Erik de la Rivière
Managing Partner @ IRIS
Paris, France
Erik de la Rivière is a Series A investor at IRIS in Paris focused on Apps and SaaS. Erik de la Rivière is based out of Paris, Île-de-France, and is the managing partner of IRIS. Erik previously worked at Banque Worms as a director of equity investments. Erik de la Rivière attended the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Erik de la Rivière invests in
Stages Erik de la Rivière invests in
Countries Erik de la Rivière invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (20%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Events 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Travel 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- France 4 (80%)
- Switzerland 1 (20%)
Investments
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| LumApps is a social, mobile, and smart intranet to connect and engage all employees in a central hub. It opens enterprise communications with a social and corporate intranet that employees love and use, to create a great digital workplace. Fully integrated with major collaborative suites like Google G Suite and Microsoft Office 365, LumApps givesaccess to all enterprise resources in one place: corporate news, personalized news feed, work applications and social communities. and trust.LumApps works with organizations of all sizes and sectors to ensure business success through innovative digital cloud-based solutions. LumApps solutions support companies in their digital transformation and help build value through healthy work relationships. LumApps providing a single access point for personalized content, work applications and social communities and helps employees to work more efficiently, collaborate smarter and connect with coworkers. LumApps was founded in 2012 and is based in Tassin, France with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and historical headquarters in Lyon. | $70M / Series C / Jan 21, 2020 | ||
| iAdvize is the leading conversational commerce platform in Europe and is used in 40 different countries. Their platform enables businesses to engage their customers and prospects, whether they’re on the website or on social media, from one chat, voice and video messaging solution. Visitors can get real-time advice from customer service associatesbut also from advocates, members of the brand community via ibbü – their on-demand pool of experts.Each conversation handled by one of ibbü’s savvy enthusiasts generates £119 of business on average, compared to £91 by internal customer service agents – generating £58 ROI for every £1 invested. | $16M / Series A / Sep 21, 2015 | ||
| MarcoVasco, (previously known as PlanetVeo) is an online travel agency specialised in organising tailor-made journeys.Founded in 2007 by 3 French entrepreneurs, Marco Vasco quickly became a leader on the online custom holidays market.The company is based in Paris (France) with an office as well in Shanghai (China).The company is profitablesince 2010 and our revenues have grown rapidly from 1 million euros in 2008 to 60 million euros in 2013 (organic growth). | $16.5M / Series A / Jun 18, 2013 | ||
| Premium app discovery network spanning 120 countries, 12 million iOS users, delivering 300 million app installs yearly. AppGratis is the best way to get your app downloaded by millions of people, no incentives attached. The company has a staff of 45 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | $13.5M / Series A / Jan 01, 2013 | ||
| MCI is an independent, global association, communications and event management company. Their combined expertise enables them to offer strategy, creativity and execution in the field of association management (AMC), Congress and Exhibition (PCO), live communication, meetings, events and incentives and performance improvement programmes. | $8.8M / Feb 10, 2011 |
Co-Investors
About IRIS
IRIS is a European VC specialized in digital, fueling entrepreneurs from early stage to growth since 1986. Based in Berlin, Munich and Paris, IRIS supports Tech start-ups and scale-ups in their global expansion. IRIS invests in various industries, from platforms to Saas, Security, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics and mobile services, and is always looking for ambitious industry disrupters led by unique entrepreneurs across the world.
IRIS Contacts
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Erik de la Rivière
Managing Partner
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Angus Paterson
Partner, MENA
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Curt Gunsenheimer
Managing Partner
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Frédérique Leclerc
Responsable comptable
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Gil Doukhan
Partner
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What does Erik de la Rivière invest in?
Erik de la Rivière invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and Events startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Erik de la Rivière last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Erik de la Rivière closed in Jan 2020. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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