About Orange Ventures
Discover the team, investment scope and portfolio support proposition
In our own words
"The best of two worlds"
Orange Ventures offers the best of two worlds, coupling the independent and quick decision-making scheme of classic VCs with the access to the unique technological and commercial expertise of the Orange Group. We have reshaped our governance to invest swiftly, and we have thoroughly processed the way we unlock value with agility for the start-ups we invest in, thanks to Orange ecosystems. We are 200% dedicated to efficiently creating value for both our portfolio start-ups and Orange.
"Leveraging Orange group resources and strengths"
We believe we have assets to share beyond the investment act: through simple streams of support, tight collaboration with portfolio companies, and a full leverage on the Orange Group resources. We benefit from a dedicated team working with each startup post investment, and a commitment of the whole management company to adding value. We then find ways to best leverage our direct access to Orange’s vast ecosystems, technical expertise and customer reach in helping our portfolio achieve and exceed their goals
Investment streams
Geographies: France, UK, Rest of Europe, US and Israel
Sectors: Networks & IT, Digital enterprise, Cybersecurity, Fintech and Consumer
Stages: raising Series B and above and in some cases earlier stage startups already identified within Orange ecosystem
Global Champions
The stream looks primarily at American and European software tech startups with hypergrowth potential in core areas of expertise of Orange and beyond. This includes mature startups looking for access to European/MEA markets, scale up startups showing vast potential for synergies with the group or earlier stage disruptive startups already identified within Orange ecosystem
Geographies: France, UK, Rest of Europe, US and Israel
Sectors: Networks & IT, Digital enterprise, Cybersecurity, Fintech and Consumer
Stages: raising Series B and above and in some cases earlier stage startups already identified within Orange ecosystem
Middle East and Africa Champions
Middle East & Africa Seed Challenge
The team
Value creation for portfolio startups
We believe each investor should focus on its key strengths, adapt to each portfolio company’s rhythm and priorities, and present a simple offer. With the ultimate objective of contributing to your growth, we’d like to highlight three key levers
Access to experts
Connectivity, cloud, contactless payment, blockchain, IoT depending on your activity, we’ll leverage on the experts from the Orange Group and its network of partners to bring you focused support, on your request
Orange as a customer
Having one of Orange’s business units or affiliate as a customer can be both a source of revenue and an important proof point for the ecosystem. Each time this is relevant, we’ll work with you to achieve this target
Go to market/scaling
Reaching external customers is the fastest way to scale: starting discussions at the time of the investment and with your consent, we’ll work with you and the Orange Business Services team to define a joint Go to Market strategy
Key figures
350 million euros
Total assets under management
20 up to m€
ticket size of investment
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Annual dealflow
1200+
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Average response period to funding requests
30 days
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Average investment period
5 years
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Events and business development meetings annually
200+
