Ring Capital, Tikehau back Linkfluence's series-D

The round saw Ring Capital and Tikehau Capital jointly acquire a minority stake, as several previous backers still retain a stake in the business, Unquote understands.

Ring Capital, founded in 2017, held a final close for its €165m maiden fund in June this year. Tikehau Capital invested for a 25% stake in the general partner itself. 

Tikehau used its Tikehau Growth Equity II vehicle for the transaction, launched in July. 

The fresh capital has allowed Linkfluence to acquire web content monitoring specialist Scoop.it. Guillaume Decugis, Scoop.it's CEO and co-founder, will take over the helm of Linkfluence.

Established in 2007, Scoop.it is a software company that focuses on mobile social operating systems, to connect the web and mobile networks. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company was formerly based in France. Scoop.it has raised more than €10m since its inception in 2007 from investors Orkos Capital, Partech, Elaia and Ixo Private Equity, according to Unquote Data.

Previous funding
Orkos was the first investor in Linkfluence, leading a $2.5m series-A round in 2010.

Three years later, Orkos and Banexi invested €3.5m in a second round of funding. The platform raised an additional €3m from the same investors, which were joined by Sigma Gestion, just a year later. The third investment enabled Linkfluence to bolt on social media monitoring company TrendyBuzz, which had the effect of increasing its turnover by €7m and its headcount to 70.

Finally, BNP Paribas and CapDecisif Management took part in a €12m funding round in 2016. 

Company
Founded in 2006, Linkfluence collects customer insights and analyses real-time social data for brands and agencies.

The company's clients include Total, L'Oreal, Samsung, Orange and Danone. Headquartered in Paris, Linkfluence also has offices in the UK, Singapore, China and Germany.

People
Linkfluence - Alain Le Verre, Guilhem Fouetillou, Camille Maussang, Antonin Rohmer (co-founders).
Tikehau Capital - Guillaume Benhamou (managing director).

Advisers
Equity - Jones Day (legal); 2C Finance (corporate finance).
Company – Clipperton (corporate finance); Harlay Avocats (legal).

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