Adelie
Venture capitalParis · Seed–Growth · 8 people tracked
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Adelie is a multi-stage technology investment firm operating out of Paris and London that has backed fast-growing European technology companies led by ambitious teams since 2008. Its investor base comprises over 300 experienced tech entrepreneurs, private equity partners, C-level executives at CAC 40 companies and large family offices. The firm works in partnership with Clipperton, a technology investment bank that has advised more than 350 high-growth businesses on financing and M&A transactions since 2003.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 26 of 40 portfolio companiesSaaS ×15AI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×8Fintech ×7Marketing Tech ×6AdTech ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5Digital Health ×3
HQs:France×8United States×2United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×23 founders×74+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
Carnegie Mellon University ×2École Polytechnique ×2ESCP ×2HEC Paris ×2Télécom Paris ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×5Computer Science ×4Engineering ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12022 · 12021 · 13 dated
Teads operates an AI-powered omnichannel advertising platform that connects brands with audiences across screens, serving advertisers and publishers on the open internet.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US
Yaron Galai(Co-Founder and Chair of the Board)Emmanuel FischmeisterinDavid Kostman(Chief Executive Officer and Director)in
Co-investorsElaiaJazzya InvestmentsLightspeed Venture PartnersStratim CapitalTempoCapWind Venture+4 more
Landytech offers Sesame, an investment management platform that aggregates investment and asset data to provide portfolio monitoring, analytics, risk, and reporting tools.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Benjamin(CEO)inThomas(CTO)
Co-investorsAquiline Technology Growth
Advens is a cybersecurity company that protects the digital systems and data of businesses and institutions against threats.
Cybersecurity
Co-investorsIsaiISAI Gestion
Fintech platform that aggregates payment services to accelerate digital payment adoption across Western and Central Africa.
Co-investorsSeedstars Africa VenturesAfricInvest
Botify provides an AI-powered platform that helps brands improve their visibility in organic search and across AI search engines through technical SEO, automation, and agentic workflows.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechSaaS
AdrienStanThomas
Co-investorsVentechInfraVia Capital PartnersVentech ChinaBpifranceEurazeoIdinvest Partners
Clareo is a lighting company that designs and supplies lighting products and solutions for professional projects, with a stated focus on more sustainable, responsible lighting.
CleantechHardware
Prior investment by the Adelie management team (exited).
DentalMonitoring offers an AI platform that analyzes smartphone-captured intraoral images to detect and report on 130 oral events, assisting dental professionals with remote observation and monitoring of orthodontic treatments.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Philippe Salah(Founder)in
Co-investorsKreos CapitalMérieux Equity PartnersVitruvian Partners
Didomi provides consent and preference management software that helps companies handle multi-regulation consent, privacy governance, and user privacy journeys across web, mobile, and CTV.
CybersecurityMarketing TechSaaS
Romain Gauthier(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrowroot CapitalMarlin Equity PartnersBreegaElephant Partners
Fenergo provides an Investor Portal and Digital Subscriptions platform that manages the investor lifecycle from onboarding through document exchange to subscription execution, with unified investor data, workflows and compliance controls.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Marc Murphy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAstorgBridgepointAquiline Technology GrowthInsight PartnersACE & Company
Foodles provides corporate catering for companies through connected fridges available 24/7 and modular in-office food counters staffed by its own team, offering seasonal meals prepared in its internal kitchen.
