Opsima
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Opsima is a FinOps tool that automates cloud cost optimization for enterprises. It specializes in managing and optimizing cloud commitments, such as AWS Savings Plans, to secure the best rates from cloud providers. By operating at the billing layer, Opsima ensures a seamless and quick deployment, with minimal disruption to tech teams. On average, customers achieve a 30% reduction in their cloud bills.
Freqens
Seed Round in 2024
We transform B2B negotiations with our advanced intelligence platform, empowering finance teams and buyers to lead confidently. Centralize your suppliers, leverage real-time market data to benchmark your terms, and gain a strategic edge in every deal. Secure optimal buying conditions while building and maintaining trusted supplier relationships.
Storio Energy, based in France, specializes in developing and operating energy storage solutions, primarily batteries, for professional clients. The company caters to three key use cases: standalone batteries for businesses exposed to volatile energy prices, storage combined with solar panels for enhanced self-consumption, and hybrid solar plus storage projects for independent power producers (IPPs). Storio's unique approach involves real-time operation of these batteries through its proprietary software platform, utilizing their flexibility to provide balancing and ancillary services to the electrical grid. The company offers a comprehensive, turnkey solution, supporting clients from initial feasibility studies through to installation and long-term operation, spanning over 15 years. Additionally, Storio provides financing options, allowing clients to partially or fully fund their storage projects.
Nopillo
Seed Round in 2024
Nopillo is a Paris-based company founded in 2022 that specializes in providing tools designed to automate and optimize tax declarations and return on investment for property owners. The company operates a rental management platform that assists landlords with administrative management and accounting tasks. Its offerings include a tax simulator, accounting software, and tools for generating lease contracts and recipes. By streamlining these processes, Nopillo aims to simplify the administrative and accounting responsibilities of property owners, allowing them to focus on overall performance and cost management.
Tulyp is a financial services provider specializing in trade finance solutions. It develops software to mitigate counterparty risk in international trade, offering payment guarantees, financing, and liquidity support to businesses, particularly enabling small enterprises to access invoice financing.
Keyring
Seed Round in 2024
Keyring is a company that provides financial service providers with innovative permissioning tools designed for compliant on-chain transactions, utilizing zero-knowledge privacy technology. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain, Keyring functions as an institutional-grade gateway, facilitating the movement of assets, capital, and users onto blockchain networks. Its platform specializes in enabling access to blockchain-backed trading pools, incorporating privacy-preserving and protocol-agnostic whitelisting for Know Your Client (KYC) compliance. This allows clients to integrate external, real-world data while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards. By focusing on secure and compliant interactions in the digital finance landscape, Keyring aims to enhance the efficiency and trustworthiness of on-chain transactions.
WeWatches
Seed Round in 2023
WeWatches is the first platform that provides crucial information prior to making an investment, collecting, or purchasing a watch for personal use. A truly free online guide that lets you investigate the market indices, history, features, and various dial variations (marks) of the most coveted and recognizable watches, both modern and vintage.
Flitter
Seed Round in 2023
Flitter is a neo-insurance company specializing in usage-based auto insurance, offering a pay-per-mile model that allows drivers to pay for coverage based on actual kilometers driven. Founded to address the needs of low-mileage drivers, the company recognizes that many insured individuals in France drive less than 10,000 kilometers annually and often overpay for traditional car insurance. Flitter's innovative approach includes variable rates tailored to these drivers, helping them save on insurance costs. Additionally, the company provides an app-based platform for managing insurance contracts and reimbursements, ensuring a seamless experience for users. At the end of the year, Flitter refunds any unused contributions after claims have been settled, promoting a more equitable and sustainable insurance solution.
Finres is a technology company that employs artificial intelligence and big data to enhance the resilience of the global food system amidst climate change. It offers a comprehensive, algorithmic solution to identify and evaluate climate risks, enabling swift and robust investment decisions. By prioritizing adaptation efforts, Finres helps financial institutions and farmers secure investments and improve crop yields, despite climate-related challenges.
