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    IRIS

    Paris, FranceFounded 1986

    Iris Capital is a Paris-headquartered European venture capital and growth equity firm specialized in the digital economy, with additional offices in Berlin, Munich, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Dubai. Founded in 1986, the firm invests in technology companies from seed and Series A through late-stage and growth, with sector expertise spanning software, fintech, AI, and robotics.

    They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $50.7M (across 37 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    51

    Fund Size

    $160M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Curt Gunsenheimer

    Curt Gunsenheimer

    Managing Partner

    ED

    Erik de la Rivière

    Managing Partner

    Julien-David Nitlech

    Julien-David Nitlech

    Managing Partner

    AP

    Angus Paterson

    Venture Partner

    IE

    Itziar Estevez

    Partner - Growth

    NH

    Nicolas Herschtel

    Partner - Growth

    TR

    Thorben Rothe

    Partner - Venture

    AM

    Anaïs Monlong

    Principal - Venture

    JB

    Jakob Banhardt

    Principal - Venture

    BD

    Bruno du Breuil

    Senior Associate - Growth

    FK

    François Kergaravat

    Senior Associate - Venture

    PA

    Pauline Ancona

    Senior Associate - Venture

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    67 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Escape logoEscapeSeries A$18MMar 2026
    Hopia logoHopiaUnknownJan 2026
    Qovery logoQoverySeries A$13MSep 2025
    Nala Earth logoNala EarthSeedJan 2025
    WeeFin logoWeeFinSeries AJan 2025
    Adaptive logoAdaptiveSeedMar 2024
    Nala Earth logoNala EarthUnknownJan 2024
    Escape logoEscapeSeed$3.9MJun 2023
    VVICIOUnknown$18.5MApr 2023
    Cohort logoCohortSeedFeb 2023
    Cohort logoCohortSeedFeb 2023
    KKovaleeSeries AJan 2023
    Red Points logoRed PointsGrowthNov 2022
    Spinergie logoSpinergieSeries AJun 2022
    SSayshSeries A$8MJun 2022
    Exotec logoExotecSeries D$335MJan 2022
    EExotecSeries D$335MJan 2022
    Helu logoHeluSeries A$10MJan 2022
    HHelu.ioSeries A$10MJan 2022
    PParcellySeries A$6.7MJan 2022
    Virtuo logoVirtuoSeries C$60MMay 2021
    Shift logoShiftSeries D$220MMay 2021
    Shift Technology logoShift TechnologySeries D$220MMay 2021
    COMPEON logoCOMPEONSeries CJan 2021
    Workpath logoWorkpathSeries AJan 2021
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026