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Partech @partechpartners.com · 03/07/2026

Time for a new #StartupSpotlight! This week, we're featuring @QevlarAI, the AI SOC platform for Self-Improving Defense trusted by 1,500+ organizations. Founded in 2023, Qevlar’s platform autonomously investigates every alert, connects related activity into a single incident...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 02/07/2026

Smaller markets, bigger ambitions. 🌍 Our own Simone Riva made a double feature on the StartupRad.io podcast. In the second episode, he discussed ‘European Venture Capital: Efficiency, IPOs, and AI Defensibility.’ As Simone explains, smaller markets can be turned...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 01/07/2026

Watch out for the champagne mode! 🍾 Our own Simone Riva made a double feature on the StartupRad.io podcast! In the first episode, they unpacked ‘When European Startups Should Raise Venture Capital.’ He explains how venture capital can produce the...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 30/06/2026

“The bottleneck didn’t disappear, it simply moved” Over the last three months, we surveyed nearly 50 portfolio companies on their AI implementation then convened more than 80 founders and operators for five councils and an AI Summit in SF to make sense of what we found. ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 29/06/2026

Blast from the (near) past! Two weeks ago, we won the 2026 Venture Fund Award at the 21st edition of Private Equity Magazine’s Soirée des Grand Prix! Our Venture portfolio has made some major momentum this year. Looking at you Exein, Fresha, Smartness, Mercanis, ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 26/06/2026

Check this out! 🛒 Congratulations to Akeneo, which acquired Pricing Hub, a pricing software for retailers and e-commerce powered by machine learning! As AI-driven discovery and agentic transactions reshape ecommerce, product data is increasingly central to pricing and...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 24/06/2026

What if impact were tied to carry, not just conversation? Last week, our own Rémi Said joined Thomas Viguier on the aulium podcast to discuss how our Impact Strategy works in practice. “Impact” is easy to say. Making it measurable is harder. In the episode, Rémi...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 23/06/2026

Driving industries forward! 🚗 Congratulations to the newest addition to our portfolio, Flease, who just raised €13M led by our Impact team! Founded in 2021, Lyon-based Flease offers refurbished vehicle leasing for enterprise fleets on flexible 1–50-month contracts. ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 19/06/2026

Emerging markets have lacked access to the savings and lower environmental impact of refurbished tech for too long. That’s why Revibe built the go-to market for refurbished tech across emerging markets! But beyond its prices of up to 70% cheaper than new, the platform...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 17/06/2026

11:11, we made our wish! Agicap, Akeneo, Ornikar, Papernest, Shippeo, and Upsun made it into the 2026 cohort of La French Tech 120, with Alan, Ecovadis, and Pennylane getting a special mention in the Next40! The 7th promotion of the...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 16/06/2026

What a night for us! Yesterday evening, we had the privilege of attending the 21st edition of Private Equity Magazine’s Soirée des Grand Prix, bringing together leaders of private equity, venture capital, finance and ESG. We are honored therefore to have won the 2026...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 15/06/2026

‘German businesses need to work twice as hard if they want Africa to need them.’ Our own Tidjane Dème appeared on Le Podkast with host Hélène Kohl to share his insights on Germany’s investment in Africa. Tidjane explained the country’s ‘invisible’ presence in the African tech ecosystem and ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 12/06/2026

Giving it 110%! Vivatech 2026 are pulling out all the stops to mark their 10th edition! With over 15,000+ startups attending from 170+ countries, this isn’t one to miss. We’ve already got your Wednesday the 17th planned with our own Boris Golden, ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 10/06/2026

The best things in life are free…lancers! Madrid-based Shakers just announced its expansion into France, adding to its rapidly growing reach across Spain, Portugal, and Italy! Founded in 2021, Shaker’s platform replaces traditional IT outsourcing by connecting...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 09/06/2026

June started hot! ❤️‍🔥 From new companies to unicorns to acquisitions, we’ve compiled plenty of amazing achievements from our portfolio into our monthly Newsletter. Here’s the rundown: - Semble raised €35M Series C - NPCo raised €6M pre-seed - OpsMill raised $14M Series A

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 08/06/2026

It’s an acquired skill! 💥 Four of our portfolio companies recently made an acquisition! - Channable acquired Metrion - Ornikar acquired En Voiture Simone - Shippeo acquired Logward - Yoco made its first acquisition with Dyner AI