Trezy is a cash management platform that helps businesses streamline their financial processes and improve overall performance. The platform automates various administrative and financial tasks, providing users with enhanced control and visibility over their cash management. By sorting inflows and outflows, Trezy offers valuable insights that assist companies in making informed financial decisions. This comprehensive approach enables clients to manage their finances conveniently, ensuring traceability and clarity in their financial operations.
Siphon Lab
Seed Round in 2023
Siphon Lab is a cryptocurrency decentralized finance (DeFi) startup focused on enhancing capital efficiency within the SUI ecosystem. The company is developing a blockchain platform that aims to create the Siphon universe on the SUI network. Its offerings include a derivative exchange and a liquidity staking protocol, among other innovative financial products. These initiatives are designed to provide investors with access to decentralized financial services while enabling them to earn high yields.
Swaap is a developer of an automated market maker (AMM) platform that focuses on creating a market-neutral environment for trading. The platform is designed to handle pools of arbitrary assets while minimizing the risk of impermanent loss, which is a common concern in decentralized finance. By utilizing on-chain market data combined with quantitative methods, Swaap enables traders to implement market-neutral yield strategies. This functionality allows users to engage in diversified and passive investing, making it a versatile option for those looking to optimize their trading activities without exposure to the volatility often associated with traditional asset management.
Pono Financial Solutions
Seed Round in 2022
Pono is the consultant for both technology and business operations. They transform credit guarantees into a simple and effective product. Their services include fiduciary partner, trust services, and security agent. They offer access to a unique fiduciary offer on the market by relying on a fiduciary partner.
Moneco
Venture Round in 2022
Moneco is a financial application focused on delivering financial services specifically for the African diaspora in Europe. The company leverages its proprietary technology and collaborates with Know Your Customer (KYC) providers to enhance security measures against financial fraud. Moneco's application incorporates industry-tested services and multi-factor authentication to safeguard user accounts and cards. By prioritizing security, the platform enables users to save, spend, and transfer money securely to any bank account, facilitating seamless financial transactions for its target audience.
Cryptio is a leading provider of enterprise-grade financial management solutions tailored for businesses operating in the cryptocurrency space. The company offers a comprehensive back-office platform that ensures financial integrity and accountability by transforming on-chain crypto activities, including decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), into auditable records suitable for accounting, reporting, treasury management, and tax filings. Cryptio's software automates the accounting process for digital assets, seamlessly integrating with existing financial systems to manage, report, and monitor daily transactions across various blockchain networks, wallets, exchanges, and custodians.
Kiln
Venture Round in 2022
Kiln is a Paris-based company established in 2018 that offers a platform for enterprise-level pledge services focused on encrypted assets. The company provides validator-independent APIs that facilitate multi-provider staking, allowing digital assets to be staked across various environments, including wallets, custodians, and exchanges. By streamlining the staking process, Kiln aims to enhance accessibility and efficiency in the rapidly evolving web3 industry. Its innovative platform enables clients to deploy, manage, and monitor blockchain validators programmatically, making it easier for businesses to integrate and operate within the blockchain ecosystem. As the demand for collaboration among multiple stakeholders grows, Kiln is well-positioned to serve as an aggregator, driving forward the integration of diverse players in the digital asset space.
SUN ZU Lab
Seed Round in 2022
SUN ZU Lab is an independent provider of liquidity analytics for crypto professionals. Clients can use SUN ZU Lab's liquidity analytics to determine whether their order book is strong on its own and in comparison to key competitors. With a clear and demonstrable value proposition, clients are better equipped to serve existing investors and attract new ones. SUN ZU Lab's mission is to increase transparency in the thriving crypto-sphere through groundbreaking analytics solutions.
