Truffle Capital & Obratori
Truffle Capital and OBRATORI join forces to promote innovation in dermato cosmetics and support the creation and development in Marseille of new technological leaders.
Paris & Marseille, October 3rd 2018. Obratori, the Startup Studio of the L’OCCITANE Group and Truffle Capital, announce their partnership, for the creation & development, in Marseille, of innovative startups, with the potential to become world leaders, in the field of dermatology and cosmetic.
OBRATORI participated, as a reference subscriber, in the first closing of the Truffle BioMedTech fund. A Professional Private Equity Fund aimed at financing disruptive innovations in the life sciences sector. OBRATORI has, now, established a privileged partnership with Truffle Capital. In order to take advantage of its know-how, in the structuring and support of innovative startups, and, to facilitate the installation in its accelerator of dermato-cosmetic companies in the portfolio of Truffle Capital.
For Obratori, the objectives are plural.
«Thanks to Truffle Capital’s more than seventeen years of experience, as a venture capital entrepreneur, we are extremely well equipped to host innovative projects, and promote the companies’ creation able to disrupt the Cosmetics and Wellness industry. These startups will find, with OBRATORI and Truffle Capital, partners of choice for the success of their innovation project.”
Amaury Godron, Managing Director of OBRATORI.
“Obratori’s participation in our BioMedtech fund, and our partnership, allow us to extend to dermato-cosmetics, our activity of entrepreneurial investors & specialists, in the financing of radical innovation in the life sciences. Being able to count on the functional premises, and, skills of Obratori, to install our startups is a precious asset for the success of our investments in this field.”
Philippe Pouletty, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Truffle Capital
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About Truffle Capital
Founded in 2001, Truffle Capital is an independent European Venture Capital company. Specialized in life sciences (BioTech and MedTech) and breakthrough technologies in the IT sectors (FinTech and InsurTech). Truffle Capital’s mission is, to support the creation and, development of young innovative companies, capable of becoming the leaders of tomorrow. Chaired by Patrick Kron alongside Dr. Philippe Pouletty and Bernard-Louis Roques, CoFounders and Managing Directors, Truffle Capital manages € 450 million in assets. Since its creation, it has raised nearly € 1bn. And, it has supported more than 80 companies in the digital technology and life sciences sectors. At the end of 2017, Truffle Capital successfully completed the first closings of its two new institutional funds:
- Truffle Financial Innovation Fund and
- Truffle BioMedTech Fund, as well as the closing of a fund dedicated to the FRR.
About OBRATORI
OBRATORI, the startup studio that boosts your ideas and transforms your achievements into business. OBRATORI is the incubator and accelerator of innovation-oriented projects in the fields of cosmetics, wellbeing, and digital solutions for distribution. Created by the L’OCCITANE Group, and supported by many private & public partners, OBRATORI aims to promote job creation in the South region, through the creation of innovative companies. For more information: www.obratori.com / @Obratori