Sophie Bruchou

We’re a venture capital firm partnering at (pre)seed stage with entrepreneurs in France, Denmark & Sweden. We’re currently investing out of our first €75m fund, which was launched at the beginning of 2023. Our investors include the Danish sovereign fund (Vaekstfonden), Edenred (a French Euronext-listed corporation), several prestigious European family offices and 70+ French & Nordic Tech entrepreneurs (including the founders of 3shape, Akeneo, Botify, Dixa, Falcon, Kantox, Peakon, PeopleDoc, Planday, Pleo, Qonto, Silae, Spendesk, Swile, Tiller, Zendesk, etc.).

We’re a venture capital firm partnering at (pre)seed stage with entrepreneurs in France, Denmark & Sweden. We’re currently investing out of our first €75m fund, which was launched at the beginning of 2023. Our investors include the Danish sovereign fund (Vaekstfonden), Edenred (a French Euronext-listed corporation), several prestigious European family offices and 70+ French & Nordic Tech entrepreneurs (including the founders of 3shape, Akeneo, Botify, Dixa, Falcon, Kantox, Peakon, PeopleDoc, Planday, Pleo, Qonto, Silae, Spendesk, Swile, Tiller, Zendesk, etc.).

Established in 1997, Idinvest Partners is a leading pan-European Private Equity firm. With €9.4bn under management, the firm successfully supports the growth of companies by financing them through its several complementary areas of business expertise: Venture & Growth Capital, Private Debt and Private Funds Group. Recent success stories include Criteo, Meetic, Vestiaire Collective, Talend, Demeco, Deezer, Sarenza, Secret Escapes, Arena, Peakon, Wefox and many more. In January 2018, Idinvest Partners became a subsidiary of Eurazeo, a leading global investment company.

Eurazeo is a leading global investment company, with a diversified portfolio of €39 billion in assets under management, including €30 billion from third parties, invested in 600 companies. With its considerable private equity, private debt as well as real estate and infrastructure asset expertise, Eurazeo accompanies companies of all sizes, supporting their development through the commitment of its nearly 450 professionals and by offering deep sector expertise, a gateway to global markets, and a responsible and stable foothold for transformational growth. Its solid institutional and family shareholder base, robust financial structure free of structural debt, and flexible investment horizon enable Eurazeo to support its companies over the long term. Eurazeo has offices in Paris, New York, London, Frankfurt, Berlin, Milan, Madrid, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore, Stockholm, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. Eurazeo is listed on Euronext Paris. *** Eurazeo est un groupe dinvestissement mondial de premier plan, qui gère 39 milliards d’euros d’actifs diversifiés dont 30 milliards pour compte de tiers investis dans un portefeuille de 600 entreprises. Fort de son expertise dans le Private Equity, la dette privée et les actifs immobiliers et infrastructures, le groupe accompagne les entreprises de toute taille, mettant au service de leur développement l’engagement de ses près de 450 collaborateurs, sa profonde expertise sectorielle, son accès privilégié aux marchés mondiaux, ainsi que son approche responsable de la création de valeur fondée sur la croissance. Son actionnariat institutionnel et familial, sa structure financière solide sans endettement structurel et son horizon d’investissement flexible lui permettent d’accompagner les entreprises dans la durée. Eurazeo dispose de bureaux à Paris, New York, Londres, Francfort, Berlin, Milan, Madrid, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Séoul, Singapour, Stockholm, Sao Paulo et Tokyo. Eurazeo est cotée sur Euronext Paris.

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