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Partech [2024]
Finance and Risk Capital
Impact for scaleups
16
UK companies backed
38%
Follow-on investments
25%
outside London
12
growth stage investments
Key sectors
Partech makes equity investments at seed, venture and growth stage. Its Growth team invests in European scaleups, making initial investments from €20m to €60m.
With offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar, Partech’s investment focus is on technology and digital businesses in the UK, US and Europe and is developing its presence in Asia and Africa. Its current portfolio is made up of 220 companies in more than 40 countries, with four being UK-based.
Between January 2017 and July 2024, Partech has invested in 16 UK companies, with an average turnover of £52.8m and 130 employees per company.
Partech Growth Fund has participated in 17 fundraisings totalling £756m with an average fundraisings of £44.5m. As of October 2024, Partech supported 19 UK-based companies across 34 fundraising rounds, with three in four (74%) being at venture and growth stage at the time of fundraising. The firm has backed UK scaleups such as restaurant procurement platform Collectiv Food.
In support of its portfolio companies, Partech provides coaching on strategy, operations, executive hiring, board structure, as well as preparation for M&A and build-ups. The firm launched Partech Shaker in 2014, a nine-story building in central Paris designed for tech startups and scaleups.