Flynt is a software development company specializing in providing an online platform designed for the restaurant industry. It offers solutions for revenue optimization, enabling restaurant owners to manage orders, track performance, and implement effective revenue strategies. By enhancing visibility and income through internet ordering platforms, Flynt's tools empower restaurateurs to maximize production capacity and improve profitability. In addition to its technology solutions, the company also offers business management consulting, IT consulting, financial consulting, and administrative services, making it a comprehensive partner for restaurant operators seeking to enhance their operational efficiency and financial outcomes.
Flitter
Seed Round in 2022
Flitter is a neo-insurance company specializing in usage-based auto insurance, offering a pay-per-mile model that allows drivers to pay for coverage based on actual kilometers driven. Founded to address the needs of low-mileage drivers, the company recognizes that many insured individuals in France drive less than 10,000 kilometers annually and often overpay for traditional car insurance. Flitter's innovative approach includes variable rates tailored to these drivers, helping them save on insurance costs. Additionally, the company provides an app-based platform for managing insurance contracts and reimbursements, ensuring a seamless experience for users. At the end of the year, Flitter refunds any unused contributions after claims have been settled, promoting a more equitable and sustainable insurance solution.
Palenca
Seed Round in 2022
Palenca is a technology company that specializes in payroll application programming interfaces (APIs) designed to facilitate the sharing of employment and income data. The company's platform enables consumers to easily share their employment information with financial institutions, enhancing the efficiency of background verification processes. By providing access to an individual's personal profile and earnings, Palenca's tools streamline the validation of income and employment, making it simpler for clients to assess potential borrowers. Additionally, the platform supports automated collections directly from borrowers' paychecks, further optimizing the financial transaction process.
Stoïk is a cyber insurance company that integrates cybersecurity software with insurance protection, helping businesses manage their cyber risks effectively. Stoïk empowers brokers by offering clients comprehensive insurance policies and protection against cyber risks. Its mission is to equip brokers with the tools to help their clients insure and safeguard against cyber threats. Stoïk's unique product simplifies the underwriting process using automated tests, replacing traditional questionnaires. It also provides continuous risk prevention through integrated cybersecurity tools and ensures swift, effective incident response with an in-house team of crisis management experts.
Numeral
Seed Round in 2021
Numeral is a company that specializes in providing a payment automation API tailored for modern financial institutions, digital firms, and businesses. Their technology enables users to send, receive, and reconcile money, as well as handle SEPA transfers, direct debits, and instant payments. This tool is designed to help tech companies, financial institutions, and corporates scale their payment operations efficiently.
Aria
Venture Round in 2021
Aria is a fintech startup founded in 2019 and based in Paris, France, that focuses on improving payment processes for businesses and their freelancers. The company offers innovative financial software that allows organizations to manage their payment terms effectively, thereby enhancing their cash flow and competitiveness. Aria's platform provides a credit infrastructure that enables instant payments, allowing companies to unlock cash on demand from corporate lenders. By aligning with each client's billing procedures, Aria simplifies the payment process, helping businesses maintain financial stability while they grow.
Jump provides a secure environment for freelancers to work and allows them to optimize their remuneration. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
Purchasely
Seed Round in 2021
Purchasely is a specialized software platform designed to facilitate in-app subscription management for mobile applications, television, and other digital platforms. It streamlines the integration of in-app purchases and subscriptions, offering marketers the tools to enhance user acquisition and retention efficiently. With its plug-and-play modules, pre-approved product presentation templates, and unified analytics, Purchasely enables mobile app businesses to optimize their monetization strategies. The platform also includes customizable client retention tools and supports alpha and beta testing, helping to reduce churn rates and maintain subscriber engagement. By providing a comprehensive solution that adheres to the guidelines of various app stores, Purchasely empowers marketers to achieve significant growth in mobile revenues swiftly.
Vauban is a technology company focused on transforming private investing by simplifying the process of co-investing in private companies. Its platform enables users to create syndicates online and share deal flow with their networks, facilitating collaborative investment in startups. By automating the setup of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and funds, Vauban significantly reduces the costs and complexities traditionally associated with establishing and managing these investment structures. This streamlined approach aims to make alternative investing more accessible for small fund managers and individual investors alike, democratizing the investment landscape.
