Who we are
Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm with a successful track record of 5 successive funds backing more than 160 startups over 22 years. As of 2022 Alven has over €2b in funds under management.
Founded in 2000 by Guillaume Aubin & Charles Letourneur, Alven has kept growing over the years, from a first €8m institutional fund in 2000, to a sixth fund of €350m in 2022, consolidating its position as a leading European VC firm.
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Our History
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May 2022
Alven announces its sixth generation fund, raising at its hard cap of €350M, exceeding the initial target of €300M, This is the largest early-stage fund raised in France.
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April 2022
Enso raises $16.5M to automate data-driven processes
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April 2022
POC Pharma raises $10.3 million in Series A to build out digital go-to-market solutions in Pharma Industry
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March 2022
Neural Concept raises a $9.1M Series A to scale Engineering Intelligence
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February 2022
Art NFT startup LaCollection closes a $10 million seed round led by Alven
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January 2022
Stoïk, the first cyber-insurance company in Europe, closes its first round of financing with a €3.8 million Seed
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October 2021
Mindee raises a Series A funding round of $14M
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September 2021
Mytraffic closes a €10 Million Series A funding led by Alven
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June 2021
Kaiko closes $24 million Series A to scale crypto financial data services for institutions
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April 2022
Wildmoka joins Backlight
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January 2022
Pretto closes a €30M series B
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January 2022
Ankorstore reaches unicorn status in only two years with its last €250 million Series C funding round
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November 2021
Cardiologs acquired by Philips
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May 2021
Ankorstore raises $100m in Series B funding
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May 2021
Swarmia raises a $7m Seed round led by Alven only 12 months after its inception
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April 2021
Europe’s leading B2B InsurTech Qover raises €20M to accelerate momentum globally
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February 2021
Beam raises $9.5m Series A round to build a new way to collect ideas on the web
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December 2020
Ankorstore raises €25m in a Series A round to boost independent retail across Europe
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August 2020
Dataiku announces $100m Series D
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May 2020
Xwing raises $10M Series A
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January 2020
Qonto announces $115m Series C
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December 2019
Dataiku becomes a Unicorn
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October 2019
Algolia completes a $110m Series C
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October 2019
MeilleursAgents acquired by Axel Springer for €200m
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September 2019
Akeneo raises $46m in Series C funding
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July 2019
Meero raises a record setting $230m in Series C funding
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May 2019
Heetch completes a $38m Series B
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April 2019
Sqreen raises $14m in Series A funding
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June 2018
PeopleDoc acquired by Ultimate Software for $300m
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May 2018
Sézane acquired by General Atlantic
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September 2017
Meero raises €15m in an Alven-led Series A
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May 2017
Alven invests in Jobteaser by leading a €13m Series B round
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January 2017
Qonto raises $1.7m in a Seed Round led by Alven
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December 2016 – Alven V
Alven raises €250m for its fifth fund
A testimony of Alven’s continued dynamism, Alven’s fifth and largest-ever fund is launched only 3 years after its predecessor, consolidating Alven’s position as a leading European VC firm
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April 2022
TheGuarantors Announces a $50 Million Series C
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March 2022
Akeneo Announces $135 Million Series D
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January 2022
Frichti acquired by Gorillas
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January 2022
Record-breaking fundraising of €486 million for Qonto bringing its valuation to €4.4 billion.
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August 2021
Dataiku raises a $400M Series E at a $4.6B valuation
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August 2021
Dataiku raises a $400M Series E at a $4.6B valuation
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July 2021
Algolia raises $150m in Series D funding at a $2.25b valuation
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July 2021
Planity raised €30m in Series B funding to accelerate its European expansion
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February 2021
Sold to datadog
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September 2020
Dataiku Raises $100 Million To Extend Leadership In Enterprise AI Market
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July 2020
Planity announces €10m Series B to cement leadership on beauty salon bookings
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July 2020
MadKudu raises $5.5M Series A and launches a new intelligence offering.
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November 2016
Stripe raises a $150m Series D led by CapitalG/Google and General Catalyst, reaches 9.2b valuation
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May 2016
Sqreen Seed Round, led by Alven
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March 2016
Captain Train acquired by Trainline for €200m
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November 2015
Alven invests in Stripe
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March 2015
Heetch Seed Round
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January 2015
Dataiku Seed Round
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January 2015
Wit.ai acquired by Facebook
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December 2014
Captain Train raises €55m in Series B funding, led by Alven
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October 2014
Wit.ai Seed Round
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September 2014
Akeneo Seed Round
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November 2013
Bime Analytics Series A Round
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October 2013
Algolia Seed Round
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March 2013
Sézane Series A Round
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March 2013: Alven IV
Alven continues to establish itself as a perennial player in the European VC ecosystem, by launching its fourth fund in 2013, followed in 2019 by the Alven IV opportunity fund – both totalling €190m
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April 2021
OpenClassrooms Secures $80 Million in Series C Funding
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April 2019
Drivy acquired by Getaround for $300m
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September 2016
OpenClassrooms raises €6m in Series B funding
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September 2012
Drivy Seed Round
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March 2012
OpenClassrooms Seed Round
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June 2010
PeopleDoc Series A Round
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December 2009
MeilleursAgents Series A Round
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2008: Alven III
Following on its strong track record, Alven keeps growing in ambition & scope with its third, €100m fund, becoming one of the rare European funds over six-figure mark.
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November 2006
SeLoger announces a €370m IPO
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Mid-2000s
With ACII, Alven invested in 18 companies including Meiosys acquired by IBM in 2005, Realviz acquired by Autodesk in 2008, Pickup acquired by Geopost (LaPoste) in 2009
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December 2005
Webhelp sold to Charterhouse in €83m LBO
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2003: Alven II
Alven raises its second, €36M fund, Alven II
Despite an unfavorable global economy, Alven is able to leverage the stellar performance of its first fund to gradually increase its operations in a second institutional fund of 36m€
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Fall 2000
Alven invests in SeLoger
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Summer 2000
Webhelp Seed Round
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Summer 2000: Alven created
Alven is created in Paris by Guillaume Aubin and Charles Letourneur, with a first institutional fund of 10m€
Focusing on tech & digital early-stage startups, Guillaume & Charles, two college friends, decide to leave their investment & corporate banking careers, investing their savings in budding startups