Breega propels pioneering and purpose-driven founders from idea into impact. We closed our first fund in 2015 and now have half a billion AUM and 70+ trailblazing portfolio companies. Crafted for founders by founders, we built Breega to provide start-ups with the help we wish we'd had. And we’ve created an investment proposition that’s purposefully designed. We call it full stack funding: providing capital and connections, expertise and experience, support and solidarity for entrepreneurs at every step of their journey. We invest across Europe and internationally, focusing on pre-seed to Series A+.

Breega

Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.

Bpifrance

Elephant is a venture capital firm focused on enterprise software, consumer internet, and mobile markets.

Elephant

Didomi

Didomi is a consent and preference management platform for collecting and leveraging user consents and preferences for businesses.The company's cloud-based suite of tools includes automated websites/apps scanning and auditing, privacy compliance assessment, privacy and cookie policy generation, and consent management, enabling businesses of all sizes to comply with privacy requirements and build consumer trust.

Didomi develops software technology solutions to manage user consent and preferences for marketing, compliance, developers, and AdTech professionals. It includes options to store, update, and prove user cookie consent. The company’s solutions allow enterprises to work with data in compliance with regulations such as the GDPR and the CCPA. The company’s product portfolio includes a consent management platform (CMP), a preference management platform (PMP), and a suite of bespoke solutions addressing consent and preference management.

New data privacy regulations have opened up space for a new wave of compliance-focused startups.

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Data consent and preferences management platform Didomi raises $40M

Didomi develops software technology solutions to manage user consent and preferences for marketing, compliance, developers, and AdTech professionals. It includes options to store, update, and prove user cookie consent. The company’s solutions allow enterprises to work with data in compliance with regulations such as the GDPR and the CCPA. The company’s product portfolio includes a consent management platform (CMP), a preference management platform (PMP), and a suite of bespoke solutions addressing consent and preference management.In January 2022, the company acquired the data privacy startup Agnostik for an undisclosed sum, following a long-standing partnership between the two. The acquisition of Agnostik allowed Didomi to strengthen its existing compliance offerings with privacy monitoring solutions. The acquisition also allowed the company’s customers to access expert advice in Privacy Ad Operations (Privacy AdOps), which deals with user privacy standards and irregular privacy practices such as dark patterns.The company’s solutions are available in 53 languages, and it has offices in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, and New York.Key customers and partnershipsSociete Generale, Volvo, Orange, Gameloft, Rakuten, Michelin, and Harrods were some of its notable customers as of September 2024.

OneTrust provides compliance solutions that leverage AI tools and automation across all areas of privacy compliance. The company’s AI-powered solution sees widespread use, providing automation in the areas of data discovery, data subject rights management, consent management (with a user-facing preference center for greater control), data protection impact assessments, third-party risk management, incident response reporting, and monitoring.The company also provides regulatory research software that companies can use to train staff and even benchmark their own privacy programs. The company’s Government Records Request Automation solution helps government organizations intake requests, automate data discovery and redaction, and provide a secure two-way communication portal that demonstrates compliance with FOIA, PRR, and the Privacy Act. OneTrust’s products were backed by over 200 patents as of September 2024.OneTrust has strengthened its position in the digital privacy space through several acquisitions in recent years. In March 2021, OneTrust acquired DocuVision, an AI-powered data redaction platform to bolster its data subject rights capabilities through automatic redaction of non-relevant sensitive information. During the same month, OneTrust acquired Convercent to enhance its platform through advanced ethics and compliance capabilities, and helpline and disclosure management. OneTrust acquired the security assurance and certification platform Tugboat Logic in September 2021, to automate its InfoSec assurance and certification processes. Other notable acquisitions include Privacy Core e-learning, DataGuidance, and Integris Software.In March 2023, OneTrust announced the addition of certification automation to the OneTrust GRC and Security Assurance Cloud. This solution which combines automation, pre-built policies and controls spanning 29 industry frameworks, over 100 integrations, compliance content, and expert guidance enables customers to simplify and streamline compliance tasks according to OneTrust.Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2024, OneTrust said it served over 14,000 active customers, including 75 of the Fortune 100. The company claims it serves notable organizations from all industries, with Adobe, Walgreens, Samsung, and Mearsk among its customer base.OneTrust entered a partnership with Dow Jones Risk and Compliance in April 2023, to incorporate risk and compliance data into its third-party due diligence solution.

OneTrust

CENTRL provides automated risk management and privacy management solutions. Through its Privacy360 platform, the company provides solutions to identify compliance gaps, automate data discovery, manage data subject rights requests, consent management (with a user-facing preference center), carry out impact assessments, third-party risk management, monitoring, and reporting.

CENTRL

HighSide provides a secure communications platform for organizations, enterprise archiving solutions, data discovery, and supervision tools in compliance with GDPR, CCPA, etc. In 2019, the company announced the acquisition of Hotshot Technologies, a secure team messaging platform.

HighSide

SecuPI provides a patented platform enabling organizations to achieve compliance with regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. The platform achieves this by providing multiple features to protect data such as pseudonymization, consent controls, audit logs, streamlining breach notifications, etc. SecuPI’s platform is deployed in organizations in the banking, insurance, telecommunications, and health industries.

SecuPi

JoinPrivacy is a B2C solution that allows users to manage their personal data from the websites they use, all from one place.

JoinPrivacy

Solutions to prevent the tracking and collection of the personal data of end-users.

Encrypted communications and data exchanges for internal and external collaboration around sensitive data.

Tools to provide compliance with privacy regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, and carry out tasks such as data discovery, data governance, consent management, Data Subject Rights (DSR) management, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) and managing incident response as mandated by these privacy regulations.

Synthetic data generation, data de-identification and anonymization, and other solutions for managing sensitive data.

Storage infrastructure for holding data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR or data residency requirements.

Central management of data access and data privacy and security policies.

Uses AI/ML to automate workflows such as data discovery and data classification

Uses generative AI to provide conversational recommendations to users to remain compliant with privacy regulations

Solutions in this industry hub are offered under a B2B SaaS model

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