Every Friday Maddyness offers a summary of fundraisers that have shaken the French startup ecosystem during the week. This week EUR 30.53 million was raised during a dozen operations whose round of Stuart, express delivery service which announced a transaction of 22 million euros.
The news of the day in this MaddyMoney is the announcement of the capital increase record 300 million euros Parrot, the French giant of the drone at a price of 17 euros per share. Which involved lifting Bpifrance, with the acquisition of 5% stake for $ 33 million. The public bank will be headquartered at the Board of Directors. The founder meanwhile invests 90 million euros through his personal holding company. A massive increase in capital equivalent to three quarters of its market capitalization. Founded in 1994, Parrot markets various consumer products, such as hands-free kits before making a strategic shift in 2010 with its first drone, the Parrot AR Drone.
Another major show of the week: that of Stuart startup that develops a delivery service within an hour, which has just completed a waiver of € 22 million according to information from TechCrunch. This first round was led by GeoPost, the subsidiary of La Poste group which includes the express parcel business, and is already causing the treasury specialist in home delivery of meals Resto-In. At the head of Stuart are also Benoit Clement, who founded Resto-In, Shemla Benjamin, cofounder of citycake.fr had bought Resto-In in 2014 and Dominique Leca, the creator of Sparrow, acquired by Google in 2012.
Other financial news of the week:
- Adeo (Leroy Merlin) acquired a majority stake in Tikamoon, the Lille that designs, manufactures and markets wooden furniture.
- ITS Group, information technology consulting (ESN) specializing in the sustainable development of IT infrastructure, announced the acquisition of 100% stake in the company by its Ibelem Bluesafe subsidiary.
- Ardian, independent private investment firm, announced today that it has raised € 1.1 billion to its investors for the fourth generation of its Co-Investment Fund.
Crowdfunding side:
- Novathings loop a lifting of 75,000 euros on Kickstarter
- Crosslux up over 1.13 million euros in crowdequity on Letitseed
Company | Amount (in millions of €) | City - Creation date | Sector |
ACTVT
| 0.83 |
Paris - 2015
|
Mobile Video
|
Artsper
| 1.2 |
Paris - 2013
|
Culture
|
Crosslux
| 1.13 |
Aix-en-Provence - 2011
|
Habitat
|
Drone Volt
| 1.8 |
Paris - 2011
|
Drone
|
MyMusicTeacher
| 0.2 |
Sarrebourg - 2014
|
EdTech
|
| Novathings | 0.07 |
Aix-en-Provence - 2014
|
IoT
|
Page Yourself
| 0.7 |
Paris - 2014
|
Marketing
|
Stuart
| 22 |
NC - 2015
|
Services
|
Therapixel
| 0.6 |
Nice - 2013
|
MedTech
|
Visiomed
| 1.5 |
Paris - 2009
|
MedTech
|
Webmecanik
| 0.5 |
Annecy - 2006
|
Marketing
|
TOTAL
| 30.53 |
(Sources: ECAP Partners, the Net Journal, Le Monde and press releases)
Photo credit: Digital Trends
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