Serena

Founded in 2008, Serena is a Paris-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups across Europe. With over $750 million under management, Serena focuses on sectors such as AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. The firm has invested in over 100 companies, including notable successes like Dataiku and Malt.

Guillaume Decugis

Partner

Marc Fournier

Managing Partner

Maxime Furet

Associate

Eric Gossart

Principal

Philippe Hayat

Managing Partner

Heba Hitti

Communication and Community Director

Matthieu Lavergne

Partner

Sébastien Le Roy

Principal

Xavier Lorphelin

Managing Partner

Olivier Martret

Principal

Paul Moriou

Associate

Sybille Ranchon

Associate

Jérôme Stioui

Partner

Kamel Zeroual

Partner

Past deals in Paris

Wecasa

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2016, Wecasa operates a home service reservations platform offering house cleaning, wellness care, hair dressing, private teaching, and massage booking services. With over 3000 independent professionals across Paris, major French cities, London, and expanding into more European locations, Wecasa aims to simplify access to reliable care services for improved quality of life.

Dotfile

Series A in 2024
Dotfile, a Paris-based company founded in 2021, develops a compliance-focused onboarding platform that lets businesses build onboarding workflows for customers and suppliers without coding. The platform covers document checks, identity verification, AML screenings, contract signing, risk assessments, and document analysis, and it integrates with CRM systems to streamline processes. By automating identity and compliance checks and enabling efficient contract execution, Dotfile helps organizations reduce fraud and support global regulatory adherence.

Kardinal

Series A in 2022
Kardinal is a Paris-based company that designs and develops real-time tour and route optimization software for logistics and field service. Its platform uses advanced mathematics and AI to optimize operations by leveraging existing processes and data for planning, monitoring, analytics, and business modeling, with a focus on last-mile delivery. The software supports territory optimization, subcontractor pricing, resources anticipation, fleet conversion through simulations, and depot location assessment, enabling data-driven decisions on routing and capacity. It offers real-time route optimization and re-optimization in response to disruptions, automatic dispatch and delivery management, and time prediction of courier arrivals to reduce delivery times and improve profitability. Kardinal was founded in 2015 in Paris and was formerly known as SAS CITODI.

FINALCAD

Private Equity Round in 2022
FINALCAD provides mobile apps and predictive analytics that help construction stakeholders identify and fix issues in the building process. Since 2011, it has supported more than 10,000 projects across 30 countries and aims to increase quality, reduce costs, and make digital construction tools accessible to all. Headquartered in Paris, the company pursues the digital transition of the construction industry.

Cometh

Seed Round in 2022
Cometh is a game development studio that creates blockchain-powered games designed to connect with decentralized finance protocols. The company also develops business-to-business solutions to promote blockchain adoption in the video game industry, enabling in-game economies and asset trading. Its flagship title is a free-to-play galactic blockchain trading card game, Cometh Battle, where players can own, trade, rent, and battle with NFT cards and spaceships. The game supports exploration and other in-game activities, leveraging DeFi components to provide sustained value within the ecosystem. Cometh focuses on building experiences that blend gaming with financial mechanics, expanding asset ownership and trade opportunities in digital spaces. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Paris, France.

Descartes Underwriting

Series B in 2022
Descartes Underwriting is a Paris-based managing general agency delivering parametric and data-driven insurance solutions for climate and other modern risks. It underwrites policies on behalf of select first-tier insurers, reinsurers, and insurance-linked securities funds, and collaborates with brokers to protect corporate and government clients globally. The company serves sectors ranging from agriculture and aquaculture, mining, construction, and traditional and renewable energy to cement, banking, entertainment, and retail. It designs B2B2C platforms, including pricing engines, back-end systems, and APIs, and offers claims management services. Its risk coverage is supported by top-tier carriers and a full-stack insurer licensed in the European Economic Area, enabling access to technology-enabled insurance solutions across regions. Founded in 2018, Descartes is headquartered in Paris with a global footprint.

Lifen

Series C in 2021
Founded in Paris in 2015, Lifen is a leading provider of digital health solutions in France. With over 600 partner establishments, it facilitates secure sharing of medical data among hospitals, doctors, and patients. Lifen's platform sends around 2 million documents monthly to approximately 240,000 healthcare practitioners. Recognized for its expertise in interoperability, the company aims to simplify technical integration and deployment of digital solutions.

Wecasa

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2016, Wecasa operates a home service reservations platform offering house cleaning, wellness care, hair dressing, private teaching, and massage booking services. With over 3000 independent professionals across Paris, major French cities, London, and expanding into more European locations, Wecasa aims to simplify access to reliable care services for improved quality of life.

