# Avolta Partners

> Avolta Partners is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and E-Commerce. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/2713242/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/avoltapartners
- Website: http://www.avoltapartners.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avoltapartners

Avolta Partners is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and E-Commerce. Avolta Partners provides independent M&A and corporate finance advice to young, cutting-edge, and leading startups in Europe. They have a strong track record of M&A and Venture Capital deals such as TokTokTok, Qarnot Computing or Smartangels.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $549k–$2M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 21% |
| Advertising | 5 | 18% |
| Retail | 4 | 14% |
| Internet | 4 | 14% |

85 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 11 | 39% |
| Series A | 9 | 32% |
| Seed | 5 | 18% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 26 | 93% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frederic Ventre | Senior Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-ventre |
| Javier Gonzalez | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javier-gonzalez |
| Javier Gonzalez | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javier-gonzalez-9ea0 |
| Patrick Robin | Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-robin |
| Philippe Rodriguez | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philippe-rodriguez |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serious Factory | Serious Factory is a publisher of innovative learning solutions for training purposes. Thanks to its expertise in instructional engineering and gamification, Serious Factory can help make your entire training programme genuinely effective: from acquiring knowledge (digital learning modules, Serious Games, blended learning and much more) anddeveloping and strengthening skills (practical work, behavioural simulator, etc.) to updating content and monitoring skills from day to day. | $3.3M | Series A | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Rediv | Patatam is the european's most trusted online shop for buying and selling like-new clothing for kids and babies. Parents can send their quality kids' clothing in a free pre-paid bag (the Patabag), earn cash up front for their clothing selected, and can shop the best brands for their kids at Patatam.com for up to 90% off retail. Based inthe south west of France, Patatam was launched in 2013 by Mariève Bidart, Eric Gagnaire and Mathieu Bidart. The company is advised and backed by former Price Minister CEO and founder Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Frederic Mazzella and Francis Nappez (founders of BlaBlaCar) and several other investors. | $3.2M | Series B | Sep 12, 2017 |  |
| Minuit une | Minuit has developed a groundbreaking patented laser technology called IVL™ lighting (stand for Immersive & Versatile Laser lighting) which grabbed rapidly the attention of all related sectors (concert, event, TV production, clubbing). | $3.3M | Series A | Jul 05, 2017 |  |
| Julie Desk | Julie Desk is a virtual assistant that uses artificial intelligence to schedule meetings and appointments of a user. It allows users to schedule, cancel, and create events, and send invitations via e-mail. It also enables them to set working hours, appointment types, preferred addresses, and more. Julie Desk was launched in October 2014. |  |  | Jun 01, 2017 |  |
| EP | EP solve this challenge in the blink of an eye : enter your postal address, then immediately you get a full, online and free diagnosis of your habitat. But you will also get, for free:· High-value added information about your home and its neighborhood. No more complicated reports!· Personalized advices on renovation, energy savings or anyhome-related project. What to do and how to finance it becomes crystal clear!· Contacts from highly qualified and fair-priced professionals located in your neighborhood. How to make it happen and with whom now becomes simple, clear and not time consuming! | $3.3M |  | Jan 30, 2017 |  |
| Kimple | Kimple They all like to play, child, parent or grandparent. A weekend board game, a mobile game in the subway, a Facebook contest! Today, Their company lives on the Internet, consumes since its mobile and interacts with brands directly online. At Kimple, They understood that gambling was a strategic lever, a marketing tool to engage communitiesand reinvent the link between brands and their consumers for better and for worse. |  |  | Oct 01, 2016 |  |
| Educlever | Educlever is an edTech company. It offers K-12 online educational content for the French education system. They develop adaptive learning solutions and enrolls them in elementary school fundamentals in mathematics and native French language skills. The company’s solutions are CORPUS, an e-learning activities editorial content and knowledgereference system; The Adaptive Learning Engine (ALE), a learning record store that manages learner’s profiles, diagnosis model, and knowledge assessment. Additionally, it offers Maxicours, an e-learning platform that enables pupils to access a large database of educational content on all the curriculum from pre-school to high-school, in any course. Educlever was founded by Benjamin Magnard in 2000 and is headquartered in France. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 01, 2016 |  |
| Cityscoot | Cityscoot offers full access to electric scooters throughout Paris, Nice, Milan and Rome through an app. The company started operating 150 free floating electric scooters in Paris in June 2016. Since then, it has progressively extended its fleet to 5000 scooters in Paris, Nice, Milan and Rome (summer 2019). The user identifies in the app anavailable scooter nearby, books it free of charge for 10 minutes, then unlocks it with a four digit code. The service includes a comprehensive insurance coverage to ensure safe rentals. Cityscoot is the only operator that has developed its own software and hardware technology. Fleet management is another point of differentiation : employees are maintening the scooters in good conditions and they're driving electric utility-trucks. | $16.5M | Series A | Jul 12, 2016 |  |
| Hesus | Hesus has pursued its objective of helping its public works contractors better understand, control and optimize their evacuations of contaminated or inert building sites. In order to be ever more innovative and relevant in the tools They make available, Hesus has developed a partnership with the Paris Est University and its"Geo-Environment" Master. This partnership aims at being both a source of knowledge for the field of sites and soil as well as a pedagogical tool. | $3.3M | Series A | Jul 01, 2016 |  |
| SmartAngels.fr | SmartAngels is the crowdfunding platform dedicated to capital investment of start-ups and growth SMEs. | $3.8M | Series A | Jun 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Entrepreneur Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-venture) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Newfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newfund-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Adour Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adour-business-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [CapHorn Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caphorn-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Avolta Partners invest in?

Avolta Partners invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Advertising startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Avolta Partners's check size?

Avolta Partners typically joins rounds of $549k–$2M at Seed and $1.1M–$16M 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 Avolta Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Avolta Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Avolta Partners?

The team at Avolta Partners includes Frederic Ventre (Senior Partner), Javier Gonzalez (Partner) and Javier Gonzalez (Partner), among 7 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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