Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) |
Stages | Expansion, MBO/LBO, Corporate Divestiture, Seed, Series A |
Investing | United States • United Kingdom • Canada • France • Spain • Switzerland • Netherlands • Israel • Belgium • Europe • Estonia • Hungary • Poland • Czech Republic • Bulgaria • Greece |
Investment Range | €200,000 - €3,000,000 |
Pliade Venture is a French Venture Capital firm headquartered at 29 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 Paris, with a focus on long-term investments in innovative and growing French companies across all sectors except biotechnology and real estate. With more than €100 million in assets, they participate in investments ranging from €0.5 million to €5 million per operation, either independently or in co-investment. Their investment approach is characterized by no predetermined exit horizon, allowing them to support entrepreneurial projects over the long term. Their capital consists of a network of successful entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors who not only invest a portion of their wealth but also share their experience through close involvement with the companies Pliade Venture funds. Notably, one-fourth of Pliade Venture's shareholders are founders of companies that have previously received financing from the firm. Encompassing a broad range of industries such as Software, IT & TMT, Business Solutions, Hardware & Manufacturing, HealthTech & Fitness, Food & Beverage, and Medical Devices & Hospital Services, the firm specializes in Expansion, MBO/LBO, Corporate Divestiture, Seed, and Series A funding rounds. Pliade Venture also engages in secondary investment activities, involving the acquisition of stakes or portfolios from institutional investors. Integral to Pliade Venture's ethos is the concept of 'Evergreen,' where they reinvest their returns back into the fund, maintaining stable, enduring shareholding, and adapting to the entrepreneurs' long-term vision. They stand out as part of a group of independent structures including Pliade Investissement, focusing on Capital Development, LBO, and turnaround, and Pliade AM, which deals with publicly traded stock funds, all sharing the philosophy of coming together to achieve what they could not alone.
We invest over the long term and without a predetermined exit horizon in innovative and growing French companies, in all sectors, up to €3 million (alone or in co-investment).