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Alven

Venture Capital

Heart-led venture capital for global game changers

Founded 2000 France Paris, France 30 employees Blockchain, Developer Tools +4

171

Total Investments

93

Portfolio Companies

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Exits

6

Industries

General Information

Industries Blockchain, Developer Tools +4
Funding Stage Seed +2

Company Overview

Founded 2000
Employees 30
Location France Paris, France
Website alven.co

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About Alven

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

Recent Investments (171)

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Series B •••••• Mar 2026
Debt Financing •••••• Feb 2026
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Early VC •••••• Dec 2024

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