Innovacom

Founded in 1988,[1] Innovacom is a venture capital firm with offices in Paris[2] and Marseille. The firm has about $200 million under active management. In 2019, Innovacom manages 2 seed[3] and 1 venture funds, allowing the firm to make 4 investments a year in companies with breakthrough digital technology. Innovacom specializes in corporate venture[4] in the field of information technology.

Innovacom
IndustryVenture Capital
Founded1988
HeadquartersParis, France
Marseille, France
San Francisco, United States
Key people
Jérôme Faul
Total assets$ 200 million
Number of employees
6
Websitewww.innovacom.com

Examples of companies currently supported by Innovacom
  • Aryballe: artificial nose[5]
  • Avicenna: AI for emergency dispatch
  • CAILabs: optical switches [6]
  • Cozy Cloud: personal cloud
  • Exotrail: nanosatellite propulsion
  • Feeligreen: health devices[7]
  • Intersec: big data for mobile operators[8]
  • I-ten: microbatteries
  • MicroEJ: software platform provider for small electronic devices, sensors and embedded software markets
  • Matrixx Software: real time billing for mobile operators
  • Robart: location components for robots
  • Scintil Photonics: photonics over silicon [9]
  • Wingly: digital platform for general aviation services

Examples of companies formerly supported by Innovacom
  • 21Net: internet services for high speed trains - acquired by Alstom
  • Business Objects: pioneer in business intelligence - listed (NASDAQ: BOBJ)
  • Digitick: leader in paperless ticketing in France - acquired by Vivendi[10]
  • Exagan: GaN over Si components[11] - acquired by STMicroelectronics
  • Gemplus: now Gemalto - acquired by Thales Group
  • G2mobility: charging stations for electrical vehicles- acquired by Total S.A.[12]
  • Heptagon: components for smartphones - acquired by AMS
  • Jabber: instant messaging - acquired by Cisco
  • Kelkoo: pioneer in online shopping - acquired by Yahoo!
  • Owlient: social gaming - acquired by Ubisoft[13]
  • Olea Medical: image processing for medical applications - acquired by Toshiba
  • Qobuz: first lossless online musique service
  • Streamezzo: pioneer in rich media services - acquired by Amdocs
  • Videoplaza: leader in online video commercials - acquired by Telstra[14]

References
  1. "CrunchBase".
  2. "INNOVACOM GESTION (PARIS 8) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 430087429". www.societe.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  3. "Innovacom seed fund Technocom 2 closes on €30m". Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  4. "Innovacom sets up academic seed fund · Articles · Global University Venturing". www.globaluniversityventuring.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  5. "Leader in Digital Olfaction Aryballe Secures €6.2 Million in Funding". Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  6. "French photonics startup Cailabs raises $8.8 million".
  7. "Grasse: Feeligreen raises €1M and wins a TOP TIC award". Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  8. Europe, Highland Capital Partners. "Intersec Announces $20 Million Funding led by Highland Capital Partners Europe". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  9. "Investors back Scintil Photonics for laser-PIC integration".
  10. "Vivendi buys 65 percent of Digitick for EUR 29 million". www.telecompaper.com.
  11. "Exagan raises €5.7m to produce GaN-on-Si power-switching devices on 200mm wafers". www.semiconductor-today.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  12. "French electric vehicle charging startup G2mobility acquired by Total". inventures.eu.
  13. "Ubisoft acquires Owlient".
  14. Lunden, Ingrid. "Ooyala Buys Euro Video Ad Startup Videoplaza In Its First Acquisition". TechCrunch.
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