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Thrilled to share that we at Alven are co-leading StratifAI’s €12.5M round with our friends at Picus Capital 🎉 Why StratifAI? Because they are rethinking biomarker discovery in cancer diagnostics from the ground up. What used to be slow, expensive, and limited can now be done digitally at scale, thanks to their Polaris™ AI platform, turning routine histology into deep insights that guide treatment decisions. Beyond the tech, Omar, Firas and the team’s ambition (and speed 🚀) blew us away. They’re building not just products, but a new standard for how cancer biomarkers are developed and validated worldwide. Proud to be on this journey with Picus Capital, Heliad AG, Rubin Ritter, Lars Langusch, Jens Begemann, and the returning supporters Debiopharm, Arve Capital & Christoph Haarburger who continue to back StratifAI’s vision. https://lnkd.in/exbRCTQ2 👉 If you’re a top scientist, engineer, or hustler passionate about applying AI to transform oncology, StratifAI is hiring – and you’ll want to be part of this story. Robin Godenrath Maria Tahri Nicolas Stalder Vincent Lepreux Jaroslav Lupták Pavol Cekan Jakob Nikolas Kather Daniel Truhn #Oncology #AI #PrecisionMedicine #VC

Exciting news from the Alven portfolio ✨ We’re happy to announce that happn, the French dating app that pioneered real-life encounters, has been acquired by Hellogroup. Since our first investment, we’ve had the privilege of supporting Happn’s talented team as they built one of Europe’s most recognized consumer apps, connecting millions of people around the world. Congratulations to the founders, the CEO Karima Ben Abdelmalek and the whole Happn team for this milestone, and to Hello Group as they continue writing the next chapter of the company’s journey. At Alven, we’re proud to keep backing ambitious entrepreneurs shaping the future of consumer experiences, from Europe to the world. cc: Matthieu Baret, Eurazeo Gordon Rubenstein, The Raine Group Nenad Marovac, DN Capital Massimo Prelz Oltramonti Didier RIGAL, Havas https://lnkd.in/dyQhrXMi

🦓 🇺🇸 We’re glad to announce that MadKudu has been acquired by HG Insights, a leading PE-owned GTM software company.🔥 Congratulations to the whole team and in particular to Sam Levan, Francis Brero and Paul Cothenet whom we backed years ago in San Francisco at pre-seed stage! MadKudu’s revenue intelligence platform built over the years with customers like Figma, Gong, Avalara or Snyk will become part of HGInsighs’ new revenue growth and agentic ecosystem and deliver incremental value to their large Enterprise customers ie. 95% of Fortune 1000 B2B tech companies and all major hyperscalers. We’re excited for what comes next and for the looming incremental upside of those combined teams and assets in an AI-powered GTM world Link in the comments 👇

🤖📦 We’re excited to announce that Alven is joining Filics on their journey to transform the logistics industry. Filics has developed an innovative double-skid system for automated pallet handling – the “Filics Units”, to unlock significant space savings and shaping the future of intralogistics. We’re proud to participate in this €13.5m Series A round led by Sandwater, F-LOG Ventures alongside the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Bayern Kapital, and existing partners Capnamic and 10x Founders. Congratulations to the entire Filics team on this milestone – Gregor Kolls, Julius Lutzer, Markus Weber, and Helmut Schmid, we look forward to what comes next!

🤖📦 I’m thrilled to announce that Alven is joining Filics on their journey! Filics has developed an innovative double-skid system for automated pallet handling – the “Filics Units”. These Units tackle key challenges in the logistics sector, such as space constraints, capacity bottlenecks, and labour shortages. By enabling more flexible and scalable automation, Filics is driving significant space savings and advancing the future of logistics. Beyond the technology itself, I’ve been deeply impressed by the quiet strength of this team – Gregor Kolls, Julius Lutzer, Markus Weber, and Helmut Schmid. I feel lucky to be part of this adventure. Thank you all so much! We’re excited to participate in this €13.5m Series A alongside Morten E. Iversen & Torkel Engeness (Sandwater), Dr. Bernhard Gold (F-LOG Ventures), Franziska Bossart (Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund), Florian Zeidler (Bayern Kapital), and existing partners Jörg Binnenbrücker & Jason Grüninger (Capnamic) and Jessica Lieber & Nico Schoenenberger (10x Founders). And finally, huge thanks to my amazing partner in crime on this deal, Marius Busen – it all started with you!