Helios.do
Seed Round in 2020
Leading sustainable banking alternative - 100% transparent and dedicated to limite climate change
QuestDB
Seed Round in 2020
QuestDB is a London-based company that specializes in an open-source NewSQL relational database platform specifically designed for processing time-series data. Founded in 2019, QuestDB offers a high-performance database that allows organizations to efficiently handle billions of time-stamped events without the need for expensive hardware. The platform's architecture is optimized for speed, enabling rapid execution of multiple queries in under a second on large datasets. QuestDB supports various data ingestion methods, including HTTP, PostgreSQL wire protocol, and Influx line protocol, making it versatile for diverse applications across industries such as finance, IoT, and DevOps observability.
Okarito
Seed Round in 2020
Okarito is an online platform designed to simplify and optimize business travel for companies. It offers a centralized travel management system that integrates content from various airlines and online travel agencies, allowing businesses to efficiently manage employee travel. Okarito provides travelers with personalized support during their trips, while also enabling CFOs to maintain control over travel expenses through innovative budgeting tools. These tools allow for the establishment of dynamic travel budgets that adjust in real time according to market prices, granting employees greater flexibility in their travel options. Additionally, Okarito incentivizes cost-saving measures by allowing employees to donate a portion of any savings to a nonprofit organization of their choice, fostering a culture of responsible spending within the organization.
Pennylane
Seed Round in 2020
Pennylane is a developer of a comprehensive financial management platform aimed at centralizing fragmented financial data for businesses. The platform provides a real-time overview of financial information, allowing business managers to make informed decisions. By integrating various financial and accounting functions, Pennylane assists small and medium-sized enterprises in streamlining their administrative processes, including invoicing, collections, supplier payments, and cash management. This approach combines advanced technology with human expertise, enabling startups and SMEs to achieve efficient accounting and management outcomes.
Agicap is a technology company that specializes in treasury management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and midmarket enterprises. Its core product is a platform designed to empower business owners with real-time visibility over their current and future cash positions through dynamic, reliable cash flow forecasts. This platform facilitates better decision-making by enabling users to simulate the impact of various scenarios on cash flows. Agicap also streamlines access to financing options by allowing users to easily share their data with banks, thereby reducing financial risks associated with cash flow mismanagement.
Virgil SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, specializes in providing financial solutions to assist individuals in purchasing homes. The company enables young professionals to acquire properties by investing equity alongside them, which helps these buyers secure the necessary deposit for a mortgage. In exchange for a 10% investment of the purchase price, Virgil takes a 15% stake in the property, with repayment occurring at the time of resale, typically within ten years. This model allows first-time buyers to achieve homeownership approximately seven years earlier than the average, facilitating their transition from renting to owning and contributing to their long-term financial stability.
Skew Ltd is a London-based company founded in 2018 that develops and operates an online marketplace focused on providing market intelligence for crypto derivatives markets. The platform offers real-time data analytics specifically for bitcoin and ether derivatives, catering to the needs of traders, investors, and researchers. Skew provides users with customized services and essential tools, including market and custom data dashboards, to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the cryptocurrency landscape. Through its innovative financial infrastructure, the company aims to enhance market participants' ability to navigate the evolving digital assets space.
Upflow is a software company based in Paris, France, that provides an online platform tailored for B2B businesses to enhance their cash collection processes. Founded in 2018 by Alexandre Louisy, Barnaby Malet, and Thibaud Elziere, Upflow's platform offers a range of features to help companies manage unpaid invoices effectively. It facilitates systematic follow-up on overdue accounts by automatically sending customized reminders and notifications to relevant team members when payment statuses change. Additionally, the platform allows businesses to track customer purchasing trends, manage credit exposure, and collaborate with colleagues, thereby streamlining the accounts receivable process and improving overall financial management.
