Marius Busen

Chief of Staff @voize 💙 AI companion for nurses | ex-VC

📍 France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2024
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May 2022
Were building the #1 AI learning companion for 1 billion students worldwide - driven by the purpose of democratising access to the highest quality education. Millions of students already use our AI learning companion weekly across multiple countries. With proprietary learning data and breakthrough AI technology, were determined to become the defining platform that transforms how students access education globally. Education is at a historic inflection point. AI is finally enabling truly personalised learning at scale - not just disrupting traditional methods, but revolutionising the entire global learning experience. Ready to join our elite team of hands-on builders? Help us become the generational AI learning company serving 1+ billion students. Were looking for engineers, product builders, and growth accelerators who thrive in high-velocity environments and want to architect the future of learning.
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Apr 2022
Here, every user becomes a creator, inspired by the open-source movement where each contribution is valued. Zealy is driving growth and fostering loyalty through quests, sprints, and valuable insights. Zealy powers the world’s top communities, from next-gen startups to leading global companies in web3, gaming and more. We’re trusted by industry giants like Ubisoft, LVMH, Michelin, Polygon, PMU, Renault, Alpine, Nissan, and Fiat. We believe in a world where everyone is recognized and fairly rewarded for their contributions.
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2024
Investor
Sep 2024
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
2022
Investor/Board
May 2022
Were building the #1 AI learning companion for 1 billion students worldwide - driven by the purpose of democratising access to the highest quality education. Millions of students already use our AI learning companion weekly across multiple countries. With proprietary learning data and breakthrough AI technology, were determined to become the defining platform that transforms how students access education globally. Education is at a historic inflection point. AI is finally enabling truly personalised learning at scale - not just disrupting traditional methods, but revolutionising the entire global learning experience. Ready to join our elite team of hands-on builders? Help us become the generational AI learning company serving 1+ billion students. Were looking for engineers, product builders, and growth accelerators who thrive in high-velocity environments and want to architect the future of learning.
Investor/Board
Apr 2022
Here, every user becomes a creator, inspired by the open-source movement where each contribution is valued. Zealy is driving growth and fostering loyalty through quests, sprints, and valuable insights. Zealy powers the world’s top communities, from next-gen startups to leading global companies in web3, gaming and more. We’re trusted by industry giants like Ubisoft, LVMH, Michelin, Polygon, PMU, Renault, Alpine, Nissan, and Fiat. We believe in a world where everyone is recognized and fairly rewarded for their contributions.
Associate
Jan 2022
redalpine is the pan-European venture capital firm that empowers GameChangers. Founded in Switzerland in 2006, redalpine brings together financial investment, operational expertise, and a vast international network to help ambitious entrepreneurs transform their vision into a reality. With over €1bn in assets under management and a disciplined, sector-agnostic investment strategy, the firm has backed some of Europe’s most disruptive companies, including N26, Mistral AI, Proxima Fusion, Klarna, Taxfix, Inkitt, 9fin, and vivenu. redalpine has over 100 companies in its portfolio and invests Europe-wide from its offices in Zurich, Berlin, and London.
2021
Investment Team
2021
Heartcore Capital is one of Europe’s longest-standing, pure early-stage investors. Our mission is simple: to back Europe’s next generation of outlier founders. Founded in 2007, Heartcore was built on our passion of working with outlier founders at the intersection of technology and human aspirations. Since then, we have backed some of Europe’s biggest category-defining companies, such as Tink, Neo4j, Boozt, Peakon, Seriously, Perk, GetYourGuide, Fora Travel, Natural Cycles, Podimo. So far, we have invested in over 100 founding teams from 13 different countries. And we are looking for more. Get in touch with us at contact@heartcore.com and subscribe to our newsletter —> http://heartcore.substack.com
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