasses sale sigfox first network operator data machine to machine m2m and internet of things iot ventealapropri t shopping club for lovers of wine based in france examples of companies formerly supported by partech ventures edit ascend communications nasdaq asnd business objects nasdaq bobj brands4friends acquired by ebay cadence design systems nasdaq cdns dailymotion the world s largest independent site for sharing video on the internet digital island nasdaq isld digitick leader of the paperless ticket in france qype first european website sharing interests vignette nasdaq vign management solutions content on the internet and e business applications references edit http techcrunch.com 2015 01 26 partechs new 240 million growth fund will close frances funding gap . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2015 04 01 partech doubles down on seed with new 65 million seed fund . missing or empty title help http www.novasparks.com aboutus managementteam.html . missing or empty title help http www.vbprofiles.com people philippe collombel 54fc7131ae2912dc54001bf3 . missing or empty title help http venturevillage.eu partech internatonal berlin news . missing or empty title help http www.maddyness.com finance 2013 10 08 partech ventures 160 millions euros . missing or empty title help https www.econocom.com en news press releases econocom joins business angel venture partech entrepreneur . missing or empty title help http www.rudebaguette.com 2015 04 01 partech ventures announces biggest european seed fund ever . missing or empty title help http www.rudebaguette.com 2015 04 01 partech ventures announces biggest european seed fund ever . missing or empty title help http www.rudebaguette.com 2015 04 01 partech ventures announces biggest european seed fund ever . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2015 04 01 partech doubles down on seed with new 65 million seed fund . missing or empty title help http www.rudebaguette.com 2015 04 01 partech ventures announces biggest european seed fund ever . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2011 12 20 partech get to the e100m first close of its new venture fund . missing or empty title help http www.closingcircle.com e10m financing round for compte nickel a french bank less account service led by partech ventures . missing or empty title help http www.eu startups.com 2011 12 e100m partech announces new venture fund . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2015 01 26 partechs new 240 million growth fund will close frances funding gap . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2015 01 26 partechs new 240 million growth fund will close frances funding gap . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2015 07 19 made com raises 60m to accelerate european expansion led by partech and fidelity . missing or empty title help http techcrunch.com 2015 06 17 freedompop 30m . missing or empty title help http www.atelier.net en trends articles partech shaker new innovation stimulation campus 433007 . missing or empty title help http www.fiercewireless.com europe story alcatel lucent seeks innovation boost through partech ventures research cam 2015 03 13 . missing or empty title help http www.atelier.net en trends articles partech shaker 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