Jerome Bestel

We are building the future interior design platform where you can easily manage your home project from Inspiration to Execution, 100% online. Plum Living provides premium products, expert advice and amazing inspirational content to empower your creativity in your home.

Napta is a SaaS solution helping companies to find the best match between their projects and their employees. The staffing process turns out indeed to be a significant pain point: • time-consuming for managers • frustrating for employees (lack of transparency, unmet expectations, ...) With Napta, you are able to optimize your staffing process: • gain productivity by having the right information at the right time • lower your turnover and recruitment costs by engaging your employees and improving their skills development

The world produces a handful of world-class entrepreneurs a year. We are entrepreneurs too, and have designed from scratch the ideal partner for these unique people. A meaningful check at Day One, often even before the company actually exists. A responsive, reliable and knowledgeable counterpart with aligned interests. A long-term relationship we hope will last a decade. We are Frst. -- €200m+ AUM invested at day one in 50+ companies to date. Full portfolio on frst.vc

Tech-enabled condo management company, developing proprietary solutions to better deliver the service. On top of its cutting-edge software solutions giving back the power to flat-owners to know whats happening in their building, Homeland is able to put together a team of experts in various fields to solve any buildings issue in a blink.

Depuis 2016, Tracktor.fr est la solution qui facilite le quotidien des professionnels qui louent du matériel. Nous avons digitalisé tous les aspects complexes liés à la location. Notre plateforme en ligne permet dobtenir un devis instantanément et de réserver mini-pelles, nacelles, chariots, barrières, bases vie... directement en ligne. Les clients accèdent au 1er réseau de loueurs de France, avec une large gamme de produits référencés sur tout le territoire à des prix négociés. Le tout avec un service client expert et des contrats avantageux.

Own your crypto. Secure & friendly self-custody wallet (aka non-custodial wallet) for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Tezos, NFTs… Access web3 & DeFi.

PlayPlay is the video creation platform that enables marketing and communication teams to turn their messages into memorable videos. Whether you need to promote an event, share company news, or boost talent acquisition, video is the most impactful way to do it. Yes, video not only gets your message across, but also ensures it’s understood - and therefore remembered. Everyone in an organization should have this power, even those without technical skills. With a simple-to-use platform that guarantees high-quality video output, PlayPlay is the solution for companies that want to make their communication more impactful. Moreover, PlayPlay empowers teams to create videos end to end, collaboratively and efficiently. And they can even have fun doing it. That’s why 2500+ large and mid-sized companies across 15 countries already use PlayPlay to get closer to their communities, be it customers, employees, or partners. One unforgettable video at a time. Find out more on 👉 https://playplay.com

HostnFly développe des algorithmes pour optimiser le revenu de logements mis en location sur Airbnb. Nous proposons un service de gestion de locations clés en main, qui permet aux particuliers de louer leur logement sans effort et à distance ! Service disponible dans +30 villes en France et Espagne

50 Partners is a leading startup accelerator in France. Cofounded by 50 successful Tech entrepreneurs (BlaBlaCar, Showroomprivee, Le Bon Coin, …), the program provides a few selected startups with high quality mentoring, financing, international connections, networking and office space in central Paris. 50 Partners is a dedicated ecosystem for innovative tech projects, where entrepreneurs, VCs, corporates and industry experts are committed to help startups succeed

Headline is a venture capital firm with teams on the ground in 8 cities around the world. We invest across geographies, stages, and sectors, from consumer and fintech to infrastructure and software. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global. Our Early Stage Funds, based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, back Early Stage companies locally, while our Venture Growth Fund invests globally from Series B and beyond. This allows us to see local trends up close, partner with winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage. Among the 300+ investments globally, current and former Headline portfolio companies include Acorns, Angi, AppFolio, Bumble, Bitwarden, Creditas, Farfetch, Fetch, Gopuff, Honeycomb, Mistral AI, NGINX, Numa, Pismo, Raisin, Scopely, Segment, SEMrush, Sonos, Staffbase, The RealReal, and Yeahka.

Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm with over $500m under management and a successful track record of backing more than 130 startups over 20 years. Our mission at Alven consists in supporting the long-term success of European category-defining startups with global reach, starting at Series A or Seed stage. Alven’s sectors of interest include notably B2C/B2B marketplaces, productivity and dev tools, vertical AI platforms, consumer social & entertainment, B2C financial services and wellness brands. Examples of past or current investments PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE: Akeneo - Bime Analytics - Dataiku - Georges.tech - People Doc - Qonto - Webhelp DEV TOOLS: Algolia - Entropysoft - Platform.sh - Sqreen - Stripe - Wit.ai VERTICAL AI PLATFORMS: Cardiologs - Clustree - Scortex - Tinyclues - XWing B2B MARKETPLACES: Ankorstore - Companeo - Jobteaser - Meero SOCIAL & ENTERTAINMENT: Happn - Madbox - Tonsser - Yubo B2C FINANCIAL SERVICES: MeilleursAgents - Pretto - The Guarantors - Virgil B2C MARKETPLACES: Captain Train - Drivy - Heetch - Liligo - Marco Vasco - OpenClassrooms - SeLoger - Smallable WELLNESS BRANDS: Birchbox - Feed. - Joone - Sézane - Typology Pitch your start-up via www.alven.co https://twitter.com/alvencap

We are building the future interior design platform where you can easily manage your home project from Inspiration to Execution, 100% online. Plum Living provides premium products, expert advice and amazing inspirational content to empower your creativity in your home.

Napta is a SaaS solution helping companies to find the best match between their projects and their employees. The staffing process turns out indeed to be a significant pain point: • time-consuming for managers • frustrating for employees (lack of transparency, unmet expectations, ...) With Napta, you are able to optimize your staffing process: • gain productivity by having the right information at the right time • lower your turnover and recruitment costs by engaging your employees and improving their skills development