Innovacom

Innovacom

Industry	Venture Capital
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Paris, France Stockholm, Sweden San Francisco, United States
Key people	Jérôme Lecoeur Jérôme Faul
Total assets	$ 330 million
Number of employees	9
Website	www.innovacom.com

Founded in 1988,^[1] Innovacom is a venture capital firm with offices in Paris,^[2] Stockholm and San Francisco. The firm has about $330 million under active management. In 2015, Innovacom manages 1 seed^[3] and 2 venture funds, allowing the firm to make 4 investments a year in companies with breakthrough digital technology. Innovacom specializes in corporate venture^[4] in the field of information technology.

Examples of companies currently supported by Innovacom

• CAILabs: optical switches
• Cozy Cloud: personal cloud
• Exagan: GaN over Si components^[5]
• Feeligreen: health devices^[6]
• Intersec: big data for mobile operators^[7]
• IS2T: Java for embedded applications
• I-ten: microbatteries

Examples of companies formerly supported by Innovacom

• Business Objects: pioneer in business intelligence - listed (NASDAQ: BOBJ)
• Digitick: leader in paperless ticketing in France - acquired by Vivendi^[8]
• Gemplus: now Gemalto
• Jabber: instant messaging - acquired by Cisco
• Kelkoo: pioneer in online shopping - acquired by Yahoo!
• Owlient: social gaming - acquired by Ubisoft^[9]
• Netezza: data management - acquired by IBM
• Olea Medical: image processing for medical applications
• Qobuz: first lossless online musique service
• Streamezzo: pioneer in rich media services - acquired by Amdocs
• Videoplaza: leader in online video commercials - acquired by Telstra^[10]

References

1. "CrunchBase".
2. "INNOVACOM GESTION (PARIS 8) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 430087429". www.societe.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
3. "Innovacom seed fund Technocom 2 closes on €30m". Retrieved 2015-08-20.
4. "Innovacom sets up academic seed fund · Articles · Global University Venturing". www.globaluniversityventuring.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
5. "Exagan raises €5.7m to produce GaN-on-Si power-switching devices on 200mm wafers". www.semiconductor-today.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
6. "Grasse: Feeligreen raises €1M and wins a TOP TIC award". Retrieved 2015-08-20.
7. Europe, Highland Capital Partners. "Intersec Announces $20 Million Funding led by Highland Capital Partners Europe". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
8. "Vivendi buys 65 percent of Digitick for EUR 29 million". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
9. "Ubisoft acquires Owlient". Retrieved 2015-08-20.
10. Lunden, Ingrid. "Ooyala Buys Euro Video Ad Startup Videoplaza In Its First Acquisition". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-08-20.

External links

• Official website