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 05/06/2026

IT and network teams deserve better. They’ve had to face fragile automation stacks, disconnected tooling, and scattered data for too long, and few tools have gotten to the root of the infrastructural issue. This can have major trickle-down effects that can cost the average...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 04/06/2026

Just what the doctor ordered! 🏥 Congratulations to the newest addition to our portfolio, Semble, who just closed a €35M Series C round! We invested together with Revaia, Mercia Ventures, and Octopus Ventures in this company that is swiftly gaining momentum in a complex...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 02/06/2026

The sky is not the limit! 💫 Congratulations to the newest addition to our portfolio, NPCo, who just closed a €6M pre-seed round led by us. This round saw participation from 1st Kind, Motier, Kima as well as leading angel investors Guillaume Lample and...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 29/05/2026

Let’s make some noise four (😉) them! Exein, Shakers, Smartness and Ukio all made it into the Sifted 100: Southern Europe Leaderboard ranking! The Southern European Tech Scene has never felt this lively, but these companies are livelier than most; ranking among...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 27/05/2026

‘The bar is being raised ten times over’ Our own Simone Riva answered Alice Chamber’s questions in the Technology Magazine, giving his perspective on ‘How AI is Rewriting the VC Playbook for Software Investing’ It’s never been faster or cheaper to build software. The...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 26/05/2026

A decade in the making. A new chapter begins. 🦄 Fresha just crossed the $1B valuation mark, following an $80M growth investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund. Founded in 2015 with a simple idea, to build software that beauty, wellness and self care...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 22/05/2026

Critical infrastructure organisations running complex, high-risk field operations need jobs done right, first time, every time. But too often frontline work is taken up by time-consuming admin, and delayed reporting means the sites that pose the most risk don’t receive...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 19/05/2026

Obsession with solving the problem. That’s what matters. Our own Alison Imbert discussed ‘The new Seed filter: what investors look for beyond the demo,’ with Cate Lawrence from Tech.eu. With AI having made the creation of polished demos, sleek interfaces and convincing...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 13/05/2026

We had a sixth sense about them… Papernest, Pennylane, Joko, Agicap, Epsor, and Mooncard all made it into the Fintech 100 of 2026! Last year saw a fragile economy and a developing regulatory environment that fundamentally questioned the...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 12/05/2026

Spring is in full swing, and so are we! 🌼 We’ve seen growth all around, and with it sprouts our May Newsletter! 🌱 From record-breakers to award winners, we’ve compiled some amazing achievements from our portfolio. Here’s the rundown; - Smartness smashed Italian funding...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 07/05/2026

This otter makes a splash! 🦦 Opsmill just closed $14M Series A round led by IRIS with participation from BGV, Serena, and us. Born from the founders’ first-hand frustration with IT infrastructure lagging decades behind, OpsMill’s unique Infrahub...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 05/05/2026

‘Underdogs bite harder!’ 🐕 Smartness has just completed a €47 million Series B round led by United Ventures and CDP Venture Capital with our participation in the largest round ever completed in Italy for a vertical SaaS company! Founded in 2020, Smartness offers hoteliers...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 30/04/2026

Throwback Thursday! Two weeks ago, our own Alison Imber took the main stage at Go Entrepreneurs in Paris, at La Défense Arena. Alongside Roxanne Varza (Station F) and Marie Ekeland (2050) in a panel moderated by Charlie Perreau (Les Echos), the conversation...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 28/04/2026

‘It’s very hard to reconcile an African company if you’re sat in New York as a Goldmann and Sachs Trader’ In an episode titled ‘$300M Fund: How Partech Deploys Capital into African VC,’ our own Tito Cookey-Gam appears on the Term Sheet Tapes Podcast ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 24/04/2026

Break the mold! That’s this year’s theme at AVCA Conference and VC Summit and a question the African venture ecosystem has been wrestling with for years. On April 27 at 10:35, our own @tidjane.bsky.social will take the stage alongside:

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 22/04/2026

An existential threat to businesses and the economy. Payt, in collaboration with Ipsos bva, has just released its exclusive analysis of the impact of commercial payment delays, and the results are sobering. 53% of company directors, more than half, have seen the stability of...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 15/04/2026

PARIMA has just made history! Global leader in cell-cultivated food, PARIMA, announce that it's the first company in the world to obtain regulatory approval for not one, but two different animal species! These include its cultivated duck and cultivated...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 14/04/2026

We’re approaching the end lap! 🏎️ The Automobile Club de France and ESSEC Automobile Club have partnered up to hold the 9th Edition of the Grand Prix ACF AutoTech rewarding the most innovative international and French startups devoted to the automotive sector. The final round will be judged...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 13/04/2026

Now more than ever, it is crucial to plan for when and how to exit in the world of VC startups. With the number of acquisitions having reached its lowest since 2020 and IPOs becoming more and more marginal, it has never been more important to learn from the concrete...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 10/04/2026

300 million racing enthusiasts want to get better at driving but don't know how. Educational content isn't specific enough and professional coaches are expensive. This is where Track Titan, the biggest learning and social platform for racing enthusiasts around the world, takes the wheel (😉).

