Innovacom

Innovacom
Industry Venture Capital
Founded 1988
Headquarters Paris, France
Marseille, France
San Francisco, United States
Key people
 Jérôme Faul
Total assets $ 200 million
Number of employees
 6
Website www.innovacom.com

Founded in 1988,[1] Innovacom is a venture capital firm with offices in Paris,[2] Stockholm and San Francisco. The firm has about $330 million under active management. In 2015, Innovacom manages 1 seed[3] and 2 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.

Examples of companies currently supported by Innovacom

  • Aryballe: artificial nose
  • CAILabs: optical switches
  • Cozy Cloud: personal cloud
  • Exagan: GaN over Si components[5]
  • Feeligreen: health devices[6]
  • Intersec: big data for mobile operators[7]
  • I-ten: microbatteries
  • MicroEJ: Java for embedded applications
  • Matrixx: real time billing for mobile operators
  • Robart: location components for robots

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[8]
  • Gemplus: now Gemalto - acquired by Thales Group
  • 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[9]
  • Netezza: data management - acquired by IBM
  • 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[10]

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. ↑ "Exagan raises €5.7m to produce GaN-on-Si power-switching devices on 200mm wafers". www.semiconductor-today.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  6. ↑ "Grasse: Feeligreen raises €1M and wins a TOP TIC award". Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  7. ↑ Europe, Highland Capital Partners. "Intersec Announces $20 Million Funding led by Highland Capital Partners Europe". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  8. ↑ "Vivendi buys 65 percent of Digitick for EUR 29 million". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  9. ↑ "Ubisoft acquires Owlient". Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  10. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid. "Ooyala Buys Euro Video Ad Startup Videoplaza In Its First Acquisition". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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