# Alcatel Ventures

> Alcatel Ventures is a VC fund in Paris backing Energy, Content and Hardware. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2008
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent
- Website: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

Alcatel Ventures is a VC fund in Paris focused on Energy and Content. Alcatel Ventures was a venture capital partnership that invested in privately held companies which command unique technology. Alcatel Ventures invested primarily in US technology companies that address large or rapidly growing market opportunities related to hardware and software--wireless communications, computer networking, telecommunicationsinfrastructure, optical components and networking, the Internet, and unique semiconductor chips.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Broadcasting | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 2 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ondax | Ondax was founded in 2000 by a team from the California Institute of Technology and the University of Bonn. Ondax built a manufacturing infrastructure for high volume production to produce Volume Holographic Gratings. The Volume Holographic Grating has many advantages over thin film and fiber Bragg gratings. The narrow-band filteringcapability in reflection mode (0.1 nm) over a large aperture (25 mm) is unique. This unique filtering technology is used in high-power laser diodes wavelength stabilization, beam combining, astronomy multi-line filtering, and spectral imaging. | $2.5M | Series D | Jun 26, 2008 |  |
| Valere Power | Valere Power offers power supply solutions for communications providers. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Richardson, Texas. | $10M | Series D | Dec 27, 2004 |  |
| SeatAdvisor | SeatAdvisor, Inc. is a global ticketing software company dedicated to providing businesses, organizations and venues with an affordable, efficient, and powerful ticketing solution. With headquarters in San Diego, CA, their box office printing & ticket software products are in use by hundreds of customers around the world including the US,Australia, Europe, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico & The Caribbean. SABO is the acronym for their cloud based software (SeatAdvisor Box Office). | $4.3M | Series A | Jun 21, 2000 |  |
| MediaVast | MediaVast provides visual content and related services to print and online media, advertising agencies, broadcast networks, mobile carriers, communication agencies, and other publishing enterprises. It offers a digital photo agency and wire service. The company also provides media companies with access to celebrity, music, and fashion photography.It also operates a stock photo agency that specializes in the licensing and syndication of celebrity portraiture. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Atlanta, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Hamburg, Shanghai, Madrid, and Amsterdam. As of April 25, 2007, MediaVast, Inc. is a subsidiary of Getty Images, Inc. | $4M |  | Mar 30, 2000 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arcturus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcturus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Baroda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baroda-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Caltech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caltech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gabriel Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sierra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Sorrento Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Alcatel Ventures invest in?

Alcatel Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Content and Hardware startups, most often at Series D and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alcatel Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alcatel Ventures closed in Jun 2008. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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