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 08/04/2026

“Few people have an interest in opening this Pandora’s box” Our own Emmanuel Delaveau joins Ludovic Phalippou and Geoffroy De Cooman on the Finscale podcast to discuss private equity IRRs with host Solenne Niedercorn. Inspired by Ludovic Phalippou’s article ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 27/03/2026

Every large product team today is battling an obvious, decade-long problem: designer-developer handoff. Because developers and designers have been living in their codebase and Figma silos, product development is a very inefficient process, slowed down by bureaucracy, processes, documentation, etc.

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 25/03/2026

Hyground just raised a €3M pre‑seed round to build the sovereign SRE agent for enterprise operations. 🎉 Hyground is the AI SRE Agent, which goes beyond on-call incident resolution. It is designed specifically for teams operating complex software systems such as DevOps and Site Reliability

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 24/03/2026

A big day for the connective tissue that keeps Africa’s merchant economy moving! littlefish has raised a $9.5M Series A round led by us, with participation from TLcom Capital LLP, Flourish Ventures and Proparco. 🎉 From Johannesburg, littlefish has quietly become the operating system behind the

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 23/03/2026

Happy Pay raises $5M Seed Round led by us🚀 We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Happy Pay, the South African fintech building the region’s first ad‑subsidised payments network, enabling zero‑cost, interest-free BNPL for consumers while helping merchants drive conversion, bigger baskets,

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 20/03/2026

Earlier this week, we were thrilled to announce the final close of the Partech Impact Fund at €300M, one of Europe’s largest debut impact-growth funds! 🎉 This fund is dedicated to scaling impact‑native European B2B tech companies transforming global value chains across clean production,

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 13/03/2026

Google, Amazon, Apple, and co have large internal AI resources and have the ability to ship camera-based products with great AI features. But there are many companies outside of Big Tech building great products, often at great price points, that struggle to add accurate and efficient AI ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 12/03/2026

It’s out! VivaTech’s Top 100 Rising European Startups 2026 is live. We’re proud to have collaborated with VivaTech on this year’s list, shining a spotlight on the early-stage teams shaping the next wave of innovation across Europe. And 12 Partech portfolio companies made the cut!

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 05/03/2026

TBT to last Thursday in London! We brought together Executives and C‑levels from across our portfolio for our first Leadership Circle with Overtime Leader. It was an intimate and energising session focused on one big challenge every founder and operator knows too well: leading confidently through..

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 03/03/2026

A €500M deal. A unicorn milestone. That’s Brevo. Recently featured on the podcast Generation Do It Yourself (hosted by Matthieu Stefani), Armand Theberge, cofounder of Brevo, shared the story behind one of Europe’s most disciplined and resilient SaaS journeys: from a web agency launched in ...

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 27/02/2026

While people can send money across borders, they are often excluded from spending tools, savings, and credit systems. Kredete is here to tackle this problem, and was built by immigrants for immigrants who understand the everyday challenges of building credit, sending... (1/11)

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 26/02/2026

📢 Just 9 days remaining to submit your application and pitch your startup in Paris! 📢 On March 25th, we’re thrilled to be teaming up with PeakBridge and @parisantecampus.bsky.social to convene France’s most promising health and nutrition innovators alongside investors... (1/5)

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 25/02/2026

Same week. Same skyline. Two very different moments. 🌆 Last week, our portfolio companies Brevo and FYLD lit up Nasdaq’s screens in New York. One just exited our portfolio. One just entered it. Brevo, Europe’s leading customer engagement platform,... (1/6)

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Partech @partechpartners.com · 23/02/2026

.@weglot.bsky.social, the website translation tool trusted by over 45,000 clients worldwide, just announced the second edition of its international expansion program, Next Market Accelerator! 🚀 Following a successful first edition of the Go Global Program with measurable results... (1/8)

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