Agicap is a technology company that specializes in treasury management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and midmarket enterprises. Its core product is a platform designed to empower business owners with real-time visibility over their current and future cash positions through dynamic, reliable cash flow forecasts. This platform facilitates better decision-making by enabling users to simulate the impact of various scenarios on cash flows. Agicap also streamlines access to financing options by allowing users to easily share their data with banks, thereby reducing financial risks associated with cash flow mismanagement.
SeedLegals
Series A in 2019
SeedLegals, established in 2016 and headquartered in London, streamlines legal processes for startups and investors. Its platform automates tasks such as reducing deal completion time and cost, dynamic cap table modelling, and real-time investment tracking. This enables over 15,000 UK and French startups to close funding rounds faster, hire, manage, and allocate equity to their teams.
Swile is a Paris-based company founded in 2018 by Loïc Soubeyrand, focused on transforming employee engagement and benefits management. The company offers an all-in-one smartcard that consolidates various employee benefits, including meal vouchers, gift vouchers, and mobility benefits, thereby disrupting the traditional meal voucher market in France. In addition to these services, Swile provides a super app designed to enhance workplace culture through features such as employee recognition, event organization, collections, and peer-to-peer payments. The platform also includes tools for conducting employee engagement surveys and delivering insightful analytics, allowing businesses to streamline expense management and simplify the distribution of employee benefits. By enabling employees to access and manage their benefits electronically, Swile aims to improve overall financial well-being within organizations.
Matera, incorporated in 2017 and based in Paris, France, operates an online condominium management platform designed to simplify the lives of co-owners in residential properties. The platform facilitates the management of buildings by automating administrative and accounting tasks, generating necessary documents and bills based on the specific co-ownership agreements. By securely providing access to these resources online, Matera enables co-owners to independently manage their buildings without relying on traditional property management services. The company also offers legal and accounting support, further enhancing the self-management capabilities of its users.
Landis is an online real estate platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, NY, that focuses on helping renters become homeowners. The company allows clients to choose their dream home, rent it, and purchase it within the first twelve months. In addition to facilitating this transition, Landis provides tools and incentives designed to assist clients in improving their credit scores and accumulating down payment savings. With a commitment to transparency and simplicity, Landis aims to create a seamless process for renters to transition to homeownership. The company also specializes in commercial real estate technology and residential offerings.
CapCar is an innovative online platform focused on facilitating the buying and selling of used vehicles between individuals. It aims to enhance the car transaction experience by eliminating the commissions typically charged by professionals, allowing sellers to receive approximately 20% more for their vehicles compared to traditional dealerships. Buyers benefit from the assurance of purchasing quality cars that have undergone a rigorous 200-point inspection, all at prices that are about 5% lower than those offered by conventional dealerships. By streamlining the process, CapCar provides a transparent and user-friendly environment for both buyers and sellers to conduct transactions efficiently.
Railsr is a financial services company that specializes in creating a digital finance experience platform aimed at enhancing accessibility to financial services. The company offers a range of solutions, including the creation of digital ledgers and their connection to traditional bank accounts. Its services encompass receiving, sending, and converting money, as well as issuing payment cards and managing credit. By providing a comprehensive API, Railsr enables banks and corporate clients to conduct transactions in a digital and compliant manner, streamlining the onboarding process and facilitating efficient financial operations.
Noah is a finance company that provides innovative equity home financing services to homeowners, allowing them to leverage their home value to achieve various financial goals without incurring new monthly payments or interest. Operating in select metropolitan areas across the United States, Noah partners with homeowners to offer upfront financing in exchange for a share of the future appreciation or depreciation of their property. This model enables customers to address financial needs such as paying off debt, funding college tuition, or financing home renovations and healthcare expenses, thus redefining the concept of home ownership.
