PARIS – Dechert LLP advised Accel Partners, a U.S. venture capital firm, in relation to a €26 million fund raising in Doctolib notably with Bpifrance Participations, a major French investment fund. Accel Partners is a lead shareholder in Doctolib, a company dedicated to the development and marketing of an online booking platform and management software for doctors in Europe, while more generally providing health professionals management and communication tools.

This new fund raising, the fourth in three years for a total of approx. €50 million, will help the company continue its growth in France and its expansion to new countries in Europe.

A Dechert LLP team led by corporate partner Matthieu Grollemund advised Accel Partners. He was supported by corporate associates Hélène Parent and Raphael Sendowski.

Doctolib was advised by Gide. Bpifrance by Jones Day.