About A Plus Finance
A Plus Finance is a venture capital firm founded in 1998. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Jul 2021, A Plus Finance has invested in 51 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Gaïago Overall, A Plus Finance portfolio has seen 7 IPOs and 13 acquisitions including key companies like ATEME, Cheerz and Spartoo. A lot of funds co-invest with A Plus Finance, with names like Bpifrance sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. A Plus Finance has team of 20 people including 8 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 5 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
A Plus Finance's List of Top Investments
A Plus Finance has a portfolio of 51 companies. Their most notable investments are in Running Heroes and Oxatis.Their portfolio spans across France, United States and Argentina. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 22 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 5 more. Here is the list of top investments by A Plus Finance:1. ATEME
Provider of video compression solutions for live content delivery and VOD platforms. It offers encoding, transcoding, stream processing, packaging solutions, acquisition, playout, VOD solutions, integrated receiver decoders, network management, and more. It also provides solutions for satellite, IP, and ASI networks and converged solutions, as well as offers professional services, such as system design, system engineering, training, and hotline support. Offers HEVC, H264, and MPEG2 video compression solutions that are used in ultra-high definition TV, 3D, Web, and mobile streaming applications.
Key facts about ATEME
- Founded Year: 1991
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $13.8M
- Employee Count: 554 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Herald Investment Management, Siparex and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: PE, Jun 18, 2010, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Cheerz
Cheerz is an online platform to create the personalized photo-based products. It offers products such as photo books, photo calendars, photo wall decor, photo prints, photo scrapbook, photo albums, photo magnets, photo boxes, and photo gifts. Allows users to upload the photos from the devices and create the personalized photo products. It provides an online store to get the photo products delivered to the doorstep. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Cheerz
3. Spartoo
Retailer of footwear clothing bags and beauty products for consumers. This business sells a variety of shoes including sneakers boots sandals and formal footwear for men women and children. The inventory includes apparel such as dresses shirts pants and jackets alongside accessories like handbags and luggage. Additionally the product selection features beauty items including fragrances and skincare products. Customers purchase these goods through an online storefront that organizes items by category brand and style. The business manages logistics for the distribution of these fashion and personal care items to buyers.
Key facts about Spartoo
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Grenoble (France)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $58.7M
- Employee Count: 257 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: TempoCap, Endeavour Vision and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 23, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Crossject
CROSSJECT developed a needle-free injection platform called Zeneo, which is designed to improve patient’s safety, claimed to provide comfort and to enable a better observance of treatments. The product is a pre-fillable, needle-free injection system that is claimed to deliver drugs intradermally, subcutaneously, and intramuscularly, the company is developing a portfolio of products combining well-known drugs with an innovative injection mode, particularly adapted to emergency situations and most chronic treatments, with a device adaptable to many specific situations.
Key facts about Crossject
- Founded Year: 2001
- Location: Dijon (France)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $40.3M
- Employee Count: 96 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Rothschild & Co, Sofimac Investment Managers and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Aug 01, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Intrasense
Intrasense designs, develops and markets Myrian, a software suite for the advanced visualization and post-processing of multimodal medical images like MRI, CT scans, PET, X-rays, etc. It is a new-generation workstation for the interpretation of results and the advanced 3D/4D post processing. It can be adapted to every modality, every organ, and every pathology. It is multi-purpose and can be used on a workstation PC or an application server. It is also a complete teleradiology station or a specialized station for research work.
