About Otium Capital
Otium Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Jul 2026, Otium Capital has invested in 129 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 D round of e-peas Overall, Otium Capital portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 5 IPOs and 18 acquisitions including key companies like The Fork, Adore Me and Owkin. A lot of funds co-invest with Otium Capital, with names like Kima Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Otium Capital has team of 11 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Otium Capital's List of Top Investments
Otium Capital has a portfolio of 129 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in LaFourchette and TEKYN.Their portfolio spans across France, United States, Spain and 9 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 32 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Otium Capital:1. The Fork
Online restaurant booking platform. The platform allows customers to book tables at nearby restaurants.
Key facts about The Fork
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Paris (France)
- Annual Revenue: €50M - €100M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $14.3M
- Employee Count: 501 - 1,000 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Serena, Wellington Partners Venture Capital and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 02, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Adore Me
AdoreMe is a vertically integrated women's intimates brand that offers designer crafted, perfectly fitting women's intimates at significantly cheaper price points. Operates on a rapid manufacture-to-retail cycle in which the brand introduces a new 30-40 piece collection every month. Shipped its 100,000th order in 2012.
Key facts about Adore Me
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $11.5M
- Employee Count: 373 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Blisce, #adm ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 22, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Owkin
AI generative biology company to create the new standard of biology reasoning. The company is creating the only large-scale reasoning model trained natively on patient-level multimodal data and reinforced through real biological feedback — a closed-loop system that continuously improves itself. It is building the operating system for biology a platform in general-purpose biology intelligence.
Key facts about Owkin
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Paris (France)
- Annual Revenue: €10M - €50M as on Dec 31, 2020
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $321M
- Employee Count: 421 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sanofi, Mubadala and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 01, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Amenitiz
Provider of an all-in-one management platform for independent hospitality businesses. This solution integrates property management software, a booking engine, and a channel manager to streamline daily operations. The platform enables users to synchronize availability and rates across multiple online travel agencies while managing reservations, payments, and guest communications from a centralized dashboard. Additionally, the system includes tools for website building, dynamic pricing, and performance-based marketing to help properties increase direct bookings and optimize revenue.
Key facts about Amenitiz
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Barcelona (Spain)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $83.2M
- Employee Count: 199 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Columbia Lake Partners, Otium Capital and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 11, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Smartbox
Smartbox is a gift experience portal operating in over 10 countries. They claim to have a selection of more than 10k outdoor activities including fine restaurants, spas, hotels, adventure, aerobatic flights, etc. Smartbox group sold over 5M experiences gifts in 2014 and achieved a turnover of 400M euros.
Key facts about Smartbox
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Courbevoie (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 798 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Otium Capital, UBS and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Dec 14, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Otium Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Otium Capital has invested in 131 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in e-peas and most recent follow-on round was in e-peas.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2023 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
2022 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
2021 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Otium Capital's Investments by Stage
Otium Capital has made 25 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.99M, 24 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.77M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $19M and 1 investment in Series D stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 25 |
Series A | 24 |
Series C | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Otium Capital's Investments by Sector
Otium Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 83 Tech companies, 52 Consumer (B2C) companies, 47 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 34 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 15 |
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
Retail | 9 |
High Tech | 8 |
FinTech | 7 |
Others | 63 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Otium Capital's Investments by Geography
Otium Capital has made most investments in France (40), followed by Spain where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 40 |
Spain | 4 |
Belgium | 2 |
Germany | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Otium Capital's recent investments
Otium Capital has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - e-peas and VSORA.Here are the most recent investments by Otium Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 09, 2026 | Belgium | Series D | 9539 | ||
Jul 03, 2026 | France | Series C | 8446 | [+9] | |
Nov 11, 2025 | Spain | Series B | 6266 | [+6] | |
Jul 02, 2025 | Japan | Seed | 8137 | - | |
Apr 29, 2025 | France | Series C | 8975 | [+2] |
Unicorns in Otium Capital's Portfolio
Otium Capital has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - PayFit and Owkin. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is PayFit. It became a unicorn in 2022, 5 years after Otium Capital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Otium Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 | Cloud-based payroll management solution | 2016 | Paris | Series E | itjd{hy | ||
71 | AI generative biology company to create the new standard of biology reasoning | 2016 | Paris | Series B | azbbhnb |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Otium Capital's Portfolio
5 of Otium Capital's portfolio companies have become public. LightOn got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext), in Nov 2024 at marketcap of $65.2M and Nyxoah got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext) at marketcap of $432M.Here are Otium Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 26, 2024 | - | - | 2231 | |
Sep 18, 2020 | - | - | 8024 | |
Jul 28, 2009 | - | - | 8853 | |
Jul 04, 2008 | - | - | 4481 | |
- | Jan 31, 2023 | Series D | 4174 |
Acquired companies in Otium Capital's Portfolio
18 companies from Otium Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Doctrine in Jun 2026 by RELX for $*****.Here are Otium Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 29, 2018 | Series A | 7416 | |
Jun 25, 2026 | - | - | 6370 | |
Apr 19, 2026 | - | - | 4609 | |
Aug 15, 2025 | Mar 23, 2018 | Series A | 9023 | |
Jul 28, 2023 | - | - | 5983 |
Team profile of Otium Capital
Otium Capital has a team of 11 members including 5 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 Principal located in France, China and 1 more location. Otium Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Otium Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Hong Kong | - | - | |
Partner | New York | - | - | |
Partner | Paris | - |
Co-investors of Otium Capital
Over the past 15 years, 222 investors have co-invested in Otium Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Otium Capital: Europa, Kima Ventures and 56 others have invested in rounds before Otium Capital. There are 4 companies where Europa has invested before Otium Capital and 2 companies where Kima Ventures has invested before Otium Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Otium Capital: 67 investors entered a company along with Otium Capital. These include investors like Kima Ventures (4 companies).
- Invested after Otium Capital: A total of 97 investors have invested in Otium Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bpifrance (3 companies), Frst Capital (3 companies) and FJ Labs (3 companies).
Recent News related to Otium Capital
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ANATAE raises 1.5 million euros for its experience gift marketplace "anatae"Startup Log•Jul 02, 2025•Anatae, Otium Capital
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VSORA raises $46M to bring powerful AI inference chip to marketEvertiq•May 05, 2025•VSORA, Otium Capital, Omnes Capital, Adelie and 1 other
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French AI processor developer VSORA receives €40 million for production
IQE•Apr 30, 2025•VSORA, Otium Capital, Omnes Capital, Adelie and 1 other
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Comet raises €10 million and appoints Laurent Potel as CEOFrenchWeb•Mar 05, 2025•Comet, Daphni, Otium Capital, Founders Future
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Tuio closes a 15 million round with the addition of BlackRock and MassMutual as investorscronicadecantabria.com•Sep 19, 2024•Tuio, BlackRock, MassMutual, MassMutual Ventures and 8 others
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Otium Capital wants to make Comet software a leader in business softwareLes Echos•Apr 11, 2024•Otium Capital, Met One
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Aria Raises €15M in FundingFinSMEs•Dec 12, 2023•Aria, 13books Capital, Adevinta, Ankaa Ventures and 1 other
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Angevin start-up Néolithe raises €60 millionOuest-France•Dec 06, 2023•Neolithe, Otium Capital, Credit Mutuel Impact
