APRIL 2014
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Founded in 2010, Invibes Advertising (ex: Videostep) offers advertisers Native Video Advertising solutions. After two and a half years of development for its “embed” technology, the start-up launched its solution at the end of 2012. VideoStep offers Internet users promoted videos inside articles from the major media (Le Monde, Le Figaro, Le Point …).
Founded by Stéphane Pictet and Stefan Renninger in 1997, Virtual Network manages the information portal Romandie.com, and holds a 100% stake in Romandie Network, an advertising network, leader in online advertising in Switzerland. Virtual Network also supports young start-ups, and especially contributed to the development of Zong, a micro-payment company sold to Paypal in 2011 for $240M.