# Alcatel-Lucent: portfolio, investments and team

> Alcatel-Lucent is a corporate vc based in France. 5 investments on record, latest Jun 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/alcatel-lucent (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Alcatel-Lucent

Last cheque observed Jun 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC

Series C Series B Series D Hardware Information Technology Internet

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **4164** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 60%**

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## Alcatel-Lucent highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Series B: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $4.1M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Hardware Information Technology Internet
- **Based in:** 92707 Colombes, France
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Jun** **[CounterTack](https://millionrounds.com/company/countertack)** Series C · US **$15M** With 8 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[E-Blink](https://millionrounds.com/company/e-blink)** Venture · FR **$4.1M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[CounterTack](https://millionrounds.com/company/countertack)** Series B · US **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Mar** **[GENBAND](https://millionrounds.com/company/genband)** Series C · US **$15M** With 6 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **May** **[Tropic Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/tropic-networks)** Series D · CA · markevanstech.com **$33M** With 11 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Tropic Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/tropic-networks)** Bought by [Alcatel-Lucent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alcatel-lucent) **Undisclosed** Apr 2007

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[Mformation Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/mformation-technologies)** **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Spatial Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/spatial-wireless)** **Undisclosed** Sept 2014

**[Open-Plug](https://millionrounds.com/company/open-plug)** **Undisclosed** Sept 2010

**ProgrammableWeb** **Undisclosed** Jun 2010

**[Velocix](https://millionrounds.com/company/velocix)** **Undisclosed** Jul 2009

**[Motive](https://millionrounds.com/company/motive)** **$62M** Oct 2008

**Informiam LLC** **Undisclosed** Dec 2007

**[Tropic Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/tropic-networks)** **Undisclosed** Apr 2007

**[NetDevices](https://millionrounds.com/company/netdevices)** **Undisclosed** Jan 2007

**eDial** **Undisclosed** Sept 2004

**TiMetra** **Undisclosed** May 2003

## The cheque

Series C Series B Series D

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.1M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2015
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *2*
- Series B *1*
- Series D *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2015

Often in the room with

- [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) 3
- [Siemens](https://millionrounds.com/fund/siemens) 3
- [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) 2
- [OnPoint Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/onpoint-technologies) 2
- [Razor's Edge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/razor-s-edge-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Alcatel-Lucent. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Goldman Sachs** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)[**Siemens** Corporate VC **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/siemens)[**Fairhaven Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital)[**OnPoint Technologies** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/onpoint-technologies)[**Razor's Edge Ventures** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/razor-s-edge-ventures)

## Quick answers about Alcatel-Lucent

### What does Alcatel-Lucent invest in?

Alcatel-Lucent invests most often at Series C and Series B (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hardware, Information Technology and Internet.

### How active is Alcatel-Lucent?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2015.

### How big are Alcatel-Lucent's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M.

### Does Alcatel-Lucent lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Alcatel-Lucent invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%), France (20%) and Canada (20%).

### Is Alcatel-Lucent investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2015.

### Who does Alcatel-Lucent invest alongside?

Most often Goldman Sachs (3 rounds together), Siemens (3 rounds together) and Fairhaven Capital (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Alcatel-Lucent?

Alcatel-Lucent is a corporate VC based in 92707 Colombes, France.

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