Key facts about Intrasense
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Montpellier (France)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $5.6M
- Employee Count: 75 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Societe Generale, A Plus Finance and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 01, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
A Plus Finance's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
A Plus Finance has invested in 54 companies over the last 19 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Gaïago and most recent follow-on round was in Oxatis.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
A Plus Finance's Investments by Stage
A Plus Finance has made 21 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.38M, 10 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $10.1M and 7 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.03M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 21 |
Series B | 10 |
Seed | 7 |
PE | 5 |
Conventional Debt | 2 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
A Plus Finance's Investments by Sector
A Plus Finance has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Life Sciences, Retail and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 39 Tech companies, 34 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 25 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 18 |
Consumer | 9 |
Life Sciences | 6 |
Retail | 6 |
Media & Entertainment | 5 |
Others | 33 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
A Plus Finance's Investments by Geography
A Plus Finance has made most investments in France (40), followed by United States where it has made 6 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 40 |
United States | 6 |
Argentina | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
A Plus Finance's recent investments
A Plus Finance has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by A Plus Finance:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 05, 2021 | France | Series B | 4545 | [+3] | |
May 28, 2020 | France | Series B | 9945 | [+2] | |
Jan 15, 2019 | France | Series A | 7663 | [+3] | |
Oct 25, 2018 | France | Series A | 9241 | ||
Jan 2018 | France | PE | 3013 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in A Plus Finance's Portfolio
7 of A Plus Finance's portfolio companies have become public. Spartoo got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext), in Jul 2021 at marketcap of $140M and ATEME got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext) at marketcap of undefined.Here are A Plus Finance's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 07, 2021 | Jan 12, 2010 | Series B | 8179 | |
Jul 10, 2014 | Jun 18, 2010 | PE | 2829 | |
Feb 20, 2014 | Jul 09, 2013 | Series A | 6978 | |
Apr 29, 2013 | Apr 09, 2009 | Series B | 8516 | |
Feb 22, 2012 | Sep 30, 2008 | Series A | 6725 |
Acquired companies in A Plus Finance's Portfolio
13 companies from A Plus Finance's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Oxatis in Jun 2022 by LUNDI MATIN for $*****.Here are A Plus Finance's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 01, 2022 | Jun 18, 2008 | Series A | 3521 | |
Feb 08, 2022 | Feb 25, 2013 | Series A | 6163 | |
Dec 13, 2019 | Apr 2007 | Series B | 1176 | |
Nov 25, 2019 | Aug 31, 2015 | Conventional Debt | 6662 | |
Aug 28, 2019 | Mar 12, 2012 | Seed | 1373 |
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Team profile of A Plus Finance
A Plus Finance has a team of 20 members including 8 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 5 Principals located in France. A Plus Finance's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in A Plus Finance:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Marseille | - | - | |
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Marseille | - | - | |
Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Bordeaux | - | - | |
Principal | Paris | - | - | |
Principal | Paris | - | - |
Co-investors of A Plus Finance
Over the past 19 years, 100 investors have co-invested in A Plus Finance's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before A Plus Finance: Naxicap, Ventech and 29 others have invested in rounds before A Plus Finance. There is 1 company where Naxicap has invested before A Plus Finance and 1 company where Ventech has invested before A Plus Finance.
- Top Co-investors of A Plus Finance: 43 investors entered a company along with A Plus Finance. These include investors like Bpifrance (4 companies).
- Invested after A Plus Finance: A total of 26 investors have invested in A Plus Finance's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Omnes Capital (2 companies), Bpifrance (2 companies) and Idinvest Partners (2 companies).
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Holimetrix Closes €3.5 Funding RoundFinSMEs•Jul 23, 2015•Holimetrix, Iris Capital, A Plus Finance, Siparex and 1 other
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Fresh Funding helps Oxatis with growth strategyEcommerce News•Mar 18, 2014•Oxatis, A Plus Finance, Omnes Capital
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SpineGuard Nabs $6.2M - PE HubPE Hub•Sep 27, 2011•SpineGuard, A Plus Finance, Delta Partners, Omnes Capital and 1 other
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SpineGuard secures $6.2 million to further extend its PediGuard® franchise | Business WireBusiness Wire•Sep 27, 2011•SpineGuard, A Plus Finance, Delta Partners, Omnes Capital and 1 other
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ividence Raises $4.2 Million from A Plus Finance | Business WireBusiness Wire•Mar 31, 2011•Ividence, A Plus Finance
