SoftBank Capital makes early and growth stage investments in companies that connect people, devices and the world. We invest in category leaders in consumer and enterprise mobile, online advertising, ecommerce, social media and cloud computing. We have been making investments since 1995, with recent exits including Bluefin Labs, Buddy Media, Hyperpublic, Huffington Post, OMGPOP, Pivot and ZipList.
Blue Horizon is accelerating the global transition to a Sustainable Food System.
We invest holistically in the Sustainable Food System, with an end-to-end approach that extends beyond alternative proteins, starting with better crop practices right through to sustainable packaging and smarter distribution.
We generate impactful investments with a philosophy we call Double Positive — positive, above-market returns for investors and positive, measurable impact for the planet, humans and animals.
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
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