Memo Bank

Venture Round in 2021
Memo Bank SA is a banking institution focused on serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and microenterprises in Europe. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, Memo Bank specializes in providing a range of banking products and services designed to enhance the financial management of its clients. The company utilizes innovative software tools and platforms to develop backend services and design user-friendly interfaces for current accounts. Its offerings include cash flow management and financing solutions for both tangible and intangible projects. By leveraging automation technologies, Memo Bank aims to improve transparency and streamline financial processes, allowing SMEs to minimize time spent on administrative tasks and contract negotiations.

Shadow

Venture Round in 2021
Shadow, established in 2015 and headquartered in Paris, France, specializes in cloud-based computing solutions. Its flagship product, Shadow, is a high-performance PC accessible entirely through the cloud, eliminating the need for users to purchase and maintain their own hardware. The company employs a team of skilled developers and experts in various fields to stay current with technological advancements, offering a range of cloud solutions tailored for gamers, creatives, and businesses.

Silvr

Seed Round in 2021
Silvr is a Paris-based fintech that provides equity-free funding to e-commerce entrepreneurs by leveraging digital business data to forecast future revenues and offer funding within 24 hours. The platform serves merchants who often lack access to traditional banks, financing growth and marketing spend with repayments tied to sales, helping them scale online stores and marketplaces.

Libeo

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, Libeo is a Paris-based company that develops a platform for enterprise payments. This platform integrates with workflows, synchronizes with accounting software, and automates tasks such as invoice centralization, data validation, and payment processing. It improves working capital by facilitating timely payments and enhances collaboration among teams.

Descartes Underwriting

Series A in 2020
Descartes Underwriting is a Paris-based managing general agency delivering parametric and data-driven insurance solutions for climate and other modern risks. It underwrites policies on behalf of select first-tier insurers, reinsurers, and insurance-linked securities funds, and collaborates with brokers to protect corporate and government clients globally. The company serves sectors ranging from agriculture and aquaculture, mining, construction, and traditional and renewable energy to cement, banking, entertainment, and retail. It designs B2B2C platforms, including pricing engines, back-end systems, and APIs, and offers claims management services. Its risk coverage is supported by top-tier carriers and a full-stack insurer licensed in the European Economic Area, enabling access to technology-enabled insurance solutions across regions. Founded in 2018, Descartes is headquartered in Paris with a global footprint.

Darewise Entertainment

Seed Round in 2020
Darewise Entertainment is a game development studio based in Paris, France, founded in 2017. The company specializes in creating online games that emphasize social interaction and connectivity. Darewise aims to redefine the gaming landscape by integrating elements of social networking, content creation, and revenue generation within its interactive gaming environments. The studio focuses on developing original franchises that push the boundaries of conventional gameplay and explore innovative aspects of dynamic virtual worlds. Through the use of disruptive technologies, Darewise seeks to provide players with unique experiences that encourage them to play, connect, and create within persistent online realms.

Sarus Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Sarus Technologies SAS is a privacy-tech company based in Paris, France, established in 2019. It specializes in developing software that allows data scientists and business analysts to perform analytics on sensitive data without direct access to that data. By implementing differential privacy, Sarus enables users to work with personal data while ensuring that their analyses do not embed any identifiable information. This approach makes traditional anonymization methods obsolete, significantly reducing the time and effort required for compliance and data engineering. Sarus's solutions facilitate collaboration on sensitive data across different business units, regions, and external partners, eliminating confidentiality risks and allowing data practitioners to leverage the full value of data while maintaining the highest standards of privacy.

Kardinal

Seed Round in 2019
Kardinal is a Paris-based company that designs and develops real-time tour and route optimization software for logistics and field service. Its platform uses advanced mathematics and AI to optimize operations by leveraging existing processes and data for planning, monitoring, analytics, and business modeling, with a focus on last-mile delivery. The software supports territory optimization, subcontractor pricing, resources anticipation, fleet conversion through simulations, and depot location assessment, enabling data-driven decisions on routing and capacity. It offers real-time route optimization and re-optimization in response to disruptions, automatic dispatch and delivery management, and time prediction of courier arrivals to reduce delivery times and improve profitability. Kardinal was founded in 2015 in Paris and was formerly known as SAS CITODI.

Shadow

Series B in 2019
Shadow, established in 2015 and headquartered in Paris, France, specializes in cloud-based computing solutions. Its flagship product, Shadow, is a high-performance PC accessible entirely through the cloud, eliminating the need for users to purchase and maintain their own hardware. The company employs a team of skilled developers and experts in various fields to stay current with technological advancements, offering a range of cloud solutions tailored for gamers, creatives, and businesses.

uptime.ac

Series B in 2019
Uptime SAS specializes in predictive maintenance technology for elevators, offering innovative solutions to enhance the reliability and performance of lift systems. Founded in 2016 and based in Paris, France, the company utilizes a connected device that automates data analysis and alerts technicians to potential breakdowns, thus preventing service interruptions. Uptime's services include comprehensive surveys and diagnostics of elevators, tailored solutions for installation, and the integration of their connected technology. Clients benefit from a digital platform that centralizes real-time information about their elevator systems. Uptime also provides a unique maintenance guarantee, committing to refund a portion of the contract if an elevator experiences more than two breakdowns within a year. Overall, Uptime SAS aims to modernize elevator maintenance and improve operational transparency for its customers.

