Odyssee Venture

About The Fund

Odyssee Venture is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm established in 1999, specializing in funding and fostering the growth of ambitious French SMEs. With a comprehensive approach rooted in a longstanding tradition of supporting companies through crucial growth phases, they target a diverse array of sectors, including information and communication technology, hardware, chemistry, electronic components, software, life sciences, biotechnology, consumer goods, internet, retail, and industrial sectors. Over the past two decades, Odyssee Venture has financed nearly 200 French growth SMEs by leveraging investment vehicles like FCPI, FIP, and FCPR. Their expertise encompasses supporting startups through various stages, ranging from early development to pre-IPO. Key growth stages facilitated by Odyssee Venture include launching new products, commercial acceleration, internationalization, and external growth. Their team offers a unique investor-entrepreneur relationship philosophy, which values straightforward, direct, and speedy interactions. They have a track record of disrupting the status quo, evident in their investment portfolio, which includes pioneers in second-chance computer education, audit automation, energy brokerage for businesses, and leaders in fields such as silicon on insulator and order-to-cash process dematerialization. Additionally, Odyssee Venture encompasses leaders in SIRH platforms, European online photo printing, AI for public sector suppliers, and cloud Open Stack, among others. Their current offerings include FIP ODYSSEE PME CROISSANCE N8, aiming for 90% eligible asset investment and immediate tax reductions, and FCPR ODYSSEE ACTIONS N3, a rare solution for asset reinvestment eligible under the article 150-0 B ter, designed for a clientele looking to support the growth of French SMEs. Both funds highlight potential risks, such as capital loss and locked-in investment periods of 7 to 10 years.