Laurent Foata
Head of Ardian Growth @ Ardian
Paris, France
Laurent Foata is a private equity investor at Ardian in Paris focused on SaaS and Local. Laurent Foata - Head of Ardian Growth @ Ardian
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Laurent Foata invests in
Stages Laurent Foata invests in
Countries Laurent Foata invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Local 1 (20%)
- Retail 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Private Equity 4 (80%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- Italy 2 (40%)
- Spain 1 (20%)
- France 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Professional translation services made easy. Crafted by expert humans, powered by technology, efficiently delivered. | $29.9M / Private Equity / Jun 30, 2021 | |
ProduceShop
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ProduceShop, a Swiss e-commerce platform for indoor and outdoor furniture retailers in Europe. | Private Equity / Jun 08, 2020 | |
Ivalua
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Ivalua is a global provider of spend management solutions and a leader in Gartner’s 2015 Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant. Ivalua’s cloud-based software is used by procurement and finance organizations in large, global companies, and every day more than 500,000 users and millions of suppliers from over 70 countries log into the Ivalua platform.Ivalua offers a single platform solution with highly configurable functionality across all major procurement and finance processes, including performance and risk tracking, sourcing, contracts, procure-to-pay, invoice automation and analytics. The breadth and flexibility of Ivalua’s offering accelerates user adoption, spend category coverage and bottom-line savings. | $60M / Private Equity / May 21, 2019 | |
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MKD
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Founded in 2014 by current CEO José Piñera, MKD is a leading player in the supervision of maintenance and repair services for fleet managers. With over 250 experts and a large network of garages across Spain, the company offers through its online platform maintenance and repair cost optimization, and shorter “Vehicle off road” events. | Private Equity / Jul 02, 2018 | |
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Ivalua
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Ivalua is a global provider of spend management solutions and a leader in Gartner’s 2015 Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant. Ivalua’s cloud-based software is used by procurement and finance organizations in large, global companies, and every day more than 500,000 users and millions of suppliers from over 70 countries log into the Ivalua platform.Ivalua offers a single platform solution with highly configurable functionality across all major procurement and finance processes, including performance and risk tracking, sourcing, contracts, procure-to-pay, invoice automation and analytics. The breadth and flexibility of Ivalua’s offering accelerates user adoption, spend category coverage and bottom-line savings. | $3.3M |
Co-Investors
About Ardian
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.
Ardian Contacts
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Alexis Saada
Managing Director
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Dominique Gaillard
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Direct Funds
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Dominique Senequier
President
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Jérémie Delecourt
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Corporate and International Development
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Laurent Foata
Head of Ardian Growth
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FAQ
What does Laurent Foata invest in?
Laurent Foata invests primarily in SaaS, Local and Retail startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Laurent Foata last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Laurent Foata closed in Jun 2021. 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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