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]
  • CAILabs: optical switches [6]
  • Cozy Cloud: personal cloud
  • Exagan: GaN over Si components[7]
  • Feeligreen: health devices[8]
  • Intersec: big data for mobile operators[9]
  • 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 [10]

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[11]
  • 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. "Exagan raises €5.7m to produce GaN-on-Si power-switching devices on 200mm wafers". www.semiconductor-today.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  8. "Grasse: Feeligreen raises €1M and wins a TOP TIC award". Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  9. Europe, Highland Capital Partners. "Intersec Announces $20 Million Funding led by Highland Capital Partners Europe". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  10. "Investors back Scintil Photonics for laser-PIC integration".
  11. "Vivendi buys 65 percent of Digitick for EUR 29 million". www.telecompaper.com.
  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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