Grégoire de Padirac
Principal @ Orange Ventures
Paris, France
Grégoire de Padirac is a VC investor in African Tech startups at Orange Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 86%
Last updated:
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Industries Grégoire de Padirac invests in
Stages Grégoire de Padirac invests in
Countries Grégoire de Padirac invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (29%)
- B2B 1 (14%)
- CRM 1 (14%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
- Mobile 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (43%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (14%)
Country
- Nigeria 2 (29%)
- Morocco 1 (14%)
- Tunisia 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Terragon Group
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Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India. | $9M / Series B / Jul 27, 2023 | |
Chari
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Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 07, 2023 | |
Youverify
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Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification. | $1M / Seed / Aug 02, 2022 | |
SAYNA
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Sayna is to provide high-quality training in the digital sector and provide professional chances to young people by bridging the gap between the growing demand and supply for digital talent in Africa. | $600K / Seed / Apr 26, 2022 | |
LAMMA
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Lamma is a web and mobile platform reinventing urban movement for package delivery through an extended carpooling network. | $425K / Seed / Oct 09, 2021 | |
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LAMMA
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Lamma is a web and mobile platform reinventing urban movement for package delivery through an extended carpooling network. | $165K / Pre-Seed / Oct 09, 2021 | |
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Youverify
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Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification. | $1.5M / Seed / Mar 10, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Orange Ventures
Orange Ventures is a venture fund investing in areas of Orange expertise and beyond, with financial objectives in line with VC industry standards. With 350m€ assets under management, Orange Ventures is in the top 10 corporate ventures in Europe with an investment strategy focused on helping future global tech champions, fostering innovation in theMiddle East and Africa, and supporting new sustainable and responsible business models.
Orange Ventures Contacts
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Cédric Testut
Group General Counsel
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David Vay
Head of legal
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Grégoire de Padirac
Principal
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Bilal Djelassi
Venture Capital Investor
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Clement Combal
Partner
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FAQ
What does Grégoire de Padirac invest in?
Grégoire de Padirac invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, B2B and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Grégoire de Padirac last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Grégoire de Padirac closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 7 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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