Time for Growth
VC Fund
Paris, France
Time for Growth is a VC fund in Paris focused on Gaming and Fashion. TIME was created in 2009 by Henri de Bodinat and YAM Invest, a €350m long-term investment holding established by 4 successful European entrepreneurs TIME is run by three partners with strong digital and private equity expertise combined with industrial and entrepreneurial approaches; We responsibly support innovative and profitable companies inEurope at an inflection point of their development. Active on the European market, we seek out companies with an enterprise value between €30-€200m. We invest between €10-€30m of equity in each business and look for opportunities in all sector, with a focus on our core expertise: the digital sector. Our fund can take both minority and majority positions in all types of transactions from equity injections to complex LBO/MBO structures.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Time for Growth invests in
Stages Time for Growth invests in
Countries Time for Growth invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $11M–$11M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 1 (17%)
- Fashion 1 (17%)
- Internet 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
- Marketing 1 (17%)
Stage
- Private Equity 2 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series C 1 (17%)
Country
- France 5 (83%)
- Sweden 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean-Luc Cyrot
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo is a software editor and integrator for SMEs and large accounts alike in the retail, field service management and facility management sectors. | Private Equity / Mar 21, 2019 | ||
| Founded in 2007 in Lyon, LaBoutiqueOfficielle.com is the French leader in the online sale of urban ready-to-wear ("streetwear" or "urbanwear"). The site displays an original niche positioning centered on urban culture at the crossroads of the worlds of music, sport and the performing arts. | $11.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 01, 2016 | ||
| Geolid is a search optimization website with a primary focus on french consumers. | $11.3M / Series C / Sep 16, 2015 | ||
| Zound Industries designs, develops, and markets headphones. It offers four brands, intended to serve specific audiences: Urbanears, Coloud, Marshall, and Molami.The company has set up distribution in more than 100 markets, and its products are available at over 20,000 locations globally, including Apple, Best Buy, HMV, Target, Urban Outfitters,Colette, FNAC, Media Markt, Telia, Deutsche Telecom, Orange, and Tesco.Zound Industries was co-founded by Konrad Bergström, Niklas Bergh, and Oscar Axhede in 2008 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Its products were first introduced to the market in December 2009. | $11M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 03, 2015 | ||
| Oh BiBi Games is a French mobile games studio. It was founded by Stanislas Dewavrin and Martial Valery, who had both previously worked on Gameloft’s hits Minion Rush and Asphalt. Oh BiBi Games has specialized in racing games. However, the gaming studio also wants to branch out into new genres more connected with PC and console gaming.Founded in2012, the company is headquartered in Paris, France. | $4M / Series A / Jul 03, 2014 | ||
| CCM Benchmark is a french online media group with web properties in 6 different languages (french, english, spanish, portuguese, italian, german). CCM Benchmark is the merger between CommentCaMarche and Benchmark group in october 2010. | $29.6M / Private Equity / Sep 29, 2010 |
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FAQ
What does Time for Growth invest in?
Time for Growth invests primarily in Gaming, Fashion and Internet startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Time for Growth's check size?
Time for Growth typically joins rounds of $11M–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Time for Growth participates in.
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Who are the partners at Time for Growth?
The team at Time for Growth includes Jean-Luc Cyrot (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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