Spendesk
Seed Round in 2017
Spendesk is an innovative expense management platform founded in 2016 that aims to streamline the spending process for businesses. It provides an all-in-one solution that includes features such as spend approvals, corporate cards, expense reimbursements, budget tracking, and invoice management, all designed to enhance visibility and automate financial workflows. This platform is particularly beneficial for finance teams, allowing them to save time and allocate resources toward more strategic initiatives. Trusted by a diverse range of organizations, from startups to established brands like Algolia and Soundcloud, Spendesk helps users focus on their core business operations rather than administrative tasks. Additionally, Spendesk supports a community of finance leaders through its initiative, CFO Connect, which has grown rapidly to include over 7,000 members.
Pumpkin is a mobile application that facilitates instant money transfers, allowing users to send and receive funds securely and conveniently. By requiring only a phone number or a Facebook friendship, it simplifies the process of repaying friends and family. The platform also features the ability to scan credit cards for seamless transactions, ensuring that users can transfer money without incurring any transactional fees. This user-friendly approach makes sending money a straightforward and enjoyable experience.
Paymium
Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Paris, Paymium is a pioneering cryptocurrency exchange that specializes in Bitcoin services. It serves several tens of thousands of customers across Europe and is recognized as the first European Bitcoin marketplace compliant with EU regulations on payment services. Paymium facilitates the buying and selling of bitcoins for individuals and investors, while also providing solutions for merchants and payment processors to accept Bitcoin payments. These services help mitigate currency risks and reduce transaction costs, enabling streamlined trades in compliance with relevant trading regulations.
Squirrel is an award-winning banking app that helps people regain control of their finances. Squirrel is an automatic budgeting account that splits their salary up into their bills, savings, and a weekly allowance to spend on whatever they like. No more overspending. No more overdraft. No more worries.
Squirrel
Seed Round in 2014
Squirrel is an award-winning banking app that helps people regain control of their finances. Squirrel is an automatic budgeting account that splits their salary up into their bills, savings, and a weekly allowance to spend on whatever they like. No more overspending. No more overdraft. No more worries.
EquityZen
Seed Round in 2014
EquityZen Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a marketplace designed to connect shareholders of private companies with accredited investors seeking alternative investments. Founded in 2013, EquityZen provides a platform that facilitates the buying and selling of shares in private technology firms, thereby delivering liquidity to early shareholders while granting investors access to private markets. The marketplace enables venture capital investors, family offices, hedge funds, and individual investors to participate in pre-IPO investments through pooled investment vehicles. With over 37,000 private placements completed across more than 400 companies, EquityZen has established itself as a leader in providing opportunities for investment in the private sector.
Givesurance
Seed Round in 2014
GiveSurance is a funding platform that allows charity supporters to make recurring donations through their insurance payment systems, effectively turning insurance premiums into a revenue stream for charitable organizations. Acting as an insurance broker for charities, GiveSurance collaborates with a network of insurance brokers to facilitate annual donations without requiring out-of-pocket expenses from donors. This innovative approach not only helps charities and non-profit organizations enhance their funding but also reduces customer acquisition and retention costs. By leveraging the preferences of supporters and their choice of insurance provider, GiveSurance enables individuals to contribute to the causes they care about while seamlessly integrating philanthropy into their existing financial obligations.
Neema is a digital banking platform founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, aimed at addressing the financial needs of unbanked workers. The platform enables users to send money home, shop online, pay bills, and purchase cellular plans, all while providing tools for expense tracking and money management. Neema offers an account linked to an international MasterCard, allowing users to monitor their transactions, block the card, and change PIN codes via a mobile app. Focused on the global overseas worker population, Neema provides tailored financial solutions that facilitate seamless transactions across various countries and currencies. The company's services are designed to simplify financial interactions for migrants and workers, making essential financial services more accessible and manageable.
Assembly Payments
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Assembly Payments Pty. Ltd. is an online payment platform based in Melbourne, Australia, founded in 2013. Originally established as PromisePay Pty. Ltd., the company rebranded in February 2017. Assembly Payments offers a flexible end-to-end solution that allows businesses to accept, manage, and disburse payments in various ways. The platform aims to simplify the payment process for businesses that face challenges with traditional systems, addressing issues related to fraud, security, compliance, and customer service. As a subsidiary of PromisePay Pte Ltd., Assembly Payments focuses on enhancing user experiences and creating new business value through its comprehensive payment solutions.
