# 123 Investment Managers

> 123 Investment Managers is a VC fund backing Sports and Retail. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wattignies-la-victoire, France
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/123-investment-managers/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/123im_france
- Website: http://www.123-im.com/

123 Investment Managers is a Provider of fund management services created to invest in companies for success.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for 123 Investment Managers. Shizune tracks 6 team members at 123 Investment Managers. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/123-investment-managers?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2.5M |
| Series A | $3.5M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 4 | 25% |
| Retail | 2 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 13% |
| Family | 1 | 6% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 25% |
| Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Barthelemy Renaudin | Member of the Management Board | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barthelemy-renaudin |
| Camille Dallemagne | Private Equity & Mezzanine Financing Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camille-dallemagne |
| Gary Anssens | Investor & Advisor | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-anssens |
| Jocelyn Tete | Investment Director/Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jocelyn-tete |
| Max Maderson | CEO & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-maderson-606d |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Climbing District | Climbing District is a social club and coworking space between batignolles, canal saint-martin, buttes-chaumont, and saint-lazare where beginners or experienced climbers practise climbing in bouldering rooms. | $10.8M | Series A | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Ecoat | Ecoat is develops bio-based chemistries for the coatings industry. The company offers water-based, bio-based products, which includes secoia, inokem, air purifying emulsions, and solkem. Its products include bio-based alkyd emulsions; tension free specialty oils; and urethane modified bio-based alkyd emulsions. | $10.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Ecoat | Ecoat is develops bio-based chemistries for the coatings industry. The company offers water-based, bio-based products, which includes secoia, inokem, air purifying emulsions, and solkem. Its products include bio-based alkyd emulsions; tension free specialty oils; and urethane modified bio-based alkyd emulsions. | $10.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Ecoat | Ecoat is develops bio-based chemistries for the coatings industry. The company offers water-based, bio-based products, which includes secoia, inokem, air purifying emulsions, and solkem. Its products include bio-based alkyd emulsions; tension free specialty oils; and urethane modified bio-based alkyd emulsions. | $10.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| GameWard | GameWard is a global esports brand that unites professional gamers and content creators with the sole purpose of inspiring the future by providing fans with the best experiences possible. They specialize in video games, esports business, communication, and branding. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Bridge Group | Bridge Group is a medico-social sector network that offers residence and nursing home services for independent or dependent seniors. | $107.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Climbing District | Climbing District is a social club and coworking space between batignolles, canal saint-martin, buttes-chaumont, and saint-lazare where beginners or experienced climbers practise climbing in bouldering rooms. | $6.1M | Series A | May 27, 2021 |  |
| Les Opticiens Mobiles | Les Opticiens Mobiles is the first national network of opticians trained to intervene everywhere : at home, at work or in nursing homes or residences for elderly, both for working people and for fragile, isolated people.Covering the whole territory, the health professionals come to visit you with all the equipment needed. Based on an ethic chart,they offer services and products tailored to all : all types of glasses (eyeglasses, sunglasses, safety googles, contact lenses, hearing protection) with fixed prices, reimbursed by social welfare. | $8.9M | Series B | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| GameWard | GameWard is a global esports brand that unites professional gamers and content creators with the sole purpose of inspiring the future by providing fans with the best experiences possible. They specialize in video games, esports business, communication, and branding. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 07, 2020 |  |
| Unique Heritage Media | Unique Heritage Media is a media group dedicated to the youth and to their entourage.The company creates and distributes innovative, diversified and quality content: magazines, augmented books, applications, websites, media devices for advertisers brands, enabling youth to get educated through entertainment. | $9.3M |  | Jan 11, 2020 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Smalt Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smalt-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Banque Populaire Méditerranée](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banque-populaire-m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e-3946) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BNP Paribas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Caisse d’Epargne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caisse-d-epargne) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Crédit Coopératif](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cr%C3%A9dit-coop%C3%A9ratif) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 123 Investment Managers invest in?

123 Investment Managers invests primarily in Sports, Retail and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 123 Investment Managers's check size?

123 Investment Managers typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.5M at Seed and $3.5M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 123 Investment Managers participates in.

### How do I contact 123 Investment Managers?

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### Who are the partners at 123 Investment Managers?

The team at 123 Investment Managers includes Barthelemy Renaudin (Member of the Management Board), Camille Dallemagne (Private Equity & Mezzanine Financing Associate) and Gary Anssens (Investor & Advisor), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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