Led · Equity · Jan 2021

AVSimulation develops and supplies driving simulators and the SCANeR modular simulation software platform for terrain, vehicle, sensor and traffic modeling, scenario editing, massive simulation and 3D real-time visualization. SCANeR is used for development and validation of driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving and HMI, enabling millions of virtual kilometres to speed development cycles. The company was created in July 2017 by Renault Group and Oktal (Sogeclair); Dassault Systèmes joined the capital in 2021 to strengthen R&D, integrate SCANeR within 3DEXPERIENCE and expand distribution. AVSimulation is based in France and the United States, employs 87 people and reported €13.3 million in turnover in 2021. With UTAC joining the shareholder base, the company is accelerating vehicle testing in virtual environments and expanding digital certification scenarios correlated with on-track results. UTAC will also enrich SCANeR's scenario catalogue and contribute operational simulation expertise from its global test sites. A.V.Simulation, created in July 2017 and based in France and the United States, builds the SCANeR™ modular simulation platform and high‑performance driving simulators used for ADAS, autonomous driving and HMI development and validation. SCANeR™ offers road‑environment and vehicle modelling, sensor simulation, scenario editing, massive simulation and photorealistic real‑time 3D visualization, enabling millions of virtual kilometers in a few days. The company also provides high‑value services including training, scenario realization, vehicle models and sensor support. A.V.Simulation employed 82 people and reported turnover of €21.2 million in 2019. Future plans stated in the announcement include reinforcing R&D to support certification of onboard autonomous vehicle systems and developing international turnover, aided by integration with Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Led · Series B · Jun 2019

BioSerenity builds wearable medical devices and digital point-of-care solutions that leverage sensor-equipped textiles, artificial intelligence, electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO), IoT and cloud technologies. The company offers fully-operated care services to hospitals and healthcare professionals and provides pharmaceutical companies with turnkey companion-diagnostic solutions. Its full-stack approach is intended to lower clinical costs, accelerate accurate diagnosis, and support treatment development through clinical and real-world data collection. BioSerenity’s initial clinical focus includes cardiovascular, neurology and sleep disorders. The company says it will expand its solutions beyond those areas and develop new telemedicine offerings. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, BioSerenity has been part of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Lab.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2018

NuoDB is a NewSQL database that looks and behaves like a traditional SQL database from the outside but is revolutionary under the covers. The company positions itself as a new class of database for a new class of datacenter. It was created by an experienced team of software experts and is described as having the support of a visionary investment team. NuoDB is based in Cambridge, MA. According to an SEC filing reported by BostInno, the company has raised a $30 million equity round. Investors named in the filing include Temenos, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, Dassault Systems, and Morgenthaler Ventures. NuoDB provides an SQL database designed for cloud-enabled and modern datacenter applications. Its ACID-compliant database distributes tasks among multiple processors and uses peer-to-peer messaging to route tasks to nodes, aiming to avoid bottlenecks and maintain application performance. The product targets geo-distributed data management and business continuity for frequent application deployments. Led by President and CEO Bob Walmsley, the company operates from Cambridge, MA and also has offices in Dublin and Belfast. NuoDB completed a $17m funding round and plans to use the proceeds to further refine its database offering and expand sales and marketing efforts. NuoDB, Inc. is a Cambridge, MA–based provider of a webscale distributed database management system designed for the cloud and the modern datacenter. Led by CEO and co‑founder Barry Morris, the company delivers a DBMS specifically built for cloud deployments and modern datacenter environments. Customers mentioned in the article include AutoZone and Zombie Studios, among others. The company received an investment from Roger Sippl; the amount of the investment is undisclosed. Roger Sippl, who co‑founded Informix and other software companies, will help NuoDB improve the product. The article does not disclose revenue, user metrics, or further financial details. NuoDB develops a distributed database management system that uses a "durable distributed cache" to scale out and avoid a single point of failure. The product runs on commodity hardware and virtual machines and became generally available in January 2013. Founded in 2010 by database architect Jim Starkey and CEO Barry Morris, the company spent 2013 getting to GA and acquiring initial customers. Since GA it has grown to about 25 commercial customers, including AutoZone, DropShip Commerce and Zombie Studios, and its free Developer Edition is used by roughly 11,000 developers. NuoDB expects its revenue to grow at least 300 percent in 2014. The company plans to use the new funding to build out its sales and marketing teams. NuoDB develops an elastically scalable database architected for the cloud using a shared‑nothing, asynchronous, peer‑to‑peer design. The product is SQL‑compliant, guarantees ACID transactions, is highly resilient, and requires minimal administration. Its architecture is intended to deliver high performance at web scale without sacrificing traditional relational features. The database is currently in beta and is slated to become generally available in Q3 2012. NuoDB plans to use new funding to advance product development as well as sales and marketing. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Participated · Series B · Dec 2011

Gehry Technologies provides design and project management technology and consulting services to owners, developers, architects, engineers, general contractors, fabricators and other building industry professionals worldwide. Led by CEO Dayne Myers, the company offers Building Information Modeling (BIM) consulting and develops design and project management technology. It intends to use the new capital to expand its BIM consulting services and continue product development. The company secured $10M in Series B financing, bringing total funding to date to $15M. Investors in the round included Autodesk (lead), Dassault Systemes and private investors. Gehry Technologies maintains offices in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.