Ardian
VC Fund
Paris, France
Ardian is an independent private investment company that provides a diverse range of investment opportunities and responds to clients and believes that the benefits that they contribute should be distributed as widely as possible.
- Total investments:
- 143
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 68%
- Fund size:
- $96M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ardian invests in
SoftwareInformation TechnologyManufacturingE-CommerceHealth Care
Stages Ardian invests in
Private EquityVenture - Series UnknownFunding RoundDebt FinancingSecondary Market
Countries Ardian invests in
FranceItalyUnited StatesGermanySpain
Round sizes
Private Equity $7.9M–$107MVenture - Series Unknown $976k–$32M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 16 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Private Equity
- $7.9M–$107M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $976k–$32M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (13%)
- Information Technology 15 (10%)
- Manufacturing 11 (8%)
- E-Commerce 10 (7%)
- Health Care 10 (7%)
Stage
- Private Equity 74 (52%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 11 (8%)
- Funding Round 9 (6%)
- Debt Financing 7 (5%)
- Secondary Market 7 (5%)
Country
- France 70 (49%)
- Italy 8 (6%)
- United States 8 (6%)
- Germany 6 (4%)
- Spain 4 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexis Saada
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Dominique Gaillard
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Direct Funds
|
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Direct Funds | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Dominique Senequier
President
|
President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jérémie Delecourt
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Corporate and International Development
|
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Corporate and International Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Laurent Foata
Head of Ardian Growth
|
Head of Ardian Growth | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
| See all 16 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR Path is a global consultancy with over 500 consultants across North America, Europe and the Middle East, and is solely dedicated to HR Systems Integration, HR Outsourcing, and HR Business Consulting.Co-founded in 2001 by François Boulet and Cyril Courtin, HR Path provides human capital management technology and is an authorized reseller forsoftware solutions in the French market (SAP and SuccessFactors, HR Access, Oracle HCM, Cegid, Sage, Talentsoft). The company has also developed its own HR software solutions, including BiHRdy (a business intelligence decision-making tool), Pandore (a packaged solution for HR, payroll and time management), and Geef (a talent management system).Headquartered in Paris, the company has operations in 13 countries on five continents, employs more than 500 consultants and generates €60 million in annual revenue through its network of agencies in major cities across France and its foreign subsidiaries.The client portfolio includes several CAC 40-listed companies, but also many small and medium-sized enterprises, intermediate-sized firms, and public sector organizations. | Private Equity / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| VSORA is an IP provider for chipmakers designing the latest generations of digital communications systems, like 5G. Our powerful multi-core DSP architecture eliminates the need for DSP co-processors to provide a level of flexibility achievable only with software programming. A new DSP development flow allows signal processing engineers and softwareengineers to share the same environment and source code, dramatically accelerating time-to-market. Their mission is to meet the technical challenges by providing a state-of-the-art DSP design process and boosting the DSP computing power while simultaneously optimizing power consumption and system performance, and reducing the silicon footprint. Based in France, the company was founded in 2015 by a team of highly qualified and accomplished DSP engineers with combined experience of more than 70 years. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Orbis Protect is a specialist in vacant property security providing a complete empty property management service for commercial and social housing properties; lone worker protection through our BS5979 Cat II and BS8484 accredited Alarm Receiving Centre; and specialist cleaning and infection control services to customers across the private andpublic sectors.In the UK, they protect and keep secure more than 15,000 void properties as well as 25,000 lone workers and clean 60,000 properties annually. They are the empty property security experts delivering a one-stop-shop solution to reduce the risks associated with vacant buildings, ensuring our clients meet their insurance requirements in the most cost-effective way, allowing them to focus valuable time and resources on their core business.Spread throughout the UK, its base of more than 40 offices and depots means they can provide a 24/7 responsive, fully-resourced, and local service with its fleet of more than 200 vehicles. | Debt Financing / Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Headquartered in Paris, with offices in Greensboro, NC, Durham, NC and Cambridge, UK, Ennov makes the most cost effective, comprehensive, and user-friendly solutions for regulated content management. We’re proud to serve over 500 customers with a total of 250,000 users, ranging from leading pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechnologycompanies throughout the Life Sciences industry. | Private Equity / May 12, 2026 | ||
| JPB système is designs develop & produce an elite set of ready Lockwireless Anti-Rotational Devices for the aeronautic & aerospace industry. | Private Equity / Oct 20, 2025 | ||
| Sicer is a manufacturer of glazes, grits, and other coloring products for industrial. | Private Equity / Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| INWIT (Italian Wireless Infrastructures) operates in the sector of infrastructures for electronic communications, with an experience that has its roots in the Telecom Italia Group which over 40 years ago was the forerunner of mobile telephony in Italy.INWIT is currently the first Italian Tower Operator for the number of managed sites distributed ina capillary manner throughout the national territory where the transmission apparatuses of all the main national operators are hosted. INWIT contributes significantly to the coverage of wireless telephony services in the Italian territory and will continue to do so in the coming years, increasing its sites also in function of the development of new technologies, starting from 5G. In addition to hosting operators on its towers, INWIT is building DAS (Distributed Antenna System) infrastructures on its own to allow widespread coverage of densely frequented open spaces (historic centers of large cities or other gathering places) or large enclosed spaces intended for commercial, leisure and sport activities (stadiums) or health infrastructures (hospitals). | $274.9M / Post-IPO Secondary / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| HR Path is a global consultancy with over 500 consultants across North America, Europe and the Middle East, and is solely dedicated to HR Systems Integration, HR Outsourcing, and HR Business Consulting.Co-founded in 2001 by François Boulet and Cyril Courtin, HR Path provides human capital management technology and is an authorized reseller forsoftware solutions in the French market (SAP and SuccessFactors, HR Access, Oracle HCM, Cegid, Sage, Talentsoft). The company has also developed its own HR software solutions, including BiHRdy (a business intelligence decision-making tool), Pandore (a packaged solution for HR, payroll and time management), and Geef (a talent management system).Headquartered in Paris, the company has operations in 13 countries on five continents, employs more than 500 consultants and generates €60 million in annual revenue through its network of agencies in major cities across France and its foreign subsidiaries.The client portfolio includes several CAC 40-listed companies, but also many small and medium-sized enterprises, intermediate-sized firms, and public sector organizations. | $537.4M / Debt Financing / Jul 02, 2024 | ||
| Heathrow is the UK’s only hub airport. Around 70 million people pass through our terminals every year. 190,000 every day flying in and out of 90 different countries. They serve 86 airlines including the national carriers British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Right in the heart of the business world. A huge part of the UK economy, on the doorstep ofLondon one of the world’s most vibrant cities. | $4.1B / Secondary Market / Jun 14, 2024 | ||
| La Financière d'Orion is dedicated to wealth management advice. it supports wealth management advisers and their clients. It mobilizes all of its skills to effectively support wealth management advisors and their clients in defining, implementing, and monitoring an asset management strategy. | Secondary Market / Jun 11, 2024 | ||
| See all 143 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ardian invest in?
Ardian invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 143 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ardian invest in?
Ardian typically joins rounds of $7.9M–$107M at Private Equity and $976k–$32M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ardian's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ardian took part in.
How do I contact Ardian?
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Who are the partners at Ardian?
The team at Ardian includes Alexis Saada (Managing Director), Dominique Gaillard (Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Direct Funds) and Dominique Senequier (President), among 16 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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