IRIS
VC Fund
Paris, France
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.
- Total investments:
- 156
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 42%
- Fund size:
- $38M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries IRIS invests in
Stages IRIS invests in
Countries IRIS invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $2.4M–$16M
- Series B
- $4.3M–$33M
- Series C
- $5.4M–$70M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 37 (24%)
- SaaS 16 (10%)
- E-Commerce 16 (10%)
- Mobile 14 (9%)
- Information Technology 12 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 31 (20%)
- Series B 27 (17%)
- Series C 22 (14%)
- Seed 16 (10%)
- Funding Round 15 (10%)
Country
- France 47 (30%)
- Germany 22 (14%)
- United States 12 (8%)
- Canada 3 (2%)
- United Kingdom 3 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Erik de la Rivière
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Angus Paterson
Partner, MENA
|
Partner, MENA | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Curt Gunsenheimer
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Frédérique Leclerc
Responsable comptable
|
Responsable comptable | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gil Doukhan
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vates is a open source virtualization company that develops and supports XCP-ng and xen orchestra. | $33.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 06, 2026 | ||
| Implicity is a developer of a Saas-based remote monitoring platform designed to provide smart monitoring of connected cardiac prostheses. The company's platform sorts and summarizes data of patients with connected pacemakers and defibrillators with the help of an artificial intelligence module and determines the criticality of each alerttaking into account the medical context of the patient, enabling cardiologists and healthcare professionals to automate the remote monitoring of their patients and get patients' telepulse on a single platform. | $40.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| Simplify Infrastructure Automation | $14M / Series A / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Escape helps Application Security teams automate API discovery, API inventory, and API security testing through agentless scanning. It leverages generative AI to discover and secure all your exposed APIs. You can test OWASP Top 10 and complex logic flaws at scale and empower your developers to adopt security in CI/CD. Escape requires noconfiguration to get started, no agent, and no proxy. It excels in securing GraphQL APIs. | $17.9M / Series A / Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Popsink creates data processing tools for the next generation of data stacks. They want to make real-time data and continuous data operations accessible to businesses of all sizes. Popsink allows hyper-automation for real-time decision-making and operations. Popsink is headquartered in Paris, France and was founded in 2021. | $3.5M / Seed / Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Qovery operates as a container as a service platform that enables anyone to develop and deploy an application. It accelerates and scales the application development cycle with zero infrastructure management investment. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | $13M / Series A / Sep 30, 2025 | ||
| pyck is the AI-powered toolkit, transforming warehousing and logistics software -cutting costs by 60%, eliminating vendor lock-in, and redefining logistics with unmatched efficiency. | $3.1M / Seed / Jul 23, 2025 | ||
| WeeFin centralizes ESG data, customizes strategy, and automates reporting processes. The platform reinforces a technological and transparent collaboration among the financial industry, allowing for better engagement in sustainability efforts. WeeFin provides a centralized ESG data management system that enables investors to streamline theirreporting processes and compliance efficiently. | $27M / Series B / Apr 01, 2025 | ||
| Nala Earth provides data and tools that enable businesses to better understand and connect with the natural world. | $4M / Seed / Jan 29, 2025 | ||
| Hopia is a scheduling solution that optimizes human and material resources for healthcare institutions. Hopia centralizes the management of doctors' and nurses' schedules and uses constrained optimization and prediction algorithms to propose the most optimal organization for all stakeholders. | $3.6M / Seed / Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| See all 156 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does IRIS invest in?
IRIS invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 156 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 IRIS invest in?
IRIS typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$16M at Series A, $4.3M–$33M at Series B and $5.4M–$70M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not IRIS's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds IRIS took part in.
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Who are the partners at IRIS?
The team at IRIS includes Erik de la Rivière (Managing Partner), Angus Paterson (Partner, MENA) and Curt Gunsenheimer (Managing Partner), among 10 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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