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

  • 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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  • MeilleursAgents.com

    October 2019

    MeilleursAgents acquired by Axel Springer for €200m

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  • akeneo

    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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  • people doc

    June 2018

    PeopleDoc acquired by Ultimate Software for $300m

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  • May 2018

    Sézane acquired by General Atlantic

  • 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

  • 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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  • data iku

    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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  • sqreen

    May 2016

    Sqreen Seed Round, led by Alven

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  • trainline

    March 2016

    Captain Train acquired by Trainline for €200m

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  • stripe

    November 2015

    Alven invests in Stripe

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  • bime

    October 2015

    Bime Analytics acquired by Zendesk for $45m

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  • heetch

    March 2015

    Heetch Seed Round

  • January 2015

    Dataiku Seed Round

  • wit.ai

    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

  • akeneo

    September 2014

    Akeneo Seed Round

  • November 2013

    Bime Analytics Series A Round

  • October 2013

    Algolia Seed Round

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  • March 2013

    Sézane Series A Round

  • 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

  • April 2021

    OpenClassrooms Secures $80 Million in Series C Funding

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  • drivy

    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

  • 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.

  • November 2006

    SeLoger announces a €370m IPO

  • 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

  • December 2005

    Webhelp sold to Charterhouse in €83m LBO

  • 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€

  • Fall 2000

    Alven invests in SeLoger

  • Summer 2000

    Webhelp Seed Round

  • 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