FoodTechFuture of WorkIoT
Michael Ormancey(Founder)inClement Bonhommein
Co-investorsDN CapitalInfraVia Capital PartnersCreadev
Genesis AI develops general-purpose humanoid robots powered by its own foundation model, aimed at performing physical tasks across factories, laboratories, hospitals, and homes.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsParis, FR
Yi-Ling Qiao(Founder)inZhou Xian(Founder)in
Co-investorsHongShan Capital GroupKhosla VenturesNorthzoneAlvenBpifranceEclipse+2 more
Happydemics measures advertising effectiveness by capturing real human responses at scale and combining them with AI to produce a single metric brands, agencies, and platforms can use.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Tarek O.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAxeleo CapitalKima Ventures
Hublo provides HR and staffing management software for healthcare and social care facilities.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechSaaSParis, FR
Cyril Gantzer(Founder)inLéo-Paul Goffic(Founder)inEtienne Le Scaon(Founder)in
Co-investorsActon CapitalY CombinatorRevaia
Hyperline offers a CPQ (configure, price, quote) product that connects with its billing engine, letting sales teams create quotes, capture signatures, and move signed deals into billing from within their CRM.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsEmblemIndex VenturesKima Ventures
mediarithmics provides a customer data platform (CDP) that consolidates known and anonymous audience data, resolves identities deterministically, and lets marketing teams segment, analyze, and activate audiences across media partners in real time.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Co-investorsBleu CapitalSpring InvestVentech
Nexthink is a software company that provides IT departments with real-time analytics, automations, and employee feedback tools to improve digital workplace experiences.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsDaniel GutenbergForestay CapitalGaldana VenturesHighland EuropeIndex VenturesTOP-Direct IV+4 more
Odoo.sh is the official Odoo hosting platform, a PaaS/IaaS offering tightly integrated with GitHub for deploying and managing Odoo applications.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsBlackRockCapitalGHarbourVest Partners (Canada)Sequoia CapitalSummit PartnersWallonie Entreprendre
Rydoo provides an expense management platform that digitizes and automates expensing, reimbursement, and reporting processes for businesses.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Sebastien Marchon(CEO)inAidana Zhakupbekova(CFO)inFernando Amaral(CRO)inDelphine Callens(CCO)inSebastian Vanhecke(CPO)
Co-investorsEurazeo
Skello is an HR management and staff scheduling software that handles complex work schedules, centralized planning, and workforce analytics.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAglae VenturesAgoranovPartech VenturesXAngeBridgepointCAP HORN VC
Supervizor provides continuous monitoring and anomaly detection for financial data using AI and machine learning to help organizations identify fraud risks and maintain compliance across multiple data sources and entities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsIsaiISAI Gestion
Third Bridge operates a global expert network connecting clients with domain specialists to access insights on companies, sectors, and regions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Tilak Healthcare develops OdySight®, a prescription-based medical mobile app that combines clinically validated vision tests with video game elements to remotely monitor visual parameters in patients with chronic retinal and macular diseases.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesParis, FR
Edouard GasserinJosé-Alain Sahel(Co-founder)Jean-François GIRMENS(Founder)in
Co-investorsCAP HORN VCElaiaiBionext
Tomorro provides an AI-based contract management and negotiation platform used by in-house legal, sales, finance, and purchasing teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSParis, FR
Sébastien Decrême(Co-founder & CTO)inThibaut Caoudal(Co-founder & CRO)inAntoine Fabre(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsKima VenturesMotier VenturesAccelResonanceActon CapitalFounders Future+3 more
VSORA develops the Tyr family of programmable Edge AI processors that deliver data-center-class compute performance with low power consumption for on-device inference.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsMeudon-la-Forêt, FR
Khaled Maalej(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsArdianIsaiISAI GestionOtium CapitalPartech VenturesPolytechnique Ventures+2 more
Withings makes connected health devices and an accompanying app ecosystem that lets consumers track and improve health metrics.
ConsumerDigital HealthHardware
Co-investors2050360 CapitalBpifranceGilde HealthcareIdinvest Partners
Cybersecurity platform offering bug bounty, vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing, and attack surface management services.
Co-investorsSeventure PartnersAndreessen Horowitz
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Aramis autoBelieveClareoClaréoErcomGlovoLeetchiLiligoMcPhyTilak
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1TeadsNASDAQ: TEAD
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Odoo · mediodconsulting.com · Sep 24, 2026
Skello · techfundingnews.com · Jul 6, 2026
VSORA · finsmes.com · Jul 3, 2026
Fenergo · resources.fenergo.com · May 13, 2026
Hublo · eu-startups.com · Feb 3, 2026
Didomi · thesaasnews.com · Jul 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Adelie made?
- Adelie has 40 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Adelie invest at?
- Adelie invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Adelie's typical check size?
- Adelie typically writes checks of $2.2M – $10.8M.
- What sectors does Adelie focus on?
- Adelie focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, HR Tech, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
- Where is Adelie located?
- Adelie is headquartered in Paris, FR.
- Who does Adelie co-invest with?
- Adelie most often shares deals with Isai, ISAI Gestion, Kima Ventures, among 62 tracked co-investors.
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