ThePartechphilosophy
Partech’s strength is its broad expertise. It's a collective of pioneering minds and experts, working in autonomous teams to deliver the best possible support for founders. We offer a range of funds from seed to venture to growth, aimed at those with bold ideas and the desire to be supported and challenged in equal measure.
Strategies
The Partech Funds
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Seed
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Venture
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Africa
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Growth
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Impact
Seed
Spotting, backing, and working with exceptional founders from the very beginning of their journey is the shared passion and sole focus of the Partech Seed team, since 2013. They extensively support their portfolio companies to bring them from 0 to 1 and beyond.
CRITERIA
The Seed team backs entrepreneurial talent, chasing the next disruptors in Europe and around the globe. They are not limited by industries, markets or models, but instead focus on identifying future leaders at the start of their journey. This requires a broad scope, and a genuine open-mindedness towards what the most talented founders come up with.
GOOD TO KNOW
- Initial checks from €300k to €3m, as a lead or syndicate investor
- Investing as early as day 1, in Europe & around the globe
- A dedicated & passionate team with strong, stage-specific expertise
- Committed support to founders, to build strong foundations for business growth
- 100 Entrepreneur investors in the fund (of which 35 were backed by Partech)
Venture
The Venture team backs European companies at Series A and Series B, with proven mission-critical software to power the digital transformation of Enterprises and SMBs. Thanks to their operational and entrepreneurial roots, they provide hands-on support from product and engineering to sales and marketing. Several partners on the team have been founders, and have long honed deep functional expertise. Similarly, their industry experience directly informs their investment focus areas.
CRITERIA
They invest in high-growth, emerging category leaders with innovative business models, strong unit economics, achievable profitability ambitions, and revenue from about €1m to €10m ARR. They’re primarily focused on B2B companies and the major pillars of digital transformation: Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Fintech & Insurtech, Healthcare, and B2B platforms.
GOOD TO KNOW
- Initial checks between €5 to 12m in Series A and Series B rounds as lead or co-investor
- Decidedly international team hailing from France, Germany, India, Italy, US
- Long-established presence in and intimate knowledge of the intricacies of the US, which they leverage to significantly accelerate the successful expansion of their portfolio companies
- Strong track record of exits, and hands-on support for companies, to scale past €50m in revenue
- Unfettered access to deep networks of corporate partners, and proven ability to position companies as attractive acquisition targets for corporates or private equity funds
Africa
Backing champions of African tech since 2017, the Africa team seeks the next generation of category leaders across the continent. Investing from seed to growth, the team is based on the ground, and leverages their operational expertise and Partech’s global networks to support founders on their journey to scale.
CRITERIA
The team partners with entrepreneurs who combine technology and operational excellence to address large opportunities across the continent. From seed to series C, the fund invests in tech-enabled businesses across sectors.
GOOD TO KNOW
- Initial checks from €1 to €15m, seed to series C
- Lead or co-lead investor, partnering with the best regional and global players
- Pan African team bringing financial, strategic and operational support to African founders
- Every year, the team publishes a report on the Africa tech ecosystem
Growth
Since 2015 the Growth team has invested in European scale-ups, working with founders to help build lasting, category-defining companies, from €10 to €100m+ run rate revenue. With their capital and expertise, they seek first and foremost to accelerate organic growth, but also fund acquisitions and simplify cap tables. They are thrilled to become a long-term partner to founders and management teams, and approach each investment in a tailor-made way.
CRITERIA
Investments go to highly-driven bootstrapped or VC-backed scale-ups on the path to profitability. The team keeps a concentrated portfolio, focusing their expertise across operations, PE, M&A and consulting, on businesses with industry-leading potential. They are most often mainly minority shareholders, but also majority shareholders when in close partnership with founders.
GOOD TO KNOW
- Initial checks from €25 to €70m (and up to €100m with Partech LPs), as a lead or co-lead investor
- A seasoned team combining sector expertise with a data-driven approach to value creation
- Tactical, hands-on support in M&A strategy, execution and access to further capital
- Go-to-market guidance specifically around international expansion
Impact
Partech’s newest fund, set up to actively scale European impact-native technology leaders trying to solve environmental and social challenges. Leveraging the team’s extensive operational experience, they offer support to their founders and management teams on strategy, go-to-market, M&A, scaling operating systems, organizational design and recruitment.
CRITERIA
The team works with companies with a proven business model and on their path to profitability, not only willing to accelerate growth to a global scale, but whose business model has an ongoing positive impact on the industrial, agricultural, environmental, economic empowerment or health value chains.
GOOD TO KNOW
- Initial checks from €15 to €40m as a lead or co-lead investor
- Thematic focused investors with deep knowledge of impact value chains
- A team with an active investor mindset to rapidly scale companies
- Reference player in impact methodology and measurement. (Article 9 Fund under SFDR)
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