Let’s review what 2021 looked for Partech. We invested $364M in 32 countries across 6 continents, more than double the amount of capital that was put to work in 2020. 29 new companies joined the Partech portfolio, with a total of $26M invested. Take a look at some of their profiles here: Almentor, Billogram, Elopage, Finantier, Groover, Hoggo, Mooncard, Plum, Rohlik, Skello, StuDocu, TestGorilla, Tugende, Vyne, Walkie Talkie. And in spite of the ongoing challenges faced, with the effects of the pandemic still being felt, our portfolio companies still raised 150% more in capital in 2021 than the previous year, standing at over $5B.

On February 3rd, 2022, we published our much-awaited 2021 Partech Africa report! The past 12 months were even more exciting than those that came before, with $5,2B equity funding being raised across a total of 681 deals. Raising $1.8B in funding, Nigeria tore past other African countries and took the top spot. Behind it came South Africa, Egypt and Kenya, while Ghana was tipped off the #5 slot by Senegal.

Partech is thrilled to announce we’re leading Channable’s $60M Series B. This marks the sixth investment of our fund Partech Growth II, and our second investment in the Netherlands. Channable is the ultimate global provider of e-commerce feed management and PPC automation software for digital marketers, brands, and online retailers…

Back in 2016, we were thrilled to announce the final closing of our first $440M Growth fund, a true pioneer in its asset class. We made our initial investments in leading companies such as Amboss, M-Files, NA-KD, Sendinblue and Ecovadis. We helped the likes of MADE.com …

‘Exceptional’. ‘Unprecedented’. ‘Remarkable’ Name your favourite VC marketing cliché. You’ve heard all these charming epithets from us, our competitors, our portfolio companies. It’s somewhat a shame that this delightful group of 3 words is met with quite the eye roll. Not only rendered meaningless by overuse from VCs; but also…

Romain Lavault, General Partner at Partech Every iconic company has a legend about how it started. Some were born in a garage, some were prototyped in a dorm, some were planned while waiting for a cab that never came, etc. Alan started from the kitchen table of Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve and Charles…

By Jean Sini, General Partner Connected devices have become a ubiquitous fixture in our everyday lives. There are approximately 20 billion of them out there, two thirds of which are consumer-facing (1) and the rest found in industrial settings, with smart cities, manufacturing, logistics and connected buildings among the top…

2020 was an unprecedented year for most businesses due to the novel Covid-19 pandemic none of us saw coming. However, one thing we knew was that it would bring out the best of management teams. One such team is the Tugende team. …

Two years ago, Partech began a study on its founders — the end goal being to create a rounded snapshot of the people behind our portfolio companies and to look at how it has evolved over time. Most notably, with 186 companies at different stages in 29 different countries as…