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Internet of Things startup Netatmo raised 4.5M€ for its connected weather station

French startup Netatmo announced that it has raised 4.5 million € from Iris Capital, FSN PME, and Apple’s former MD of Europe, Pascal Cagni. The startup, which made an appearance at CES 2013 earlier this year, produces internet-enabled air quality & temperature sensors for the inside of the home, and allows the user to track the information […]

InstantLuxe announces €2 million round with Iris Capital and Isai

InstantLuxe announces €2 million round with Iris Capital and Isai

InstantLuxe, which was founded in 2009 by Yann Le Floc’h and is now the leading marketplace for second-hand luxury goods, announced yesterday that they raised a €2 million equity round with lead investor Iris Capital and Isai. The funds will be used to accelerate InstantLuxe’s growth by strengthening its position amongst luxury e-commerce platforms and […]

Paris’ Iris Capital & Cologne’s Capnamic Ventures team up to invest in early stage German tech startups

Paris’ Iris Capital & Cologne’s Capnamic Ventures team up to invest in early stage German tech startups

Iris Capital, who manages Orange & Publicis’ 500 Million euro fund, and Capnamic Ventures, who just launched its fund last month (covered here on The Pirates Inn, an English-language tech blog covering the Cologne region), have announced a partnership whereby the two will co-invest in german early-stage startups. Capnamic will manage the selection process, and […]

Toulouse-based BuyBox raised 1.7M€ for its SaaS payment solution for eMerchants

BuyBox announced today that they have raised 1.7 Million euros from Iris Capital and Midi Capital in order to brings its social payments soluion for eMerchants to international markets.  Founded in 2010, BuyBox has had a fair amount of traction and interest, having already added Celio, Wonderbox.fr and Micromania as clients. Essentially, BuyBox provides a white label solution […]

The Scribd of Europe, YouScribe raises €2M from Iris Capital

YouScribe announced this morning that they have raised € 2 million from Iris Capital, a leading pan-european VC fund who has partnered with Publicis & Orange in its investments. Founded in January 2011 by Juan Pirlot de Corbion, former head and founder of Chapitre.com, YouScribe is working on the digitalization of written texts, which can be read, […]