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Societe Generale
Corporate · Founded 1864 · Paris, France
Société Générale S.A. is one of Europe's leading financial services groups and a major player in the French banking sector. Founded in 1864 and headquartered in Paris, the group operates a universal banking model across three core business pillars: French Retail, Private Banking and Insurance; International Retail, Mobility and Leasing Services (including subsidiaries such as BoursoBank, Ayvens and its international banking networks in Europe and Africa); and Global Banking and Investor Solutions. Present in around 60 countries and serving millions of individual, corporate and institutional clients, Société Générale employs more than 100,000 people worldwide. The group is listed on Euronext Paris under the ticker GLE.PA and is a constituent of the CAC 40 index.
Societe Generale’s biggest exits.
Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Societe Generale’s transaction record.
Where Societe Generale’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 287 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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France83
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India59
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USA37
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UK19
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Australia10
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Canada8
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Italy8
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Spain7
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Belgium4
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Ireland4
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Sweden4
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Czechia3
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Energy97
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Fintech47
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Transportation29
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Real Estate21
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Enterprise Software17
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Health16
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Telecom16
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Security11
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Food9
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Hosting9
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Media8
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Fashion7
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Series B+47
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Series A16
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Seed10
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Late Growth103
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Mature74
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Breakout Stage62
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Early Growth48
Inside Societe Generale’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 287 tracked.
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neWhere Societe Generale’s portfolio founders come from.
67 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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France19
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India15
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United States11
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United Kingdom7
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Italy5
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Ireland4
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Australia1
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Canada1
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Czechia1
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Spain1
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INSEAD Business School4
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EM Lyon Business School3
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IFP School3
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay3
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Technical University of Denmark3
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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business3
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University of Padua3
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ESSEC Business School2
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Paris Dauphine University - PSL University2
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Air Liquide3
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McKinsey & Company3
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Texas Instruments3
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Accenture2
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Activate2
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Bain & Company2
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Evertale2
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Nokia Corporation2
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PwC2
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SiRF Technology2
Other LPs.
Other corporate and insurance LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Societe Generale by combined power-law score — Europe first, then the nearest worldwide.
Key people at Societe Generale.