ACINQ

Series A in 2019
Founded in Paris, France in 2014, ACINQ is a startup dedicated to developing products and services for the Bitcoin ecosystem. It offers a self-custodial wallet and a node for instant payments with low fees within the DeFi network.

Darewise Entertainment

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Darewise Entertainment is a game development studio based in Paris, France, founded in 2017. The company specializes in creating online games that emphasize social interaction and connectivity. Darewise aims to redefine the gaming landscape by integrating elements of social networking, content creation, and revenue generation within its interactive gaming environments. The studio focuses on developing original franchises that push the boundaries of conventional gameplay and explore innovative aspects of dynamic virtual worlds. Through the use of disruptive technologies, Darewise seeks to provide players with unique experiences that encourage them to play, connect, and create within persistent online realms.

Wecasa

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, Wecasa operates a home service reservations platform offering house cleaning, wellness care, hair dressing, private teaching, and massage booking services. With over 3000 independent professionals across Paris, major French cities, London, and expanding into more European locations, Wecasa aims to simplify access to reliable care services for improved quality of life.

Lifen

Series B in 2019
Founded in Paris in 2015, Lifen is a leading provider of digital health solutions in France. With over 600 partner establishments, it facilitates secure sharing of medical data among hospitals, doctors, and patients. Lifen's platform sends around 2 million documents monthly to approximately 240,000 healthcare practitioners. Recognized for its expertise in interoperability, the company aims to simplify technical integration and deployment of digital solutions.

FINALCAD

Series C in 2018
FINALCAD provides mobile apps and predictive analytics that help construction stakeholders identify and fix issues in the building process. Since 2011, it has supported more than 10,000 projects across 30 countries and aims to increase quality, reduce costs, and make digital construction tools accessible to all. Headquartered in Paris, the company pursues the digital transition of the construction industry.

Darewise Entertainment

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Darewise Entertainment is a game development studio based in Paris, France, founded in 2017. The company specializes in creating online games that emphasize social interaction and connectivity. Darewise aims to redefine the gaming landscape by integrating elements of social networking, content creation, and revenue generation within its interactive gaming environments. The studio focuses on developing original franchises that push the boundaries of conventional gameplay and explore innovative aspects of dynamic virtual worlds. Through the use of disruptive technologies, Darewise seeks to provide players with unique experiences that encourage them to play, connect, and create within persistent online realms.

ACINQ

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in Paris, France in 2014, ACINQ is a startup dedicated to developing products and services for the Bitcoin ecosystem. It offers a self-custodial wallet and a node for instant payments with low fees within the DeFi network.

Lifen

Series A in 2018
Founded in Paris in 2015, Lifen is a leading provider of digital health solutions in France. With over 600 partner establishments, it facilitates secure sharing of medical data among hospitals, doctors, and patients. Lifen's platform sends around 2 million documents monthly to approximately 240,000 healthcare practitioners. Recognized for its expertise in interoperability, the company aims to simplify technical integration and deployment of digital solutions.

Dataiku

Series B in 2017
Dataiku develops a centralized data platform that empowers businesses to navigate their data journey, from analytics at scale to enterprise AI. Its platform fosters collaboration among data experts and explorers, providing a repository of best practices, streamlined machine learning deployment, and a controlled environment. Established in 2013, Dataiku is headquartered in New York with offices in Paris and London.

Dataiku

Series A in 2016
Dataiku develops a centralized data platform that empowers businesses to navigate their data journey, from analytics at scale to enterprise AI. Its platform fosters collaboration among data experts and explorers, providing a repository of best practices, streamlined machine learning deployment, and a controlled environment. Established in 2013, Dataiku is headquartered in New York with offices in Paris and London.

FINALCAD

Series B in 2016
FINALCAD provides mobile apps and predictive analytics that help construction stakeholders identify and fix issues in the building process. Since 2011, it has supported more than 10,000 projects across 30 countries and aims to increase quality, reduce costs, and make digital construction tools accessible to all. Headquartered in Paris, the company pursues the digital transition of the construction industry.

