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Partech
Finance and Risk Capital
Impact for scaleups
13
UK companies backed
35%
Follow-on investments
23%
outside London
5
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.
In the period between 2018 to June 2025, the firm invested in 13 UK companies in 20 fundraising rounds. The average turnover of those companies was £69.5m and their average number of employees was 138.
Partech has strongly continued to support scaleups. Notable scaleups within its portfolio include Fresha, an online platform for beauty services and B2B food-service platform COLLECTIVfood. 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.
Partech has demonstrated its continued commitment to the UK market in 2025, particularly through its Growth Fund by making a significant minority investment in IMP Software in September. IMP Software is a leading UK-based financial management platform for the education sector (Multi-Academy Trusts), and Partech’s investment aims to help the company double its R&D investment and accelerate the development of its product suite. This transaction highlights Partech’s strategy of backing established, fast-growing B2B technology companies in Europe with strong market positioning and potential for further scale.
