About Ventech
Ventech is a venture capital firm founded in 1998. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Mar 2026, Ventech is an active investor, having invested in 161 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. 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 $***** Seed round of Bounti Overall, Ventech portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 11 IPOs and 49 acquisitions including key companies like Nokia, Withings and Genesys. A lot of funds co-invest with Ventech, with names like Idinvest Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ventech has team of 38 people including 11 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 8 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Ventech's List of Top Investments
Ventech has a portfolio of 161 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Promessedevente.fr and StickyADS.tv.Their portfolio spans across France, Germany, United States and 18 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 33 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 8 more. Here is the list of top investments by Ventech:1. Nokia
Provider of networking and communication infrastructure solutions across various industries. The company delivers advanced connectivity through AI-powered network solutions, emphasizing high performance and security. Expertise supports the design, deployment, and operation of mobile, fixed, and transport networks. It offers solutions for autonomous networks, broadband access, core networks, and data center networks.
Key facts about Nokia
2. Withings
Withings provides solutions for health monitoring, sleep monitoring, activity monitoring and home environment monitoring. Withings provides computing and storage resources for app building. Its product, Wifi BodyScale can measure both weight and fat mass and upload the data to the cloud over wi-fi. Withings home is a video monitoring and security. Withings Thermo, a WiFi connected thermometer, measures temperature from the temporal artery on the die of the head. The company plans to launch the device for $99.95. The connected app will be available for iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Withings
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Moulineaux (France)
- Annual Revenue: €109M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $93.8M
- Employee Count: 39 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Gilde Healthcare, Deltaloop and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 28, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Genesys
Provider of cloud-based platform for customer experience and workforce engagement. The platform offers contact center software with intelligent automation and embedded artificial intelligence. It provides digital customer engagement across channels using humans and artificial intelligence-powered bots. The platform also features customer journey management to connect data and optimize experiences. It delivers workforce engagement management with built-in artificial intelligence.
Key facts about Genesys
- Founded Year: 1990
- Location: Menlo Park (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.98B
- Employee Count: 651 as on Feb 28, 2025
- Investors: TCV, Hellman & Friedman and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jul 31, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Believe
Developer of diversified software for music artists. It has developed TuneCore - a platform for independent artists. It provides solutions like publishing, distribution, and promotions to independent artists. It also provides solutions to record labels.
Key facts about Believe
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Paris (France)
- Annual Revenue: €880M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $66.5M
- Employee Count: 3,219 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: TCV, GP Bullhound and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 04, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Ventech's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ventech has invested in 162 companies over the last 26 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 6 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Bounti and most recent follow-on round was in Olyzon.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2024 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2022 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2021 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2020 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2019 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
2018 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Ventech's Investments by Stage
Ventech has made 50 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.36M, 36 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.38M and 22 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $12.2M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 50 |
Seed | 36 |
Series B | 22 |
PE | 3 |
Series C | 3 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ventech's Investments by Sector
Ventech has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Life Sciences and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 129 Tech companies, 98 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 61 Software companies and at least 55 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 48 |
Consumer | 25 |
Retail | 17 |
Life Sciences | 15 |
High Tech | 13 |
Others | 115 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ventech's Investments by Geography
Ventech has made most investments in France (49), followed by Germany where it has made 20 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 49 |
Germany | 20 |
United States | 13 |
United Kingdom | 6 |
China | 4 |
Others | 28 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ventech's recent investments
Ventech has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Bounti and Custom Surgical.Here are the most recent investments by Ventech:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 19, 2026 | Germany | Seed | 3346 | [+2] | |
Feb 19, 2026 | Germany | Seed | 1240 | ||
Jun 26, 2025 | Germany | Seed | 9400 | ||
Jun 12, 2025 | United States | Seed | 9816 | [+5] | |
May 28, 2025 | Finland | Series A | 3221 | [+3] |
Unicorns in Ventech's Portfolio
Ventech has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Vestiaire Collective. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Vestiaire Collective which became a unicorn in 2021, 10 years after Ventech first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Ventech's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Online consignment based marketplace platform offering multi-category pre-loved fashion products | 2009 | Paris | Series F | fbiuwjb |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Ventech's Portfolio
11 of Ventech's portfolio companies have become public. PRONI got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO), in Dec 2025 at marketcap of $46.4M and Arteris IP got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $420M.Here are Ventech's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 24, 2025 | - | - | 3262 | |
Oct 27, 2021 | Jun 19, 2007 | Series B | 1108 | |
Feb 13, 2015 | Nov 02, 2006 | Series B | 2943 | |
Jul 10, 2014 | Jan 30, 2006 | PE | 7029 | |
Jul 02, 2014 | Aug 31, 2007 | Series B | 2392 |
Acquired companies in Ventech's Portfolio
49 companies from Ventech's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were 365Talents in Jan 2026 by Docebo for $54.6M.Here are Ventech's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 20, 2026 | May 22, 2018 | Seed | 8244 | |
Jun 24, 2024 | - | - | 2080 | |
Apr 18, 2024 | 2008 | Series A | 2425 | |
Mar 05, 2024 | Apr 10, 2019 | Series A | 7828 | |
Jan 09, 2024 | - | - | 9311 |
Team profile of Ventech
Ventech has a team of 38 members including 11 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 5 Principals located in France, China and 4 more locations. Ventech's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Ventech:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Partner | Huangpu | - | ||
Partner | Minhang | - | - | |
Partner | India | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | - |
Co-investors of Ventech
Over the past 26 years, 525 investors have co-invested in Ventech's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Ventech: Europa, ISAI and 111 others have invested in rounds before Ventech. There are 3 companies where Europa has invested before Ventech and 3 companies where ISAI has invested before Ventech.
- Top Co-investors of Ventech: 214 investors entered a company along with Ventech. These include investors like Idinvest Partners (3 companies).
- Invested after Ventech: A total of 198 investors have invested in Ventech's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bpifrance (6 companies), Idinvest Partners (3 companies) and Europa (3 companies).
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