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eFounders

Founders Quentin Nickmans Thibaud Elziere

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Total investments 50
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$11M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 3.85
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.54
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • SaaS
  • Software
  • B2B
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
Summary

In 2011 was created eFounders, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in Europe in France. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Paris.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the eFounders, startups are often financed by Alven Capital, Newfund Capital, Kima Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Alven Capital, Kima Ventures, Andrew Nutter. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Alven Capital, Kima Ventures, Index Ventures.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 1 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - France. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Spendesk, Front App, Upflow. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are B2B, Financial Services. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this eFounders performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2018. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

The fund was created by Quentin Nickmans, Thibaud Elziere.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Catalog

$3M05 Mar 2024 -

Cohort

Blockchain
$3M01 Feb 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Multis

Blockchain
Consulting
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Insurance
Internet
Software
Venture Capital
$7M17 Feb 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Spendesk

B2B
Credit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
SaaS
Software
$118M18 Jan 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Upflow

B2B
Billing
E-Commerce Platforms
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
SaaS
Software
$15M15 Jun 2021 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Yousign

E-Signature
SaaS
Software
$35M10 Jun 2021 France, Normandy, France

Once App

Computer
Software
$1M20 Nov 2020 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

4.5.6 Skin

Beauty
Cosmetics
$826K01 Oct 2020 France, Centre-Loire Valley, France

Multis

Blockchain
Consulting
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Insurance
Internet
Software
Venture Capital
$2M29 Sep 2020 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Aircall Raises $120M in Series D; Valued Above $1 Billion

– Aircall, a NYC-based cloud-based voice platform for companies across the globe to manage customer support and sales calls, raised $120m in Series D funding.
– The round was led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and joined by most current investors (DTCP, eFounders, Draper Esprit, Adams Street Partners, NextWorld Capital, Gaia Capital Partners).
– The new investment will be used to enrich its app ecosystem, specifically with new integrations covering all use cases, from e-commerce to financial services, Sales, Support, etc.

Yousign raises $36.6 million to build a European alternative to DocuSign

– French startup Yousign has raised a $36.6m Series A funding round.
Lead Edge Capital is leading the round and eFounders is investing once again in the company.
– Yousign, as the name suggests, is an e-signature provider that complies with European regulation on digital signatures.
– The company was originally founded in 2013, but teamed up with startup studio eFounders in 2019.
– Following this deal, eFounders has become a key shareholders and a strategic partner.

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Total investments 50
Average round size 11M
Rounds per year 3.85
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.54
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.70

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Catalog

$3M05 Mar 2024 -

Cohort

Blockchain
$3M01 Feb 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Multis

Blockchain
Consulting
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Insurance
Internet
Software
Venture Capital
$7M17 Feb 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Spendesk

B2B
Credit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
SaaS
Software
$118M18 Jan 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Upflow

B2B
Billing
E-Commerce Platforms
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
SaaS
Software
$15M15 Jun 2021 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Yousign

E-Signature
SaaS
Software
$35M10 Jun 2021 France, Normandy, France

Once App

Computer
Software
$1M20 Nov 2020 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

4.5.6 Skin

Beauty
Cosmetics
$826K01 Oct 2020 France, Centre-Loire Valley, France

Multis

Blockchain
Consulting
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
Information Technology
Insurance
Internet
Software
Venture Capital
$2M29 Sep 2020 San Francisco, California, United States
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