Truffle Capital S.A.S.

Truffle Capital S.A.S. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in startup, early venture, mid venture, late stage, post start up, incubation, growth capital, investments in spins offs from initial round to the pre-exit round, LBOs, and PIPEs. The firm invests in information technology, energy, life sciences, telecommunication, electronics, and biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, medtech, biotech including medical equipment such as imagery, robotics, connected prosthesis and fintech sector. In information technology, it focuses on mobile content and connectivity, Internet, technical software, IT security, VOIP, and security and technical software. Within energy, the firm typically invests in energy efficiency, energy management, new technologies for traditional energies, and renewable energy like solar, wind, wave power, tidal power, mini-hydro, geothermal energy, biogas, biofuels, biomass, automotive and on site power generation with a focus on fuel cells for automotive and stationary markets, micro turbines, and natural gas engines, energy storage with a focus on flywheels, metal hydrides, and superconductors, and enabling energy technologies, with a focus on energy electronics and engineering, emissions and green power marketing, energy and IT software providers, and niche materials. Within biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, the firm seeks to invest in aging therapies (cancer). In life sciences, it invests in therapeutic drugs and vaccines, medical devices, and breakthrough technologies. The firm seeks to invest in Europe with a focus on France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. It invests mainly in European companies that are active in both Europe and high-growth countries in North Africa and the Middle East, as well as in India and Brazil. In Brazil, it focuses on information technology sector. The firm primarily invests between €0.25 million ($0.32 million) and €80 million ($95.30 million) per company with enterprise values between R$1 million ($0.59 million) and R$30 million ($17.90 million) and. It seeks to invest in firms with a revenues between €0.1 million ($0.13 million) and €100 million ($111.52 million). The firm prefers to take minority or majority stake or acts as lead investor in its portfolio companies. It aims to hold an investment for five years and take seat on board. Truffle Capital S.A.S. was founded in 2001 and is based in Paris, France with additional offices in Paris, France and São Paulo, Brazil.