We're excited to partner with Zhou Xian and Theophile Gervet and to be part of Genesis AI's journey and new $105m round of funding! 🤖 Founded in 2025 on the ground of years of research at Carnegie Mellon University, Genesis AI is developing, entirely in-house, a comprehensive physics simulation platform that will generate high-quality synthetic data which, combined with an optimized real-world data collection system, will enable the training of universal fundamental models for general purpose robotics. 🏗️ While manual tasks represent trillions of global GDP, 95% of them remain non-automated due to limitations of current solutions and traditional technical silos. Genesis aims at revolutionizing the new generation of general-purpose robots by bringing them unprecedented robustness, flexibility, and cost efficiency. Welcome aboard Zhou, Theo and the entire Genesis AI crew! 🦓

We’re thrilled to partner with Pierre BERTRAND and Antonin Hirsch and to announce we’re leading Skynopy's new 15m€ round along with Expansion, Omnes Capital, SpaceFounders (CNES) and historical investor Heartcore Capital! 🛰️ The number of satellites in orbit has exploded over the past decade, but connectivity remains complex, manual and slow. Skynopy is rethinking critical infrastructure by turning ground stations into an orchestrated, cloud-native network, powered by pre-integrated connectivity kits and game-changing Ka-band deployments. 🌐 In less than a year, they’ve built a +15-station-network, unlocked access to a wide network of S, X, Ka bands antennas globally, secured major partnerships and operated several satellites. Their approach and technology is also a great opportunity to build a resilient, sovereign network for institutions willing to have full control on their space data A first step for Alven in Space and great one for connectivity Welcome aboard Pierre, Antonin and the entire Skynopy crew! 📡 François Meteyer Pauline Ancona Hugo Hubert François-Xavier Dedde Quentin Robert Lucie Campagnolo Yacine Ghalim More details below 👇🏽

👵 👴 Excited to share that Skarlett has raised an €8M seed round to support seniors in navigating their financial lives! Over the past two years, it’s been a pleasure backing this brilliant team: Townley Le Guénédal, Aurélien Gouttefarde and Benjamin Gaignault are building a comprehensive financial marketplace serving over 60 people —from equity release and tailored savings to health insurance—. At a time when Europe faces mounting demographic and economic pressures, Skarlett brings clarity and confidence to a generation often underserved. The team’s consumer-first mindset is exactly what this complex and sensitive space needs—restoring simplicity, transparency, and agency to millions of seniors. And we are super happy to welcome 115K and Damien Launoy onboard, with Thibaut Schlaeppi from RAISE 🫶 On a broader note, I wanted to deep-dive a bit into one under-explored tool in this space: equity release. A topic that deserves a bit more attention in Europe: 🔹 25% of Europeans are over 60—expected to reach 30% by 2035 🔹 70% of seniors own their home, yet most of that value remains untapped 🔹 Equity release markets: $8B in the UK, $7B in the US, $4B in Canada… but still < $1B in France, Germany, and Spain Despite the need, equity release remains underutilized and often misunderstood on the continent. In France alone, the market could grow from $1B to $8B by 2033 (EY & EPPARG study, 2023). Skarlett is ideally positioned to lead the way. 📌 Link to the full article in comment: a deep dive into the equity release toolbox and the European opportunity. #AgeingEurope #EquityRelease #Pensions #Fintech #Skarlett

🦓 We're thrilled to announce Skarlett's €8M Seed round, led by 115K, alongside RAISE and Alven! Since 2023, Townley Le Guénédal, Aurélien Gouttefarde, and Benjamin Gaignault have built a comprehensive financial marketplace serving over 60 people 👵 👴. The platform offers tailored insurance products, financing solutions, real estate options (including life annuity), and savings & investment products. Skarlett is here to bring simplicity, transparency, and power back into the hands of this generation! We're glad to have been onboard since day one and to welcome Damien Launoy! Congratulations to the whole Skarlett team and thank you for your renewed trust 🫶

Congratulations to Riverse on raising €5 million in seed funding. We’re proud to back the future of trustworthy carbon markets. At Alven, we’re thrilled to co-lead this round with Racine² (Serena x makesense), alongside Speedinvest and Kfund. Riverse’s carbon crediting platform stood out to us because of its clear mission: to make the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) more trustworthy and relevant—so it can scale effectively and deliver real climate impact. Congrats to Ludovic Chatoux, Grégoire Guirauden and Clément Georget! https://lnkd.in/ePuysb8r