Orange
VC Fund
Paris, France
Orange is a digital operator that offers mobile and internet services in Europe and Africa, and corporate telecommunication services worldwide. The group operates under the brand name Orange Business Services (OBS), both in France and internationally, in the business communication and IT services markets.Orange Business Services offers a range ofservices to large corporates, local authorities, and SMEs in France, as well as to multinationals around the world, supporting the implementation of their communication projects. To do so, OBS offers a full range of voice and data, IT, and integrated services.The Orange Fabs is an international network of startup drivers that provides startups in the digital space with advice, training, and events, as well as resources and expertise.Orange was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Paris, France with presence in 30 countries.
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Orange invests in
Stages Orange invests in
Countries Orange invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$4.5M
- Grant
- $1k–$28k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (21%)
- Software 3 (13%)
- E-Commerce 3 (13%)
- Telecommunications 3 (13%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (8%)
Stage
- Funding Round 5 (21%)
- Grant 4 (17%)
- Seed 2 (8%)
- Series A 2 (8%)
- Series B 2 (8%)
Country
- France 4 (17%)
- United States 3 (13%)
- Nigeria 2 (8%)
- United Kingdom 2 (8%)
- Egypt 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Dufau
Member of the Board of Directors
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Member of the Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Claudie Haignere
Member of the Board of Directors
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Member of the Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jose-Luis Duran
Member of the Board of Directors
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Member of the Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Pierre Louette
Deputy CEO & DG
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Deputy CEO & DG | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Ana Ciobanu
Startup Programs Manager
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Startup Programs Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| HappyRobot provides a system that creates and manages a workforce of AI workers. The platform builds fully custom workflows and integrates with a variety of systems. The service helps businesses remove data silos and automate tasks in real time. | $150M / Series C / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| Findspo is an deeptech AI startup specializing in demographic resilience and sustainability through advanced neural network stacking. The company's expertise spans PropTech, HRTech, GovTech, and Humanitarian tech, delivering solutions that predict demographic trends, optimize resource allocation, and foster sustainable communities. Findspoprovides cutting-edge outputs to enhance property management, streamline HR processes, support government operations, and improve humanitarian efforts, ensuring long-term resilience and environmental responsibility. | $100K / Non-equity Assistance / Jun 02, 2025 | ||
| Automate All Your Sales & Marketing Tasks with Us! Led by our expert engineers, qodek is committed to simplifying your marketing processes, offering services ranging from web scraping to CRM enhancement and account mapping, and more. | $5M / Series A / Jan 03, 2024 | ||
| Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from differentsensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™. | $17.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store for travellers to access over 190+ eSIMs at the most affordable, local rates from around the world, all via eSIM compatible smartphone, tablet or PC. Airalo offers you both connectivity and freedom - you’ll never have to carry multiple SIM cards or change your number again, no matter where you are in theworld. | $60M / Series B / Jul 31, 2023 | ||
| Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016 | $4.5M / Seed / Jan 19, 2022 | ||
| Kumulus machines create drinking water from solar power and air by imitating the dew phenomenon in the water creation process and adding elements such as multiple embedded systems/predictive algorithms to allow for the machines to be “smarter” and controllable remotely from anywhere in the world. | $16K / Grant / Nov 09, 2021 | ||
| Monzo (previously Mondo) is a bank for people who live their lives on their smartphones and is targeted at people who want to get things done in a click and who don’t see the need for branches and cheque books. The platform is focussed on building the best current account in the world and ultimately working with a range of other providers so thatMonzo can be an intelligent hub for your entire financial life. | $68.7M / Series G / Feb 08, 2021 | ||
| Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016 | $1.2M / Seed / Jan 02, 2021 | ||
| Monzo (previously Mondo) is a bank for people who live their lives on their smartphones and is targeted at people who want to get things done in a click and who don’t see the need for branches and cheque books. The platform is focussed on building the best current account in the world and ultimately working with a range of other providers so thatMonzo can be an intelligent hub for your entire financial life. | $81.8M / Series G / Jun 16, 2020 | ||
| See all 24 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Orange invest in?
Orange invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Grant stage. Most of the 24 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 Orange invest in?
Orange typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$4.5M at Seed and $1k–$28k at Grant. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Orange's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Orange took part in.
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Who are the partners at Orange?
The team at Orange includes Bernard Dufau (Member of the Board of Directors), Claudie Haignere (Member of the Board of Directors) and Jose-Luis Duran (Member of the Board of Directors), among 13 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 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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