Siparex, France’s first multi-sectoral private equity investment company, is founded in Lyon.
It was a start-up at a time when the spirit of enterprise was flagging. It emerged in one of France’s regions, listed the shares of the original company—one of its main vehicles—on the stock market, grew internationally, and has become one of the leading independent groups in its line of business in the space of 30 years.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Vision 360 Degres (V3D) | 12/12 | Venture Round | $2.87M | 3 |
| MakeMeReach | 4/11 | Venture Round | €3M | 3 |
| V3D | 2/11 | Venture Round | €1M | 2 |
| Quadrille Ingénierie | 9/10 | Venture Round | $2.29M | 1 |
| Docea Power | 6/10 | Series A | $1.5M | 4 |
| Passman | 4/10 | Series B | ¥2.85M | 2 |
| Smartesting | 11/08 | Series C | $6.03M | 3 |
| INSIDE Contactless | 12/07 | Series C | $44.4M | 12 |
| CAPS Entreprise | 10/07 | Series A | $3.03M | 2 |
| Ipercast | 3/07 | Venture Round | $3.33M | 2 |
| Acco Brands | 2/07 | Series A | $10M | 3 |
| Baracoda | 10/06 | Venture Round | $8.28M | 4 |
| Open-Plug | 10/06 | Series B | $15M | 6 |
| Innova Card | 9/06 | Venture Round | €5M | 4 |
| Redicam | 9/06 | Venture Round | $242k | 2 |
| INSIDE Contactless | 9/06 | Venture Round | $25M | 7 |
| INSIDE Contactless | 11/05 | Venture Round | $10.9M | 5 |
| Smartesting | 9/05 | Series B | $2.49M | 4 |
| SilMach | 7/05 | Venture Round | $218k | 2 |
| Innova Card | 1/05 | Series A | $4.61M | 3 |