ExpenseBot
Seed Round in 2013
ExpenseBot Inc. is a developer of an expense management platform that simplifies the process of business expense reporting. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the company offers a dashboard that allows users to create, approve, and reimburse expense reports efficiently. The platform leverages artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and machine learning to automate the expense reporting process, pulling data from various sources such as calendar apps, emails, credit card transactions, and GPS. By analyzing expense data, ExpenseBot identifies reimbursable items and automatically generates expense reports when certain thresholds are met. This integration helps clients save time and reduces the challenges associated with organizing and submitting expenses.
Finexkap
Seed Round in 2013
Finexkap is an innovative online marketplace that focuses on providing short-term capital funding solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company has developed a user-friendly and secure platform that facilitates invoice financing, allowing businesses to access cash quickly and efficiently. By connecting SMEs with qualified investors, Finexkap enables these enterprises to stabilize their cash flows without the burden of lengthy commitments, duration restrictions, or security deposits. This paperless funding approach addresses the common cash flow challenges faced by small businesses, offering them a flexible solution to meet their immediate financial needs.
AfriMarket
Seed Round in 2013
Afrimarket is a pioneering money transfer operator that facilitates remittances from African migrants to their families back home at significantly reduced costs compared to traditional methods. Established in 2012, Afrimarket addresses two primary challenges faced by African migrant workers: high remittance fees and the risk of funds being diverted from their intended purpose. The company's innovative cash-to-goods approach enables migrants to send dedicated funds via its online platform or soon through brick-and-mortar agents in sending countries. Recipients can then redeem these funds exclusively at designated points-of-sale for specific purposes such as purchasing food, medicine, or paying tuition fees. By leveraging mobile technology and eliminating intermediaries, Afrimarket drives down remittance fees and ensures that more money reaches the intended recipients. Additionally, Afrimarket operates an online marketplace offering a wide range of products including food, appliances, building materials, live animals, and mainstream brands, providing African markets with access to goods they may not otherwise have locally.
Sush.io
Seed Round in 2013
Sush.io is a cloud-based financial dashboard that assists individuals and small businesses in tracking online expenditures, revenue, and banking operations. Founded in 2012 by Fabien Charbit and Thomas Guillaumin, the company is headquartered in London, England. By integrating various online accounts, Sush.io automatically consolidates bills, invoices, and related financial data into a single user-friendly application. This platform offers extensive integrations for financial automation, allowing users to streamline workflows without requiring technical expertise. Sush.io aims to simplify financial management by providing a comprehensive overview of spending and revenue in a centralized cloud app.
HireAthena
Seed Round in 2012
HireAthena is a San Francisco-based company established in 2010, offering comprehensive accounting and HR web services tailored for startups and non-profit organizations. They provide services such as payroll management, benefits administration, FSA and 401k plans, along with accounting, bookkeeping, monthly financials, and tax support. HireAthena's platform is designed to be integrated, paperless, and accessible online, enabling businesses to focus on core operations while outsourcing back-office tasks.
Zooz is a technology company founded in 2010 that specializes in developing a payments platform aimed at enhancing the payment performance of merchants. The platform offers an integrated solution that includes acquirers, e-wallets, alternative payment methods, and fraud management services. By routing transactions through the entire payment process, Zooz enables businesses to optimize and streamline their payment operations within a complex ecosystem. In July 2018, Zooz was acquired by PayU, further expanding its capabilities and reach in the payments landscape.
Captalis
Seed Round in 2009
Captalis Brasil Ltda. is a financial service company based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that operates a network of online portals designed for users to search for information on financial products. The company focuses on connecting banks and insurance companies with potential clients through targeted online marketing campaigns, facilitating client acquisition in the digital sphere. By leveraging its expertise in online marketing, Captalis aims to enhance the visibility and outreach of financial institutions, ultimately driving business growth for its partners.