🔥 Looking forward to meeting those lucky people attending #EthCC[5] next week! Join us on 19 July at 11:30 in the EthVC room for a talk on Lessons from web2 to be implemented in web3, with a specific focus on hiring and go-to-market and connect with Bartosz Jakubowski ⟠ and Thomas Cuvelier

Starting a web3 company is above all starting a company. 🛠 Countless lessons from web2, from hiring to finding product-market fit and distributing your product. 🤓 Come chat about this at EthCC - Ethereum Community Conference next Tuesday morning! cc Alven

A pretty good summary of our investment thesis 😄: you + us = 🚀Happy to share the French podium with Partech and Kima Ventures 👋

🇫🇷 Based on our Investor Rank, the top French investors are: 1️⃣ Kima Ventures 2️⃣ Eurazeo 3️⃣ Partech 4️⃣ Alven 5️⃣ IRIS 6️⃣ @Elaia_Partners 7️⃣ XAnge 8️⃣ AGLAÉ VENTURES 9️⃣ Sofinnova Partners 🔟 Financière Saint James Read more here: dealroom.co/blog/dealroom-…

🇫🇷 🤝 🇩🇪 We are happy to see the continuous expansion of Qonto, this time by acquiring Penta by Qonto, the star of business banking in Germany! Congrats to both Penta & Qonto teams and bravo Alex Prot, Steve Anavi for the amazing work you do. sifted.eu/articles/qonto…

Welcome @Grafbase to the #Alvenfamily. The company offers instant serverless GraphQL backends! Excited to continue this journey with you Fredrik Björk You can read more 👇 grafbase.com/blog/announcin…

It's merger day!🧑‍🎓JobTeaser acquires its Nordic counterpart @graduateland to strengthen its position as Europe's leading provider of careers and recruitment solutions for young talents. Congrats to the teams👏#alvenfamily

⛓ + ♜ Immortal Game has just announced their fundraising, and we are happy to back their venture to immortalize chess, the most played board game in the world, in the Web3 space! tcrn.ch/3S3K7aw

This year again, we’ll participate in France Digitale Day, the most exclusive startup event in Europe. An opportunity to meet great startups at the #VCHallOfFame and support new projects 🌱 #FDDay 🎟 francedigitale.org/event/fdday202…

🍀We bear good news! Bearer recently closed their $8M seed funding- they're a data-first🔐security software that detects business logic and security flaws in code. The $4m second round was led by us with Kima Ventures Partech Point Nine 🇺🇦 Congrats Guillaume Montard 🎉

Archy, a🦷dental software solution, has just announced $10M in funding! They aim to provide dental teams with an integrated software suite that addresses every need✅ The platform will automate business operations, enabling dentists to focus on serving patients🧑‍⚕️ Congrats team!🎊

Well done MadKudu for raising a $18M Series A! 🎉They’re a lead scoring platform that uses predictive analytics to help B2B companies accelerate their business operations ⏩They plan to 3x their team size by 2023! 👏Congratulations Sam Levan Francis Brero François Meteyer

Big win for the Virgil team for closing their €15M Series A! They: 🏡 Enable real estate investment without any due diligence 💪 Help young workers achieve financial independence through real estate Congrats Keyvan Nilforoushan Saskia Fiszel and the entire Virgil team! Rodolphe Menegaux

💪Way to go Deepomatic for closing a €10M Series B! They’ve taken over the telecoms industry with customers like Bouygues Telecom and Telefónica, and now they’re aiming to conquer the energy and mobility sectors. Congrats Augustin Marty, Aloïs Brunel, Vincent Delaitre and team🎯

Startups need consolidation and profitability to win back investors. Read about Thomas Cuvelier discussion with Laura Sturaitis

Why startups need consolidation and profitability to win back investors. Watch the rest of #PYMNTSEMEA's sit-down w/ Alven's Thomas Cuvelier pymnts.com/startups/2022/…

Utilising cutting-edge #generativeAI technology, Creative Fabrica has raised $61M in Series B funding. Supporting creators in unlocking their full creative potential! #designcommunity #AI Welcome to the #alvenfamily

8y ago, I met Rodolphe Menegaux who was crazy enough to hire me almost straight out of school at XAnge. Today, I’m happy (ok, and a bit proud) to join him and François Meteyer, Guillaume Aubin, Thomas Cuvelier and Charles Letourneur in the Alven partnership. 🦓