# Future Shape: portfolio, investments and team > Future Shape is a vc firm based in France. 7 investments on record, latest Sept 2022. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-shape-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) France · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Future Shape Last cheque observed Sep 2022. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet VC firm Seed Series A Series B Hardware Industry Manufacturing Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **1517** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$44M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $10M** Rounds led **1 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 71%** Pitch Future Shape ## Future Shape highlights - 01 7 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series B and Series C: 71% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $10M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Hardware Industry Manufacturing - **Based in:** Paris, France - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2022** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Edda](https://millionrounds.com/company/edda)** Seed · FR · Firms' own news pages **$5.8M** With 5 others - **Mar** **[Menlo Micro](https://millionrounds.com/company/menlo-micro)** Series C · US · Firms' own news pages **$150M** *Led* - **2021** 1 round - **Sept** **[DICE](https://millionrounds.com/company/dice)** Series C · GB · Firms' own news pages **$122M** With 3 others - **2020** 1 round - **Oct** **[Menlo Micro](https://millionrounds.com/company/menlo-micro)** Series B · US · Firms' own news pages **$44M** With 4 others - **2019** 1 round - **Sept** **[Simbe](https://millionrounds.com/company/simbe)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$26M** With 3 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Turvo](https://millionrounds.com/company/turvo)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$60M** With 8 others - **Jun** **[Vium](https://millionrounds.com/company/vium)** Series B · US · Businesswire **$24M** With 3 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. ## The team We hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$44M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 7 rounds **14%** - **Said size:** $100K – $10M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2022 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B said *3* - Series C *2* - Seed said *1* - Series A said *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2018 2022 Often in the room with - [Activant Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital) 2 - [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) 2 - [Vertical Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertical-venture-partners) 2 **Pitching Future Shape?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Future Shape. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Activant Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital)[**Paladin Capital Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group)[**Vertical Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertical-venture-partners) ## Recently backed The latest companies Future Shape put money into. [**Edda** $5.8M · Sept 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/edda)[**Menlo Micro** $150M · Mar 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/menlo-micro)[**DICE** $122M · Sept 2021](https://millionrounds.com/company/dice)[**Simbe** $26M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/simbe) ## On podcasts 2 episodes naming Future Shape in the title, and 2 more that mention it. - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 16 Aug 2022 · 36 min How to take creative leaps, and land them, w/Future Shape's Tony Fadell Mentions [Future Shape](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-shape-2)[Tony Fadell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tony-fadell) Apple Podcasts - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 23 May 2022 · 56 min Ep. 210: Tony Fadell, Principal at Future Shape and fmr iPod, iPhone, & Nest Mentions [Future Shape](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-shape-2)[Tony Fadell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tony-fadell) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The NFX Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/nfx) 22 Jun 2021 · 40 min Tony Fadell on Learning To See, Telling Stories, & Being A Troublemaker Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 15 Mar 2021 · 49 min 20VC: Tony Fadell "The Father of The iPod" on Mentors, Self-Doubt, Vulnerability, His Relationship To Money, Why Entrepreneurs Need to Be Coachable, Why VCs Need To Be More Direct & Why The First Trillionaire Will Innovate Around Climate Change Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Future Shape ### What does Future Shape invest in? Future Shape invests most often at Series B and Series C (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hardware, Industry and Manufacturing. ### How active is Future Shape? 7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2022. ### What has Future Shape invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Edda (Seed, Sept 2022), Menlo Micro (Series C, Mar 2022) and DICE (Series C, Sept 2021). ### How big are Future Shape's cheques? The median round it joins is $44M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $10M. ### Does Future Shape lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 7 investments on record (14%). ### Where does Future Shape invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (71%), France (14%) and the United Kingdom (14%). ### Is Future Shape investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2022. ### Who does Future Shape invest alongside? 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