Founded in 1982, Partech International is an investment company specializing in international venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

 with offices in the US and in Europe.

Partech focuses on Information Technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

. Specific areas where they invest in include Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 & Digital media

Digital media

Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...

, Software, Components, Infrastructure and Enterprise Technologies. In each of these areas, Partech looks for companies with a disruptive approach and clear leadership potential.

The fund has executed for over 25 years using the Trans-Atlantic venture model. Some of its past portfolio

Portfolio (finance)

Portfolio is a financial term denoting a collection of investments held by an investment company, hedge fund, financial institution or individual.-Definition:The term portfolio refers to any collection of financial assets such as stocks, bonds and cash...

 companies include :

• Alvarion
  Alvarion
  Alvarion Ltd. , is a 4G communications company. The company manufactures and exports a range of network solutions, including WiMAX, IEEE, PtMP, TD-LTE and WiFi to service providers and enterprises covering a variety of industries such as mobile broadband, residential and business broadband,...
  
   (ALVR),
• Ascend Communications
  Ascend Communications
  Ascend Communications was an Alameda, California-based manufacturer of communications equipment that was later purchased by Lucent Technologies in 1999....
  
   (ASND),
• Business Objects
  Business Objects (company)
  SAP Business Objects is a French enterprise software company, specializing in business intelligence . Since 2007, it has been a part of SAP AG. The company claimed more than 46,000 customers worldwide in its final earnings release...
  
   (BOBJ),
• Cadence Design
  Cadence Design Systems
  Cadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
  
   (CDNS),
• Digital Island
  Digital Island
  Digital Island Communications is a 100% Kiwi owned business telecommunications provider based in Auckland, New Zealand. Winners of the Deloitte Fast 50 awards for "Fastest growing technology company" in 2008, and "Fastest growing telecommunications business" in 2007, Digital Island also placed...
  
   (ISLD),
• Informatica
  Informatica
  Informatica Corporation is a NASDAQ listed company with ticker INFA. Founded in 1993, its headquarters is in Redwood City, California. Founded by Diaz Nesamoney and Gaurav Dhillon...
  
   (INFA),
• Informatica
  Informatica
  Informatica Corporation is a NASDAQ listed company with ticker INFA. Founded in 1993, its headquarters is in Redwood City, California. Founded by Diaz Nesamoney and Gaurav Dhillon...
  
   (INFA),
• TVtrip.com
  TVtrip.com
  TVtrip is a travel search engine website that display short hotels videos to help you choose the right hotel.-History:The company was formed in January 2004 by four former-manager at Expedia...
  
  ,
• Vignette (VIGN),
• Akimbi Systems
  Virtual lab automation
  Virtual Lab Automation refers to a category of software solutions to automate IT labs using virtualization technology. Virtual Lab Automation solutions are available as on-premise packaged software or as a cloud service.-History:...