About TechFund
TechFund is a venture capital firm founded in 1990. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Mar 2016, TechFund has invested in 20 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 HealthTech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Expway Overall, TechFund portfolio has seen 14 acquisitions including key companies like Solairedirect, Novaled and BMEYE. A lot of funds co-invest with TechFund, with names like 123 Investment Managers sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. TechFund has team of 4 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
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Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 2 more
TechFund's List of Top Investments
TechFund has a portfolio of 20 companies. Their most notable investments are in Miyowa and Enginion.Their portfolio spans across France, United States, Germany and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, Life Sciences and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by TechFund:1. 6WIND
6WIND is an embedded software company supplying packet processing frameworks for networking and telecom platforms enabling them to transition to NFV/SDN based networks. Their customers are equipment suppliers worldwide like Ericsson, Hitachi, LG-Nortel, and Nokia-Siemens.
Key facts about 6WIND
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Montigny (France)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $6.31M
- Employee Count: 90 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Cisco Investments, Sofinnova Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 06, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Solairedirect owns and operates solar farms as well as undertakes solar EPC contracts. The company has presence in France, India, America, Latin America among other countries. Solairedirect also has a Investment management division which manages the percent stakes in their developed solar assets.
Key facts about Solairedirect
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $341M
- Employee Count: 57 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: BlackRock, IDFC First Bank and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Feb 22, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Novaled
Novaled, a subsidiary of samsung now, provides organic materials and complementary technologies for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in display, lighting, and organic semiconductor markets worldwide. The company develops various materials, such as a dopant, transport, interlayer, and outcoupling materials for OLED displays, OLED lighting, organic photovoltaic applications, and other organic electronic devices. It also markets its advanced Novaled PIN OLED® technology to display and lighting makers
Key facts about Novaled
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Dresden (Germany)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $29M
- Employee Count: 57 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: KfW, Omnes Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jul 01, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. BMEYE
BMEYE is a engaged in the research and development of medical technologies for non-invasive cardiovascular monitoring. It offers finger arterial pressure and cardiac output technologies. The company's products include Finapres, a non-invasive continuous finger blood pressure monitor; Portapres, an ambulatory non-invasive continuous finger blood pressure monitor for measurements; Finometer, a stationary monitor with options for non-invasive brachial pressure and beat-to-beat hemodynamics; and BeatScope, a software package for the analysis of arterial pressure waveforms. Its products also comprise Modelflow, a model-based measurement method to compute the aortic flow waveform and cardiac output from an arterial blood pressure waveform; Space instrumentation, a version of finger blood pressure monitors; Cardiopres, an ambulatory device for research on the interaction of electrophysiology, hemodynamics, and respiration; and Oxyflow, a hemodynamics and oxygen delivery monitor for experimental applications. It also offers Nexfin, a non invasive blood pressure and cardiac output monitor, as well as ccNexfin for applications in various areas, such as cardiology, anesthesiology, sleep observation, physiology, neurology, and internal medicine; and emergency, acute, intensive, and intermediate care.
Key facts about BMEYE
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $8.82M
- Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: EQT, Life Sciences Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 08, 2009, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Expway
Provider of efficient media delivery solutions for various networks. It offers solutions for targeted advertising, streaming over mobile and broadband networks, terrestrial broadcast, satellite communications, and critical communications. The company designs and manufactures innovative technologies to optimize, secure, and monetize media distribution across these ecosystems. Its solutions are used in diverse broadcast environments, enabling efficient and reliable content delivery. The company also provides testing and monitoring equipment.
Key facts about Expway
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $9.57M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Ntt Docomo Ventures, ISource Gestion and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jun 01, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
TechFund's Investments by Stage
TechFund has made 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.19M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $15.5M, 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $10.2M and 1 investment in Seed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 9 |
Series B | 4 |
Series C | 3 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
TechFund's Investments by Sector
TechFund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Energy, Energy Tech and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 12 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies, 9 Tech companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
High Tech | 3 |
Energy | 2 |
Energy Tech | 2 |
Environment Tech | 2 |
Others | 13 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
TechFund's Investments by Geography
TechFund has made most investments in France (8), followed by Germany where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 8 |
Germany | 3 |
United States | 3 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
TechFund's recent investments
TechFund has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by TechFund:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 30, 2016 | France | Series C | 6866 | [+3] | |
Apr 10, 2013 | France | Series A | 7794 | [+3] | |
May 19, 2009 | United States | Series B | 1172 | [+3] | |
Jan 14, 2009 | Germany | Series C | 4727 | [+5] | |
Jan 01, 2009 | Netherlands | Series A | 6184 |
Acquired companies in TechFund's Portfolio
14 companies from TechFund's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Citilog in Apr 2021 by TagMaster for $*****.Here are TechFund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 29, 2021 | Feb 08, 2005 | Series C | 3638 | |
Jan 08, 2019 | Mar 30, 2016 | Series C | 5499 | |
Dec 04, 2018 | May 14, 2007 | Series A | 5508 | |
Mar 01, 2016 | Nov 26, 2004 | Series A | 4424 | |
Jul 01, 2015 | Nov 21, 2008 | Series B | 9904 |
Team profile of TechFund
TechFund has a team of 4 members including 2 Partners and 2 Venture Partners located in France. TechFund's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in TechFund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Venture Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | - |
Co-investors of TechFund
Over the past 26 years, 72 investors have co-invested in TechFund's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before TechFund: Life Sciences Partners and Isatis Capital have invested in rounds before TechFund. There is 1 company where Life Sciences Partners has invested before TechFund and 1 company where Isatis Capital has invested before TechFund.
- Top Co-investors of TechFund: 42 investors entered a company along with TechFund. These include investors like 123 Investment Managers (7 companies).
- Invested after TechFund: A total of 28 investors have invested in TechFund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (4 companies), Omnes Capital (2 companies) and Cisco Investments (1 company).
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