# Time for Growth

> Time for Growth is a VC fund in Paris backing Gaming and Fashion. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/time-for-growth
- Website: http://www.time-4g.com/

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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 3 | 75% |
| Sweden | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean-Luc Cyrot | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-luc-cyrot |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geolid | Geolid is a search optimization website with a primary focus on french consumers. | $11M | Series C | Sep 16, 2015 |  |
| Zound Industries | 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 |  | Jul 03, 2015 |  |
| Oh BiBi Games | 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. |  | Series A | Jul 03, 2014 |  |
| CCM Benchmark | 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 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

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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 Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Time for Growth?

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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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