About Aurinvest
Aurinvest is a venture capital firm founded in 2001. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Nov 2021, Aurinvest has invested in 31 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of PathoQuest Overall, Aurinvest portfolio has seen 4 IPOs and 16 acquisitions including key companies like Iron Mountain, PathoQuest and Invibes. A lot of funds co-invest with Aurinvest, with names like XAnge sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Aurinvest has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Aurinvest's List of Top Investments
Aurinvest has a portfolio of 31 companies. Their most notable investments are in Smallable and BizMeeting.Their portfolio spans across France and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Aurinvest:Provider of data centers, records management, and digital business solutions. The organization delivers services including asset lifecycle management, shredding, and information governance. It offers solutions across various industries, such as financial services, healthcare, and public sector. The business supports digital transformation, data security, and sustainability initiatives for its clientele.
Key facts about Iron Mountain
- Founded Year: 1951
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 24,771 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Samara Capital, Solstice Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 14, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Famoco
Famoco provides NFC-enabled & hardware-based POS terminals for businesses & merchants. It enables merchants to accept contact & contactless payments via credit/debit cards. It also facilitates QR-based payments. Its features are fleet management, custom branding, multi-factor user authentication, and more. It also provides solutions for public transport, customer identification, and humanitarian initiatives.
Key facts about Famoco
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $17.4M
- Employee Count: 97 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Demtech, BNP Paribas and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Feb 03, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. PathoQuest
Provider of next-generation sequencing for microbiology testing The company has technology that combines sample preparation technology and cloud-based bioinformatics with pathogen genome sequence database and automated analysis. It helps in quality control testing of biologicals and diagnosis of infections.
Key facts about PathoQuest
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $9.99M
- Employee Count: 59 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Kurma Partners, Verve Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 09, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Invibes
Invibes provides a proprietary technology that offers in-feed advertising which matches the format of ad unit to the publisher content. The technology takes the user off site to the brand page while video or richmedia ad unit is played in-feed while keeping user on the site and optimized to display on premium media outlets.
Key facts about Invibes
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Paris (France)
- Annual Revenue: €1M - €10M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 124 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Kima Ventures, Virtual Network and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jan 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Novacyt
A molecular diagnostics company specializing in genomic medicine solutions. It develops, manufactures, and commercializes molecular assays, instrumentation, and services for sectors like human health, animal health, and environmental applications.
Key facts about Novacyt
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Velizy Villacoublay (France)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 58 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Kreos Capital, Eiffel Investment Group and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, May 30, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Aurinvest's Investments by Stage
Aurinvest has made 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.12M, 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.17M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $5.32M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 8 |
Series A | 5 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Aurinvest's Investments by Sector
Aurinvest has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer, High Tech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 24 Tech companies, 22 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 12 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Retail | 4 |
Consumer | 3 |
High Tech | 3 |
Life Sciences | 3 |
Others | 10 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Aurinvest's Investments by Geography
Aurinvest has made most investments in France (13), followed by United States where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 13 |
United States | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Aurinvest's recent investments
Aurinvest has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Aurinvest:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 09, 2021 | France | Series B | 6326 | [+5] | |
Feb 20, 2017 | France | Series B | 7687 | [+4] | |
Oct 24, 2016 | France | Series A | 2453 | [+1] | |
Aug 30, 2016 | United States | Seed | 6795 | ||
Jun 22, 2016 | France | Seed | 2380 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Aurinvest's Portfolio
4 of Aurinvest's portfolio companies have become public. Invibes got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext), in Jul 2016 at marketcap of $11.5M and Pharnext got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext) at marketcap of $111M.Here are Aurinvest's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 25, 2016 | - | - | 1828 | |
Jul 18, 2016 | Jun 10, 2010 | Series A | 9714 | |
Oct 12, 2012 | - | - | 5558 | |
Jul 01, 1997 | - | - | 9569 |
Acquired companies in Aurinvest's Portfolio
16 companies from Aurinvest's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was PathoQuest in Jan 2026 by Charles River Laboratories for $*****.Here are Aurinvest's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 13, 2026 | Jul 11, 2013 | Series B | 3040 | |
Nov 18, 2024 | Jan 24, 2007 | Series A | 3359 | |
Aug 01, 2023 | Feb 23, 2015 | Seed | 6404 | |
Feb 14, 2023 | - | - | 2061 | |
Dec 09, 2019 | - | - | 6881 |
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Team profile of Aurinvest
Aurinvest has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in France. Aurinvest's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Aurinvest
Over the past 20 years, 41 investors have co-invested in Aurinvest's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Aurinvest: Alven has invested before Aurinvest.
- Top Co-investors of Aurinvest: 15 investors entered a company along with Aurinvest. These include investors like XAnge (2 companies).
- Invested after Aurinvest: A total of 25 investors have invested in Aurinvest's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Idinvest Partners (2 companies), European Investment Bank (1 company) and SNCF (1 company).
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Azalead raises €2 Million & becomes Criteo's B2B-retargeting counterpartRude Baguette•Mar 18, 2015•Azalead, Aurinvest
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