TVTY

Venture Round in 2016
TVTY S.A. is a moment marketing company headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in London and New York. Founded in 2009, TVTY specializes in real-time monitoring of offline events to enhance digital marketing campaigns for brands globally. The company measures the impact of television advertising on various outcomes, such as audience engagement, website traffic, and sales, thereby allowing advertisers and agencies to optimize their marketing strategies effectively. By aligning online advertising with TV audiences, TVTY maximizes reach and improves return on investment across digital media channels, including search, social, video, and display. Utilizing proprietary technology and household-level audience data, TVTY provides comprehensive advertising solutions to prominent brands, enhancing their campaign execution and overall business performance. The company operates in over 20 countries worldwide.

Launchmetrics

Secondary Market in 2016
Launchmetrics is a marketing and analytics platform that specializes in serving the fashion, luxury, and beauty industries. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, with additional operations in Paris, the company offers a suite of products designed to enhance brand performance and streamline marketing processes. Its offerings include Samples, Events, Contacts, Discover, and Influencers by Launchmetrics, which collectively assist brands in planning product launches and improving media performance. The company has established itself as a trusted technology provider, working with over 1,000 clients, including prominent names like Dior, Fendi, and NET-A-PORTER, as well as partners such as the British Fashion Council and Google. With a presence in eight markets and support in five languages, Launchmetrics aims to empower brands to create impactful and measurable consumer experiences, adapting to the rapidly changing digital landscape. The company was originally known as Fashion GPS, Inc. before rebranding in January 2016.

Launchmetrics

Venture Round in 2016
Launchmetrics is a marketing and analytics platform that specializes in serving the fashion, luxury, and beauty industries. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, with additional operations in Paris, the company offers a suite of products designed to enhance brand performance and streamline marketing processes. Its offerings include Samples, Events, Contacts, Discover, and Influencers by Launchmetrics, which collectively assist brands in planning product launches and improving media performance. The company has established itself as a trusted technology provider, working with over 1,000 clients, including prominent names like Dior, Fendi, and NET-A-PORTER, as well as partners such as the British Fashion Council and Google. With a presence in eight markets and support in five languages, Launchmetrics aims to empower brands to create impactful and measurable consumer experiences, adapting to the rapidly changing digital landscape. The company was originally known as Fashion GPS, Inc. before rebranding in January 2016.

TVTY

Venture Round in 2016
TVTY S.A. is a moment marketing company headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in London and New York. Founded in 2009, TVTY specializes in real-time monitoring of offline events to enhance digital marketing campaigns for brands globally. The company measures the impact of television advertising on various outcomes, such as audience engagement, website traffic, and sales, thereby allowing advertisers and agencies to optimize their marketing strategies effectively. By aligning online advertising with TV audiences, TVTY maximizes reach and improves return on investment across digital media channels, including search, social, video, and display. Utilizing proprietary technology and household-level audience data, TVTY provides comprehensive advertising solutions to prominent brands, enhancing their campaign execution and overall business performance. The company operates in over 20 countries worldwide.

Lengow

Series B in 2015
Lengow, established in 2009 and headquartered in Nantes, France, is a global e-commerce automation SaaS provider. It assists brands and distributors by centralizing, optimizing, and tracking the distribution of their product catalogs across diverse online channels like marketplaces, comparison shopping engines, and affiliate networks. With operations spanning over 40 countries and supporting more than 3,800 sites, Lengow's platform enhances product visibility and automates business activities, thereby boosting online sales for its clients.

Dataiku

Seed Round in 2015
Dataiku develops a centralized data platform that empowers businesses to navigate their data journey, from analytics at scale to enterprise AI. Its platform fosters collaboration among data experts and explorers, providing a repository of best practices, streamlined machine learning deployment, and a controlled environment. Established in 2013, Dataiku is headquartered in New York with offices in Paris and London.

FINALCAD

Series A in 2014
FINALCAD provides mobile apps and predictive analytics that help construction stakeholders identify and fix issues in the building process. Since 2011, it has supported more than 10,000 projects across 30 countries and aims to increase quality, reduce costs, and make digital construction tools accessible to all. Headquartered in Paris, the company pursues the digital transition of the construction industry.

Arlettie

Venture Round in 2010
Founded in Paris in 1993, Arlettie operates as an online retailer specializing in fashion apparel and accessories. It facilitates private sales events for luxury brands, acting as an intermediary between these brands and customers.

Sequans Communications

Series E in 2010
Sequans Communications designs and supplies cellular semiconductor solutions for broadband Internet of Things markets, offering 5G and 4G chips and modules for massive, broadband, and critical IoT applications. Its product platforms include Monarch LTE-M/NB-IoT and Calliope Cat 1 for low-power, integrated IoT deployments, Cassiopeia Cat 4/Cat 6 for 4G and 5G, and Taurus for residential, enterprise, and industrial use. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Paris, the company operates globally with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Its customer base spans smart mobility and logistics, smart utility meters, smart cities and industries, e-health, and smart homes, reflecting a focus on cellular semiconductor solutions for a range of IoT connectivity needs.
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