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| Industry | Venture capital |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Number of locations | 7 (Paris, San Francisco, Berlin, Munich, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Dubai) |
| Total assets | €900 million+ |
| Website | www |
Iris Capital is a venture capital firm, specialized in the digital economy, primarily active in Europe. Since its creation, the Iris Capital team has invested more than a billion Euros in over 230 innovative companies. [1] Iris Capital is sponsored by Orange and Publicis since 2012. [2]
Created in 1986, within the Caisse des Dépôts, the team was spun off in 2003 and became Iris Capital. [3] Investing internationally since 1991, Iris Capital has always held a sector-specific strategy covering media, telecommunications, information technology and Internet services, which have converged into today's digital economy. [4]
In 2012, Iris Capital entered into a partnership with Orange and Publicis who chose it as manager of their joint multi-corporate venture fund initiative dedicated to the digital economy. [5] In 2017, the multi-corporate venture fund extended its model and welcomed new partners, BRED/Banque Populaire and Valeo, [6] joined in 2019 by Bridgestone. [7]
Iris Capital has invested in over 20 countries (of which 18 in Europe) and is mainly active in continental Europe, with a core activity in France, Germany, Benelux and Switzerland. Iris Capital acts as lead investor or in some circumstances as value-added co-investor. [8] Moreover, Iris Capital in the Middle East is the fund manager of STC Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Saudi Arabian telecom operator, STC. [9] Iris Capital is based in Paris and has offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Munich, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Dubai. [10]
Among Iris Capital's recent portfolio companies are the following:
Past portfolio companies Iris Capital has backed[ citation needed ]: